Video Poker Why STP is like crack...

Two grand for a full house...that's why!

 

But you're betting $30 a hand too... Glad to see Cosmo has 8/6 Boner at dollar+ levels I'm guessing. Nice hit! Now go find a 10X quad! Or even better!

 

Should you even ask someone who goes by luvstp? Agree with tringlomane.....Go get a 10x quad.

 

Yeah...unfortunately their DSTP is 8/5 at the same levels.

Oh, and I found a bar at Cosmo that doesn't bother with drink tickets - the HL bar. Of course, the price of admission is a $5 game...

 

Uh-oh, I hate to ask, but is that the right play, or should you dump the twos there?

 

Two pair is the right play unless the base paytable is 6/5 "Flaccid" Deluxe (95.36% before STP) like at the CET bartops. Assholes. For DDB, two pair is correct, unless it's Aces, even at 6/5!

Breaking this hand is probably the most common mistake I see players make though on games where two pair only pays 5. Players figure they have 5 either way, why not go for 250 (or 400 for Boner Deluxe)? Well that full house comes in a LOT more than quads from a pair.

 

Another way to look at this; at the $5 bet, 5 credit level, this is a $1.88 mistake* every time you make it. And by VP standards, that's a somewhat big mistake.

It surprised me how big a mistake it is, I thought it would be a closer call.

(* How I calculate this using the WinPoker output below. The right hold will pay on average 7.9787 x {bet size}. The QQ hold will pay on average 7.6031. The difference is 0.3756 x {bet size}, so 0.3756*$5 = $1.878 )

WinPoker doesn't simulate the 6th credit STP bonus, so you can think of this calculation as being a minimum error cost; the 6th credit just amplifies the error. So the cost will be more than $1.88 each time you make it at a $5, 6 credit STP game.

 

Another example of why I continue to be addicted to STP:

 

Not at the $ amount thecarve plays, but the 10x quad is super cool when it hits:

 

Nice hits! To me STP is like crack, but Ultimate X is like crack on steroids!

 

Nice hit! Cosmo should have 8/6 Boner w/STP on the Superstar units at the bar for 50c/$1, fyi. I was also surprised they offered 8/5 as cheap as nickels on the floor and dimes at the bar!

Wow, great hit! Been so long since I got a 10X quad...definitely don't come often enough!

 

Forgot about this one - about gave me a damn heart attack! It's nice to get a HP from a flush. But that Ace woulda been $158,800 nicer!

 

Is the multiplier number disappearing before you take the picture or am I missing something?

 

Yeah, on the newer machines the multiplier will disappear after the hand is completed.

 

It must be because you can tell the pays are multiplied

 

That's true. And considering the fact that any extended session of Ultimate X leaves me penniless and mumbling incoherently to myself, I suppose it's a more appropriate proxy for crack than STP!