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Challenge to High stakes player-what odds????

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  1. The Closer The Closer is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2008 (10/16/2008 11:01am)

    So i have been thinking about this for a while, i read somewhere that the skill level difference between a slightly above average player, vs a good player is approx 3 percent, and between a good player and a great player again 3 percent(cant rememeber where.) Dont know if this is true or not?

    Also a lot of the high stakes guys, have taken massive risks to build there rolls etc, obv a lot have worked up from the very bottom, And some are truely awesome players, some though imop are overrated?

    So what odds would u get on this prop bet?

    I play plo50 obv if i played higher i would be scared money, so what if a high stakes guy, played a series of matchs(h/u sit and go's maybe-or one on one cash game) maybe like 10 games, against the low stakes player,but playing at the low stakes players stakes. taking action from other high stakes players to make it worth him playing, obv small stakes players could take advantage of the odds the low stake guy would get, to get in on the action.

    what odds would u lay on the high stakes guy beating the low stakes guy over the 10 or so games?

    could this ever happen?
    if it does obv i get to be low stakes plo player as i thought of idea?

    would this not be a great pocket five challenge? bragging rights for the small stakes players, high stakes players crushing, plenty of action etc etc??????
  2. jtown1010 jtown1010 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2008 (10/16/2008 11:34am) in reply to The Closer

    I've never seen an approximate percentage that was a whole number in relation to the differance in skill level in a highly luck based game, I'm going with either 2.8772% or 3.1159% as the approximate percentage.
  3. bhitman bhitman is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2008 (10/16/2008 12:49pm) in reply to jtown1010

    2.9186% ftw
  4. elusively elusively is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2008 (10/16/2008 12:53pm) in reply to bhitman

    I like what you're saying here and I think you made a good post. However, I don't think you'll get any serious responses. The question you're asking is difficult to answer accurately and there are a bunch of variables.

    Good luck.
  5. The Closer The Closer is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2008 (10/16/2008 2:14pm) in reply to elusively

    i guess u r right, but i also want to point out, really what i am saying is that maybe the difference between a slightly above average, and a very good player is pretty minimal, maybe 6 percent at most?

    and more so, i was saying what odds would this slightly above average player have of beating the very good player over a series of games?

    what odds would u give?

    though i doubt any very good players would be up for the challenge, which is a shame as it could have been fun, and maybe as i pointed out we could have had some action on it.
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