100xOdds
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March 22nd, 2025 at 9:15:36 AM permalink
Strategy for 8/5 Bonus Poker. (Can be used interchangeably with JoB)
https://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/strategy/a-1-b-37-c-1-d-0-d-1-d-2-d-3-d-4-d-5-d-8-d-25-d-40-d-80-d-50-d-800/

A full house is 1 in 87 hands.
A flush is 1 in 92 and straight is 1 in 89.

Yet in card games a fh beats a flush (and straight) because it's harder to get.
In Texas hold-em it's 2.6% to make a fh, 3% for a flush and 4.6% for straight.

So why in Bonus poker is the frequency of fh different?
Craps is paradise (Pair of dice). Lets hear it for the SpeedCount Mathletes :)
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March 22nd, 2025 at 10:05:18 AM permalink
In video poker, you pick 2.5 cards out of five on average, but in Hold’em poker, you always pick 3 card out of five. The latter makes it easier to have a premium hand.
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June 4th, 2025 at 2:29:56 AM permalink
Actually, it's the opposite! A **flush** or a **straight** is easier to hit than a **full house**. In standard poker hand rankings, a full house ranks higher because it's less likely to occur. For example, there are **3,744** possible full house combinations in 5-card poker, while there are **5,108** possible flushes and **10,200** possible straights. So statistically, you’re more likely to hit a straight than a flush, and more likely to hit either than a full house. That’s why a full house is such a strong and valuable hand!
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