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Faces n’ Deuces

Last Update: May 13, 2005

Faces n' Deuces is a video poker game I spotted at the Flamingo Hilton in Laughlin, Nevada in May 2005.

Faces n' Deuces
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000024	0.019577
Straight Flush	50	0.000109	0.005431
Four decues plus face dealt	800	0.000005	0.003694
Four decues plus face	200	0.000043	0.008601
Four aces	160	0.000224	0.035854
Four 2-4	80	0.000477	0.03819
Four 5-K	50	0.00162	0.081022
Full House	9	0.010764	0.09688
Flush	6	0.011087	0.066524
Straight	5	0.015483	0.077415
Three of a Kind	3	0.074092	0.222277
Two Pair	1	0.121090	0.12109
Jacks or better	1	0.209987	0.209987
Nothing	0	0.554993	0
Total		1	0.986542

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