My question is: When I receive a STP multiplier on the deal, why
is it not correct to change to a max-Royal strategy for that hand (as
in a progressive) since the Royals increase on that hand from $1K to
$2-10K (depending on the multiplier)?
In a progressive, just the value of the royal (or a few top hands) increases while everything else stays the same -- the values of the payline entries relative to each other changes.
On a STP multiplier, the value of *all* payouts increases by the same amount, so their values relative to each other don't change at all. Since the multiplier also doesn't change the likelihood of hitting any given hand (frequency), it's clear that the strategy rankings shouldn't change. (Remember that the strategy rankings are derived based on the frequency of a hand multiplied by its payout.)
When I get a 10X multiplier and I'm dealt a high pair with 3RFL,
it's hard to keep the sure 50 coin return and not go for the 40,000
coin Royal.
You can certainly choose to "go for it" if that makes you happy; just recognize that over the long term, you're costing yourself money switching to a max-royal strategy at that point. Keep in mind that those sure 50 coin returns (plus the 100-coin 2 pair, 450-coin FH, etc) are really REALLY key to staying afloat in the game (and in fact having a higher return than the non-STP game)... since you're "throwing away" an extra coin on every hand to qualify for the multiplier. If you don't actually cash in when the multiplier comes up, those extra coins add up VERY fast. (Over a buck a hand on quarter 5-play -- even at a very modest 300 deals/hour, that's $375 an hour!)
Good luck...
--Joe
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"sechkardan" sechkar@earthlink.net wrote: