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Reason #5 why the Wizard likes Bovada:

Intelligent Bonuses

Many online casinos offer huge signup bonuses, but there’s a catch. Buried in the fine print is that play on the most popular games doesn’t count towards earning the bonus. It’s common for play on blackjack, baccarat, roulette, craps, and video poker to be excluded. In many cases, only slots count.

And that’s if you can even find the terms and conditions. Many casinos put their 100% bonus in big flaming letters but make you hunt all over their site to find the rules.

Bovada allows play on all games to count towards the wagering requirement. It’s that simple. Just no opposite betting. All casinos ought to be as easy as Bovada about this. The bonus offer itself is simple too: on your first deposit, they’ll give you an extra 10%. If you deposit $100, you’ll wind up with $110 in chips or tokens.

Finally, in the unlikely event that Bovada feels you’ve been abusing their bonuses they won’t seize your winnings like most other casinos will. In the worst case scenario they will politely tell you that they will not be offering you any future bonuses, but you are welcome to keep playing and keep everything you have made already.

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Video Poker - Full House Bonus Poker

Last Update: Oct 01, 2005

Full House Bonus Poker is a variation of bonus poker I noticed at the Frontier on October 1, 2005. The game there followed the "6/5" pay table below. The rest are hypothetical.

Full House Bonus Poker
HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Royal flush 800 428344188 0.000021 0.017191
Straight flush 100 2621029596 0.000131 0.013149
4 aces 200 3956770560 0.000199 0.039700
4 2-4 40 10422449736 0.000523 0.020915
4 5-K 25 31443736068 0.001577 0.039436
Full house 12 222879493836 0.011181 0.134176
Flush 8 335934882816 0.016853 0.134824
Straight 5 290185004040 0.014558 0.072789
3 of a kind 3 1414763666028 0.070975 0.212925
Two pair 1 2453061903660 0.123064 0.123064
Jacks or better 1 3696677666676 0.185453 0.185453
Nothing 0 11470855569996 0.575464 0.000000
Total 19933230517200 1.000000 0.993623

Full House Bonus Poker
HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Royal flush 800 451165056 0.000023 0.018107
Straight flush 100 2540245140 0.000127 0.012744
4 aces 200 4013826228 0.000201 0.040273
4 2-4 40 10427978676 0.000523 0.020926
4 5-K 25 31726157832 0.001592 0.039791
Full house 12 224522841024 0.011264 0.135165
Flush 7 298637327424 0.014982 0.104873
Straight 5 298977925932 0.014999 0.074995
3 of a kind 3 1430377768560 0.071758 0.215275
Two pair 1 2477133790704 0.124272 0.124272
Jacks or better 1 3805421019480 0.190908 0.190908
Nothing 0 11349000471144 0.569351 0.000000
Total 19933230517200 1.000000 0.977328

Full House Bonus Poker
HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Royal flush 800 499270272 0.000025 0.020038
Straight flush 100 2529066744 0.000127 0.012688
4 aces 200 4107574140 0.000206 0.041213
4 2-4 40 10441664544 0.000524 0.020953
4 5-K 25 32083431072 0.001610 0.040239
Full house 12 227040407964 0.011390 0.136681
Flush 6 230790681444 0.011578 0.069469
Straight 5 306188311032 0.015361 0.076803
3 of a kind 3 1453834956372 0.072935 0.218806
Two pair 1 2516834690820 0.126263 0.126263
Jacks or better 1 4007016158148 0.201022 0.201022
Nothing 0 11141864304648 0.558959 0.000000
Total 19933230517200 1.000000 0.964175

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