Sequential Royal

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OTABILL
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Re: Sequential Royal

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hophoofer wrote:
Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:52 pm
hophoofer wrote:
Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:53 pm
Seq royal pays 0.028 (50000 / 1.8M) credit.

Without Seq royal pay, on 6/5 Bonus poker (base pay is 96.x%), holding both J and Q pays 2.52 credits. Holding either J (2.33) or Q (2.30) is inferior.

With Seq royal pay, holding Q can be improved to 2.30 + 0.028 = 2.328, and it can surpass holding single J once the progressive gets a bit higher.

However, you should never go for a single card unless Seq royal goes up to about 350K (1.8M * (2.52-2.328)) credits. The best play most of time is holding both J and Q in this hand.

(All calculation above is simplified by not considering the impacts on over all strategy change adding Seq Royal. But the impact is negligible since the odds of hitting Seq is so slim.)
Just want to point it out...With Seq royal pay, holding J is 2.33 + 0.014 = 2.344
If holding the singleton queen is 2.30 + 0.028 = 2.328 and holding the singleton jack is 2.33 + 0.014 = 2.344, how "can surpass holding single J once the progressive gets a bit higher?" Doesn't seem logical. Explain.

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Post by Player422738 »

Because the return of holding Q grows faster than J due to the 2 way seq royal vs 1 way.

2.30 + (50000 + x) / 1.8 M = 2.33 + (50000 + x) / (2 * 1.8 M)

x = 58000 credits

Once seq royal surpasses 108000 credits, holding single Q is better than holding single J.

But!!!!! Holding both J and Q is much better.

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Post by OTABILL »

hophoofer wrote:
Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:57 pm
Because the return of holding Q grows faster than J due to the 2 way seq royal vs 1 way.

2.30 + (50000 + x) / 1.8 M = 2.33 + (50000 + x) / (2 * 1.8 M)

x = 58000 credits

Once seq royal surpasses 108000 credits, holding single Q is better than holding single J.

But!!!!! Holding both J and Q is much better.
Got it. I was only thinking forward.

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Post by Jstark »

One rank too low!
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Post by onemoretry »

At least, given the cards you drew to, you got the best possible result.

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Post by Jstark »

Yep. No complaints.

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Post by FAA »

We’re talking a $37.50 SF hit, correct? Just checking.

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Post by Jstark »

What does the dollar amount have to do with the order of the cards?

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Post by FAA »

Zero. The aesthetics are undeniably beautiful.

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Post by gentlemobster »

I saw my mom get one dealt once but it didn’t pay anything extra for it. Those dealt royals sure shock you lol

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