October 14th, 2010 at 6:49:55 PM
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This game was recently brought into my casino and was wondering if anyone knew what the house edge on the bonus bet was. The basics of the game are:
- standard blackjack rules
- must play 2 hands
- with the 4 cards from the 2 hands you make a poker hand getting paid like so:
pair of jacks or better 1 for 1
trips 4 for 1
two pair 6 for 1
flush 8 for 1
straight 10 for 1
four of a kind 75 for 1
straight flush 150 for 1
four of a kind suited wins the progressive
- players can play from 1 to 10 dollars on the bonus bet. The minimum 1 dollar bet qualifies them to win the progressive.
- there is 5 "squares" on the table so a maximum of 10 hands could be played.
My first impression of this game were not positive, but then again I thought that lucky lucky was a really bad bet as well. Imagine my surprise when I discovered it's one of the best bonus bets for blackjack.
So if anyone knows the house edge on this bet, or could figure it out I would really like to know.
PS. the web site for this game isalthough it doesn't provide much more info than what I've written here
- standard blackjack rules
- must play 2 hands
- with the 4 cards from the 2 hands you make a poker hand getting paid like so:
pair of jacks or better 1 for 1
trips 4 for 1
two pair 6 for 1
flush 8 for 1
straight 10 for 1
four of a kind 75 for 1
straight flush 150 for 1
four of a kind suited wins the progressive
- players can play from 1 to 10 dollars on the bonus bet. The minimum 1 dollar bet qualifies them to win the progressive.
- there is 5 "squares" on the table so a maximum of 10 hands could be played.
My first impression of this game were not positive, but then again I thought that lucky lucky was a really bad bet as well. Imagine my surprise when I discovered it's one of the best bonus bets for blackjack.
So if anyone knows the house edge on this bet, or could figure it out I would really like to know.
PS. the web site for this game isalthough it doesn't provide much more info than what I've written here
October 14th, 2010 at 7:34:50 PM
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For 6 decks:
Base player ev: -0.46652348822349
$1000 jp ev: -0.4645094361824
Break Even JP: $231635
Assumes no typos and/or brainos
I put a copy of my spreadsheet in googl docs.
Base player ev: -0.46652348822349
$1000 jp ev: -0.4645094361824
Break Even JP: $231635
Assumes no typos and/or brainos
I put a copy of my spreadsheet in googl docs.
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October 14th, 2010 at 8:05:57 PM
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Quote: MasterCye...the web site for this game is http://www.gamenetinc.com/2FistedPoker21ProgressiveBonus.html although it doesn't provide much more info than what I've written here
The web site mentions that "Lucky Player" pays 5 for 1 and "Magic Card" pays 20 for 1. How are these hands achieved?