Random Reward Poker

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Player422738
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Random Reward Poker

Post by Player422738 »

I saw this one the other day. What is the payback percentage, and what is the strategy?

Are the random credits 5-2000 following uniform distribution or normal distribution or others. No info is available about the randomness of the bonus credits.

Vman96
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Post by Vman96 »

The payback isn't well known. Given how IGT functions, I'd guess it's about 0.3% more than 5 credits bet when played optimally. Problem is optimal strategy changes on every deal.

pokerpokerpoker
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Post by pokerpokerpoker »

Random Rewards, LOL.

IMO, one of the coolest VP games ever. But, it wasn't popular. Yet, it lives on as one of the game choices on the 5 Star Machines.

You can look at the 5 coin payout for flushes and full-houses to get a baseline payback. I saw one today for Bonus Poker that was 25 for flushes and 35 for full-houses. That would be 98.01%. There probably is a tenth/few tenths extra payback for playing the sixth coin.

Strategy can get real screwy.

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