four to the royal vs. flush

[wilcoxfun]

Greetings,
 
Yesterday evening I was playing and I had four hearts to the royal. I needed the Ace.  I had another heart a deuce so I had the flush.  Should I have kept the flush or went for the royal?
 
I was playing quarter machine progressive and it was over $1,200. 

I look forward to hearing what you all say.  I will post later on sharing what I decided to do.

Thanks!

[Eduardo]

What game... Jacks or Better or DDB?

[Eduardo]

Nevermind... either way your best bet is to go for the royal, by FAR. Even without a progressive. The progressive makes it even more so.
 
So did you hit it?!

[shadowman]

I could manufacture a paytable where the flush hold would be better, but I've never seen one in a casino. OTOH, with my luck at one card draws I should probably assume the RF only pays about 1/3 of what it says.
So far this year I have hit 1 out of 154 tries. I've averaged about 1-80 over the last 3 years. I still go for it every time though. One of these days the worm will turn.

[wilcoxfun]

The game was DDB.  My son was standing behind me and he said, "Take the flush!"  I did what I always do and took the royal.  I wish I had not had shadowman's luck!  I ended up with ZERO.  Son was smart--saying SEE I TOLD YOU SO!  I left the casino with five dollars up and he was $100 down but I am not going to mention that to him LOL!

[Eduardo]

So if you took the flush, you could have left $12.50 up instead of $5.00? Big whoop. You made the right call for the opportunity in this case.

[filcro]

About two weeks ago I sat a t a bar and there was a DDB $1 VP machine with a $6,700 Royal Flush.  I was delt a flush.  AH, KH, JH, 10H and 4H.  I gave up the 4H and was delt a QH.
 
This has happen a few times to me.  So I always do it.  Also, many times I'll just get another heart and if it's JOB you get a pair.
 
I'd say go for it!!!  Good luck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greetings,
 
Yesterday evening I was playing and I had four hearts to the royal. I needed the Ace.  I had another heart a deuce so I had the flush.  Should I have kept the flush or went for the royal?
 
I was playing quarter machine progressive and it was over $1,200. 

I look forward to hearing what you all say.  I will post later on sharing what I decided to do.

Thanks!

[Eduardo]

That's happened a few times for you?! Hoochie Mama!

[faygo]

For grins, I went to Winpoker6 and altered the paytable for the flush. With the flush paying 100 , 4 to the Royal is the hold. At 125 for the flush, hold the flush. The game was JOB that I used. As SM said, doubt you would find the PT in a Casino.

[Webman]

You would also want to alter the paytable to be $1,200 (4800) for the royal in this case. Unlikely you will find a flush to compensate.