Re: ATLARGE Tournament Results
Jerry Gerner (jeg_-_AT_-_tc.cornell.edu)
Tue, 02 Apr 1996 13:35:10 -0500
>> As is immediately apparent, by any imaginable algorithm JP Massar was
>> the winner of the best all-around...
>
>I believe the correct algorithm for determining best overall should as
>follows:
>
> For each tournament, assign the number X / (number of entries), where
>X is your place finish, as a score.
>
> Multiply all the scores for a given individual together.
>
>The person with the smallest score is best overall.
>
>
>In other words, the events are independent events. The a priori
>probability of an entrant ending up in position X or better is X/N.
>Whomever achieves the joint result with the lowest probability has done the
>best.
>
OK. I can imagine that one too :)
But short of an algorithm which would have weighted scores by the
number of real live tournaments previously competed in (MATS was my
first, the NL Hold'em my second, and the Limit Stud my third), you
still had the plaque all the way,... and deservedly so! Congrats!!!
-Jerry