Single-line Ultimate X

I just created a page on Ultimate X Video Poker — Single-Line. I didn't even know Ultimate X came in a single-line version, but it can evidently be found on Five Star machines.

Please click the link and have a read. As always, I welcome comments, questions, and especially corrections.

The question for the poll is would you play single-line Ultimate X?

It's been talked about here and there. Firekeepers has one of them.

Played it once briefly for dimes. Cheapest I've seen it. Sucks that they reduced the multipliers on a lot of the games in the single line version.

Here are my calculations on the variance of the standard deviation of single-line 8-6 Jacks or Better

Base Win	Multiplier	Total win	Hand Probability	Multiplier Probability	Total Probability	Expected win	Expected win ^2
800	1	400	0.000019	0.562913	0.000011	0.004308	1.723233
50	1	25	0.000109	0.562913	0.000061	0.001533	0.038327
25	1	12.5	0.002318	0.562913	0.001305	0.016307	0.203836
8	1	4	0.011259	0.562913	0.006338	0.025352	0.101407
6	1	3	0.015896	0.562913	0.008948	0.026845	0.080534
4	1	2	0.014546	0.562913	0.008188	0.016376	0.032753
3	1	1.5	0.071770	0.562913	0.040400	0.060600	0.090901
2	1	1	0.124216	0.562913	0.069923	0.069923	0.069923
1	1	0.5	0.192015	0.562913	0.108088	0.054044	0.027022
0	1	0	0.567852	0.562913	0.319651	0.000000	0.000000
800	2	800	0.000020	0.199258	0.000004	0.003110	2.488205
50	2	50	0.000107	0.199258	0.000021	0.001064	0.053190
25	2	25	0.002340	0.199258	0.000466	0.011656	0.291399
8	2	8	0.011362	0.199258	0.002264	0.018112	0.144895
6	2	6	0.014661	0.199258	0.002921	0.017528	0.105167
4	2	4	0.012972	0.199258	0.002585	0.010339	0.041356
3	2	3	0.072920	0.199258	0.014530	0.043590	0.130769
2	2	2	0.126189	0.199258	0.025144	0.050288	0.100577
1	2	1	0.199688	0.199258	0.039789	0.039789	0.039789
0	2	0	0.559742	0.199258	0.111533	0.000000	0.000000
800	3	1200	0.000020	0.125324	0.000003	0.003002	3.602929
50	3	75	0.000107	0.125324	0.000013	0.001003	0.075254
25	3	37.5	0.002343	0.125324	0.000294	0.011013	0.412972
8	3	12	0.011391	0.125324	0.001428	0.017131	0.205571
6	3	9	0.013942	0.125324	0.001747	0.015725	0.141526
4	3	6	0.012719	0.125324	0.001594	0.009564	0.057384
3	3	4.5	0.073178	0.125324	0.009171	0.041269	0.185712
2	3	3	0.126739	0.125324	0.015883	0.047650	0.142950
1	3	1.5	0.203340	0.125324	0.025483	0.038225	0.057338
0	3	0	0.556221	0.125324	0.069708	0.000000	0.000000
800	4	1600	0.000020	0.072392	0.000001	0.002367	3.787926
50	4	100	0.000107	0.072392	0.000008	0.000776	0.077583
25	4	50	0.002347	0.072392	0.000170	0.008495	0.424750
8	4	16	0.011417	0.072392	0.000826	0.013224	0.211578
6	4	12	0.013266	0.072392	0.000960	0.011524	0.138291
4	4	8	0.012646	0.072392	0.000916	0.007324	0.058592
3	4	6	0.073412	0.072392	0.005314	0.031887	0.191322
2	4	4	0.127200	0.072392	0.009208	0.036833	0.147334
1	4	2	0.205954	0.072392	0.014909	0.029819	0.059638
0	4	0	0.553630	0.072392	0.040079	0.000000	0.000000
800	7	2800	0.000021	0.013751	0.000000	0.000826	2.313398
50	7	175	0.000108	0.013751	0.000001	0.000260	0.045439
25	7	87.5	0.002356	0.013751	0.000032	0.002834	0.247991
8	7	28	0.011468	0.013751	0.000158	0.004415	0.123630
6	7	21	0.012174	0.013751	0.000167	0.003516	0.073826
4	7	14	0.012208	0.013751	0.000168	0.002350	0.032903
3	7	10.5	0.073925	0.013751	0.001017	0.010673	0.112071
2	7	7	0.128167	0.013751	0.001762	0.012337	0.086357
1	7	3.5	0.210107	0.013751	0.002889	0.010112	0.035392
0	7	0	0.549465	0.013751	0.007555	0.000000	0.000000
800	10	4000	0.000022	0.015046	0.000000	0.001330	5.321445
50	10	250	0.000108	0.015046	0.000002	0.000408	0.102013
25	10	125	0.002361	0.015046	0.000036	0.004441	0.555152
8	10	40	0.011505	0.015046	0.000173	0.006924	0.276966
6	10	30	0.011470	0.015046	0.000173	0.005177	0.155323
4	10	20	0.011485	0.015046	0.000173	0.003456	0.069122
3	10	15	0.074335	0.015046	0.001118	0.016776	0.251645
2	10	10	0.129009	0.015046	0.001941	0.019410	0.194104
1	10	5	0.213766	0.015046	0.003216	0.016081	0.080406
0	10	0	0.545937	0.015046	0.008214	0.000000	0.000000
800	12	4800	0.000023	0.011317	0.000000	0.001234	5.923007
50	12	300	0.000109	0.011317	0.000001	0.000370	0.111116
25	12	150	0.002362	0.011317	0.000027	0.004009	0.601384
8	12	48	0.011509	0.011317	0.000130	0.006252	0.300095
6	12	36	0.011360	0.011317	0.000129	0.004628	0.166616
4	12	24	0.011266	0.011317	0.000127	0.003060	0.073438
3	12	18	0.074395	0.011317	0.000842	0.015155	0.272785
2	12	12	0.129169	0.011317	0.001462	0.017542	0.210500
1	12	6	0.214361	0.011317	0.002426	0.014556	0.087334
0	12	0	0.545446	0.011317	0.006173	0.000000	0.000000
Total					1.000000	0.985730	33.565387

Variance = 33.565387 - 0.985730^2 = 32.593723.
Standard deviation = 5.709091

Please note that this is relative to the total wager (all ten credits). The adjustment is made in dividing the win by 2, because the player must bet twice as much.

I've seen it at RedRock over towards the exit that's loaded up with VP machines. They have some single line super times pay over there as well.

I may be wrong, as it's been a while, but I believe there's a single line game in Aria's HL room.

They have this at The Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi. Just one machine, it has Quick Quads, Dream Card, Random Rewards.

The Ultimate X single line is available in 10 Cent, 25 cent and $1.

I know it's just my perception, but this one will either let you win $100 or take $100. You just never know which. If you're up at this casino on this machine - cash out quickly.


On the variance of 32 you mention - that would be considered very high, correct? What's the swing for JoB, as a basis for comparison? (actually - let me look that up myself. )

Quote: ukaserex

They have this at The Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi. Just one machine, it has Quick Quads, Dream Card, Random Rewards.

The Ultimate X single line is available in 10 Cent, 25 cent and $1.

I know it's just my perception, but this one will either let you win $100 or take $100. You just never know which. If you're up at this casino on this machine - cash out quickly.


On the variance of 32 you mention - that would be considered very high, correct? What's the swing for JoB, as a basis for comparison? (actually - let me look that up myself. )

32 isn't terribly high, but that's based on the total amount bet. So quarter JoB with Ultimate X would have a similar variance to 50c Bonus Poker Deluxe.

Quote: ukaserex

They have this at The Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi. Just one machine, it has Quick Quads, Dream Card, Random Rewards.

The Ultimate X single line is available in 10 Cent, 25 cent and $1.

I know it's just my perception, but this one will either let you win $100 or take $100. You just never know which. If you're up at this casino on this machine - cash out quickly.


On the variance of 32 you mention - that would be considered very high, correct? What's the swing for JoB, as a basis for comparison? (actually - let me look that up myself. )

JOB's variance is about 19.5