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Reason #1 why the Wizard likes Bovada:

Excellent customer support

The thing that separates Bovada from the rest is its customer support. Many other online gaming companies outsource their support. It can be difficult getting a response from them, and if you do it is often slow and handled by somebody with little understanding of gambling or even of English. But Bovada’s support is handled by Bovada, and their support staff is actually knowledgeable and helpful.

I’m so confident that you’ll have a good experience with Bovada that if you have a problem getting paid and you can’t resolve it with them on your own, I’ll talk to them myself. I personally have known the Bovada management for about three years and always found them to be professional, friendly, and knowledgeable. I have also personally visited one of their call centers so I could see first-hand how they handle customer issues. (More on my mediation service.)

If you have a problem with any other casino besides Bovada, I can’t help you. I get complaints from players of other online casinos every day who have difficulty getting paid. However that isn’t my job nor my problem. If you play at Bovada after clicking through my site I’ll stand behind you 100%. Any place else and you’re on your own.

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Pay the Aces Video Poker

Last Update: Mar 30, 2009

Pay the Aces is a video poker game I have seen in a few casinos in Laughlin, Nevada. Strangely, I have never seen it anywhere else. The plays like double bonus, except there are bonuses for getting aces on the deal, with no face cards.

The following table shows the base game, before considering the bonuses.

Pay the Aces Base Game
HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Royal flush 800 539332812 0.000027 0.021646
Straight flush 50 2331337008 0.000117 0.005848
Four A 80 3886370616 0.000195 0.015598
Four 2-4 40 10449123324 0.000524 0.020968
Four 5-K 25 32039251668 0.001607 0.040183
Full house 8 226342165032 0.011355 0.090840
Flush 5 220691040360 0.011072 0.055358
Straight 4 292726917540 0.014685 0.058741
Three of a kind 2 1447582226256 0.072622 0.145243
Two pair 1 2515099494240 0.126176 0.126176
Pair 1 4172246949888 0.209311 0.209311
Nonpaying hand 11009296308456 0.552309 0.000000
Total 19933230517200 1.000000 0.789912

The next pay table shows the value of the bonuses on the deal.

Pay the Aces Bonuses
HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Four aces no faces dealt 500 36 0.000014 0.006926
Three aces no faces dealt 50 2520 0.000970 0.048481
Two aces no faces dealt 2 42840 0.016484 0.032967
One ace no faces dealt 1 235620 0.090659 0.090659
Other 0 2317944 0.891874 0.000000
Total 0 2598960 1.000000 0.179033

So the overall return of the game is 0.789912 + 0.179033 = 0.968945.

I have an unconfirmed report that the Riverside casino offers a different bonus pay table, as follows.

Pay the Aces Bonuses — Riverside Pay Table
HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Four aces no faces dealt 1500 36 0.000014 0.020778
Royal flush dealt 1000 4 0.000002 0.001539
Three aces no faces dealt 50 2520 0.000970 0.048481
Two aces no faces dealt 2 42840 0.016484 0.032967
One ace no faces dealt 1 235620 0.090659 0.090659
Other 0 2317944 0.891874 0.000000
Total 0 2598964 1.000002 0.194424

Applying this pay table to the same base pay table results in an overall return of 0.789912 + 0.194424 = 0.984336.

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