John, I believe you are correct that the only major change to the regular 8/5 BP strategy for 8/5 bonus ACES is to hold three aces in correct position instead of a dealt full house.
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<johnhunady@...> wrote:Anyone out there dabble in creating a strategy for 8-5 ACE$
Bonus
Poker? This is an offshoot of 8-5 Bonus Poker, providing an
additional 4,000 coin bonus for 4 special aces arranged in
sequence,
either ACE$- or -ACE$. This game returns 99.41% compared to
99.17% for 8-5 Bonus Poker.As instructed in Wizard of Odds, I took Jean Scott's
Frugal Video
Poker program and produced 5 different strategies using the
different
paybacks for 4 Aces, using 80 coins for Aces in wrong
position, 94
coins for NO Aces at all (basic 8-5 strategy), 110 coins
for 1 Ace in
position, 200 for 2 Aces in position and 440 for 3 Aces in
position.
Fine, that I did and I have 5 separate little strategies
for each of these ace positions.But, am I right to presume that I need to use each strategy
SEPARATELY in conjunction with the 5 different Aces
positions, as
listed above in the Wizard of Odds link? Or is there is a
single
strategy that would combine all of these Ace positions?Of interest, in comparing the 5 different strategies, the
only REAL
difference I see in play is when you have 3 Aces in
position vs. a
PAT Full House - there you would break up the Full House.
This
differs from the basic 8-5 Bonus Poker strategy. But with 2
Aces in
position you would keep the Full House, just like in 8-5
Bonus Poker.
I could be missing something, but this is what I am seeing.Any feedback out there would really be great. I initially
assumed the
strategy for ACE$ Bonus Poker would be roughly the same as
8-5 Bonus
Poker, because catching the 4 aces in sequence (either
ACE$- or -ACE$)
is such a rare occurence.John Hunady