Clearly two pair even including aces is better than aces alone for DB, SDB and DDB and probably TDB as well. Has anybody posted the overall payback for this game? Obviously, the correct strategy after the first hand may well be an average of the hands in play. That is why 5 or 10 play has a higher multiplier following a premium hand than 3 play. I do not know the right way to calculate variance but it is much higher. Remember, unlike Super Times Pay, Wheel or Super Triple/Five Play you are paying a 100% up charge rather than 20%. (The same with probably even more variance goes for Big Times Pay.)
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From: mikeymic <mikeymic@yahoo.com>
Sent: Apr 27, 2009 1:38 PM
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Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Ultimate X question--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "freerollkent" <kent.vangilder@...> wrote:
Besides the underlying volatility of games normally such as (JOB , DDB,
DB) what does this additional feature do to the volatility? I would
venture to guess it's even higher than TDB but just figured I would get
some input. I'm primarily wondering for bankroll considerations on a
future trip to Las Vegas.Thanks in advance,
Free_Roll_Kent
I played Ultimate for awhile yesterday and realized how quickly money can disappear. I also discovered that even a 25c game easily becomes taxable given the right set of circumstances.
I'm not sure how volatility could be determined. In Multi-Strike you have fixed multipliers, so issues like strategy changes and bankroll are easily programmable. In Ultimate the only strategy change I can imagine is potentially not breaking a FH with 3 Aces playing games like DB or DDB since the FH can bring a 12x multiplier on the next hand.
Your main challenge will be to find the game as full-pay since many casinos usually penalize players paytable-wise for choosing games with multipliers. I didn't sense Ultimate to be as volatile as TDB, but it's definitely a step or two up from STP. Again, just find a good underlying game and enjoy the ride.