Powerhouse Poker

Quote: miplet

My flush had 1-3-4-4-4-4-5-5-5 for a sum of 35

Quote: Wizard

Was this for 9-5 Jacks? If not, what was the base pay on a flush?

Quote: 100xOdds

and you cant calc the returns?

Quote:

have you asked the manufacturer?

Quote: Wizard

One video poker game I've never fully understood the rules for is Powerhouse Poker. It is probably the most popular video poker variant not covered on WoO because I can't perfectly quantify the rules. What we do know is that if player gets a paying hand on the deal, he wins bonus hands. Some of these bonus hands will have a multiplier. The game tells you the number of bonus hands and the maximum multiplier, but not an average multiplier or a sum of multipliers. In playing 9-5 Jacks 5-play at VideoPoker.com, I've gathered the sum of the multipliers for only the bottom three hands, as follows:

Hand	Base pay	Number bonus hands	Maximum multiplier	Sum of multipliers
Royal flush	800	3	3	?
Straight flush	50	3	3	?
Four of a kind	25	3	3	?
Full house	9	9	5	?
Flush	5	9	5	35*
Straight	4	9	5	?
Three of a kind	3	9	5	15
Two pair	2	9	2	10
Jacks or Better	1	3	3	5

Here are some examples by hand dealt:

Jacks or better: 1-1-3, 1-2-2 (both total 5)
Two pair: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2 (total of 10)
Three of a kind: 2-1-1-3-1-1-3-2-1, 3-2-1-3-1-1-1-1-2 (total of 15)

Can anyone explain what is going on with the higher hands on the deal?

The question for the poll is do you play Powerhouse Poker?

* Verified by Miplet

Quote: Ibeatyouraces

Playing this game on the videopoker.com phone app is giving me different sums of multipliers. I'll play again later and get some screen shots.

Quote: Wizard

Thanks. Please do. Just to check, we're talking about 5-play 9-5 Jacks.

Quote: miplet

Full house #2 was 1-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 for 40

Why is straight being so elusive?

Finally straight 1-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-4 for 25

Quote: Ibeatyouraces

BTW, since I switched from 10 play, I'm crushing it!

Quote: Wizard

Congratulations on the royal! That means you're buying drinks tonight. I'll have a side car.

The total multipliers depend on how many hands you play. Only fair you should get more if betting more hands.

Quote: Ibeatyouraces

Yeah more multipliers and bigger ones on ten play. Do you plan on doing that and triple play analysis?

Quote: Wizard

I'd like to. I'll need to get the sum of the multipliers for every hand from jacks or better up to a full house. I am asking for volunteers to help me get this information. You may wish to state which game you're playing to avoid multiple people doing the same game.

Personally, I'll work on 5-play Bonus Poker.

Quote: Ibeatyouraces

I have some screen shots from 10 play 9/5 JoB that I'll post later. From memory though, I can confirm that on dealt J's through A's always get a single 2x on the ninth of the extra hands.

Quote: Mission146

I'll start on Deuces. I don't have imgur, so I'll just type what they are.

Quote: Wizard

Personally, I'll work on 5-play Bonus Poker.

Quote: Wizard

Okay, I believe this to be the first analysis on Powerhouse posted online. Again, this is for 5-play 9-5 Jacks. I welcome all questions, comments, and corrections.

Hand on Deal	Combinations	Probability	Average win	Average bonus hands	Total hands	Expected win
Royal flush	4	0.000002	800.000000	5	10	0.001231262
Straight flush	36	0.000014	50.000000	5	10	0.000692585
Four of a kind	624	0.000240	25.000000	5	10	0.006002401
Full house	3,744	0.001441	9.000000	40	45	0.058343337
Flush	5,108	0.001965	5.410570	35	40	0.04253577
Straight	10,200	0.003925	4.103404	25	30	0.048313237
Three of a kind	54,912	0.021128	4.302498	15	20	0.181810226
Two pair	123,552	0.047539	2.595745	10	15	0.18509872
Jacks or better	337,920	0.130021	1.546896	5	10	0.201129304
Low pair	760,320	0.292548	0.836504	0	5	0.122358679
Trash	1,302,540	0.501177	0.552135	0	5	0.138358683
Total	2,598,960	1.000000				0.985874204

Quote: 100xOdds

interesting.. like Double Pay except you get a random return for winning dealt hands in the form of random bonus hands instead of a fixed amount.
and to add to the variance, some of the bonus hands are multiplied.
an action junkie's dream!

the sum of the multipliers are fixed for each type of winning dealt hand?

and you cant calc the returns?
have you asked the manufacturer?

Quote: Ibeatyouraces

I'll get a flush picture for my game later. The app keeps freezing up on me.

Quote: beachbumbabs

10 play 9-5 DDB
JOB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 =10
2PR 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 = 20 (ALL TOTALS SAME, INDIVIDUAL HANDS VALUE UP TO 9X Here on up)
3oak 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 7 7 =30
Straight 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 7 7 = 40
Flush 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 = 50

played 5k hands, eyes quit, no dealt fh. Will have to try again.

had several big pays, including dealt 4A. pic to come. Verification: dealt 4oak regardless of value = 10 with one single 2x pay in bonus.

Quote: Wizard

Here is what I have so far for 10-play JoB:

High pair: 10
2 pair: 20
3 of a kind: 30
Straight: 50
Flush: ?
Full house: 40

So just need that flush and we'll be good for that game.

Quote: Wizard

My source came through with the multipliers I needed for every game. So far my new page on Powerhouse Poker covers Triple Double Bonus and Double Double Bonus.

As always, I welcome all questions, comments, and especially corrections.