not sure about hold

Discuss proper hold strategies and "advantage play" and ask questions about how to improve your play.
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wildman49
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not sure about hold

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Not sure about this super game think I made to right play, had 5 eights held the 3 deuces and it pays off, anyone on the % pay back on this game?

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Super Triple Play was discussed in another thread, but I don't remember anything.

Your pay table is 116.81%, but I think you have to multiply by 5/6ths because of the 18-coin bet. Result is 97.34%.

The version on this site is 118.82%, converting to 99.02%. It's a 4000/2000/250/160/100/20/20/15/10/5 schedule.

Hand analyzer indicates you guessed wrong on the hold, mathematically. You were probably influenced by the doubled payout for deuces, but the 5-of-a-kind payout is also doubled, so the ratio remains equivalent to conventional NSUD. And therefore the strategy for this decision is unlikely to vary drastically from NSUD.

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guess it was good to not know right play as I was down $500 when I got the hit, just trying to get even as they say, thanks dinghy

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wildman49 wrote:
Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:45 pm
guess it was good to not know right play as I was down $500 when I got the hit, just trying to get even as they say, thanks dinghy
Right or wrong, it was a nice hit. Congrats! :up:

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dinghy wrote:
Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:58 pm
wildman49 wrote:
Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:45 pm
guess it was good to not know right play as I was down $500 when I got the hit, just trying to get even as they say, thanks dinghy
Right or wrong, it was a nice hit. Congrats! :up:
Yes nice/lucky hit but had I known the right play I would have held the five of a kind. I never seen this super game before, another player I know told me about it so a I sat down and looked over the games. only played about 50 hands total on 3 games, so very lucky.

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nice, I would have done the same

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