What the hell 3dice

[Jasminebed]

Thanks for your explanation Enzo. So holding the 5Diamonds would have given the same return?

[3Dice]

Hi Jas,

Almost .. holding the 5 would give you an expected return of 22.12% .. still slightly less .. the reason for that is that the cards from the first draw are out of the game when you draw the second time. So take a good look and you'll see that if we keep the 5 we throw away a 3 and a 7 .. all of the straights that you can make with a 5 have either a 3 or a 7 or both in them. And we're drawing from a book where we already know that one 3 and one 7 is gone.

If you however keep the seven, then the 3, the 5, and in some cases the jack are gone. but there's still combinations (6-7-8-9-10) where all cards are still in the remainder of the deck hence a slightly larger chance to get a straight, hence a slightly higher return than when holding the 5.

It may seem a bit strange - but holding the 7 as the auto hold suggested definitly was the way to go.

Greets,

Enzo