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Matt Ottinger

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Double Dip vs. 50:50: Looking at the odds...
« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2008, 04:51:21 PM »
[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'194753\' date=\'Aug 21 2008, 02:39 PM\']
[quote name=\'TheConfessor\' post=\'194585\' date=\'Aug 20 2008, 05:08 AM\']No one ever walks away with the 50-50 still on the table.[/quote]
I do distinctly remember someone on the ABC version walking away with the 50:50 still in play. His reasoning was something to the effect of using the 50:50 would tempt him too strongly into gambling (It was a high-level question too).[/quote]
As I recall, he made some highbrow reference to Shrodinger's Cat in the process.

Still, generally speaking, The Confessor is right.  That's going to be a preposterously rare occurence.
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