It's a clash of strategies. MaxEV strategy maximizes the average return of each hand on a hand by hand basis, but Min_Cost_Royal strategy minimizes the average cost of hitting a royal so it extracts the greatest value from each royal progressive jackpot. Steve Jacobs tried to explain this at one time:
http://members.cox.net/vpfree/FAQ_S.htm
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@...> wrote:
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> Well you hit the nail on the head. It is so hard to grasp it is not in fact grasped by casino personnel.
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> ~FK
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bobbartop" <bobbartop@> wrote:It's an interesting situation, because breaking the high pair to draw to a RF3 is better for the player AND the casino at the same time. Kinda difficult concept to grasp.
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