So, I recently discovered this game and it has become my new VP crack. What game and number of games (3/5/10) do people find make the best combination? I've kind of settled on 10 play DDB because it pays $700 for a SF and you still get 15 for 3OAK. Thoughts? The 1 extra credit per hand seems reasonable for the increased pay table since most other carny VP games charge you double the credits per hand. Thoughts?
I’ve found that 10-6 jacks or better (base game 8/6) with the 500 quads is a nice balance of what makes bonus deluxe great, while still paying 10 for two pair. At 98.7% it is often one of the better multi play games in the casino.
I like to dabble in this game if I can find Super Double Double Bonus for nickels because the minimum optimal return on that game is 98.34%. Doesn't hurt to have hands like these on the first hand of a session either. Lol Unfortunately, Super DDB is unlikely to be available on the Strip. A far as 3/5/10 play goes, that's more of a personal thing than anything else. I mostly play 3 play because I'm cheap.
Bonus poker and I play mostly 3 and some 5 play. Every time I do 10 play I either get a nice hit or it seems like I loose $300 in like 10 minutes. I loose a lot more then I win so I’ve given up on 10 play.
LOVE that game. Especially because the straight flush is finally worth something. Quarter triple play BP is perfectly fine for a nit like me, and it can REALLY payout. No clue about the returns, that is @tringlomane business, but it is really the perfect balance of "somewhat cheap" but also exciting for me
Also, if someone has connections to the game developers, add ST/DST to that game, and I will completely abandon UX
Yea it’s amazing how those 3 extra credits (on just 3 line) add up. But if you played 3 hands a minute which is probably conservative, that’s 9 x 60 or $540 in an hour of play… if you even last that long without hitting something.
I played the BP 3 line last night at my local casino.... I'd forgotten what a difference it makes to get paid for 2 pair, especially if your playing $1 or higher. Plus I like that it pays 750 for a SF. Not that you get a SF that often but the 750 payoff makes me hold a 3 to a SF more than I probably used to and it often results in at least one flush. Probably not the right hold for BP but this games paytable throws the original correct holds out the window... Iike I still throw another off suit face card and hold a single Ace like you do in DDB and the others. (DDB also pays 750 for the SF but TDB goes back to 250).
I'd like to do two things shout out @calwatch for putting me on to this game, at my local (Yaamava), he said BP and it sure seems to work better than DDB for me (so far, though the 4K aces kicker is a goal).. Point out to anyone looking for it that it is oddly at the bottom of a lot of the VP multi-game menus, not up in the video poker category, but alone, above Keno & whatevers down there, IIRC
Also for bartop players, it's on the newer curved Superstar IIs ONLY. This game was added to the lineup along with UX Bonus Streak. I was a bit surprised Super Triple Play was added to be honest. The game is old enough to be on the original Superstar Poker. The game is over 15 years old and is older than Ultimate X!
I’ve been holding a single Ace and throwing any off suit face cards in this game playing Bonus Poker since (any) 4 Aces pays $1200. Does anybody know if that’s the correct hold? I suppose if you held say AQ, you could still possibly get 4 Aces or 4 Queens since there’s no kickers in this game and you’d probably get more pairs and even 3OAK’s keeping both. Thoughts?
I play ALL the games & tend to jump around. But my Fav is the one that pays same for aces/kick or RF.
Fortunately this game's strategy can be calculated with a standard strategy calculator. With this free calculator though, the calculated return is off because it assumes the payouts are for a 5 coin bet, not 6. To get the return you have to multiply by 5/6. 1.169267 × 5/6 = 0.974389 = 97.44%. https://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/strategy/a-1-b-37-c-1-d-0-d-1-d-2-d-3-d-4-d-5-d-8-d-80-d-120-d-240-d-140-d-800/ Unfortunately this calculator doesn't parse Flush draws very well. It lists them all explicitly. But that's what I get for being a tightass. Lol In this game apparently, low pairs can sometimes beat Flush draws based on the number of high cards in the flush draw. High Pair > 3 to a Royal flush > 4 Flush with 2 high cards > 22-44 > 4 Flush with one high card > 55-TT > 4 Flush with no high cards. As for your question though, yeah it looks like you should hold high cards like DDB. Ace beats two offsuit high cards, except QJ off.
I’ve never understood that QJ off hold over an Ace in DDB. I assume it’s the straight possibility but why go for a 20 credit payoff instead of the Aces. I can see that hold influenced by how many days you’re in town too.
The good game at Yaamava is actually the 10/6 super triple play jacks or better mentioned above. The 8/5 bonus poker S3P is actually a 6/5 bonus base but juiced up with the sixth coin, to pay 97.43%. The sixth coin will always pay around 0.4-0.6% better than the base game, but you have to look at the pay table for one coin to find out what the base is.
