5a. Re: knowing im right, but feeling im wrong
Posted by: "Don Del Grande" del_grande@earthlink.net helgaforce
Date: Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:43 pm ((PST))Now, the bad news - assuming the other payouts are the "usual" (i.e.
it's 1199 for a royal, then 50/25/8/5/4/3/2/1), "true" strategy says
to keep both cards. Strategy is usually calculated based on all
possible deals, as if the cards you discarded could be drawn again;
however, if you discard the 10 from Ace-10 suited, you can't get a
Royal, which is not taken into account in the "basic strategy". If
you do take this into account, Ace-10 suited is better than just Ace
if a Royal pays 1000 or more.
Am I confused, or misunderstanding what's said above -- I haven't seen 1199 for a royal -- except as the number of dollars on a quarter progressive. Royals always seem to pay 800 coins for every coin bet if you bet the max 5 coins (i.e., a 4000 coint / bet payout for a royal with max coins in), and less than that per coin if you bet less than max coins.
--BG
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