Super Triple Play Draw Poker Bonus Strategy Chart

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Videopokerjesus
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Super Triple Play Draw Poker Bonus Strategy Chart

Post by Videopokerjesus »

Does anyone know a reliable source to get a strategy chart for all of the variations of this game?

I am particularly interested in the 7/5 Super Aces, 6-coin game where ALL quad aces pay the same as a royal flush.

Wizard of Odds seems to have the payback, but does not have a decision chart.

Any help would be appreciated.

alpax
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Post by alpax »

I just plugged in different numbers on the strategy calculator to generate a strategy.

4 Aces 160 -> 800
4 2s,3s,4s 80 -> 160
4 5s thru Kings 50 -> 80
Straight Flush 60 -> 160

http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-pok ... 160-d-800/

It is based on 5 coin play so the return shows 118.825%. Since S3P requires 6 coins, 5/6 (or five sixth) of that return is 99.02% which is how the expected return was derived. The strategy should play out regardless since the extra coin was paid.

The major glaring difference is your break up a dealt full house if you have trip Aces, 2s, 3s, and 4s. Also you go for the straight flush more often.

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Post by Videopokerjesus »

Thanks.

I just plugged in different numbers on the strategy calculator to generate a strategy.

4 Aces 160 -> 800
4 2s,3s,4s 80 -> 160
4 5s thru Kings 50 -> 80
Straight Flush 60 -> 160

http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-pok ... 160-d-800/

It is based on 5 coin play so the return shows 118.825%. Since S3P requires 6 coins, 5/6 (or five sixth) of that return is 99.02% which is how the expected return was derived. The strategy should play out regardless since the extra coin was paid.

The major glaring difference is your break up a dealt full house if you have trip Aces, 2s, 3s, and 4s. Also you go for the straight flush more often.

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[quote=videopokerjesus]  [/quote]Gosh, I would think a guy with that handle would have known the answer... 






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Post by alpax »

It can represent a person's name rather than a deity in religion. It is the Spanish equivalent of the English name Joshua.

Other than that, those that play this game hopefully know what they are in for. Even with the 4000 credit payout for the 4 Aces and 800 credits for the 2/3/4 quads, it carries a variance of 200!

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Post by New2vp »

Variance is reported as a number of squared bets.  Just like you have to adjust the Wizard's EV by multiplying by 5/6, one must adjust the variance calculated by the software by multiplying by (5/6)^2 = 25/36.  The variance is still huge, but is actually 139.5 squared 6-coin bets.However, if you wanted for some reason to convert this to squared 5-coin bets, the variance is indeed 200.9 as you indicated.


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Post by alpax »

Thanks for the correction there New2vp, I will save this as reference as I knew something had to change when paying an additional coin to get better returns. Super Aces Bonus on its own has a 63 variance, but to pay an extra coin until the quads is quite rough!

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