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Don't confuse "overall odds" with "initial advantage" in a game that can stop on the first move. The game begins with player #1 pulling the trigger (1/6 chance
by powertower 15y ago
Don't confuse "overall odds" with "initial advantage" in a game that can stop on the first move.
The game begins with player #1 pulling the trigger (1/6 chance dying), and player #2 waiting (0/6 chance dying).
So player #2 has the initial advantage (yet same overall odds) in this game.
It's best to be player #2.
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- powertower 15y agoI'm arguing my case here: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/97396/in-russian-roulette-does-the-initial-advantage-of-player-2-count http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/97396/in-russian-rou... (in the comments) There seems to be a strange relationship and independence between initial advantage and overall (to the last move) odds in this game that's difficult to define.