I set this sim up to try to understand standard deviation better.
A $1000 bet with a 3.19% advantage played 1.23% of the time will result in +$0.39 win per round on average. (1000 * 0.0319 * 0.0123 = $0.39)
(99% of the hands are not bet so that's why the "per round" average falls such a small number.)
The average win per round is $0.39 but the standard deviation per round is $127.48 per round.
How can the standard deviation be 325x larger than the average win?
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