I thank every one for their help. I was trying to multiply 4.01 times the frequency of occorance for each hand. Didnot work out right.
Bill C
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "pyiddy" <pyiddy@...> wrote:
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> Thank you! Your calculations are dead accurate and I tried to over think the
> first part of it completely messing it up.
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> From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpFREE@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> fivespot
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 6:17 AM
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> Subject: Re: [vpFREE] double super times poker
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> billchute2 <billchute2@... <mailto:billchute2%40yahoo.com> > wrote:
> > Is the 4.01 a misprint (it appears twice) or am I doing something wrong
> with my math?
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> the latter. 1/15 of the time you get the deal multiplier for 4.01
> times the base return, 1/15 of the time you get the draw multiplier
> for 4.01 times the base return, sometimes you get both but we're
> already counting that, and (14/15)*(14/15) of the time you get neither
> multiplier so you get 1.0 times the base return.
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> combined return is 2*(1/15)*4.01 + (14/15)*(14/15)*1.0 = 1.4058 times
> the base return. you're putting in 1.4 times as many coins (7 instead
> of 5), so divide that by 1.4 and you get 1.0041 times the base return
> - the DSTP game is 0.41% better.
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> the "you get 20x on any dealt royal with a deal multiplier" gimmick
> adds another 0.09%, so the overall EV is 0.5% better, which agrees
> with the figures from IGT and shackleford.
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> cheers,
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> five
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