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[spearmaster]

Deuces royal EV: x45
4 to natural royal EV: x20

Is getting a natural royal worth chucking away 600 odd credits? 'cos that's what you'd basically be doing...

Probably not - but depending on the circumstances (ie. a second of madness) I might still do it. If I were playing for the "long run" scenario of course it's obvious I wouldn't do it.

[chuchu59]

Guess I'm not a real man, Meister... but I bet you aren't either! Like Simmo said, no contest... decision was already made but I wanted to see what kind of reaction I'd get I came up with the same numbers Simmo did... so 900x6 vs 1250x1 is absolutely silly.

A straight flush, I might have thought about it. A deuces royal, no way. 4 to the royal, might have tossed the lone deuce.

This is a no-brainer. Of course all 5 cards must be held. Even if you got 4 deuces on one of those hands,your bankroll wouldnt have improved much,would ya. Likewise,if nothing crops up and you get 4 of a knind on all 4 hands,you lose much. And you are also right in discarding 2 cards for a straight flush since you dont have too much to lose anyway unless either one of the non-deuce cards is an ace,king,queen,jack or ten. This would be a tough decision.

[Simmo!]

Yea... I did that... real man... real big loser of a man! And don't expect a screenshot to prove my manhood, I threw it out the window along with the pc!

Mental note: Never listen to Meister when playing VP.

Max

Lol - well you only had a 1 in 12 chance of getting the Royal. So chucking that Deuces Pat Royal away 12 times to get your Royal, you'd be throwing 10,800 coins away to get 4,000

CM: I thought we'd replaced that first meeting with the dinner

[Slotster!]

And you are also right in discarding 2 cards for a straight flush since you dont have too much to lose anyway unless either one of the non-deuce cards is an ace,king,queen,jack or ten. This would be a tough decision.

Yep... See my post up there

[Mart]

This is a no-brainer. Of course all 5 cards must be held. Even if you got 4 deuces on one of those hands,your bankroll wouldnt have improved much,would ya. Likewise,if nothing crops up and you get 4 of a knind on all 4 hands,you lose much. And you are also right in discarding 2 cards for a straight flush since you dont have too much to lose anyway unless either one of the non-deuce cards is an ace,king,queen,jack or ten. This would be a tough decision.

Nah, still a no-brainer. Keep 3 deuces for everything except wild royal or 5 of a kind 10s or higher.

[caliban]

Please explain to me the math, why is it 1/6?

Cheers,
Caliban

Sorry, I forgot to put Simmo's quote in here, that's why this message appears 2 times :/

Caliban

[caliban]

1 in 6 chance of 4x2's (1250) or guaranteed 900. No contest SM :-)

PS. And Bryan never did buy me that coffee!!

Hi!

Please explain to me the math, why is it 1/6?

Cheers,
Caliban

[Simmo!]

Hi!

Please explain to me the math, why is it 1/6?

Cheers,
Caliban

No problem Caliban....here goes in non-techie terms...

You were dealt 5 cards and you hold the 3 Deuces. So there's 47 cards left for the second deal and only one Deuce, but you have two turns (or chances) to get it on each line. So thats a 1 in 23.5 chance (we're calling it 1 in 24). You're playing "4" hands simultaneously so you have 4 x (1 in 24) chance of getting it, or put another way, 4 in 24. Or put another way, 1 in 6

[HateMG]

Please explain to me the math, why is it 1/6?

Each line has 47 cards left in a deck. You have 2 chances to get the last deuce out of 47. For 4 lines it's 2/47*4 = 8/47 or approximately 1/6.



Simmo beat me by split second but explanation is almost identical

[Simmo!]

Simmo beat me by split second but explanation is almost identical

Sorry about that MG - but your explanation is much more succinct