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How to beat anyone at Rock Paper Scissors

by Bill Rini on October 8, 2006

in Poker, Poker Humor, WPBT

Contrary to what you might think RPS is not simply a game of luck or chance. While it is true that from a mathematical perspective the ‘optimum’ strategy is to play randomly, it still is not a winning strategy for two reasons. First, ‘optimum’ in this case means you should win, lose and draw an equal number of times (hardly a winning strategy over the long term). Second, Humans, try as they might, are terrible at trying to be random, in fact often humans in trying to approximate randomness become quite predictable. So knowing that there is always something motivating your opponent’s actions, there are a couple of tricks and techniques that you can use to tip the balance in your favour.

A good primer for the next WPBT event

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1 GoldPoker October 9, 2006 at 2:12 am

Thanks Bill! Good stuff!

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