I have not tried to calculate this game but those numbers seem low.
Using only the strategy for normal DDB it seems that the adjacent feature would occur 40% of the time a premium quad occurs (I am sure that the strategy adjustments would increase that.). Kickers in DDB are about 26% of premium quads. I do not remember the column but is it possible that he shows 20% of quads instead of 40%. (I believe that either AAAAx or xAAAA counts for 2000.) The game has been available in my area for several years with 8/5 or worse paytables so it has not interested me.
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From: brumar_lv <brumar_lv@yahoo.com>
Sent: Nov 26, 2008 4:58 PM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Double Bonus Poker PlusI was unfamiliar with this game until I saw it yesterday in Don
Laughlins Riverside. It's not new ... Bob Dancer evaluated it in Feb
2005 in a column ... but relatively uncommon. There were two posts
in March this year saying DBPP is on several Optimum Play machines in
Texas Station. I thought I'd mention it here because my guess is
many members are unfamiliar with the game and the unique features of
the payschedule. The game I saw has this pay schedule:4000 RF
250 SF
2000 4 Adjacent Aces
800 4 Adjacent 2,3,4's
800 4 Aces
400 4 2,3,4's
200 4 5-K's
45 FH
30 F
20 ST
15 3ofK
5 2Pair
5 1PairThe unique feature is the "Adjacent" quads. Dancers article explains
how to adjust the playing strategy based on this feature. I found a
game by this name in the VPfree database, but with different returns
than the estimates in Dancers article (below).9/6/5 - 100.08 percent
10/6 - 99.76 percent
9/6/4 - 98.67 percent
9/5 - 97.57 percentAnybody know what the Texas Station payschedule is?