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halfKellyCriterionBinary

Half Kelly fraction, floored at 0.

halfKellyCriterionBinary(winProbability: number, netOdds: number): number

Import​

const poker = require('poker-calculations');

ESM (Node):

import { createRequire } from 'module';
const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
const poker = require('poker-calculations');

When to use​

Half-Kelly fraction for binary outcomes — common live-game discipline vs full kellyCriterionBinary.

How to use​

const p = 0.55;
const b = 1;

const full = poker.kellyCriterionBinary(p, b);
const half = poker.halfKellyCriterionBinary(p, b);
console.log(half); // max(0, full/2)

See also​

kelly-criterion-binary · quarter-kelly-criterion-binary