I did look at that, but the Strategy Maker doesn't have anything for Joker games, and this is a special game where there are 5 jokers in the deck. Not sure if my question was stated clearly, the game in the VPFree2 database is listed as JW5 They call it Five Joker Wild, and I think it is also called Five Joker Poker. The Wizard did have expected return tables (without strategies) for a variety of joker games, but nothing with Five Joker Wild. In the VPFree2 database, the pay table is listed and the expected return is 99.59%.
I am working on a strategy on my own in the meantime. I'm a computer programmer, fairly knowledgeable on how to write code for this, and I pretty much understand how to calculate the probabilities, But I don't always know what I'm doing and can very easily make mistakes and/or miss something important, so if I have to figure this out myself I'd at least want to verify it against something else. And ideally, I'd rather not bother trying to figure it out myself if someone smarter than me already figured it out. I need to have a strategy within 3 weeks from now when I go to the Tropicana, so I can play something decent there and have a chance at getting comped rooms in the future. I want to make sure that my strategy is correct and at or at least very close to 99.59%. Otherwise, they have nothing playable and I wouldn't waste my money playing there. So if anyone is able to find anything, I would greatly appreciate it.
One other thing, this is shown as a progressive at the Tropicana (Atlantic City)? Does anyone know what the progressive is for? The non-progressive payout is 800 units for a natural royal flush or for 5 jokers, and I'm wondering which hand has the progressive. I suspect the progressive will have little or no effect on the strategy, but I just started working on this and could be wrong.
If anyone wants to see my results when I'm done, I'll be happy to post them. According to the VPFree2 database, this game only exists at the Tropicana in Atlantic City.
I did find an online game (not for real money), but with a worse pay table: http://igromat.com/run/five-joker-poker
This game shows you what cards to hold, but the strategy would probably be somewhat different in this game and I wouldn't trust it. I might try using their pay table in my program and see if my strategy matches theirs, if it does I might at least have some confidence that what I'm doing is valid.
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