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Monster SF

#1

I hit a Straight Flush today on a progressive bank with five meters
at Harrah's in Tunica, MS. The SF meter was $1,865 when I hit it
(reset is the standard $250). This meter got nearly this high
($1,400) on Valentine's day. In addition, I have hit it before at
over $700.

This meter accrues at 0.4%, so I figure it took 80,750 hands to build
up this high. The basic game is 7-5 Bonus Poker with an expected SF
once in 9,346 hands. Using "average" values for the progressive hands
the SF is one in 9,247 hands. Using 9,300 hands as an average, the
usual value of an SF on this progressive should be $425.

At the $1,800 level, WinPoker gives one SF in 5,411 hands, which
implies a highly modified strategy. I used VPSM to generate such a
strategy (which was totally unnecessary, as I was dealt 4 SF and just
held it).

I have read, and now sincerely believe, that "average" players over
hold to the RF but ignore or miss 3 SF holds. How else could this
meter get so high so often? I hope it's true. That would mean I can
look forward to more monster SF plays in the future.

#2

I hit a Straight Flush today on a progressive bank with five meters
at Harrah's in Tunica, MS. The SF meter was $1,865 when I hit it
(reset is the standard $250). This meter got nearly this high
($1,400) on Valentine's day. In addition, I have hit it before at
over $700.

This meter accrues at 0.4%, so I figure it took 80,750 hands to

build

up this high. The basic game is 7-5 Bonus Poker with an expected SF
once in 9,346 hands. Using "average" values for the progressive

hands

the SF is one in 9,247 hands. Using 9,300 hands as an average, the
usual value of an SF on this progressive should be $425.

At the $1,800 level, WinPoker gives one SF in 5,411 hands, which
implies a highly modified strategy. I used VPSM to generate such a
strategy (which was totally unnecessary, as I was dealt 4 SF and

just

held it).

I have read, and now sincerely believe, that "average" players over
hold to the RF but ignore or miss 3 SF holds. How else could this
meter get so high so often? I hope it's true. That would mean I can
look forward to more monster SF plays in the future.>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Congratulations!!!! That's higher than any SF progressive I've ever
seen. At $1,865 the WinPoker return, based on the SF alone, was
102.87% (from 98.0147% at reset). Taking the other 4 progressives
into account, it must have been well above 103% overall. Also, a .4%
feed rate for the SF implies the overall feed rate is outstanding. I
think that also explains why the SF gets so high because in the 7/5
BP games I've studied it's lower than that.

I wish there were more games like that in LV! There is 7/5 Bonus
Poker (with 4-5 progressives) in a few LV casinos (the Stations for
example), but not everywhere.

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#3

WinPoker return, based on the SF alone, was 102.87% (from 98.0147%

at reset). Taking the other 4 progressives into account, it must have
been well above 103% overall.

Using the actual numbers on the board when I started, the return was
over 104%. I just couldn't resist, although the 8-5 Bonus progressive
at the bar was approaching $8,000 at the same time.

Also, a .4% feed rate for the SF implies the overall feed rate is

outstanding.

The overall rate is 1.42%, but the royal is only 0.5% of that and
almost always gets hit under $5,000. Most people don't want to risk
taking a bath for Aces or a Straight Flush without a LOT of
incentive. I managed to hit $529 Aces on my 8 hour quest, too, and
still only cleared half of the 'pot after taxes.

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