I think the state of video poker today suggests that this long forgotten game needs to be taken a look at again. Besides Bonus Flush, I've seen variants of the game called Hot Flush and Flush Fever. And these variants are found on machines not manufactured by Williams. Even IGT has a version.
I don't trust my memory here but the best I can remember the Williams version came in at 100.4%. I passed on the game in the 1990's because there were lots of better plays around. Does anyone have the payscale for the full pay version?
I really hate that Williams moved to nine-line video. Their 3-reel game called Piggy Bankin' was my first gig in profitable machine play back in 1996. They later had other 3-reel games like X-Factor, Shopping Spree and Safecracker that offered short term positive situations. All these games were real money makers with correct strategy.
In early 1997 Williams got sued by IGT for violation of the Telnaes Patent. This caused most of the Piggy Bankin' machines to be removed before Williams could get an injunction. Williams eventually settled with IGT but it caused them to move to manufacturing nine-line video. UGH!!
The Williams early surrender video blackjack was found on their multi-game machines. The game came in at 100.4%. We played the game wherever same day cashback was offered. It was a cashcow. You got paid everyday. At 600 games per hour 9/6 Jacks has a variance of around 19. At 600 games of blackjack per hour the variance is about 3.
But if you wanted to run major cashback you used the double up feature. This greatly increased the variance but it also exponentially increased the amount of action one was running per hour. The trick was to only double up so far that you didn't have to take a hand pay and draw attention.
Which reminds me of the idiot pro at the Horseshoe. They found some IGT full pay video blackjack at one of the bars at the Horseshoe. They had the double up feature. One idiot pro kept doubling until he received a hand pay. Could you imagine what the floorpeople were thinking? How does a guy get a handpay playing video blackjack? Of course, the idiot caused the play to die a premature death.
