Quick Quads Strategy

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Re: Quick Quads Strategy

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Yes, I've already made a few compromises and this chart doesn't even consider penalty situations. The chart would likely need to be cut in half to be usable.
 
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When playing DDB (non QQ) the hold for 8,8, 9, 10, J not suited is to hold the Jack high St. and pitch the one 8. Does this change in QQs to holding the pair. SM, I tried to find it in the chart but I either can't read it or ....

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For QQs 89TJ shows on the chart as .7447 (just look for this value on the left side) and a pair of 8s is 1.0365, so keep the 8s. For normal DDB the value for 89TJ is the same but the pair of 8s is .7332, so here you shoud keep the 4 for a straight. 

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For QQs 89TJ shows on the chart as .7447 (just look for this value on the left side) and a pair of 8s is 1.0365, so keep the 8s. For normal DDB the value for 89TJ is the same but the pair of 8s is .7332, so here you shoud keep the 4 for a straight. 
 
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Here's another oddity of the QQs I just came across. I already mentioned that one never goes for an inside straight with 0 high cards but for most of the QQ games you should hold a suited 2 3 or 3 4 with no high cards. With the extra quad possibilities these holds are better than tossing all five cards.

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I played a lot of DDB today down in Oklahoma.  Keep in mind, the paytables literally SUCK.  7/5 DDB and 9/6 DB on one machine and on the others, 9/5.Playing nickels, I was just barely over even for around 4 hours of play.  Thinking my wife was ready to leave, I chucked in $25 and was going to play it off and go home.  Well, on the third spin, I hit quad Queens and switched back to nickels.  I actually hit more than the average number of quads today but only one was "big" (Aces with no kicker at the nickel level).  I ended up by around $65 when we left.  That's a MAJOR win for me down in Oklahoma!

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I played a lot of DDB today down in Oklahoma.  Keep in mind, the paytables literally SUCK.  7/5 DDB and 9/6 DB on one machine and on the others, 9/5.

Playing nickels, I was just barely over even for around 4 hours of play.  Thinking my wife was ready to leave, I chucked in $25 and was going to play it off and go home.  Well, on the third spin, I hit quad Queens and switched back to nickels.  I actually hit more than the average number of quads today but only one was "big" (Aces with no kicker at the nickel level).  I ended up by around $65 when we left.  That's a MAJOR win for me down in Oklahoma!

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I had a Royal on QQs on the site today(no $) and barely got out of the hole I dug myself.

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Post by MikeA »

I pounded away at QQ for a little while just a few minutes ago and stuck pretty close to even.  

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I played a lot of DDB today down in Oklahoma.  Keep in mind, the paytables literally SUCK.  7/5 DDB and 9/6 DB on one machine and on the others, 9/5.

Playing nickels, I was just barely over even for around 4 hours of play.  Thinking my wife was ready to leave, I chucked in $25 and was going to play it off and go home.  Well, on the third spin, I hit quad Queens and switched back to nickels.  I actually hit more than the average number of quads today but only one was "big" (Aces with no kicker at the nickel level).  I ended up by around $65 when we left.  That's a MAJOR win for me down in Oklahoma!

 
Always nice to beat the odds.
 
 My wife and I hit a good spell over the last few days (it's about time). After I hit a RF on Friday my wife came through yesterday with her first RF since July 16th. To top it off I hit quad aces, quad jacks twice (once with a kicker) and 3 other mid quads in less than an hour of playing DDAF.
 

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Post by shadowman »

Is it just my imagination or has Boopsahoy been hogging the top spot for QQs this week?
 
Boops, have you been studying the strategy overtime???

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