Multi strike 9/6 JB, one hand = 98.37?

[caribou321]

I was rereading the Bob Dancer multi strike strategy article from years back, and noticed the table in it listed the payouts for playing 1,2,3 and 4 hands for each game. What shocked me is that it said for playing one hand only, a 9/6 JB multi strike game would pay 98.37, while for 2 hands it would be 99.60

Why would playing one hand be below 99.5? Is that because the assumption is that the player would still be using the modified multi strike strategy rather than the tradition one?

I just wanted to check my assumption that if you did play one hand using the traditional strategy, where the royal pays 4000, the payout would still be 99.5%

[Howard_Stern]

The royal for one hand Multi-Strike is always shorted to 1250 not 4000. Most
(But not all so make sure before you play.) single line Multi-Strike pays
4000 for the royal if two or more lines are played.

On five-play Multi-Strike, you usually need to play the full 100 credits to
get the 4000 on royals.

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Subject: [vpFREE] Multi strike 9/6 JB, one hand = 98.37?

I was rereading the Bob Dancer multi strike strategy article from years
back, and noticed the table in it listed the payouts for playing 1,2,3 and 4
hands for each game. What shocked me is that it said for playing one hand
only, a 9/6 JB multi strike game would pay 98.37, while for 2 hands it would
be 99.60

Why would playing one hand be below 99.5? Is that because the assumption is
that the player would still be using the modified multi strike strategy
rather than the tradition one?

I just wanted to check my assumption that if you did play one hand using the
traditional strategy, where the royal pays 4000, the payout would still be
99.5%

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