An Interesting Hand in Double Double Bonus Poker
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Bob Dancer's Latest CasinoGaming.com Column
"The lesson in today's column is a new one for most readers. And it
is, if you know the change in the expected value for a given
combination for a 1-unit change in the pay table, another 1-unit
change in the pay table will generate an equal change in the expected
value. Learning this lesson is especially valuable should you ever
decide you want to tackle progressives."
Guess I flunk today's lesson.
The difference in these paybacks are so small, .002 of a coin in one
case (2/10 of once cent for a dollar play) it isn't worth the effort.
I would rather have the consistency of play which would prevent me
from making a bigger mistake than to clutter up my head with this
trivia. Even at the $10 level which is the highest I have ever played,
it only amounts to 2 cents.
As John S. says on ABC's 20/20, "Give me a break!"
Rick
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Rick & Lucky Lucy"
<luckylucy39@e...> wrote:
"The lesson in today's column is a new one for most readers. And it
is, if you know the change in the expected value for a given
combination for a 1-unit change in the pay table, another 1-unit
change in the pay table will generate an equal change in the
expected
value. Learning this lesson is especially valuable should you ever
decide you want to tackle progressives."Guess I flunk today's lesson.
The difference in these paybacks are so small, .002 of a coin in
one
case (2/10 of once cent for a dollar play) it isn't worth the
effort.
I would rather have the consistency of play which would
prevent me
from making a bigger mistake than to clutter up my head with this
trivia. Even at the $10 level which is the highest I have ever
played,
it only amounts to 2 cents.
As John S. says on ABC's 20/20, "Give me a break!"
Rick
I had to do a double-take in his intro paragraphs when one of
the "holds" was a 4 of hearts to accompany the K-10 clubs. He
corrects it in his charts.
I agree with Rick, the percentages are so small....
I agree with the two previous posts. These strategy points would seem
a waste to learn, a better effort that could be more profitable
should be spent, for example, as someone has said, looking for change
in the couch. On the other hand, it was fun to read the article, and
it is not a waste to be aware these changes exist and to know the
causes. Very often in Frugal, for example, one plays in the perfect
mode, and one would be less puzzled when corrected on stuff like
this.
I have a different comment and question. BD does not recommend
playing 8/5 DDB, and I think most of us would agree; but, if one
wants to play nickel ten play DDB on the Strip, can one find a better
pay table than 8/5? If so, please someone tell us where! Thanks.
E
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Rick & Lucky Lucy"
<luckylucy39@e...> wrote:
> "The lesson in today's column is a new one for most readers. And
it
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis" <cruiseden@y...> wrote:
> is, if you know the change in the expected value for a given
> combination for a 1-unit change in the pay table, another 1-unit
> change in the pay table will generate an equal change in the
expected
> value. Learning this lesson is especially valuable should you ever
> decide you want to tackle progressives."
>
> Guess I flunk today's lesson.
>
> The difference in these paybacks are so small, .002 of a coin in
one
> case (2/10 of once cent for a dollar play) it isn't worth the
effort.
> I would rather have the consistency of play which would
prevent me
> from making a bigger mistake than to clutter up my head with this
> trivia. Even at the $10 level which is the highest I have ever
played,
> it only amounts to 2 cents.
>
> As John S. says on ABC's 20/20, "Give me a break!"
>
> RickI had to do a double-take in his intro paragraphs when one of
the "holds" was a 4 of hearts to accompany the K-10 clubs. He
corrects it in his charts.I agree with Rick, the percentages are so small....
I think I read in Bob's column that 9/6 DDB returns 99.98%. Sounds like a
respectible return, but I think it's a typo: 9/6 DDB returns 98.98%. Unless it's
some inflated Progressive assumption (no mention of this in column).
I hope Dancer's Ombudsman did a better job checking his new DDB guide
(Oct 1st release?). A slip like that could cost you a lot of money and
credibility <g>.
So, here we have Bob Dancer cranking out the strategies to one of Rob
Singer's favorite less than Full pay vp games. Who'da thunk?
~Mark P.
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An Interesting Hand in Double Double Bonus Poker