anaylor01
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July 27th, 2016 at 9:26:06 PM permalink
So I was play 100 hand video poker. I held 3 Fours and a 3. So I was drawing one card for 100 hands. Now shouldn't I have drawn at least one four? I was thinking I should have drawn at least 1. Would it have been better for me to just keep the 3 fours?
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July 27th, 2016 at 9:38:38 PM permalink
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So I was play 100 hand video poker. I held 3 Fours and a 3. So I was drawing one card for 100 hands. Now shouldn't I have drawn at least one four? I was thinking I should have drawn at least 1. Would it have been better for me to just keep the 3 fours?


Depends on the game being played. DDB hold just the 4's. TDB hold the 4's and a kicker if you have one.
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July 27th, 2016 at 9:51:57 PM permalink
It was 100 hand 5 card video poker. You get better pay if you have four of a kind and a ace, two, three or four. So I held 3 fours and a 3 leaving one card to draw on 100 hands.
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July 27th, 2016 at 9:52:53 PM permalink
Hold the 3 in QQ as well (not sure about all game variants, but most I reckon you do).

Your expected number of four 4's when holding 4443 is 100/47 (i.e.: slightly more than 2).
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July 27th, 2016 at 10:01:54 PM permalink
In the long run, you should get the card 1/47, so in a hundred chances, a bit more than twice. I'd have to think you've better off holding only the 3oak. You double your chances of 4oak. Holding the 3 eliminates any chance of 4oak and an Ace.
You really need check the pay table and do the math.
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July 27th, 2016 at 10:47:12 PM permalink
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It was 100 hand 5 card video poker. You get better pay if you have four of a kind and a ace, two, three or four. So I held 3 fours and a 3 leaving one card to draw on 100 hands.




Hey buddy, you just ain't listening to him, man. You ain't hearing him. Ask for advice, listen to advice. Something is lost in translation. I know it's possible you may speak English as a second language, I don't know, it's hard to tell on the internet.

Check the game and tell us if it was Double Double Bonus or Triple Double Bonus, or something else.

And it's nice that you found this forum to ask questions, that is good, but also you want to get some books, strategy cards, software, something. Good luck, you'll get it figured out. It takes effort.
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July 27th, 2016 at 11:15:48 PM permalink
It's super double double bonus. Well I held 3 fours and a 3 and didn't get one four of a kind. I think that is pretty odd.
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July 27th, 2016 at 11:28:51 PM permalink
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It's super double double bonus. Well I held 3 fours and a 3 and didn't get one four of a kind. I think that is pretty odd.




In some circles that's what they call the breaks. Bad luck, dude, better luck next time.

But seriously, draw two to the trips in that game. And like I said earlier, get some books and stuff.

And think positive. No, that won't affect the machine, but do it anyway. Good luck.
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July 27th, 2016 at 11:46:05 PM permalink
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It's super double double bonus. Well I held 3 fours and a 3 and didn't get one four of a kind. I think that is pretty odd.



It's unusual, but it's just as likely to get four as it is to get zero. I was playing 100 play today. Drew two pairs a few times. One time I got 14 Full Houses, another time only 6.
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July 27th, 2016 at 11:46:53 PM permalink
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It's super double double bonus. Well I held 3 fours and a 3 and didn't get one four of a kind. I think that is pretty odd.


In that game, you only hold the three 4's. Don't feel bad about not catching. I watched a friend hold four to a royal on 100 play and not hit one royal.
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July 28th, 2016 at 12:37:07 AM permalink
SO you are saying it's better to just hold the 3 fours and draw two cards per hand? I would of thought that if I had the 3 fours and a 3 I would have at least drew 2 fours. So I would have 4 fours with a 3.
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July 28th, 2016 at 1:06:10 AM permalink
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SO you are saying it's better to just hold the 3 fours and draw two cards per hand? I would of thought that if I had the 3 fours and a 3 I would have at least drew 2 fours. So I would have 4 fours with a 3.

You do realize you by holding the 3 as a kicker, could have eliminated the entire possibility of getting fours with a kicker by blocking fours where the three was held. Each 2,3,A you saw might have been a kicker for fours you aborted. Drawing two cards for your quad at 1/24 versus 1 card at 1/47. We all make mistakes learning but do your best to know before you draw what is right. I'm afraid this answer is going to just bring more questions!!!!
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July 28th, 2016 at 2:33:15 AM permalink
Thanks everyone for you answers. I thought maybe that I shouldn't have kept the 3 but I thought that I would get at LEAST one four. Now I know and knowing is half the battle. GO JOE!!! LOL
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July 28th, 2016 at 12:14:10 PM permalink
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Thanks everyone for you answers. I thought maybe that I shouldn't have kept the 3 but I thought that I would get at LEAST one four. Now I know and knowing is half the battle. GO JOE!!! LOL



I'm not sure you understood the full answer you got. Please excuse the repetition if you did.

The correct play on most vp variations, including the SDDB you were playing, is to hold just the 4's. On two particular variations mentioned, triple double bonus (TDB), and quick quads (QQ), it would be correct to hold the kicker as well.

The resource I use is the wizard of Odds video poker analyzer, for free on the site. It will tell you these things, when to hold a kicker, which ones to hold, when to split 2 pair, a hundred other plays, based on the variation and its paytable.
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July 28th, 2016 at 12:20:25 PM permalink
Guess I haven't seen a math response yet. Regardless of the proper hold, you held 4-4-4-3 and drew on 1 card.

Odds of getting the last 4 on any particular hand: 1/47 (because there's 1 card you need in the remaining 47 cards on the draw).

Thus you should "expect" to hit the last four 2.12 times on average.

To bake your noodle and make it more interesting... Had you not held the 3 then you'd get the last four 4.24 times out of your 100 hands (on average), with a chance on those hands to get a kicker anyways.
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July 28th, 2016 at 12:21:50 PM permalink
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Guess I haven't seen a math response yet. Regardless of the proper hold, you held 4-4-4-3 and drew on 1 card.

Odds of getting the last 4 on any particular hand: 1/47 (because there's 1 card you need in the remaining 47 cards on the draw).

Thus you should "expect" to hit the last four 2.12 times on average.



Yeah, at least 2 previous posts covered that part. Lol...
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July 28th, 2016 at 12:27:31 PM permalink
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Yeah, at least 2 previous posts covered that part. Lol...

My bad! I took a look through each one too and didn't see any numbers on most of them =P. Guess I need to read more detailed, sorry!
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July 28th, 2016 at 12:29:19 PM permalink
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My bad! I took a look through each one too and didn't see any numbers on most of them =P. Guess I need to read more detailed, sorry!



I'm still new here. Can I nominate this for weird thread of the day?
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July 28th, 2016 at 12:33:44 PM permalink
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My bad! I took a look through each one too and didn't see any numbers on most of them =P. Guess I need to read more detailed, sorry!



I used EZ math. The real math is too hard
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