true edge +1.0pts over break-even | pool 20 | 300,000 slates per row | seed 12345 growth = mean log wealth change per slate, x 1e-4 err full half quarter full+3% cap best 0.0 115.34 87.26 50.91 88.51 full Kelly, uncapped 0.5 109.58 86.57 51.08 85.36 full Kelly, uncapped 1.0 87.25 81.15 49.68 78.84 full Kelly, uncapped 1.1 84.43 81.25 50.09 75.88 full Kelly, uncapped 1.2 75.39 78.88 49.38 75.08 half Kelly, uncapped 1.3 64.23 75.27 48.00 71.18 half Kelly, uncapped 1.4 61.46 75.92 48.78 71.06 half Kelly, uncapped 1.5 49.72 72.21 47.39 67.38 half Kelly, uncapped 2.0 5.62 64.24 46.35 60.64 half Kelly, uncapped 2.1 -3.07 63.39 46.70 59.55 half Kelly, uncapped 2.2 -14.96 61.16 46.32 57.95 half Kelly, uncapped 2.3 -29.35 59.02 46.03 56.70 half Kelly, uncapped 2.4 -31.55 60.55 47.51 58.86 half Kelly, uncapped 2.5 -52.47 55.79 45.95 56.58 full Kelly + 3% per-bet cap 3.0 -146.01 42.33 43.71 51.48 full Kelly + 3% per-bet cap selection effect on the bets actually taken err taken believed true overstatement 0.0 14.9 1.64 1.64 1.00x 0.5 14.7 1.70 1.63 1.04x 1.0 14.2 1.87 1.60 1.17x 1.1 14.1 1.91 1.59 1.20x 1.2 14.0 1.96 1.58 1.24x 1.3 13.9 2.01 1.58 1.27x 1.4 13.7 2.06 1.57 1.31x 1.5 13.6 2.11 1.55 1.36x 2.0 13.1 2.40 1.51 1.60x 2.1 13.0 2.47 1.50 1.65x 2.2 12.9 2.53 1.49 1.71x 2.3 12.8 2.60 1.48 1.76x 2.4 12.8 2.66 1.47 1.81x 2.5 12.7 2.73 1.46 1.87x 3.0 12.3 3.07 1.42 2.17x half Kelly minus full Kelly, paired on the same slates (x 1e-4, 95% CI) err gap 95% CI significant 0.0 -28.09 [ -30.88, -25.29] yes, full ahead 0.5 -23.01 [ -25.91, -20.10] yes, full ahead 1.0 -6.10 [ -9.28, -2.92] yes, full ahead 1.1 -3.18 [ -6.43, 0.06] no 1.2 3.49 [ 0.14, 6.83] yes, half ahead 1.3 11.04 [ 7.60, 14.47] yes, half ahead 1.4 14.46 [ 10.93, 17.98] yes, half ahead 1.5 22.49 [ 18.88, 26.11] yes, half ahead 2.0 58.62 [ 54.24, 62.99] yes, half ahead 2.1 66.45 [ 62.12, 70.79] yes, half ahead 2.2 76.12 [ 71.65, 80.59] yes, half ahead 2.3 88.37 [ 83.07, 93.67] yes, half ahead 2.4 92.09 [ 87.17, 97.02] yes, half ahead 2.5 108.27 [ 102.53, 114.00] yes, half ahead 3.0 188.34 [ 178.85, 197.83] yes, half ahead full Kelly stops being the best rule at 1.2pts of error half Kelly is ahead of full Kelly beyond noise from 1.2pts of error full Kelly turns negative at 2.1pts of error wrote estimate-error-sweep.json