Steve,
I really do appreciate your coments with respect to this AA
variation. I am also extremely embarrassed because of a "fat-
fingering" on my part.
Namely, the standard AA paytable remains as I stated it before:
4000, 500, 200, 40, 40, 40, 15, 5, 5
However:
With a combination of 5 (4s and/or 5s), the payout is 225 (not 100)
With a combination of 4 (4s and/or 5s), the payout is 45 (not 20)
Sorry for the mis-representation.
.....bl
I don't think the exact answer is the least bit obvious. In fact,
I
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Steve Jacobs <jacobs@x> wrote:
doubt that any commercially available VP programs can compute
the exact solution.If all quads are left intact and the 4/5 bonuses are applied to
full house, 3oK and two pair payoffs, then according to my
computations the max-EV strategy for this game gives a
return of 100.2444%.NOTE: The numbers listed below are in terms of whole bets.
Multiply by 5 to get number of coins.All American w/ bonus for 4+5 patterns
Distribution of Final Hands
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Final Hand Payoff % Hit Cycle %
Return
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Royal Flush 4000 0.002198 45492.0252 1.758549
Straight Flush 500 0.012620 7923.6965
1.262037
4/Kind 200 0.222476 449.4857
8.899059
5/4 4/5 Boat 100 0.030200 3311.1942
0.604011
5/x 4/x Boat 40 0.123761 808.0042
0.990093
Full House 40 0.909961 109.8948
7.279688
Flush 40 1.567958 63.7771
12.543671
Straight 40 1.893901 52.8010
15.151208
Trip (4,5)'s + (5,4) + X 20 0.054768 1825.8613
0.219074
Trip (4,5)'s + X + (5,4) 20 0.270704 369.4070 1.082816
Trip (4,5)'s + X + Y 15 0.703898 142.0659
2.111695
3/Kind 15 5.845547 17.1070
17.536643
2P 5's + 4's 20 0.329437 303.5474
1.317751
2P 5's + X's 5 0.329437 303.5474
0.329437
Two Pair 5 10.971511 9.1145
10.971511
High Pair 5 18.187210 5.4983
18.187210
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41.455595 2.4122
100.244460
I'm not sure how much confidence I have in the strategy,
but here is what my program produces:Recommended Strategy
High cards: AKQJ
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Rank Return Cards to keep
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1 800.0000 Royal Flush
2 100.0000 Straight Flush
3 40.0000 4/Kind
4 21.5009 suited KQJT
5 20.0000 5/4 4/5 Boat
6 19.1037 suited AKQJ
7 19.0412 suited AQJT/AKJT/AKQT
8 8.0000 5/x 4/x Boat
9 8.0000 Full House
10 8.0000 Flush
11 8.0000 Straight
12 6.4913 4/str-flush (0 holes)
13 5.7872 quads + kicker
14 5.1018 trips (54)
15 4.8797 trips (AKQJT987632)
16 4.0421 4/str-flush (1 hole)
17 1.7895 suited QJT
18 1.7185 4/flush (3 high)
19 1.7099 suited KQJ
20 1.6619 two pair
21 1.6563 4/flush (2 high)
22 1.6150 suited KJT/KQT
23 1.5941 4/flush (1 high)
24 1.5507 unsuited KQJT
25 1.5319 4/flush (0 high)
26 1.5241 suited AQJ/AKJ/AKQ
27 1.4875 unsuited QJT9
28 1.4376 suited AJT/AQT/AKT
29 1.4255 unsuited JT98
30 1.4081 pair (AKQJ)
31 1.3617 4/straight (0 holes, 0 high)
32 1.1488 trips (54) + kicker
33 1.0774 3/str-flush (0 holes, 1 high)
34 0.9834 3/str-flush (1 hole, 2 high)
35 0.9808 3/str-flush (0 holes, 0 high)
36 0.9362 unsuited AKQJ
37 0.8831 3/str-flush (1 hole, 1 high)
38 0.8723 4/straight (1 hole, 3 high)
39 0.8085 4/straight (1 hole, 2 high)
40 0.7992 3/str-flush (2 holes, 2 high)
41 0.7880 pair (4)
42 0.7810 3/str-flush (1 hole, 0 high)
43 0.7714 pair (5)
44 0.7447 4/straight (1 hole, 1 high)
45 0.6988 3/str-flush (2 holes, 1 high)
46 0.6820 pair (T987632)
47 0.6809 4/straight (1 hole, 0 high)
48 0.6323 suited QJ
49 0.6272 unsuited QJT
50 0.6087 unsuited KQJ
51 0.6082 suited KJ/KQ
52 0.6042 3/flush (2 high)
53 0.5963 3/str-flush (2 holes, 0 high)
54 0.5730 suited AJ/AQ/AK
55 0.5384 suited JT
56 0.5265 unsuited JT9
57 0.5147 suited QT
58 0.5088 unsuited KJT/KQT
59 0.5083 unsuited QJ9
60 0.5076 unsuited QJ
61 0.5032 3/flush (1 high)
62 0.4903 unsuited AQJ/AKJ/AKQ
63 0.4824 suited KT
64 0.4796 unsuited KJ/KQ
65 0.4735 2/str-flush (1 hole, 1 high)
66 0.4569 Jack
67 0.4538 2/str-flush (0 holes, 0 high)
68 0.4532 suited AT
69 0.4490 Queen
70 0.4487 unsuited AJ/AQ/AK
71 0.4467 2/str-flush (2 holes, 1 high)
72 0.4421 3/straight (0 holes, 0 high)
73 0.4405 King
74 0.4388 Ace
75 0.4035 3/flush (0 high)
76 0.3855 2/straight (0 holes, 0 high)
77 0.3448 2/str-flush (1 hole, 0 high)
78 0.3363 (draw 5 cards)
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