The machine is a $1 NSUD Progressive with the standard 25-16-10-4-4
paytable. Since I like that game anyway, the progressive feature is a nice
"sweetener".
Ah, but with progressive royals come strategy changes. To keep the
discussion brief I'm only interested in your opinion about three of them.
Some years ago I made a chart for NSUD 3-play quarter progressives, and I
will attempt to paste the chart on the bottom of this post. Since I only
logged the changes at $100 strike points, it is not as complex as one would
think. Now, before a VP purist jumps me, there are some changes that will
happen earlier than the posted strike point, but keep in mind, as with all
progressives, straight penalties are deck poison, and the potency of the
poison is almost always dependant on the number of gaps from the held card
in question. The figures that I use might include, for instance, 3
different straight penalties that occur at 3 different levels, but the next
highest hundred dollar increment in meter movement will cover them all.
Hell, my changes chart for 8-5 BP is so large you have to pick out a hand
hold by what mile marker the figure is at. As for your P.S. question, in a
progressive, there is no such thing as never. However, there are some
progressive holds that are well out of the realm of probability, such as
your 2 deuce pat wild royal. If it were Q hi, playing for dollars, you
would need a royal of $132,730 to drop the 2 deuces. Anyway, here's my
chart for quarter 3-play, you can calculate the figures for $ play.
Nudge
NSUD .25 PROGRESSIVE -3 PLAY
Royal cyl var w strat chg 3-Roy Total
$1000 43456 25.78 99.73% $3000
$1100 42120 32.93 99.91% $3300
$1200 42120 32.93 100.10% $3600
$1300 41409 37.16 100.29% $3900
$1400 39745 42.58 100.49% $4200
$1500 39184 47.76 100.69% $4500
$1600 38736 53.31 100.90% $4800
$1700 38533 59.00 101.10% $5100
$1800 38116 65.41 101.31% $5400
$1900 37961 71.86 101.52% $5700
$2000 37776 78.76 101.74% $6000
$2500 37720 117.02 102.80% $7500
$3000 37642 163.97 103.86% $9000
ABBREVIATIONS
H=honor
AHs = ace + honor suited
KHs = king + honor suited
= greater than
INS = inside
ST = straight
PEN = penalty
FL = flush
STRIKE NUMBERS
$3,300 AHs NO PEN > REDRAW
$3,500 KHs NO PEN > ST 4 INS
$3,600 AHs w 1 ST PEN > REDRAW
$3,800 TJQs > 8TJQs
$3,900 KHs w 1 ST PEN >ST 4 INS
$4,000 4 ROY K HI >WILD ROYAL
$4,100 4 ROY A HI >WILD ROYAL
$4,200 K HI 3 ROY > 4 STFL INS
$4,400 KHs w FL PEN > ST 4 INS
$4,500 AHs w 1 FL PEN > REDRAW
$4,600 TJQs > TRIPS
$4,700 AHs w1 ST PEN & 1 FLU PEN
> REDRAW
$4,900 3 CD K HI ROY > TRIPS
$5,000 TJQs > 9TJQs
$5,100 AHs NO PEN > ST 4 INS
$5,200 TJQs > PAT STRAIGHT
$5,300 3 CD A HI ROY > TRIPS
$5,400 TJs > 7TJs w 1 ST PEN
$5,500 3 CD K HI ROY > PAT ST
$5,700 TJs > 7TJs NO PEN
$5,900 3 CD A HI ROY > PAT ST
$6,000 AHs w 1 FL PEN > ST 4 INS
···
From: "mikeymic" <mikeymic@yahoo.com>
Subject: [vpFREE] NSUD Progressive Strategy Changes