Hi Effen:
While I don't think Hedy and I are super efficient at understanding the
optimal strategy for quick quads we do have friends who play this game almost
exclusively and are very proficient at it and we have learned a lot from
them about the proper strategy (i.e holding kickers with trips, breaking up
two pair to hold quick quad trips ... like 6-6-4-2 after a deal of 6-6-4-4-2
... etc.)
The bottom line, however, is that we play QQ very little ... almost as a
break-up-the-monotony kind of thing when we get bored playing DDB or
disheartened by the brutal volatility of the game.
Rarely do we invest more than $100 on QQ. We've even fooled around with the
50-play and 100-play QQ machines in the smoking section near the
Brigantine entrance, but we'll play it at the one-cent or two-cent level. It's
mostly a little diversion for us.
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy
<Coach,
I see that you are playing some Quick Quads at Harrah's. I know the pay
tables are quite poor on these machines. However, I am even more concerned
about what strategy you are using for these machines.
I did a quick calculation where I used the normal FP JB strategy to play
FP JB quick quads. I found that this chopped off 6.6% from the expected
return. The loss in EV will be much more severe for bonus quad games. On FP
DDB, the return drops from 99% to 92%.
Maybe you are making some of the more obvious strategy changes, but you
are probably getting a very poor return playing QQ unless you are following
optimal strategy, which is very complicated.
Effen>
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