> "bluestreak5016" <bluestreak5016@> wrote:
> In this column BD examines a new four to a royal scare
> type game where you change strategy resulting in royal
> scares occurring every 350 hands.
>
> I just want to confirm that in a standard issue Jacks
> or Better strategy you end up with a royal scare every 460
> hands or so. This is the number I have used over the
> years to evaluate a royal scare type promotion.
The Wizard of Odds agree with your four-to-the-royal number for 9/6 JoB---every 460 hands on average.
It's in the answer to the 14th question here: http://wizardofodds.com/askthewizard/videopoker.html
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms. vpFREE3" <ms_vpfree_3@...> wrote:
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Thank you MS vpFREE3 for your efforts. I hope you knew where to look. Someone one this board, a very long time ago answered the inquiry. But I get error message #300 in my searches.
Besides the BD article, I ran into a new, very low roller promo in Laughlin at the Pioneer. It was just in Sassy Sues Saloon (River Bar) for Sun/Monday Night Football. They have some nice TVs and tasty draft pint beers and give away stadium type food!
The promo lasted 5pm until the end of the game, what 4 hours. The ways to earn raffle style drawing tickets went like this:
One ticket for every drink purchased
Four-to-a-royal (a scare) all denominations= three tickets
Four of a Kind in Quarters= five tickets
Four of a Kind Dollars= ten tickets
I sit in the cheap seats playing ,25 Jacks 9/6. Any quad happens every 423 hands (easily found on Winpoker). So why is a scare worth a lot less in the promo at 460 hands? That is why I reviewed my numbers.
Other issues, the bartender is in-charge of the ticket distribution. Don't want to irritate them by asking rules questions. At least on the 2nd Sunday night game "purchase" also meant comped. Pioneer is great at offering rules sheets for all their promos, thumbs-up! But this one did not exclude Wildcard Games, a standard issue line in the rules. This rule sheet explicitly stated "one winner" at half-time at the end of the game for $50.
The drawings started with logo items being given away, a deviation of the published rules. I believe it was Gloria, the only host type person at the Pioneer doing the drawing. Don't want to piss her off.
I like a fun, easy to do and fair promotion. But just when do you start to bring up the mistakes? I did snag the halftime $50, but even after reading the rules could not determine if I could win the end of game drawing. The football game sucked and there were about 12 of us left at the end of the game.
Bluestreak