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Wizard
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November 8th, 2024 at 2:59:32 PM permalink


I noticed a new game at VideoPoker.com called Pick a Multiplier Poker. The concept is very simple. The player picks a multiplier from 2x to 10x. Then, in a cycle one less than the multiplier the player will get that multiplier. For example, with a 5x multiplier, the player will play cycles of 1x, 1x, 1x, 5x multipliers.

I add some more content at WoO, but the above is really all there is to say.

I haven't seen this in a casino yet, but I imagine if a player walks away from a game already part of the way to a multiplier, it would be a great opportunity for vultures (shup up Wiz!). At VideoPoker.com, if you start at one multiplier, get part of the way to it, switch to another multiplier for a while, then change back to the original multiplier it will remember where in the cycle you left off.

The question for the poll is would you play Pick a Multiplier Poker? Multiple votes allowed.
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November 8th, 2024 at 3:39:55 PM permalink
From the looks of it, the average expected return over a cycle is 2x normal, regardless of the multiplier, and the payouts are 1/2 of what they would be on a normal machine (a bet of 50 is 2 x 5 hands x 5 coins/hand; the 4 of a kind is returning 25 x 5 (coins) x 5 (multiplier)), so there is no change to the expected return over the length of a cycle.
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November 8th, 2024 at 4:16:56 PM permalink
Quote: ThatDonGuy

From the looks of it, the average expected return over a cycle is 2x normal, regardless of the multiplier, and the payouts are 1/2 of what they would be on a normal machine (a bet of 50 is 2 x 5 hands x 5 coins/hand; the 4 of a kind is returning 25 x 5 (coins) x 5 (multiplier)), so there is no change to the expected return over the length of a cycle.
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I agree.
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