lowwall

What about Doyle? He's not saying much, but he's picking up hands with nothing. And cleaning up in "The Golf."

quod erat demonstrandum

No you can't. Remember the core tenet of today's Chritianity and similar religions like Islam is faith - meaning acceptance of the undemonstratable. Or as the wikipedia nicely puts it "Faith, by its very nature, requires belief outside of known fact."In other words they have literally defined the terms of their religion so proof is not only not a requirement, it's not even a possibility. Thus, there is no point in using logic with the religious. To the religious, faith trumps logic. Indeed it trumps all rational thought.

Actually that's exactly wrong. The ability to ignore all evidence because your faith says something else is the defining trait of the religious, not the atheist.

Is this how players in the big game actually make a living? Just passing around each other's cash until one of them loses enough that s/he's forced to drop out and reload against lesser players?Wouldn't it make more sense just to stay at a level where they could consistently win? Or is this more about the action than pure economics.

Assuming Monty is not out to screw you, you should always switch.Take this step by step. I think we can all agree when you make your initial choice, you've got a 1 in 3 chance that the car is behind your door.So obviously 2/3 of the time, the car will be behind one of the other 2 doors.Now would you be willing to trade your door for BOTH of the other two? This is what Monty is offering.Ignore the opening of the wrong door, remember that Monty had additional information. Since he is not selecting randomly, he has now imparted that information to you.

Successful investing is about looking at the totality of your financial situation and tailoring your investments accordingly. Someone who has a guaranteed pension or a civil service job can afford to take greater risks with their investments if they are so inclined.On the other hand, if your primary source of income is poker winnings, you are already taking on more risk than most be would be willing to tolerate and most advisors would recommend. So it makes sense to keep your investments plain vanilla and use a highly diversified low cost mutual fund, preferably index based.This can be very