Face Up Pai Gow Poker @ NYNY
Quote: WizardOkay, I have a first draft done on my new page on Face Up Pai Gow Poker. Please click the link and have a look. As always, I welcome all questions, comments, and especially corrections. Thank you.
My question is how the house edge is calculated. I know you said earlier you ran a simulation. Does it actually simulate every single possible hand?
It seems like the bonus bet calculation is simply the odds of each player individually getting an A high pai gow multiplied together. This may be anecdotal, but it seems like that one person having a pai gow increases the odds of another person having a pai gow. Obviously this won't overcome the high house edge, but maybe it puts a dent in it?
Quote: FinsRuleMy question is how the house edge is calculated. I know you said earlier you ran a simulation. Does it actually simulate every single possible hand?
Thanks for asking. I just added this remark to the page, "The analysis above is the result of a simulation of over 900 million pairs of random hands. A Fisher-Yates shuffle was done between rounds, which used a Mersenne Twister random number generator. "
Quote:It seems like the bonus bet calculation is simply the odds of each player individually getting an A high pai gow multiplied together. This may be anecdotal, but it seems like that one person having a pai gow increases the odds of another person having a pai gow. Obviously this won't overcome the high house edge, but maybe it puts a dent in it?
Actually, if one hand is an ace-high pai gow, it slightly decreased the chances another hand will be. I assume this is because there is one ace removed from the deck. I haven't actually played the game yet, but I don't think the player is allowed to make the side bet after seeing the dealer's hand.
Quote: WizardI haven't actually played the game yet, but I don't think the player is allowed to make the side bet after seeing the dealer's hand.
No Wiz, all side bets are made before seeing the dealer's hand. Nice try though :)
Quote: WizardMy figure assumes the player plays whatever way will result in the best outcome against the exposed dealer hand, of course.
I think you'd want to use the NYNY house way which would mimic MGM's I am guessing.
Quote: boymimboI think you'd want to use the NYNY house way which would mimic MGM's I am guessing.
Yes. MGM and NYNY have the same house way.
They keep two pairs of sixes and under together no matter what. That is their weirdest rule, but I kind of like it. Sometimes you get two little pairs together on the bottom with like a 9,6 on top.
Quote: boymimboI think you'd want to use the NYNY house way which would mimic MGM's I am guessing.
If I had it and had the inclination to modify hundreds of lines of code, I might want.
Quote: WizardIf I had it and had the inclination to modify hundreds of lines of code, I might want.
Well you have the house way posted at WoO for MGM.
Well, that's for sure. We just installed this at the casino I work at in MN. Had a player who had 6655 and some other combination of three cards. I turned over kings and tens. Obviously, you split those. He also decided to split his two pair.Quote: ams288Never underestimate the stupidity of some gamblers.
