"cmayhem2001" Does anyone know of an analysis of the ER of the bonus bet
on this
WMS game? Obviously the paytable of the vp base game speaks for
itself. It is just idle curiosity as I was putzing around recently and
won
the final table bonus with a full bonus bet. Volatility has to be
pretty scary.
I've written an article on this game which will appear in
Strictly Slots soon. (Michael Shackleford saw the article, with my
permission, before he posted his analysis on his Wizard of Odds
website.) I can't post the article here because the magazine is paying
me for "first rights".
What I can share, though, is that the bonus feature adds
approximately 0.16%. So on 9/6 Jacks, the game returns 99.70%. There are
a limited number of WSOP FTB pay schedules that the slot director may
choose among, and the WMS game family has different names than IGT does
for the same games. A few pay schedules are better than 9/6 Jacks and
most are worse, so you have to check out each machine to see what's
what. Depending on exactly which game is chosen, the slot club, and what
promotions are in effect, this could well be a decent play for serious
players.
Bob Dancer
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