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Turbo Poker

Introduction





Turbo Poker is a variant of jacks or better video poker where players pay for both the initial deal and the draw, a system often referred to as 'American Poker' – a term I use because of the existence of similar video poker styles in Germany. joker poker This game is offered by a specific software developer. Currently, no casinos utilizing this software are backed by the Wizard of Odds, meaning you will have to navigate the game independently if you decide to gamble with real money. Wazdan As in traditional video poker, players are required to place a bet before receiving their cards. Additionally, if they want to draw additional cards, they must make a second wager equal to the first.

Rules



  1. A conventional 52-card deck is used.
  2. Players cannot simply draw five new cards; they need to hold at least one card to proceed with drawing. If they click 'start' without holding any cards, it will interpret their action as a choice to end the current hand and begin fresh with a new deal.
  3. I reflected deeply on how best to showcase my analysis of this game. Typically, for video poker, I illustrate what a player might expect to return for their stake, which I usually present on a 'per unit' basis, since wins do not return the initial stake like they would in standard table games.


Analysis



In this scenario, losing could be more severe than just the loss of the original stake. A player could pay for a draw and still end up with nothing, leading to a loss of two units overall. Up until now, I have never included negative returns in a payout table based on the 'per unit' evaluation, as I believe this would cause confusion.

After considering various options, I've decided to treat this game similarly to table games by outlining the probability of each possible outcome, whether the player opted to draw or not. It's essential to note that the earnings for any hand are reduced by one unit if the player decides to take a draw instead of receiving their cards on the initial deal without drawing.

The cell at the bottom right indicates an expected loss of approximately 0.411652 units for every deal, representing a house edge of 41.2% when measured against a single wager (that's quite significant!). Players will engage in the raise bet 56.1% of the time, leading to an overall house advantage of 26.4% of the total bets placed.

Turbo Poker

Hand Draw Pays Combinations Probability Return
Royal flush 1 999 30,678,780 0.000002 0.001538
Royal flush 2 998 378,873,000 0.000019 0.018969
Straight flush 1 399 276,109,020 0.000014 0.005527
Straight flush 2 398 2,651,060,940 0.000133 0.052933
Four of a kind 1 49 4,785,889,680 0.000240 0.011765
Four of a kind 2 48 39,742,160,040 0.001994 0.095701
Full house 1 14 28,715,338,080 0.001441 0.020168
Full house 2 13 186,369,586,920 0.009350 0.121546
Flush 1 8 30,740,137,560 0.001542 0.012337
Flush 2 7 178,317,811,980 0.008946 0.062620
Straight 1 6 73,629,072,000 0.003694 0.022163
Straight 2 5 92,108,964,420 0.004621 0.023104
Three of a kind 1 4 - 0.000000 0.000000
Three of a kind 2 3 1,282,517,202,780 0.064341 0.193022
Two pair 1 2 - 0.000000 0.000000
Two pair 2 1 2,141,786,352,420 0.107448 0.107448
Loser 1 -1 8,609,999,607,000 0.431942 -0.431942
Loser 2 -2 7,261,181,672,580 0.364275 -0.728550
Total 19,933,230,517,200 1.000000 -0.411652


— Evaluation of a comparable game based on joker poker mechanics.

Internal Links



  • American Poker Standard deviation analysis for n-play video poker formats.

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