Macau Fortune 3 card poker Pair Plus house edge
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.
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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.
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence. These little problems help me to do so." -- Sherlock Holmes
