Dear Carol,
Unfortunately, this one slipped by me. This was posted several weeks ago at
concerning MGM software:
[color=0000ff]If you'd like some stats, here are a few:
Of 845 hands played (which includes 154 I personally played in the play-money mode; the rest were for 'real'money), the following hands were recorded:
101 Jacks or Better (186 is the "expectation")
8 Straights (16 expected)
62 Trips (112 expected)
An analysis of the pay schedule indicates a 148.25% pay back (it cannot be analyzed on Winpoker, but VP Tutor can do it). My friend bet over $500 total and lost $37. Even if you take out the 'rare' hands like the Royal, SF, 5K, etc., the return should still be 120% for a fair game. Thus, expectation would be to win $100 or so, yet s/he lost $37. Sure, could've been just a bad day at the races, but in those 845 hands, there were no full houses and expectation is about 12.
Based upon this evidence, I think people should at least be warned.[/color]
I need to update my warnings section. Sorry.
Bryan