Poker Poker Poker!: [vpFREE] Re: The Montana Play

mickeycrimm wrote:
> It's was a ten-coin nickel play, or a two coin quarter play,
> whichever you prefer to call it. Hey, don't laugh at me. Wait until
> you hear the details.
>
> It was a Joker Wild Game (one joker). The payscale was:
>
> RF...............800
> 5K...............250
> JR...............200
> SF................50
> 4K................25
> FH.................9
> FL.................5
> ST.................4
> 3K.................1*
> 2P.................1
>
> *That's right, the 3K paid even money. But the best is yet to come.
>
> There were 3 bonus hands each having a 1% progressive meter. These
> were mostly individual progressives. At some spots 2 or three
> machines were linked together. At preset the meters looked like
> this:
>
> 5 Aces.................$600
> 4 Natural Aces.........$150
> Full House w/3 Aces....$100
>
> The only one of these progressive where the joker played was in the 5
> Aces hand. The others had to be natural.
>
> Montana law is no jackpot over $800, so the 5 Aces meters would go to
> $800 and stop. The other meters never got that high so they could be
> counted in totality on the play.
>
> I'm down to a 25% charge so I've got to run. But first, a pop quiz,
> kids!
>
> 1. Where would you put the theoretical payback of this game?
>
> 2. What kind of a theoretical hourly rate would you put on this play?
>
> 3. If you played this game for 50 hours per week for six months,
> what is the estimated number of W2G's you would figure to accumulate?
>
> You are not going to be able to run this game comprehensively on any
> of the existing programs. I expect your answers to be on my desk in
> half an hour.

I've been at dinner, Micki, so forgive me for sliding in the back
door. Limiting myself to 30 minutes, I come up with around a 7%-9%
play (I'll put the minimum estimate at 6.6% - I'm winging a guestimate
of how much on top of that aggressive play for the A's adds. (I can
show my work upon request ;)

If you assume a 10-coin machine that plays at a moderate speed, say
800 hph, hourly coin in is $400 ... making this about a $35/hr play
with fairly low bankroll requirement.

I see a negligible incidence of $1200+ payouts on the progressive
meters. (i.e. don't sweat W2-G reporting)

I didn't get a chance to check my work within your time constraint.
Be easy on me ;)

- H.