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December 15th, 2018 at 8:21:39 PM permalink
$1 9/7 db (99.1% return)
$12k coin-in

avg quads = 1 quad per 600hands. $12k coin-in at $1 denom max bet = 2400 hands
I hit 4 quads (2 regular @ $250 each, 2 baby @ $400 each)

still lost $1.1k :(
I needed 4 more quads to break even!?!

avg # of full houses in 2400 hands = 24.
so to be down that much but have hit the avg # of quads, I must have missed ALL the full houses? (I didn't)
$45 x 24 = $1080

or some weird combination of missing a lot of full houses, flushes, straights, trips, 2 pair and high pairs??
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December 15th, 2018 at 8:26:52 PM permalink
It's not that difficult. You didnt hit a royal. Be glad to only be down 1k. Looks like you ran good since the royal is 2% of that return.
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December 15th, 2018 at 8:29:38 PM permalink
Quote: GWAE

It's not that difficult. You didnt hit a royal.
Be glad to only be down 1k. Looks like you ran good since the royal is 2% of that return.


but 2% of $12k coin-in = $240.

I still needed 3-4 more quads to breakeven?

given your reputation, I believe what you say in me running good is true but I just don't see how?
where's my disconnect?
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December 15th, 2018 at 8:37:03 PM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

but 2% of $12k coin-in = $240.

I still needed 3-4 more quads to breakeven?

given your reputation, I believe what you say in me running good is true but I just don't see how?
where's my disconnect?



I dont have a reputation. My idiocity proved it. My brain said 2% was 2k.
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December 15th, 2018 at 8:38:06 PM permalink
Then my guess is you may have hit quads but did you hit the correct quads.
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December 15th, 2018 at 9:03:25 PM permalink
Royal, straight flush, aces and 2-4 quads are over 9% of return. So loss should be about 10% or $1200 if you hit none of those. About right.
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December 16th, 2018 at 11:20:49 AM permalink
Quote: cf1984

Royal, straight flush, aces and 2-4 quads are over 9% of return. So loss should be about 10% or $1200 if you hit none of those. About right.

I hit two 2-4 quads.

so Royal, straight flush, and quad aces = 5.75% combined
$12k x 5.75% = $690

so im running pretty bad if I hit an extra baby quads and still down -$400 from theo.

here's a dumb question:
if odds of hitting a regular quad is 600:1 and hitting a baby quad is 1900:1, then should I be averaging 4 regular quads AND 1 baby quad in 2500 hands?
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December 16th, 2018 at 11:46:48 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

$1 9/7 db (99.1% return)
$12k coin-in at $1 denom max bet = 2400 hands

still lost $1.1k :(

probability of losing 220 betting units or more (220 * $5)
in 2.4k rounds = about 17.6%
that is slightly less than 1 in 6

unless you recorded your session, you may never know
(I tried doing that a few times, and was boring to watch over again)
I doubt you would have a perfect (or hit all the averages) distribution of all the payouts in 2400 rounds of play

just like rolling the dice at craps 36 rolls
and to see the exact distribution unfold (exact averages of each number)
for those that want to know
the probability that the distribution of 36 rolls is perfect {1,2,3,4,5,6,5,4,3,2,1}
is exactly
9250045137002152183263468938330112/13099176582667804290771484375
meaningless to the eye
about 1 in 706,154.702
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December 16th, 2018 at 4:53:17 PM permalink
Were you using the correct strategy for the game? e.g., playing DDB on DB?
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December 16th, 2018 at 6:22:38 PM permalink
Quote: Ayecarumba

Were you using the correct strategy for the game? e.g., playing DDB on DB?

thought 9/6 ddb strat was bad for 9/7 db?

im using 9/7 db from wiz's strat maker.
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December 16th, 2018 at 6:39:13 PM permalink
The obvious answer is you finished below average on some combination of three-of-a-kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, and straight flushes (including ace high SF)
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December 16th, 2018 at 6:59:17 PM permalink
Quote: TomG

The obvious answer is you finished below average on some combination of three-of-a-kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, and straight flushes (including ace high SF)

whats so special about an ace high SF over any other sf? (edit: nevermind.. im thinking A2345)

and since no one answered this in the previous page, i'll ask again:
if odds of hitting a regular quad is 600:1 and hitting a baby quad is 1900:1, then should I be averaging 4 regular quads AND 1 baby quad in 2500 hands (for a total of 5 quads)?
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December 16th, 2018 at 7:31:53 PM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

and since no one answered this in the previous page, i'll ask again:
if odds of hitting a regular quad is 600:1 and hitting a baby quad is 1900:1, then should I be averaging 4 regular quads AND 1 baby quad in 2500 hands (for a total of 5 quads)?

that is a LONG TERM AVERAGE. 2500 hands of VP will never be long term.

you are trying to say you should flip a coin 2500 times
and you should get 1250 Heads, if not, where is the problem?

A video poker session of 2500 hands is meaningless

one can easily use a program and calculate ending intervals of X rounds played
that is about it
those that live for the average die from the average, because it just does not work out that way.

to answer your title Question
variance
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December 16th, 2018 at 7:39:09 PM permalink
I always thought 4 of a kind occur a bit more than every 400 hands not 600 hands. Have I been wrong all these years?
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December 16th, 2018 at 8:09:10 PM permalink
Quote: vegas

I always thought 4 of a kind occur a bit more than every 400 hands not 600 hands. Have I been wrong all these years?

depends on the game and the strategy.
This game has different 4oak payouts with no kickers
I did not double-check the math on this
took 2 programs to be correct as they agreed
HandPay%ProbabilityOccurs Every% Return
Royal Flush40000.00248,034.951.67
Straight Flush2500.0118,837.480.57
4 Aces8000.0224,566.953.5
4 2s,3s,4s4000.0521908.24.19
4 5s thru Ks2500.16623.518.02
Full House451.06394.089.57
Flush351.52265.6910.66
Straight251.50266.587.51
3 of a KIND157.28713.7221.86
2 Pair511.8938.4111.89
Jacks or Better519.6745.0819.67
No Win056.8111.760
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December 16th, 2018 at 8:52:47 PM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

whats so special about an ace high SF over any other sf?



If you don’t know the answer to that, you definitely need to find a new game!
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December 17th, 2018 at 5:23:15 AM permalink
Quote: FinsRule

If you don’t know the answer to that, you definitely need to find a new game!


lol.. I'm thinking A2345 as in the Ace being first
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December 17th, 2018 at 5:40:41 AM permalink
Quote: 7craps

that is a LONG TERM AVERAGE. 2500 hands of VP will never be long term.

ok, then I'm short 1/2 a quad in my 2400 hands.

2500 hands should avg:
4 regular, 1 baby = ($250 x 4) + $400 = $1400

in my 2400 hands, I got 2 regular and 2 baby = (2 x 250) + (2 x 400) = $1300
1400-1300 = $100

so Royal, straight flush, and quad aces = 5.75% combined
$12k coin-in x 5.75% = $690 + $100 = $790

getting a little closer to the $1.1k I lost.

I guess the rest is being short in some combination of three-of-a-kinds, straights, flushes, full houses
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December 17th, 2018 at 8:11:00 AM permalink
Quote: vegas

I always thought 4 of a kind occur a bit more than every 400 hands not 600 hands. Have I been wrong all these years?



No 100X Odds is more wrong. The odds of any quad varies by game a bit. But it's a little better than in 1 in 420 overall for a game like Double Bonus. It's 1 in 600 number or so is just for 5s-Ks quads. So he is down 2 of those quads (500 coins). Up about 3/4s of a baby (300 coins), but down about one half of four Aces (400 coins). Also he has about 5% chance at a royal (200 coins) and 25% chance at a straight flush (62 coins) by now. And the house edge over this amount of play (107 coins). Adding this all up, it's definitely possible to lose 1100 coins in 2400 hands. 500 - 300 + 400 + 200 + 62 + 107 = 969 coins lost. The rest of the difference can be easily from lack of full houses, flushes, etc.
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December 17th, 2018 at 9:11:57 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

ok,

you really need to record your session of play and/or track all hand outcomes.
why guess about it?

HandOccurs Every% Return2400avg #
Royal Flush48,034.951.672.08182E-050.04996362
Straight Flush8,837.480.570.0001131540.271570629
4 Aces4,566.953.50.0002189650.52551484
4 2s,3s,4s1908.24.190.0005240541.257729798
4 5s thru Ks623.518.020.0016038243.849176437
Full House94.089.570.01062925225.51020408
Flush65.6910.660.01522301736.53524128
Straight66.587.510.01501952536.04686092
3 of a KIND13.7221.860.072886297174.9271137
2 Pair8.4111.890.118906064285.3745541
Jacks or Better5.0819.670.196850394472.4409449
No Win1.7600.5681818181363.636364

over 2400 rounds of play, your averages will be between integers. what do you do with those?
you can not hit 25.5 full houses.

you are down because
1 in 6 sessions, on average, will end $1100 or more as a loss
and so far you have 1 session down that much.

the math also says you could have 2 out of 6 sessions down at least that much.
only about 71% chance you lose at least $1100
0 or 1 time.
28.6% you lose that much or more at least 2 times.
====================================
here is an example with NO math applied
played 100 hands
lost a whopping $205 (same game/denom as OP)
HandOccurs Every% Return100expected numberactual
Royal Flush48,034.951.672.08182E-050.0020818180
Straight Flush8,837.480.570.0001131540.0113154430
4 Aces4,566.953.50.0002189650.0218964520
4 2s,3s,4s1908.24.190.0005240540.0524054080
4 5s thru Ks623.518.020.0016038240.1603823520
Full House94.089.570.0106292521.062925170
Flush65.6910.660.0152230171.522301721
Straight66.587.510.0150195251.5019525381
3 of a KIND13.7221.860.0728862977.2886297384
2 Pair8.4111.890.11890606411.8906064210
Jacks or Better5.0819.670.19685039419.6850393725
No Win1.7600.56818181856.8181818259
total....100


conclusion:
well, just like flipping a fair coin 100 times. I did not get exactly 50 heads so I will flip 2300 more times
and that should give a higher probability to end up with exactly 1200 Heads.
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December 17th, 2018 at 9:40:00 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

I guess the rest is being short in some combination of three-of-a-kinds, straights, flushes, full houses


This seems to be the case. You should record the results next time. Not getting enough Jacks or Better and Two Pair can also contribute to this.
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December 17th, 2018 at 9:49:31 AM permalink
Quote: BlackjackLover

You should record the results next time. Not getting enough Jacks or Better and Two Pair can also contribute to this.

How about getting too many Jacks or Better and/or Two Pair? (as in my last data example)

a push is a push except when it takes away from a higher paying hand.
HandPaynet gainOccurs Every% Return100expected number actualreturn actual
Royal Flush4000399548,034.951.672.08182E-050.00208181800
Straight Flush2502458,837.480.570.0001131540.01131544300
4 Aces8007954,566.953.50.0002189650.02189645200
4 2s,3s,4s4003951908.24.190.0005240540.05240540800
4 5s thru Ks250245623.518.020.0016038240.16038235200
Full House454094.089.570.0106292521.0629251700
Flush353065.6910.660.0152230171.52230172130
Straight252066.587.510.0150195251.501952538120
3 of a KIND151013.7221.860.0728862977.288629738440
2 Pair508.4111.890.11890606411.89060642100
Jacks or Better505.0819.670.19685039419.68503937250
No Win0-51.7600.56818181856.8181818259-295
totals......100-205
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December 17th, 2018 at 10:55:00 AM permalink
Quote: 7craps

How about getting too many Jacks or Better and/or Two Pair? (as in my last data example)

a push is a push except when it takes away from a higher paying hand.


Yes, but I meant getting nothing instead of Jacks or Better or Two Pair.
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December 17th, 2018 at 1:31:03 PM permalink
Quote: BlackjackLover

Yes, but I meant getting nothing instead of Jacks or Better or Two Pair.

understandable
Here is a session I just played of 2400 hands. OP game and denom.
lost $570

netresultindexcountreturnexpected numberdiff
3995Royal flush1000.050-0.050
245Straight flush2000.272-0.272
7954 aces317950.5260.474
3954 2-4413951.258-0.258
2454 5-K549803.8490.151
40Full house62080025.510-5.510
30Flush73193036.533-5.533
20Straight84284036.0495.951
103 of a kind91501500174.891-24.891
0Two pair103130285.42027.580
0Jacks or better114760472.1873.813
-5Nothing121362-68101,363.456-1.456
totals..2400-570..


Nothing was about right on.
Two Pair & 3oak kept the session down.
35.29% chance that any session has a loss of $570 or more over 2400 hands played.

Had to try again
want to win or at least lose ev
netresultindexcountreturnexpected numberdiff
3995Royal flush1000.050-0.050
245Straight flush2000.272-0.272
7954 aces3000.526-0.526
3954 2-4413951.258-0.258
2454 5-K5512253.8491.151
40Full house627108025.5101.490
30Flush73399036.533-3.533
20Straight84182036.0494.951
103 of a kind91951950174.89120.109
0Two pair102670285.420-18.420
0Jacks or better114900472.18717.813
-5Nothing121341-67051,363.456-22.456
totals..2400-245..
2400
hands played

never liked the no kicker games
-$245 session

one more time!
netresultindexcountreturnexpected numberdiff
3995Royal flush1000.050-0.050
245Straight flush2000.272-0.272
7954 aces3000.526-0.526
3954 2-4413951.258-0.258
2454 5-K549803.8490.151
40Full house62080025.510-5.510
30Flush734102036.533-2.533
20Straight82142036.049-15.049
103 of a kind91911910174.89116.109
0Two pair102940285.4208.580
0Jacks or better114710472.187-1.187
-5Nothing121364-68201,363.4560.544
totals..2400-1295..
2400
hands played

LOL
Hey variance
what's up!
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December 17th, 2018 at 4:31:35 PM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

or some weird combination of missing a lot of full houses, flushes, straights, trips, 2 pair and high pairs??

never thought of any combination as being weird.


Sally
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December 19th, 2018 at 11:29:18 AM permalink
The big problem here is that in 2400 hands, you are entitled to 2400/40000 (6%) of the Royal Flush payout. If you add that to your total, you should be about where you are supposed to be.
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December 19th, 2018 at 6:49:07 PM permalink
today another -$1100 loss in 2400 hands but different on how that was achieved.
1) no quads or better (WTF!!!!) :(
2) lots of straights. flushes and full houses


edit:
I was surprised i didn't lose more since I didn't hit a quad.
Last edited by: 100xOdds on Dec 20, 2018
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December 19th, 2018 at 11:20:10 PM permalink
The way she goes
$1700, 18, 19, 1920, 40, 60,... :/ Thx 'Do it again'. I'll try
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December 20th, 2018 at 1:48:03 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

today another -$1100 loss in 2400 hands but different on how that was achieved.
1) no quads or better (WTF!!!!) :(
2) lots of straights. flushes and full houses


Very normal.
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