From a note I sent to the Reno group a while back
From: "Part Timer" <PartTimeVP@hotmail.com>
This last weekend I noticed a couple of new machines at the Atlantis. Where
the 2 All American used to be (near the radical royals $1 10/7 DB by the
atrium bar), the machines had been replaced by a couple of machines that had
no video poker on them. Now there are two new Bally GameMaker machines that
are TITO. These machines offer $.25 and $1 full pay Pick'em, but also off a
new game at both $.25 and $1, Joker Pick'em 5 play.As I have no means of determining correct strategy or the return on Joker
Pick'em, I did not note the pay table. If someone's software can actually
handle this game, or wants to know the pay table so they can analyze the
game and publish strategy and returns, I'll make a note of it next time I'm
able. It's also the first time I'd encountered a Pick'em style game in a
multi-line format (actually the first time I'd seen any Bally machine offer
a multi-line VP game).Another thing I notice on the new Game Makers, Bally is finally catching up
in some areas to features that IGT has had on its machines forever. For
instance, there is now a "Pay Table" button on the screen so you can see the
pay table for the game without putting money in or hoping that the last
player had played the game you are interested in at full coin. The graphics
on the Bally machines is still ugly in comparison to the IGT machines, but
they have improved the graphics somewhat.
So I was wondering if anyone did have a program that could analyze Joker Pick'em. I assume that other variations of Pick'em (or IGT's Pick-a-Pair) will be coming out some time, so it would be useful if the programs out there could handle different variations with wild cards. I have to believe that someone's at least got a deuces Pick'em in test somewhere, if not "bonus" style variations on the game as well.
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