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Royal Aces Bonus

Bill, as far as I can tell, you got the correct numbers. Total Return is
98.9974%, variance is 180.97606.

Brian

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In a message dated 11/14/2005 2:31:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
vphobby2@cox.net writes:

I set this up in WinPoker but only got 98.99% payback for the 9/6
schedule. The variance showed up as 180.98. I can't find anything
wrong in what I did to set it up but it's easy to make mistakes.

Can someone else set it up and verify Bob's number?

Thanks,

Bill

At 09:24 PM 11/13/2005, you wrote:

Kelso asked about 9/6 Royal Aces Bonus. Where he was going wrong is that
the lowest pay is for a pair of aces only and not for KK, QQ, or JJ.

The following is from an upcoming "Basics of Video Poker" Book. The
return on the 9/6 game is decent, depending on slot club and promotional
stuff. The variance is astronomic.

Summary of Pay Schedules

9/6

9/5

Royal Flush

800

800

Straight Flush

50

50

4-of-a-Kind: A

800

800

4-of-a-Kind: 2,3,4

80

80

4-of-a-Kind: 5-K

50

50

Full House

9

9

Flush

6

5

Straight

4

4

3-of-a-Kind

3

3

Two Pair

1

1

Pair of Aces

1

1

Theoretical Return

99.58%

98.13%

   Variance

181.73

184.15

   Standard Deviation

13.48

13.57

Bob Dancer

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or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.

-----Original Message-----
From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpF…@…com] On Behalf
Of kelso1600
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 9:04 PM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Royal Aces Bonus

I saw this game over the weekend. The database lists the paytable as

Royal Aces Bonus 9/6/4/3/1/1

The rest of the paytable was the same as double bonus except that four
Aces paid 4000 (if I remember correctly).

When I analyze this, I get a payout of 111.59%.

Obviously, I have made a mistake somewhere. Does anyone know the
complete paytable and what the payback is.

With both Four Aces and Royal Flush paying 4000 coins, it looked
tempting.

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