On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Stefan Kaitschick < [email protected]> wrote:
> I'm with John on this one. > Professional pride will prevail. > 300$ won't make a pros knees go weak. > Much worse would be the slim chance to lose a low handicap game. > I did not know that Go players were this vain and fearful. I know that a lot of strong chess players have no problem with putting it on the line but I guess I don't understand Go culture. I had the distinct impression that strong Go players were kind of like a more humble versions of Chess players. Kinder and gentler, perhaps one of those cultural misconceptions on my part. Don > Zen will have to beat a series of pros with 5 stones, before any of > them will consider going down to 4. > And 2 or 3 stones don't really need to be on the menu at this point. > As for Dons risk/reward example: the best way to look at this is as a > bankroll management problem. > It turns out that bankroll utility is logarithmic.(see kelly staking). > So the bet with the lower deviation is actually better in a rational sense. > > > Stefan > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
_______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
