RE: [vpFREE] Ultimate Play Poker

Howard
Stern wrote: I assume
you are talking about Ultimate X. This game is far and away the

toughest VP game to play even close to correct as even 3 play has 81
different strategy tables. (360 for ten play.)





In general
Howard is correct --- but the number of different strategies is off. For Ten
Play, each of the lines can have a multiplier of 1 (meaning no multiplier at
all) to 12 (often a full house, although it's a straight flush in at least some
Deuces Wild Games). The sum of the multipliers can vary between 10 and 120 ---
which leaves a maximum of 111 different strategies. Sometimes one or more of
these numbers are impossible (such as when you have a 12 multiplier and a 10
multiplier but no 11 multiplier, then you can't get to 119.) Also some of the
multiplier totals are VERY far-fetched --- such as a total of 118 can only be
reached by getting 9 full houses and 1 flush. Your best chance to do this would
be to hold two flush cards --- say a suited KQ. It's about 100-to-1 on any hand
to get a flush from that position and about 900-to-1 to get a full house
starting with two unpaired cards. Getting 9 full houses and 1 flush out of 10
tries is, in round numbers, impossible.





For Triple
Play, the maximum number of strategies needed is 27 and for Five Play the
maximum numbers of strategies needed is 51. Most players use approximations and
use one strategy for multiplier sums between 10 and 27. A second strategy for
multiplier sums between 28 and 64. Etc. It's not perfect --- but it is a good
compromise between what's possible and what's humanly feasible.



Bob


















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