Dan wrote:
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>> Posted by: "5-card" 5-card@comcast.net
>> <mailto:5-card@comcast.net?Subject=%20Re%3A%20progressive%20machine>
>> se2808 <http://profiles.yahoo.com/se2808>
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>> Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:57 pm (PST)
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>> I find it interesting that all three posts have a different answer. I show
>> $2,629.75 = 100% using perfect strategy on my web site. Perhaps some are
>> using "Frugal VP" and penalty free strategy to analyze. I assume that
>> "Optimum Video Poker" rounds to the nearest dollar.
>
>No, Optimum Video Poker does not "round off." It makes very precise
>calculations. 10525 coins is correct if you continue to use perfect play
>strategy derived for a 4000-coin royal, but if the strategy is adjusted
>for the break-even royal then the 100% point is 10520 coins. For 7/5 JoB
>that's a very small difference, but for some games the difference can be
>much bigger.
Your figure of 10,525 didn't sound right, so I checked it out. If a
flat top strategy is played, the break even is 11,739 coins. There
are far too many strategy differences for there to be only a 5 coin
difference in the break even.
>It's worth noting that a strategy derived specifically for that
>break-even royal yields the lowest expected cost of a royal. This was
>the strategy used by the biggest ever video poker slot team that
>operated in Las Vegas in the 90's, which inspired the break-even
>progressive calculation in Optimum Video Poker version 3. This is a very
>valuable feature for anyone who plays progressives.
>
>Dan
That this team employed this strategy comes as news to me. Maybe if
it had a bank locked up, but that was hardly always the case. It
often only had one machine out of many, in which case I hope it didn't
use that strategy.
