Magic Deal Poker question

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Mare2548
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Magic Deal Poker question

Post by Mare2548 »

If I am dealt three Magic cards and hold an ace, why don't all the hands give me 4 aces on the draw? The game description says it will give the best possible hand on ALL hands. I hope someone can  help me understand this...I can't see it!


farmfreshguy
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Post by farmfreshguy »

Best possible hand would be a Royal, not 4 Aces.


Vman96
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Post by Vman96 »

Yeah, if you pull a K through 10 of the same suit as the Ace, you'll get a royal.

Did you somehow receive a hand WORSE than 4 Aces?

Come Back Kid
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Post by Come Back Kid »

It's possible that you had drawn your own Ace, in which case you would get, Ace, Ace and the kicker.

Each hand is different, based on what you draw for your second card...That card determines what Magic cards you'll get to make the best hand.

In this particular case...There's three outcomes.
4 Aces, 4 Aces with a kicker or a Royal Flush.

Unless you were playing Deuces Wild or Jack or Better.


Mare2548
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Post by Mare2548 »

Thanks for the answers..I didn't consider the royal because it pays the same. I'll have to do a screen shot next time to show what I'm saying. I did not get 4 aces each hand; therefore my question.


Webman
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Post by Webman »

Looking at your Great Hits, I only see this one for Magic Deal on the 15th:



Is this the hand in question? Is it possible you accidentally discarded an ace?

doris13
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Post by doris13 »

playing the daily contest today and out of 50 deals only got magic deal once.

ukaserex
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Post by ukaserex »

If you look at the instructions for the game, you'll see that the Magic cards don't come at specific intervals. It's that lovely "random" word.

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Post by Tedlark »

doris it sounds like you got the Magic 8-ball instead.....

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Post by New2vp »


playing the daily contest today and out of 50 deals only got magic deal once.Doris, it looks like you were pretty unlucky.  You didn't say which game you were playing.  For example, if it happened to be DDB, odds are 22.5 to 1 against having only 1 or fewer Magic Deals.  So, if the RNG was working evenly, there were 22.5 contest sessions with 2 or more Magic Deals for every session that was like yours or worse.

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