The talk about the Aces Up hand in another thread got me to thinking about a game I got to play for a couple years. The game couldn't be fully analyzed on any software available today. BUT THE SOFTWARE WAS A BIG HELP. A Dealt Aces Up was a key hand in the game.
How would you like to accidentally discover a payscale like the one below. It was a 2-Pair Joker game. Here's the payscale:
5 Aces..................1200
Natural Royal Flush......800
Four Natural Aces........300+ 1% meter
Regular 5 of a Kind......250
Natural Aces Full........200+ 1% meter
Joker Royal..............200
Straight Flush............50
Four of a Kind............25
Full House.................9
Flush......................5
Straight...................4
3 of a Kind................1
2 Pair.....................1
The first time I saw this payscale I knew it was gonna be huge.
A slot tech had made a big mistake. I had seen this game on many machines and the Aces Full meter was supposed to start at either 20 for 1, 24 for 1, 30 for 1, or 40 for 1. Which would put the game in the low nineties percentagewise.
But there I was staring at an Aces Full meter that started at 200 for 1. Now, even a guy that believes in random numbers finds himself saying "Thank You, Jesus!" when he finds something like this.
But there were some drawbacks. I could only bet 50 cents a hand. Either 10 nickels or 2 quarters. And I was dealing with a Mom and Pop operation (more on that later). And I knew that there was no software that could fully analyze the game. I was gonna have to do a lot of the math myself.
to be continued....
