Wild Wild Poker

[TripleTriple]

Just noticed this site is showing that the game is available on three machines at Harrah's AC. I'm going to look for it during my next trip down...maybe I'll be dealt Wild!Wild!Wild!.

[Tedlark]

Wild...

[TripleTriple]

In between losing and winning yesterday I sought out the purported Wild!Wild!Wild! Poker units at Harrah's AC. It wasn't hard, they are very conspicuous with their logo and flame red and yellow colors. One within the carousels and two together near the carousels by the Eden lounge. All 3/5/10 play at .05/.10/.25 denominations. Quite a few variants- I only noted a few: 6/5 JOB, 6/5 BP, 6/5 DDB and 7/5 TDB (also have a few deuces variants). Not sure what the percentages turn out to be but sounds pretty poor. With the lower denominations it seems they want to discourage huge jackpots. The first couple of pass bys I saw nary a taker, then later a couple people seemed to be trying to understand the game. Maybe it will catch on.

I played fifty bucks on a whim at ten cent triple play, or three bucks a hand. Wild!Wild!Wild! flirted with me but a succession of no-Wild! hands quickly had me ejecting my residual tito. I would prefer single line at higher denominations, with better pay tables of course. Good luck.

[ProxyGecko]

Thanks for the scouting report. I was actually wondering about the paytables, so your note about 6/5 and 7/5 confirms some suspicions. Too bad there’s no single-line version at higher denom, that’d be more my speed too. Curious to see if they tweak the setup if the game doesn’t catch on fast.

[Jstark]

I didn't want to start a new thread, but while watching a recent video, I saw this interesting hand and I was curious as to the proper play here. In the picture, the player is awarded 3 WILDS, 2 of which he gets on the deal along with the 7, 2, 4. The game is 8/5 DDB. Some interesting choices here. Hold just the wilds, the wilds and the 2 or 4 for 3 oak, or even the wilds 2 AND 4 for two 3 oaks at the same time. Holding that option gives him 7 outs to quads with a kicker. Holding the wilds and just the 2 or 4 gives him 4 outs to hit quads. Holding the wilds only gives all sorts of possibilities. What would be the optimal play here?

[New2vp]

I believe the best hold is WW + 4. It is a close call. Holding either the 4 or 2 separately is slightly better than holding WW + 42. And all 3 are better than holding just the wild cards. Expected Values below are per hand. You can multiply by 10 to see the expected value for this deal and game to take 10-play into account.

WW + 4: 128.2327
WW + 2: 126.8286
WW + 42: 126.5
WW: 118.9043

If interested, you can check my calculations below. They are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. Because it is difficult for me to format tables here, I will list each possible final hand followed by 4 numbers, with the first number being the possibilities for WW + 4, followed by WW + 2, WW + 42, and WW.

3 of a Kind: 710, 784, 27, 11079
Straight: 193, 119, 16, 3242
Flush: 51, 57, 0, 732
4 5-K: 51, 51, 0, 2818
4 2-4: 140, 140, 0, 770
4 Aces: 0, 0, 0, 334
4 2-4 + A,2-4: 49, 49, 7, 159
4 Aces + 2-4: 10, 10, 0, 100
Str Flush: 15, 9, 0, 174
Royal Flush: 0, 0, 0, 80
5 5-K: 0, 0, 0, 84
5 2-4: 6, 6, 0, 18
5 Aces: 0, 0, 0, 10

If the 42 were suited, it would not be as close a call, and the optimal hold would be WW + 42.

WW + 42: 146.3
WW + 4: 127.4245
WW + 2: 126.0204
WW: 118.9548