Re: Tournament question



After 289,400 intrants (or is it entrants?), the odds of something like a
hurricane or terrorist attack before it's completed, requiring that the event be
called with no winner, becomes so large that the probablility of any particular
person winning is zero to 16 decimal points.

Gary Carson


On Dec 12 2005 7:11 PM, tradermike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> At what point are there so many people in a tournament that the odds of
> a pro or great player winning become so reduced it is just a matter of
> luck? It seems like to win a tournament you need to go all-in several
> times and bust players to accumulate chips. But even if you do that
> when the odds are 90% in your favor each time eventually you are going
> to get a bad beat. Has the WSOP with 5,000+ people just become a luck
> event? At what point does it matter?
Gary Carson
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