It's easier to hit a full house than flush or straight?!
March 22nd, 2025 at 9:15:36 AM
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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?
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 :)
