I couldn't find the original postings on shockwave, but I do remember
looking at this game many months ago. I believe the shockwave bonus
ends once the 4 of a kind is hit, so multiple 4,000 hits during the
10 round bonus is not allowed. Using your numbers with the
substitution of 5.5 for 10 in the analysis below you get approx. ev
97.6 does that match the other analysis?
It was brought to my attention that my analysis of Shockwave was
different
from the Wizard of Odds site. A few months ago this game was
discussed on
this board. I reviewed those posts and found that mine did not
agree with
them either. I would appreciate having someone critique my
analysis.
I found that playing the base game using the strategy for the same
game with
an increased quad lowered the ER, but the shorter quad cycle
increased the
final ER. I concluded that adding 18.6426 to the quad produced the
highest
ER for the 12/8/5 pay schedule. Adding or subtracting from this
number on
other pay schedules added .004% or less so I stayed with one quad
number.
Here is my evaluation.
(#1) The base game for the 25/12/8/5 pay schedule has an ER of
95.2373%
(#2) Shockwave mode for the 800/12/8/5 pay schedule has an ER of
289.9961%
(#3) Game with 43.6426/12/8/5 pay schedule (25+18.6426 quad) has an
ER of
99.5115%.
Play game #1 using game #3 strategy.
Playing game #1 using strategy #3 has an ER of 95.2321% and a quad
cycle of
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435.622
Multiply ER * quad cycle
(95.2321 * 435.622) = 41485.1979
Add 41485.1979 + ER of Shockwave mode * 10.
41485.1979 + (289.9961*10) = 44385.1589
Divide 44385.1589 by quad cycle +10
44385.1589/(435.622+10) = 99.6027% ER
5-card