Quote: kewljOver the weekend, while my partner was playing through our free play, I saw a guy dealt a straight flush 9-K, and threw away the 9, trying for a royal flush. He ended up with a flush and I ended up with a sore neck from shaking my head.
I've reported on here that I saw a guy do it also and get the royal.
Quote: Gabes22Ugh. I could see doing that in a game in which I am playing 100 hands, but not in a game where I am playing one handed
I don't know. A dealt SF x 100. That's like 25,000 units. You should expect 2 royals out of 100, but even if you get lucky and hit 3, that's 12,000 units. Add in a handful of flushes and straights and you are far better off taking the 100 dealt straight flushes.
Quote: GreasyjohnHe gave up 50 times his bet for 18 times his bet. Oouch.
I'm betting Rob Singer would've done it had he been deep in the hole while chasing losses and needing that big win.
I saw a lady do it for a progressive royal at Rincon in San Diego but the royal was not big enough to justify it. She didn't care she made a bad play when they gave her the check.
Quote: GreasyjohnHe gave up 50 times his bet for 18 times his bet. Oouch.
That's not right. It's worse than that actually. Gave up 50X for 6X. Triple ouch. lol
Quote: kewljThat's not right. It's worse than that actually. Gave up 50X for 6X. Triple ouch. lol
I thought holding 4-to-a-royal paid 18 x your bet in JoB on average. I'll have to check to be sure.
Quote: GreasyjohnI thought holding 4-to-a-royal paid 18 x your bet in JoB on average. I'll have to check to be sure.
oh, you are talking expectation as opposed to what he actually ended up with. My bad.
Quote: djatcIf it was $5 single line or some variant where the bet equaled $25, he'd toss it if he couldn't get a taxable. That's the ONLY reason I can think of for doing something this stupid.
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At 0:20, there's no way that's the Asian guy's voice. Pretty sure a white guy's voice got dubbed over his.
"No no no!" is pretty funny.
Definitely times when throwing away a dealt SF or wild RF may be better, like if you don't want to take a taxable for only $1250 or ..... other reasons I won't get in to.
Had they spiked the RF they may have quit and went home(+EV). Had they held the STF they probably would've just played longer with the extra money and given up the ev they would've had holding it.
They gave up just over 150 coins on average, yes that's very bad, but that hand is so rare. In the grand scheme of things it not going to add up to much. The joy they would've had connecting with the perfect ace would've been worth it to them. Perhaps they know better and they just took a gamble. After all that's why most people go to the casino, to gamble.
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My question is. What if you(anyone) had a situation that was super marginal( pennies, dollars or whatever). And the incorrect play is to go for the big jackpot. It doesn't have to be VP Perhaps a side bet progressive is a marginal loser. Or there's a big money slot tournament for 1 million and you're giving up $25 in EV. NVM all the tax related and tipping BS. Assume you factored that in.
Under what conditions would you make the innocent play and go for the score? Would you give up .25 for a 1 in 47 at 1000, 4000, 10,000? NEVER GIVE UP A PENNY IN EV? What's your bad play threshold?
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That reminds me again. There used to be a situation on FPDW. A dealt 5k 2w 2w 2w with a 3-9 pair. The correct mathematical play is to dump the pair and go for it.
This created a hand pay. Now you had a tipping situation and you lose time. Usually I just went for it anyways. I don't want to be anal about stuff. Not to mention, tipping in slots and VP has been worth it's weight in silver.
Quote: AxelWolfNEVER GIVE UP A PENNY IN EV
A hand pay on 4 deuces? Were you playing at Skyline?Quote: AxelWolf
That reminds me again. There used to be a situation on FPDW. A dealt 5k 2w 2w 2w with a 3-9 pair. The correct mathematical play is to dump the pair and go for it.
This created a hand pay. Now you had a tipping situation and you lose time. Usually I just went for it anyways. I don't want to be anal about stuff. Not to mention, tipping in slots and VP has been worth it's weight in silver.
Quote: GWAEI have a hard enough time throwing away a flush going for a straight flush...
Hope your not doing this in non-wild card games.
Quote: AxelWolfOr there's a big money slot tournament for 1 million and you're giving up $25 in EV. NVM all the tax related and tipping BS. Assume you factored that in.
Powerball tickets you give up less than $2 in EV for a change at $100 million (or even as much as a half billion that one time). You can make that bet as many times as you would like every day. But it still seems like a horrible play compared to all the other games of chance we can find.
Myself, I'd take the SF 99 times out of 10.
This was mostly in years past when they actually had $1 FPDW, however I can imagine a situation, perhaps a different game dealing with 3 Aces VS a dealt FH or higher denominations.Quote: teddysA hand pay on 4 deuces? Were you playing at Skyline?
BTW a lot of small places set handpays to 1k ot even less. I got a $800 4oak a few weeks ago on a $2 denomination it was a HP. How annoying is that?
hmm... You need to think about what you just said. Even on a game where the flush pays 5 and you had 9 10 J QSS with a dealt flush. You wouldn't give up a dealt flush or even a str8.Quote: GWAEI have a hard enough time throwing away a flush going for a straight flush. Throwing away a sf would make by brain explode.