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A Math Problem Leaves The Poker Community Dumbfounded!

A couple of days back, poker player Allen Kessler aka ‘The Chainsaw’ took to his Twitter to ask his followers to help him solve a simple math problem. However, despite looking like a relatively easy problem to solve, the poker community is having a tough time agreeing on a solution. Even Mike Matusow was perplexed at the question and took to his Twitter account to share his opinion about it. Many Twitter users also reacted to it, and here’s what we have so far.

The Problem

If there was ever a time buying and selling a cow mattered, it is now. The math riddle posted by Kessler goes like:

“I bought a cow for $800.

I sold it for $1,000.

I bought it again for $1,100.

I sold it again for $1,300.

How much did I earn?”

C'mon guys this is simple math.

Why is this flooding my Facebook and Twitter feeds? pic.twitter.com/F8yuEowJ1X

— Allen Kessler (@AllenKessler) September 25, 2022

Thus began the debate of which one was the right answer. Many, even Matusow included, insisted it was $400. While anyone who Googled the answer to the question got an explanation stating that it’s actually $300. Now you can see why something as small as buying and selling a cow, might just end up dividing the poker world.

Mike Matusow’s Reaction

Matusow was so adamant that the answer was $400, he tweeted that he would be checking himself into rehab ‘for dumbness’ if the answer was anything but that. (A little extreme but okay.)

If it’s anything but 400 I’m checking myself into rehab! For dumbness https://t.co/Oo9noOO9F8

— Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) September 25, 2022

However, even after a day Matusow couldn’t give it a rest and sent out another tweet stating, “Google says I’m an idiot but I’ll die on the stake and say they want you to think it’s 300 but it’s not fuck google its 400” (sic). This was after he read what Google had to say about it.

Google says I’m an idiot but I’ll die on the stake and say they want you to think it’s 300 but it’s not fuck google its 400 https://t.co/C8vsOrtyYW

— Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) September 26, 2022

Poker Community Responds

It wasn’t just Matusow who was invested in it. Other users and poker players were also arguing amongst themselves regarding the correct answer. Poker enthusiast Vincent Robinson replied to Matusow’s tweet saying that he was sure that $400 was 100% correct.

It’s $400, 100%. I buy in to a no cap 5/10 game for $800 and cash out for $1000. Wait an hour and rejoin the same game but this time buy in for $1100 and then cash out for $1300. $400 profit on the day. Same if I was day trading a stock or commodity. How is this even a debate?

— Vincent Robinson (@pokervincent) September 26, 2022

Another user called Timothy Graham also agreed it was $400.

You purchased the cow for $800 & $1,100, collectively spending $1,900. You sell the cow for $1,000 & $1,300 for a total of $2,300. So if you spent $1,900 and made $2,300 it's $400. Now you lost out on $100 worth of profit because you sold to soon, but you still made $400.

— Timothy Graham (@TCGRaven) September 26, 2022

Some sided with Google and insisted that the answer was $300. With one user called ScoJoHoops tweeting a screenshot of the Google answer.

https://twitter.com/ScoJoHoops/status/1573926542203199490

Think the key to this is SAME cow, two separate transactions that can't be done at once. Poker players out there think of it in terms of playing 2 different cash table sessions in the same day or back to back days. It's not all lumped together, I'm still on +300.

— Chris Latty (@CMLatty) September 25, 2022

There is no “second transaction” the way this defining it. The comparison of the 1000 to 1100 is irrelevant, there is no “transaction” with those amounts. There are two buy/sell transactions. One is 800/1000 the other is 1100/1300

— Larry Genalo (@CyclonePower40) September 25, 2022

Google is wrong.

— Purpleman.eth (⟐,⟐) (@Purpleman_eth) September 25, 2022

https://twitter.com/ethersamurai/status/1574346616118677504

This one math problem has the entire poker community divided and looks like it will go on for some time. Just like ‘The Dress’ dilemma (blue/black or gold/white) that made folks on social media go nuts, the $400 or $300 solution could be the next big problem due to which the poker world remains fazed by.

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