Since the first hand always depends on what the last player left you, that game will usually be a large disdvantage since players tend to leave when running out of money and players might be smart enough to quit after a zero result. I would think some state regulators might find this a problem though it is like a fast hit progressive on steroids. Also after any very bad result the same. This could also make for some one hand hit and run situations similiar to "banking" style slots but you will need to check all denoms and games looking for an average multiplier greater than two (no multiplier = 1.). I expect this game to die quickly. The videopoker.com site shows the DDB game with a 9-6 paytable so I suspect that 8-5 is real bad!
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-----Original Message-----
From: fivespot <fivespot55@gmail.com>
Sent: Feb 23, 2009 7:19 PM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Ultimate X Deluxe VPOn Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:46 AM, <misscraps@aol.com> wrote:
Does anyone know anythng about this new, somewhat weird game? It is kind of
on the order of Multistrike or SuperTimesPay, with additional multipliers.it's complicated to determine the exact EV or an exact strategy - and
the strategy, once you determine it, will be complicated as well.however, it's relatively easy to get an upper bound on the EV, and the
upper bounds i've come up with have all been under 99.2%, so i haven't
been inspired to put in further work.Here is how it works. It is a multiline game, 3 or 5 lines, with various
games available. I played DDB with an apparently bad paytable of 8 for FH, 5 for
Flush, 4 Straight, 3 three of Kind, the rest the usual DDB schedule. If you
hit various winners on lines, on the next pull, you receive a multiplier.
FH gives 12x, Flush 10x, Straight 8x, 3 kind, 4x, 2 pair 3x, Jacks 2x.this game returns under 97.7%.
There may be some slight strategy changes needed because of the higher
multipliers for Flash and FH, for example.the strategy changes aren't slight - they're huge, and complicated,
and very important. you're giving up a full 1% on the first hand if
you play it like normal DDB, since you should be playing it as much
for the multipliers as for the pays. flushes are huge, straights are
bigger than normal, royals and quads are effectively half their usual
value.correct first-hand strategy looks more like 10/7 DB on a week-long
bender. you hold lots of three-flushes, like in DB; but then you have
nonsense like holding four to the straight instead of three to the
royal from Q(KJT)x, or holding four to the flush instead of either the
high pair or royal draw from K(AKQx),on subsequent hands, strategy depends on the multipliers. the higher
they are, the more you're playing for the current pay rather than
future multipliers, and the more it plays like 8/5 DDB. you
effectively need to know a whole family of strategies, like with the
multistrike games.and like with the multistrike games, even if you find a good paytable,
you'll still get brutally punished if you try to play it like a normal
machine. on average, that is. in the long run. in the short run,
congrats on the $5k hit.cheers,
five
