TDB Question

[chattycattty]

I have a question regarding TDB. Lately I have had several low card full houses. Normally, unless I draw a 3 ace full house in DDB, I would keep any full house. For Instance if I draw 3 3 2 2 2 , do I keep the full house or do I go for the 2000 credits and only keep the three 2's? And Does anyone know the margin of error between the two choices?

[onemoretry]

According to winpoker, breaking the full house and going for the 2000 quad is almost 20% better.

[chattycattty]

According to winpoker, breaking the full house and going for the 2000 quad is almost 20% better.

Thanks for the reply onemoretry. It is a bigger error than what I thought to hold on to the low card full house. I am still trying to bring my number of mistakes down before I give it a shot at the casino level. It seems that when I play TDB in these contests its either feast or famine.   

[ColorMeOld]

I have a question regarding TDB. Lately I have had several low card full houses. Normally, unless I draw a 3 ace full house in DDB, I would keep any full house. For Instance if I draw 3 3 2 2 2 , do I keep the full house or do I go for the 2000 credits and only keep the three 2's? And Does anyone know the margin of error between the two choices?

Proper play in TDB is 3-2-2-2 (toss one 3).

Here is a link to a handy calculator that will show you the proper holds and the value of each:

http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-pok ... -analyzer/

[Tedlark]

Aw come on, where's your sense of adventure? Toss the trip 2's and hold the two 3's.

[BillyJoe]

Actually, I play TDB a lot, and I would only hold the 2 2 2 (10 versus 45 if I do not catch anything).


 
I like having that additional draw for the fourth 2 (400) and maybe even catch one of the remaining two 3's, or a different kicker than the 3 (2000).


 
Shows how smart I am..
 
But, the reason that I am playing TDB in the first place is to get a premium hand.  

[pokerpokerpoker]

TBD! Shoot, I can barely handle the crazy swings of DDB. A hundred lasting 30 minutes on a quarter machine. Or just minutes in a dollar machine. Then all of a sudden the light is on.

[chattycattty]

Actually, I play TDB a lot, and I would only hold the 2 2 2 (10 versus 45 if I do not catch anything).


 
I like having that additional draw for the fourth 2 (400) and maybe even catch one of the remaining two 3's, or a different kicker than the 3 (2000).


 
Shows how smart I am..
 
But, the reason that I am playing TDB in the first place is to get a premium hand.  

I was thinking the same thing Billyjoe and was surprised to find out that breaking the full house and going for the 2000 points had 20% better odds.

[joechgo]

[QUOTE=onemoretry] According to winpoker, breaking the full house and going for the 2000 quad is almost 20% better.

Thanks for the reply onemoretry. It is a bigger error than what I thought to hold on to the low card full house. I am still trying to bring my number of mistakes down before I give it a shot at the casino level. It seems that when I play TDB in these contests its either feast or famine.   [/QUOTE]Chattycattty - when you say "contests", are you referring to a video poker tournament?  Because the proper plan in a normal cash situation isn't necessarily the best move in a tournament.

[onemoretry]

I was thinking the same thing Billyjoe and was surprised to find out that breaking the full house and going for the 2000 points had 20% better odds.
I supplied the almost 20% number (it's actually 19.55%).

But, billyjoe's play of breaking the full house and drawing to trips is marginally worse than holding the full house, and significantly worse than drawing to the trips with a kicker.