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Calculating The Payback For " High Fives" On VPW

#1

Thanks Harry, Babe and Howard,

Sounds like the game--one I've never played-- has the same pay table as 8/5 JOB and pays double for three 5's or four 5's. The ER is 99.72%, making it a good game.

The question about this game came up on my forum, BEV. If I come across it, it's a game I'd definitely play. Think the only strategy adjustment would be to hold just the three 5's, dealt a FH containing trip fives. (That's given a 30-coin payout for the dealt fives instead of sticking with the 40 coins for the pat FH; you could draw the fourth 5 or back into another FH.Think you'd keep the two pair, even with a pair of fives.Otherwise use the 8/5 JOB strategy.)

I had wondered because the poster saw someone making some unusual moves, like keeping kickers. Linda

Linda Boyd
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#2

Linda Boyd wrote:

Sounds like the game--one I've never played-- has the same pay table
as 8/5 JOB and pays double for three 5's or four 5's. The ER is
99.72%, making it a good game.

Note that "double for three 5's or four 5's" (30/250) is the paytable
that was posed in the original question. The 99.72% reflects a pay of
25 for the trip and 500 for the quad.

If I recall my work last night accurately, the 30/250 ER is something
like 99.3%.

- Harry

#3

I am not sure of the paytable other than the trip-5's paid 25. I do
not know what the payback was for quad-5's.

According to strategy generated by VPW, Linda is correct with the
choices on FH and two-pair with one being 5's. Keep the two pair.
Discard the FH to go for the Quad-5's though. Other than obvious
moves like holding a singleton 5 in a junk hand, the strategy is the
same as JOB. I got that strategy by plugging in 400 for a Quad-5
payback.

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At 99%+, this is a potentially playable game considering the alternative choices in a lot of the casinos in the mid-west (this was at Isle of Capri in KC, Missouri). --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter" <harry.porter@...> wrote:

Linda Boyd wrote:
> Sounds like the game--one I've never played-- has the same pay table
> as 8/5 JOB and pays double for three 5's or four 5's. The ER is
> 99.72%, making it a good game.

Note that "double for three 5's or four 5's" (30/250) is the paytable
that was posed in the original question. The 99.72% reflects a pay of
25 for the trip and 500 for the quad.

If I recall my work last night accurately, the 30/250 ER is something
like 99.3%.

- Harry

#4

High Fives is 8/5 Jacks or Better with 3 fives paying 5 for 1 instead
of 3 for one and 4 fives paying 100 for one instead of 25 for one.
There is another version called High Sevens which can be found at the
Carson Nugget in Carson City, Nevada. It can be found in many of
their 5-cent, ten-cent and 25-cent progressives and you will probably
find it for dollars non-progressive. The dollar progressive is
gone now but was one of their strongest plays. But the quarter
progressive is still there. It's probably their strongest play
percentagewise these days for someone just walking in the door and
looking for something to play. I can't remember where I put the
percentage of the game at, but I think it was above 99.8%. Anyways,
the meter runs .5% and the card is worth .5%, then all the money in
the meter above $1000 when you walk in the door.

Good luck.

PS I'll be joining your group when I get the chance Linda. Very busy
today.

Thanks Harry, Babe and Howard,

Sounds like the game--one I've never played-- has the same pay

table as 8/5 JOB and pays double for three 5's or four 5's. The ER is
99.72%, making it a good game.

The question about this game came up on my forum, BEV. If I come

across it, it's a game I'd definitely play. Think the only strategy
adjustment would be to hold just the three 5's, dealt a FH containing
trip fives. (That's given a 30-coin payout for the dealt fives
instead of sticking with the 40 coins for the pat FH; you could draw
the fourth 5 or back into another FH.Think you'd keep the two pair,
even with a pair of fives.Otherwise use the 8/5 JOB strategy.)

I had wondered because the poster saw someone making some unusual

moves, like keeping kickers. Linda

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Linda Boyd" <maggie2194@...> wrote:

Linda Boyd
Author: "The Video Poker Edge"
amazon.com/major bookstores
"Boyd's Eye View": Free Forum
http://www.midwestgamingandtravel.com
Best Software:www.videopokerpractice.com

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