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Wizard
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August 11th, 2016 at 7:35:50 PM permalink
I just saw Two for the Show on field trial at the Excalibur today. No, it is not a sequel to our own One for the Money. It is pretty much Three Card Poker, except based on the best two-card hand that can be made among six cards.

So far all I have for you are the rules, which you can see by clicking the link. I hope to have an analysis soon. With 190,694,571,947,880 combinations, it won't be trivial. A simulation may be in order.

The question for the survey is would you play Two for the Money, not knowing anything about the strategy or odds?
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August 11th, 2016 at 9:13:32 PM permalink
I can report the Two Pair Plus bet has a house edge of 6.73%.
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August 22nd, 2016 at 1:44:10 PM permalink
Scientific Games was kind enough to share their math report for Two for the Show with me. I have just used the report to update my Two for the Show page with the proper strategy and analysis of the base game.
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August 22nd, 2016 at 2:16:10 PM permalink
This sounds like a game boring enough where most players may need to play the higher edge sidebet to be entertained.
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