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How do they come up with percentages?
Are they based off single coin bets or do they include a 5 coin Royal?
Understanding VP percentages
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Vman96
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They typically include the five coin royal, but both can be calculated. Typically 1 to 4-coin returns are about 1.25% lower than the 5-coin return.
As where the number comes from. Computers analyze all the possible deal hands (2,598,960) and their possible holds (32 each), note which hold yields the highest average return based on the paytable given, and average these highest return holds to come up with the game's optimal return percentage.
Smart programmers have made code to pull this calculation off within seconds with the appropriate paytable input.
Here's an example of such a program.
http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/analyzer/
As where the number comes from. Computers analyze all the possible deal hands (2,598,960) and their possible holds (32 each), note which hold yields the highest average return based on the paytable given, and average these highest return holds to come up with the game's optimal return percentage.
Smart programmers have made code to pull this calculation off within seconds with the appropriate paytable input.
Here's an example of such a program.
http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/analyzer/
