Bits & Odds

Detailed analysis for Double Bonus 10/7 (45 5-K) Video Poker

We computed every hand probability for this paytable to get the overall payout (expected value) and the optimal strategy. Paytables change both, so the strategy for one machine is not the strategy for another that looks identical. This one returns 99.3693% under perfect play, ranking 4 of the 17 Double Bonus paytables we analyse.

Variance per hand is 27.5092 (standard deviation 5.24 bet units), computed from the exact counts below. That is the number that sizes a bankroll: the bankroll calculator shows what it means over a session.

Payout table

HandPayout (1 coin)
Royal Flush800
Straight Flush50
Four Aces160
Four 2s-4s80
Four 5s-Ks45
Full House10
Flush7
Straight5
Three of a Kind3
Two Pair1
Jacks or Better1

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Analysis

HandPayoutProbabilityCombinationsEV contribution
Royal Flush 800 0.002081% 34,571,276 0.016650
Straight Flush 50 0.011315% 187,947,940 0.005657
Four Aces 160 0.019879% 330,211,061 0.031806
Four 2s-4s 80 0.052406% 870,521,369 0.041925
Four 5s-Ks 45 0.160378% 2,664,050,036 0.072170
Full House 10 1.117563% 18,563,861,454 0.111756
Flush 7 1.522214% 25,285,533,354 0.106555
Straight 5 1.501964% 24,949,161,916 0.075098
Three of a Kind 3 7.203934% 119,664,725,403 0.216118
Two Pair 1 12.443433% 206,698,179,213 0.124434
Jacks or Better 1 19.152250% 318,138,519,750 0.191523
Nothing 0 56.812583% 943,715,260,328 0.000000
Total100%1,661,102,543,1000.993693

Read the last column as cents per dollar wagered coming back from each hand type. Royal flushes are worth chasing not because they are likely but because their payout is large enough to matter over millions of hands; the bulk of the return comes from the ordinary hands near the bottom of the table.

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