Can "ev" in "should_call" be less than "0"?

[SergeyPetrovskiy]

Hello Diego.

Thank you for sharing of the code for this great tool! Regarding the issue. Maybe I have misunderstood something, but I am struggling to get proper case when in you function "should_call" the "ev" can be less than "0". Shouldn't it be more than "0" in all cases? Could you please advice?

def should_call(players,percentile,pot,price):
    pwin = (percentile/100)**players
    ev = pwin*pot
    if ev <= 0:
        print('you should fold')
    if ev > 0:
        print('You should bet as long as it is less than %s $' % ev)
    print('The expected value betting %s is %s $' % (price,ev-price))
    return pwin*100

[SergeyPetrovskiy]

Shouldn't be there some other number instead of "0"?

[dirusali]

@SergeyPetrovskiy Thanks for your comment, you are right ev cannot be less than 0, what I meant there was actually not ev but ev - price, I have corrected that already in the repo, now you can see ev - price can be negative then you should not bet :)

[SergeyPetrovskiy]

Thanks for the update, @dirusali !