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Need Calculation Help/Cal Heart Condition

#1

In a message dated 9/7/06 6:52:07 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
correna2@yahoo.com writes:

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While in Vegas recently, I stayed and played at the Cal for 6 nights
of my stay. They have a bank of 10/7DB; half of the bank is 50c,
half is dollars. The bonus on this bank is that a RF in hearts is
worth an extra 1000 coins. While my results were horrid, I find the
possibility of getting this bonus adds to the fun and excitement.

One hand I was dealt gave me cause to pause AFTER the draw. I was
dealt KQJ9 of hearts (the 5th card being inconsequential). The
correct hold under normal circumstances is to go for the STFL, which
I did. On the draw, the AH popped up. It then occurred to me that
with the 1000 coin bous on a heart RF that dropping the 9H may have
been the better play.

Wanting to know the added EV of this bonus feature and adjustments
to strategy, I tried to plug this into both WinPoker and FVP...
without success. Can either of these programs handle this
scenario? If so, how?

Thanks in advance for helpful responses.

Correna Correna

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From Winpoker viewpoint:

Note the frequencies of the "Analyze Game" of normal DB 10/7/5.

The important ones are- One in X hands

Royal- 48,048
SF- 8,841
Flush- 66.87

Go change the royal to 5,000. Run the analysis. Significant changes occured.

Royal- 37,479
SF- 8,683
Flush- 70.18

It sure looks like there could be major strategy changes if you have a "heart
condition" at the Cal.

Winpoker can't directly give you these changes from 10/7/5. It will take
some hit and miss trials. The first one I would try is the 4 Flush/3 to a Royal
play. Then examine things like 3 Flush 2hi/2 royal. And so on...

With the royal frequency more often than even Jacks 9/6 and the increased SF
frequency you know you will be going for royals, when you have that "heart
condition".

Of course the easy way would be to use a strategy generator program, but this
is how Bob talks us through similiar deviations/promos using Winpoker in his
columns.
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Overall EV- ballpark: 3 parts 100.17% and 1 part 100.64% equalizes to 100.29%

BS

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#2

I don't think all of this analysis is necessary for the strategy
shift for the particular hand in question: KQJ9,x

It is much simply done in Excel, once the distribution of the paying
hands for each hold is obtained from WinPoker or FVP. And those do
not depend on the Royal Premium; or in fact any particular payout
table.

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From Winpoker viewpoint:

Note the frequencies of the "Analyze Game" of normal DB 10/7/5.

The important ones are- One in X hands

Royal- 48,048
SF- 8,841
Flush- 66.87

Go change the royal to 5,000. Run the analysis. Significant

changes occured.

Royal- 37,479
SF- 8,683
Flush- 70.18

It sure looks like there could be major strategy changes if you

have a "heart

condition" at the Cal.

Winpoker can't directly give you these changes from 10/7/5. It

will take

some hit and miss trials. The first one I would try is the 4

Flush/3 to a Royal

play. Then examine things like 3 Flush 2hi/2 royal. And so on...

With the royal frequency more often than even Jacks 9/6 and the

increased SF

frequency you know you will be going for royals, when you have

that "heart

condition".

Of course the easy way would be to use a strategy generator

program, but this

is how Bob talks us through similiar deviations/promos using

Winpoker in his

columns.
***

Overall EV- ballpark: 3 parts 100.17% and 1 part 100.64% equalizes

to 100.29%

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