New Posts For Thread: Russian roulettehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-rouletteYou play a game of Russian roulette with another person, is it better to go first or second?I have put up one idea for a solution on the blog pages.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541994603#541994603I have put up one idea for a solution on the blog pages.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:43:15 -0500Stow,by winning do they mean blowing one's head apart? I have it the other way round .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541992553#541992553Stow,by winning do they mean blowing one's head apart? I have it the other way round .Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:48:34 -0500find it a great game to play after xmas dinner, just before charadeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541988717#541988717find it a great game to play after xmas dinner, just before charadesFri, 24 Oct 2014 02:52:48 -0500Yeah Plus Maths Magazine are wrong. Seems like they are trying to make something more complicated than it is. The answer is the probability of winning is the same whether you go first or second, assuming 1 bullet and the chamber not being respun.Sayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541988163#541988163Yeah Plus Maths Magazine are wrong. Seems like they are trying to make something more complicated than it is. The answer is the probability of winning is the same whether you go first or second, assuming 1 bullet and the chamber not being respun.SayFri, 24 Oct 2014 00:49:34 -0500assuming the game stops when the gun firesI suspect that may be the casehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541987391#541987391assuming the game stops when the gun firesI suspect that may be the caseThu, 23 Oct 2014 20:42:50 -0500oh dear..naydam beat me to that one as wellhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541987379#541987379oh dear..naydam beat me to that one as wellThu, 23 Oct 2014 20:41:51 -0500this is if it is not respun every timeif it is respun, you are always better off going 2nd, that gives you one less chanceof killing yourself than your opponenthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541987369#541987369this is if it is not respun every timeif it is respun, you are always better off going 2nd, that gives you one less chanceof killing yourself than your opponentThu, 23 Oct 2014 20:41:12 -0500You should always spin between turns...so the safer bet is to go second (assuming the game stops when the gun fires).There was a scene in a film where they were pulling the trigger twice but I assume that, when the gun was passed to next player, thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541987353#541987353You should always spin between turns...so the safer bet is to go second (assuming the game stops when the gun fires).There was a scene in a film where they were pulling the trigger twice but I assume that, when the gun was passed to next player, theThu, 23 Oct 2014 20:39:52 -0500also on 2nd round you are 1/4 against 1/3and on last round you are 1/2 against 1/1oh I see...stow judge worked all that out up the threadhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541987329#541987329also on 2nd round you are 1/4 against 1/3and on last round you are 1/2 against 1/1oh I see...stow judge worked all that out up the threadThu, 23 Oct 2014 20:36:01 -0500Must be first...1 in 6 of real bullet2nd 1 in 5Christopher Waldren was good at this in the 'Deer Hunter' he survived for years playing thishttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371991/russian-roulette?post_id=541987287#541987287Must be first...1 in 6 of real bullet2nd 1 in 5Christopher Waldren was good at this in the 'Deer Hunter' he survived for years playing thisThu, 23 Oct 2014 20:30:22 -0500