Lousy "Aces and Eights"?

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Jstark
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Lousy "Aces and Eights"?

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When I first saw this, I thought WTF!?!? 4 aces or 8's only 125 instead of 400. Any one know the payback for these? I don't have to tools to figure out for the sequential royal flush.

P.S. Ignore the second $2 game. It's a duplicate.
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Post by New2vp »

As you no doubt presumed, the lower payouts for the "special" quads mean that these games are simply 8-5 or 7-5 Jacks or Better with the added sequential.

I never know for certain whether "sequential" means that the extra royal payout is good only for the 10-J-Q-K-A ordering or will also pay out for A-K-Q-J-10 sequence.

In general, the one-way extra is worth about an extra 0.191% in EV withOUT making any adjustments from the regular Jacks or Better strategy. If you know the strategy changes and make them, the 0.191% is bumped up to 0.235%.

And you can pretty much double those additions if the sequential royal payout applies for both forward and backward directions.

With that said the $2 game above (8-5) pays out 97.5335% if you incorporate strategy corrections due to the sequential bonus for the 1-way game and 97.7686% for the 2-way game.

The 25-cent game above (7-5) pays out 96.3824% if you incorporate strategy corrections due to the sequential bonus for the 1-way game and 96.6176% for the 2-way game.

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Post by Jstark »

I'm more curious if the quad A's & 8's pay was an error on IGT's part or intentional. Why even name the game that if your going to take away that bonus payoff?! All 4 machines in this bank were the same.

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Post by New2vp »

If the Quad Aces and Eights were payable at 400 as in the original game, the 2-way sequential EV for 8-5 would be 100.2507%. The 1-way sequential EV would be 100.0163%. Standard 8-5 Aces and Eights has an EV of 99.7818%. So the add-ons are essentially the same as regular Jacks or Better.

No idea how to determine whether the change in pay schedule was intentional or accidental on behalf of any party.

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Post by Vman96 »

I swear i have seen this at another casino too, but I can't remember where now...grrr

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Post by Vman96 »

Vman96 wrote:
Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:29 pm
I swear i have seen this at another casino too, but I can't remember where now...grrr
Southland park in Arkansas maybe?

Intentional or not? Meh. But it shouldn't be allowed. Or call the games 7s Bonus Poker at least. Lol

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