I'd like to put some play in at a casino because they sent me a room
offer and food credit. It looks like the best game they have is the
99.98% return One-Eyed Jacks video poker. Anyone know where I can get
the optimal strategy for this game? Thanks.
99.98% One-eyed Jacks Strategy?
BTW, mind sharing which casino?
Dick
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "davidm20202" <davidm20202@...> wrote:
I'd like to put some play in at a casino because they sent me a room
offer and food credit. It looks like the best game they have is the
99.98% return One-Eyed Jacks video poker. Anyone know where I can get
the optimal strategy for this game? Thanks.
It's at the Excalibur.
Gotta buy the program huh?
Through some research online I found a strategy for a higher pay
version of the game (over 100% return). If it's anything like that,
it's really hard because the right strategy depends on the suits of the
cards you're holding and discarding. Yikes.
Looks like it has some really strange strategy variations. Here's a
link for the full pay strategy guide. Yikes!
http://www.vpgenius.com/strategy/one-eyed-jacks/
>
> I'd like to put some play in at a casino because they sent me a
room
> offer and food credit. It looks like the best game they have is the
> 99.98% return One-Eyed Jacks video poker. Anyone know where I can
get
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mroejacks" <rgmustain@...> wrote:
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "davidm20202" <davidm20202@> wrote:
> the optimal strategy for this game? Thanks.
>BTW, mind sharing which casino?
Dick
It's at the Excalibur.
Gotta buy the program huh?
If you plan on playing the game on a regular basis then I think the
program would be a good idea. WVP has just about any game available
today with corresponding strategies. I've used it for several other
games as well. If you just want to practice OEJs a little then
vipoker (free) will do. Don't expect to play the game perfectly EVER.
Through some research online I found a strategy for a higher pay
version of the game (over 100% return). If it's anything like that,
it's really hard because the right strategy depends on the suits of
the
cards you're holding and discarding. Yikes.
You got it. In addition, nearness to a jack is relevant just like
nearness to a deuce in deuces wild games. I've been playing the game
for over 10 years so email me if you have any specific questions.
Looks like it has some really strange strategy variations. Here's a
link for the full pay strategy guide. Yikes!
Yes, I've seen this. The paytable at this site is actually lower than
the one at Excalibur. The highest two-pair version of OEJs I've
encountered is the Grand OEJs (100.28) which is the same as your
reference but pays 250 for a SF instead of 225. This change lowers
the payback by around 1%.
I happened to notice the actual lifetime payback of a machine with
the Grand OEJ paytable. A tech was working on it and happen to leave
this screen up for a few seconds. The actual return was around 93%.
Dick
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "davidm20202" <davidm20202@...> wrote:
The VP god in charge of dealt royals must have taken a liking to our house.
I didn't hit as big as Brad did, but it was probably more of a surprise. Last night we were playing quarter Five Play Multi-Strike, one of our favorite games, when I landed on the top line with two hands to play. I hit "Deal" and the machine locked up and a royal appeared so briefly on the deal line and then disappeared and in a flash reappeared as two on the top line.
I always laugh when Megabuck winners say they didn't know how much they had won. They were playing a machine that they had no clue about the payoff details??? Now I understand this - it all happened so fast that I didn't immediately realize what the payoff would be. But for math dummies like me who can't do figures fast in their head, the machine takes pity on them and flashes on the screen the $16, 023.75 (I got a little something from the other 3 lines).
(For some of you who aren't familiar with Multi-Strike - whatever you get on the top line is multiplied times 8. So this was $1000 x 8 - times 2 for two royals - 16K)
In case it is true that you get lucky just before you die, Brad is driving extra carefully and defensively and I look both ways twice before I cross a street!!! 
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The much-expanded new edition of my tax book,
including a new chapter on poker, is now available
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Well done -- I hope your "House of the Rising Royal" continues its
dominance of the "Powers That Be."
The VP god in charge of dealt royals must have taken a liking to our
house.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Scott" <queenofcomps@...> wrote:
In case it is true that you get lucky just before you die, Brad is
driving
extra carefully and defensively and I look both ways twice before I
cross a
street!!!
hey, you guys survived your big tournament win earlier this year, so
this shouldn't be a problem...congrats...
Congratulations!!!!! to you Jean and Brad.I recall that big win at Ceasers was last year or did I miss you hitting a big tournament this year.. Richard
lv_nv_realtor <irdd@netzero.net> wrote: > In case it is true that you get lucky just before you die, Brad is
driving
extra carefully and defensively and I look both ways twice before I
cross a
street!!!
hey, you guys survived your big tournament win earlier this year, so
this shouldn't be a problem...congrats...
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<<Congratulations!!!!! to you Jean and Brad.I recall that big win at Ceasers was last year or did I miss you hitting a big tournament this year.>>
It was in June of 2006.
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including a new chapter on poker, is now available
to order at my Web site, http://queenofcomps.com/.
The optimal strategy is about 5 pages long and is different for clubs/diamonds versus hearts/spades. I use a simplified strategy which loses about 0.07% off the optimal.
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mroejacks <rgmustain@aol.com> wrote: --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "davidm20202" <davidm20202@...> wrote:
>
> I'd like to put some play in at a casino because they sent me a room
> offer and food credit. It looks like the best game they have is the
> 99.98% return One-Eyed Jacks video poker. Anyone know where I can get
> the optimal strategy for this game? Thanks.
>
BTW, mind sharing which casino?
Dick
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clubs/diamonds versus hearts/spades. I use a simplified strategy which
loses about 0.07% off the optimal.
Only five pages, you must use a small font or ignore lots of penalty
situations 
Dick
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Doug Reul <dougreul@...> wrote:
The optimal strategy is about 5 pages long and is different for
I hadn't played it in over a year and I took a look at the strategy and it would indeed require a small font to fit on 5 pages. The last time I played it was at the Horseshoe in Carson City where they had 2/3% CB and you could bet either $4 or $8 to receive full odds. I once got a RF there just holding a 10 of clubs (one of the very few games where you can do that while playing correct strategy).
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mroejacks <rgmustain@aol.com> wrote: --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Doug Reul <dougreul@...> wrote:
>
> The optimal strategy is about 5 pages long and is different for
clubs/diamonds versus hearts/spades. I use a simplified strategy which
loses about 0.07% off the optimal.
Only five pages, you must use a small font or ignore lots of penalty
situations
Dick
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and it would indeed require a small font to fit on 5 pages. The last
time I played it was at the Horseshoe in Carson City where they had
2/3% CB and you could bet either $4 or $8 to receive full odds. I once
got a RF there just holding a 10 of clubs (one of the very few games
where you can do that while playing correct strategy).
#%^%#$@&# ... I think everyone who plays this game has done this except
me. 
However, I did get 5oak holding just the 6 of diamonds (another correct
strategy play).
Dick
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Doug Reul <dougreul@...> wrote:
I hadn't played it in over a year and I took a look at the strategy
I hadn't played it in over a year and I took a look at the strategy
and it would indeed require a small font to fit on 5 pages. The last
time I played it was at the Horseshoe in Carson City where they had
2/3% CB and you could bet either $4 or $8 to receive full odds. I once
got a RF there just holding a 10 of clubs (one of the very few games
where you can do that while playing correct strategy).
Doug, Mickey Crimm doesn't have many heros, but you're damb shure one
of them.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Doug Reul <dougreul@...> wrote:
one of our favorite games, when I landed on the top line with two
hands to play. I hit "Deal" and the machine locked up and a royal
appeared so briefly on the deal line and then disappeared and in a
flash reappeared as two on the top line.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Scott" <queenofcomps@...> wrote:
Last night we were playing quarter Five Play Multi-Strike,
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Hi Jean,
Hearty congrats on another great win!
Question: Why did you have TWO hands to play on the top line? I
don't play a lot of MS, but don't understand this. I thought that
when you are lucky enough to pop a 3rd line winner, that you advance
to the top (8X) level for ONE hand.
In case it is true that you get lucky just before you
die, Brad is driving extra carefully and defensively and I look
both ways twice before I cross a street!!!
Jean $¢ott
Thank goodness, then, that EH and I both lost on our five day stay
in your fair city! We just returned last night. I'm SOOO relieved
that our "bankroll adjustment" was in a good cause! At our age it's
more important to stay vertical than to win! {(O:
~Babe~
<<Question: Why did you have TWO hands to play on the top line? I
don't play a lot of MS, but don't understand this. I thought that
when you are lucky enough to pop a 3rd line winner, that you advance
to the top (8X) level for ONE hand.>>
This was FIVE PLAY Multi-Strike so you have five hands on the first line and then you have 1-5 hands on up depending how many hands you win on the previous line.
To play all lines on a quarter machine, you have to put in $25.
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Jean $�ott
The much-expanded new edition of my tax book,
including a new chapter on poker, is now available
to order at my Web site, http://queenofcomps.com/.
first line and then you have 1-5 hands on up depending how many hands
you win on the previous line....................
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Jean Scott" <queenofcomps@...> wrote:
This was FIVE PLAY Multi-Strike so you have five hands on the
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Sorry! I must be jet-lagged! I overlooked the FIVE play mention.
My bad!