A royal flush is a specialized version of the straight flush, so let's quickly go over the straight flush first. A straight flush is a combination of a straight and a flush. A straight is where the cards are in sequential order by value, and there are least two different suits among the cards. Thanksgiving weekend 2011. Drawing one card to a royal flush on a jacks or better video poker machine at a Las Vegas Strip casino. Remember - always play max.
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3 to Royal because of higher EV | 5 votes (50%) |
4 to flush because it's more practical | 5 votes (50%) |
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It's 9/6 JOB (the concept could apply to other video poker as well), I got 3 to royal with an ace and a ten, another card of the same suit, and a random non-blocker (such as Ad, Kd, Td, 4d, 2s).
I ran it through the calculator and it suggested the optimal play is keep 3 to royal with an EV of 6.434 per 5 units bet, and the runner up is 4 to flush with a EV of 6.383
That is a difference of only 0.012 EV per unit
So that makes me wonder, if going for royal here is indeed the correct play. Because if god forbid, you hit that royal (I've never hit a royal in my life on 1 line), you'll get taxed and you're 'supposed' to tip, not to mention the exact thing you're tipping for - hand pay - is going to inconvenience you and waste maybe a good half an hour of your time.
In addition, going for 4-flush also significantly reduces variance. Usually reducing variance is desirable.
So with all that in consideration, is it still the best play to go for 3 to royal? What do you guys think?
Personally after contemplating that I've decided that small EV gain is not worth the negative sides of hitting a royal. So from now on I'm keeping 4-flush in a situation like this.
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Jacks or Better, 8/5 or worse: keep the 3/Royal.
Jacks or Better, 9/6 or better: if the 3/Royal includes both an Ace and a 10, keep the 4/Flush; otherwise, keep the 3/Royal.
9/7/5 Bonus Poker: keep the 3/Royal only if it's K Q J or Q J 10.
..Jacks or Better, 9/6 or better: if the 3/Royal includes both an Ace and a 10, keep the 4/Flush; otherwise, keep the 3/Royal.. Phantom casino games.
Almost. This depends on the other two cards. In order for the four card flush draw to be correct, one of the others must be the same suit and the other must be a 10 or missing straight card.
Example Ah, Jh, 10h, 4h, Ks = flush draw. Ah, Jh, 10h, 4h, 6s = royal draw.
Royal Straight Flush
You guys don't mind getting taxed on the royal? 3 card poker practice. I'm not sure how to do the calculation here but my instincts tell me the taxes alone may offset the EV difference from 3-royal.
Most are losing gamblers anyway. Just write it off and you'll owe no taxes.
Also, quarter royals aren't taxed..yet.
Holding the 3 to a Royal is worth 1.286 while holding the 4 to a Flush is worth 1.276
So, yeah, it's kind of a coin toss..
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