Bits & Odds

Detailed analysis for Double Double Bonus 10/6 (40 SF) 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 99.9577% under perfect play, ranking 2 of the 12 Double Double Bonus paytables we analyse.

Variance per hand is 41.9671 (standard deviation 6.48 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 Flush40
Four Aces + 2-4400
Four 2s-4s + A-4160
Four Aces160
Four 2s-4s80
Four 5s-Ks50
Full House10
Flush6
Straight4
Three of a Kind3
Two Pair1
Jacks or Better1

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Analysis

HandPayoutProbabilityCombinationsEV contribution
Royal Flush 800 0.002434% 40,428,326 0.019471
Straight Flush 40 0.010892% 180,935,528 0.004357
Four Aces + 2-4 400 0.006161% 102,334,500 0.024643
Four 2s-4s + A-4 160 0.014320% 237,869,374 0.022912
Four Aces 160 0.017363% 288,413,337 0.027780
Four 2s-4s 80 0.038441% 638,537,018 0.030752
Four 5s-Ks 50 0.163111% 2,709,448,318 0.081556
Full House 10 1.086473% 18,047,434,611 0.108647
Flush 6 1.129033% 18,754,389,656 0.067742
Straight 4 1.276474% 21,203,534,298 0.051059
Three of a Kind 3 7.531067% 125,098,748,131 0.225932
Two Pair 1 12.313357% 204,537,482,307 0.123134
Jacks or Better 1 21.159221% 351,476,355,342 0.211592
Nothing 0 55.251654% 917,786,632,354 0.000000
Total100%1,661,102,543,1000.999577

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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