NSUD strategy on DW44
August 23rd, 2020 at 7:12:38 PM
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I've done a few different searches, but can't find this specific info: does anyone know how much EV you'd give up playing NSUD (99.73) strategy on a DW44/Airport (98.91) machine? I can't find a specific strategy for the latter anywhere.
August 23rd, 2020 at 8:26:49 PM
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Quote: GuyIncognitoI've done a few different searches, but can't find this specific info: does anyone know how much EV you'd give up playing NSUD (99.73) strategy on a DW44/Airport (98.91) machine? I can't find a specific strategy for the latter anywhere.
I don't know how much EV would be lost using NSUD (99.73) strategy to play DW44/Airport (98.91), but the Wizard has a video poker strategy calculator: https://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/strategy/calculator/
Here is the link for the Wizard's strategy generator for a 98.91 DW that might be for your pay table. (Check it.)
August 23rd, 2020 at 9:13:01 PM
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Quote: GuyIncognitoI've done a few different searches, but can't find this specific info: does anyone know how much EV you'd give up playing NSUD (99.73) strategy on a DW44/Airport (98.91) machine? I can't find a specific strategy for the latter anywhere.
Here is the return table for Illinois Deuces using perfect NSUD strategy.
| HAND | PAYOFF | COMBINATIONS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural royal flush | 800 | 458,696,304 | 0.000023 | 0.018409 |
| Four deuces | 200 | 3,721,737,204 | 0.000187 | 0.037342 |
| Wild royal flush | 25 | 38,006,962,464 | 0.001907 | 0.047668 |
| Five of a kind | 15 | 61,961,233,656 | 0.003108 | 0.046627 |
| Straight flush | 9 | 102,392,435,976 | 0.005137 | 0.046231 |
| Four of a kind | 4 | 1,216,681,289,508 | 0.061038 | 0.244151 |
| Full house | 4 | 520,566,943,104 | 0.026116 | 0.104462 |
| Flush | 3 | 413,870,908,056 | 0.020763 | 0.062289 |
| Straight | 2 | 1,142,885,476,800 | 0.057336 | 0.114671 |
| Three of a kind | 1 | 5,325,911,611,716 | 0.267188 | 0.267188 |
| Nothing | 0 | 11,106,773,222,412 | 0.557199 | 0.000000 |
| Total | 19,933,230,517,200 | 1.000000 | 0.989038 |
As a reminder, the return of Illinois Deuces with prefect Illinois strategy is 0.989131. The cost of errors using NSUD strategy is 0.000093.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
