June 26th, 2011 at 3:22:11 AM
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http://www.wizardofmacau.com/games/threecardpoker.html
On the site it says the house edge of Macau Three Card poker Pair Plus is 3.49%
But when I calculate with the probabilities from the main Three Card Poker site, I got 6.75%. Was that a mistake?
On the site it says the house edge of Macau Three Card poker Pair Plus is 3.49%
But when I calculate with the probabilities from the main Three Card Poker site, I got 6.75%. Was that a mistake?
Hand | Probability | Table 3 | Macau |
---|---|---|---|
Straight flush | 0.22% | 40 | 40 |
Three of a kind | 0.24% | 25 | 25 |
Straight | 3.26% | 6 | 5 |
Flush | 4.96% | 4 | 4 |
Pair | 16.94% | 1 | 1 |
Nothing | 74.39% | -1 | -1 | 3.49% | 6.75% |
June 26th, 2011 at 4:54:38 AM
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Maybe you need more significant digits in the probability.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
June 26th, 2011 at 5:44:40 AM
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Looks as though there is a difference in the straight payout - 5/1 compared with 6/1. This gives the missing edge.
June 26th, 2011 at 6:41:07 AM
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Thanks for your response, Wizard
I tried to calculate again with more significant digits but still ends up with the same result.
Pairplus payment Table3 and the house edge of 3.49% was quoted from your main site). I got the same result with my calculation.
The problem is, Macau Three Card Poker has a slight different payout table than Table3, ie. Straight pays 5to1 as oppose to 6to1 ( 3.26% increase in house edge), but your site says Macau Pairplus has 3.49% house edge.
I tried to calculate again with more significant digits but still ends up with the same result.
Pairplus payment Table3 and the house edge of 3.49% was quoted from your main site). I got the same result with my calculation.
The problem is, Macau Three Card Poker has a slight different payout table than Table3, ie. Straight pays 5to1 as oppose to 6to1 ( 3.26% increase in house edge), but your site says Macau Pairplus has 3.49% house edge.
June 26th, 2011 at 9:09:35 AM
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You're right, I did make an error on my Macau site. Sorry if my first reply was rather terse but 95% of all error reports I get are false. The site has been corrected.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)