Major Multipliers

VideoPoker.com has a new game out called Major Multipliers. I believe a gold level membership is required to play this one. As usual, it is an optional feature on 3-, 5- and 10-play video poker. If the player pays 10-credits per play, then he will invoke the feature.

In the feature, if the player is dealt jacks or better, two pair or three of a kind, then he will be awarded multipliers if he improves his hand to a two pair, three of a kind, full house or four of a kind. The multipliers are random. Sometimes the player should deviate from standard strategy. For example, if dealt a two pair and the offered multipliers are:

three of a kind -- 100x
full house -- 2x
four of a kind -- 2x

... then the player should hold only a pair, trying for the three of a kind, which is impossible if holding both pairs.

Following is an example


In the image above, I was dealt a pair of jacks, which I held.


One of the pairs improved to a two pair, which had a 10x multiplier. Another to a three of a kind, which had a 2x multiplier. The other three didn't improve. Thus my total win was 5*(2*10 + 3*2 + 3*1*1) = 145.

I will post returns at WoO soon, which I got from our friends at VideoPoker.com.

The question for the poll is would you play Major Multipliers?

I think some players would get upset with getting 100x on a trips and then getting a full house and only getting 2x .

Are games where you throw away chances at better hands in an attempt get worse ones popular?

Quote: itsmejeff

Are games where you throw away chances at better hands in an attempt get worse ones popular?
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I don't know. That game is what it is. I just report the news.

Your poll option of Demi Bra made me think of Demi Moore.
in Her new movie Substance, she's full nude at age 61. :o

Googling a few pics, Her breast are not as saggy as i would have imagined a 61yr old woman's to be.
Unless she had improvements earlier in life?

She's also not bad looking (with makeup) at age 61:


She looks similar to a young Jennifer Connelly in Requiem Dream.


I remember a better pic of Jennifer in that movie which showed the similarity better but can't find a good pic

I wouldn't say I like games where players are discouraged from using basic strategy.

Quote: billryan

I wouldn't say I like games where players are discouraged from using basic strategy.
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9/7 db is 99.1%.

if the gimmick adds at least .25% return (ie: 99.35% in the casino) then i'll learn the strat, else yeah i pass

Quote: 100xOdds

Your poll option of Demi Bra made me think of Demi Moore.
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Funny you mention that. The reason for that item on the poll was that day or the day before the Connections game had a set of at least three things pertaining to the movie Substance. However, it was a trick. They commonly will have a false set. For example, once they had the first names of the four main characters on the Golden Girls, but they weren't a set. Anyway, that day they did have a set of types of bras. I was familiar with three of them but had to do some Googling to find the fourth, which was the demi bra. There were some comments about it in the Wordle thread.

My page on Major Multipliers is up at WoO. I welcome all questions, comments and suggestions. Please just PM me any typos.

I would be more inclined to play this if the multiplier was revealed after the draw, due to the strategy change required to get the best payback.

Quote: calwatch

I would be more inclined to play this if the multiplier was revealed after the draw, due to the strategy change required to get the best payback.
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You already have that in Super times pay and double stp

Quote: 100xOdds

Quote: calwatch

I would be more inclined to play this if the multiplier was revealed after the draw, due to the strategy change required to get the best payback.
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You already have that in Super times pay and double stp
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STP and DSTP apply the multiplier evenly across the entire paytable, making a strategy adaptation unnecessary.

Major Multipliers seems to apply differing multipliers to select paytable lines.

Quote: Wizard

... then the player should hold only a pair, trying for the three of a kind, which is impossible if holding both pairs.

I saw the Major Multipliers page on WoO and came here for clarification regarding breaking up the two pairs. From the quote above it seems that one of the features of this game might have been missed. This game pays you for the highest paying hand. For example, if you hold the Two Pair and draw to a Full House, if Three of a Kind pays more than a Full House due to a higher multiplier than your hand will count as Three of a Kind. This also happens in Deuces Wild variants, where if a Full House has a higher payout than Four of a Kind, even a hand with two Deuces and a Pair will award the Full House payout rather than the Four of a Kind. I have not played this live in a casino, but this is how the game plays on the site. This obviously doesn’t work on dealt hands, as the higher dealt hand (ex. Full House) doesn’t trigger the bonus.

I have screenshots, but am unable to post them as a new member.

Quote: one537paperst

Quote: Wizard

... then the player should hold only a pair, trying for the three of a kind, which is impossible if holding both pairs.

I saw the Major Multipliers page on WoO and came here for clarification regarding breaking up the two pairs. From the quote above it seems that one of the features of this game might have been missed. This game pays you for the highest paying hand. For example, if you hold the Two Pair and draw to a Full House, if Three of a Kind pays more than a Full House due to a higher multiplier than your hand will count as Three of a Kind. This also happens in Deuces Wild variants, where if a Full House has a higher payout than Four of a Kind, even a hand with two Deuces and a Pair will award the Full House payout rather than the Four of a Kind. I have not played this live in a casino, but this is how the game plays on the site. This obviously doesn’t work on dealt hands, as the higher dealt hand (ex. Full House) doesn’t trigger the bonus.

I have screenshots, but am unable to post them as a new member.
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Here is a screenshot showing three full houses paying as threes-of-a-kind for 15 credits x 20 = 300 each instead of full houses that would have paid only 45 credits x 2 = 90 each.

Quote: ChesterDog

Here is a screenshot showing three full houses paying as threes-of-a-kind for 15 credits x 20 = 300 each instead of full houses that would have paid only 45 credits x 2 = 90 each.


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Thank you! I indeed not know about that rule. I just updated my Major Multiplier page. I hope you won't mind that I used your screenshot to illustrate this rule.