where can i practice....

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Player422738
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Re: where can i practice....

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I have my own program to calculate this game. If you want me to calculate any hand holdings, post it here.

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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                   |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Outcome (Betting 6 Credits)    | Payoff (Bet 6) | Payoff (Bet 1) | Combination   | Freq     | Return   |
+--------------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+----------+----------+
| ROYAL FLUSH NO DEUCES          |           4000 |        666.667 |      35656054 | 46586.83 | 0.014498 |
| 4 DEUCES                       |           1000 |        166.667 |     316443751 |  5249.28 | 0.032168 |
| NATURAL 4 ACES WITH ANY 2,3,4  |           2000 |        333.333 |      99047684 | 16770.74 | 0.020137 |
| NATURAL 4 3s, 4s W / ACE,2,3,4 |           1000 |        166.667 |     197188459 |  8423.93 | 0.020045 |
| NATURAL 4 ACES                 |           1000 |        166.667 |     201070816 |  8261.28 | 0.020440 |
| NATURAL 4 3s OR 4s             |            500 |        83.3333 |     399728898 |  4155.57 | 0.020317 |
| NATURAL 4 5s THRU KINGS        |            250 |        41.6667 |    2458482903 |   675.66 | 0.062479 |
| ROYAL FLUSH WITH DEUCE         |            100 |        16.6667 |    2853817960 |   582.06 | 0.029010 |
| 5 OF A KIND                    |             60 |             10 |    4543399244 |   365.61 | 0.027711 |
| STRAIGHT FLUSH                 |             50 |        8.33333 |    8743500042 |   189.98 | 0.044441 |
| 4 OF A KIND                    |             20 |        3.33333 |  103620593254 |    16.03 | 0.210669 |
| FULL HOUSE                     |             20 |        3.33333 |   34852017331 |    47.66 | 0.070857 |
| FLUSH                          |             15 |            2.5 |   33234795044 |    49.98 | 0.050677 |
| STRAIGHT                       |             10 |        1.66667 |   83962030574 |    19.78 | 0.085351 |
| 3 OF A KIND                    |              6 |              1 |  477436977316 |     3.48 | 0.291200 |
| NOTHING                        |              0 |              0 |  908147793770 |     1.83 | 0.000000 |
| total                          |              - |              - | 1661102543100 |        - | 0.987024 |
+--------------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------------+----------+----------+

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Post by stevel96a1 »

Thanks Hop, i may do that, but i also may need the strategy for the game, im not a big fan for a 6 coin play per turn seems kind of cheesy, but if its a 98.70 maybe better than the other games i have option to

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Post by Player422738 »

stevel96a1 wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:59 pm
Thanks Hop, i may do that, but i also may need the strategy for the game, im not a big fan for a 6 coin play per turn seems kind of cheesy, but if its a 98.70 maybe better than the other games i have option to
This is a good game for people who normally play non-wildcard games. At least we won't feel bad if we hit 4 aces on deuces.

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Post by New2vp »

hophoofer wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:29 pm
I have my own program to calculate this game. If you want me to calculate any hand holdings, post it here.
Hey hop, impressive work. Your figures match work done by one of the principals of the software I mentioned above, posted in the Wizard of Vegas blog.

It may be unimportant to you but the entries in your "Return" column are showing something other that what is normally shown in Game Stats. They are actually showing the proportion of the return for each Outcome line rather than the return that is attributable to that line.

In typical Game Stats, the entries of the Return column will add up to the Game EV, in this case 0.987024. The entries above in this thread add up to 1, because they show proportions.

For example, the calculation for the Return column for the Royal Flush No Deuces row would be:

4000 x 35,656,054 / 1,661,102,543,100 / 6 = 0.014310 rather than the number shown above, 0.014498.

And you can also see that 0.014498 x 0.987024 = 0.014310; or, equivalently, 0.014310 / 0.987024 = 0.014498.

I understand it is your program and you may want to show something other than what is typically shown, but I thought you might want to see this in case your intentions were different.

I appreciate your work.

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Post by nomadgurl »

No wonder I can’t win when people use language like that....lmao.

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Post by New2vp »

nomadgurl wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:15 am
No wonder I can’t win when people use language like that....lmao.
:lol: Sorry, ng. Some things are not everyone's cup of tea. I admit that my intended audience for the last post was a rather narrow slice of the population. I enjoy your posts.

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Post by tech58 »

New2vp wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:23 am
nomadgurl wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:15 am
No wonder I can’t win when people use language like that....lmao.
:lol: Sorry, ng. Some things are not everyone's cup of tea. I admit that my intended audience for the last post was a rather narrow slice of the population. I enjoy your posts.
Enjoy your posts,though i am certainly not in that narrow slice,every once in a while i learn something i can handle. Kind of like the blind squirrel who finds a nut once in a while :up:

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Post by Player422738 »

@New2vp, thank you for pointing it out!

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hophoofer wrote:
Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:13 am
@New2vp, thank you for pointing it out!
:up:

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Post by vicki1953 »

pay for the pro on the website. You will be able to learn how to play correctly that way....Or Bob Dancer's "win poker" but i really like using the Pro. they have many many games to choose from and they show what each game should pay in a casino so you would know if you are getting the right pay table.

Best way to learn is to take just a game or two to begin with. Jacks or Better, or bonus poker in my opinion are the two easiest games to learn. That is where I started.
then you build on that.

I think the pro only cost an addition 20 dollars a year for gold members.

hope this helps. I keep it simple, i have played lots of years and I could not follow that complicated information. That would take the fun out of the game if I took it that far, plus my brain isn't that good...lol
Vicki

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