In a message dated 11/2/06 2:58:56 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
harry.porter@verizon.net writes:
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This last discussion gives rise to the question of what distributions
we might expect from a paytable in which payouts were roughly related
to expected hand frequency.There's a game variant that is in place that appears to have addressed
this question: All American. I suspect the name was chosen because
the paytable makes a stab at an egalitarian structure of "equal pay
for equal relative frequency".The HP and TP pay identically. The S, F, and FH do so also. The 4K
gets a comfortable boost from Jacks, and the SF (for once) has a
satisfying payback (1000 cr.) relative to how hard it is to score.One consequence of this paytable is that the player shoots much more
aggressively for a SF, including holding 2 card SF holds. SF
frequency increases by about 25%. (Other alternate hand
considerations still keep this game from having far from the 9:1 SF to
RF ratio you speculate on.)- Harry
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Harry once again has provided another explanation to a newbie in detail.
Thanks again.
Yep, if it was a plain old 5 card stud game those 36 to 4 ratios should hold.
But, they let us try to improve our hand with a discard and draw. What is
whacky is they don't weight outcomes based on probablity, which has been
pointed out.
I do think the original poster is well on the way to understanding the
complexities. Get some practice software. Where is that zamzone.com Jacks or
Better game anyway? It burps every 100 hands, but take a look at all the features.
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I do miss All-American, in Laughlin. What a fine game to determine your
skill level without wild cards.
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