Double pay video poker

Last update: March 26, 2003

A new video poker game (currently at the Orleans and Suncoast) pays the player both on the their initial 5-card hand and their hand after the draw. Half the coins bet will pay based on the intial hand and the other half based on the draw. If the player bets an odd number of coins then the extra coin will go toward the draw of one hand. The player may choose from 4 games and either 3 play, 5 play, or 10 play. The first coin bet will be on the draw of the first hand. The second coin bet will be on the deal of the first hand. The third coin bet will be on the draw of the second hand, and so on. After the player has bet at least 2 coins (one each on the draw and deal) on each hand then he will start to add a second coin to each of the hands. For the deal the player shall receive a separate set of cards per hand. However on the draw only the first hand shall be used with a separate set of replacement cards on each hand.

The following table is a summary of the return of each game on both the deal and the draw.

Double Pay Poker - Summary
Game	Deal	Draw	Average
Deuces wild	97.84%	96.73%	97.29%
Double bonus	97.65%	97.74%	97.7%
Double double bonus	97.42%	97.87%	97.65%
Triple double bonus	97.42%	97.02%	97.22%

Deuces Wild

Following is the 25 cent pay table on the deal.

Deuces Wild - Deal
Hand	Combinations	Probability	Pays	Return
Natural royal flush	4	0.000002	12000	0.018469
Four deuces	48	0.000018	500	0.009234
Wild royal flush	480	0.000185	100	0.018469
Five of a Kind	624	0.00024	80	0.019208
Straight Flush	2068	0.000796	40	0.031828
Four of a Kind	31552	0.01214	12	0.145683
Full House	12672	0.004876	10	0.048758
Flush	14472	0.005568	6	0.03341
Straight	62232	0.023945	4	0.09578
Three of a kind	355080	0.136624	2	0.273248
Two pair	95040	0.036568	2	0.073137
Pair (Q-A)	548928	0.211211	1	0.211211
All other	1475760	0.567827	0	0
Total	2598960	1		0.978434

The 2, 5 and 10 cent pay tables pay 50 for a 5 of a kind and 8 for a full house. This lowers the return to 0.961479977 .

Following is the 25 cent paytable for deuces wild on the draw.

Deuces Wild - Draw
Hand	Payoff	Number	Probability	Return
Natural royal flush	800	452369748	0.000023	0.018155
4 deuces	200	3682746696	0.000185	0.036951
Wild royal flush	20	35533966488	0.001783	0.035653
5 of a kind	12	59467319664	0.002983	0.035800
Straight flush	10	108508672848	0.005444	0.054436
4 of a kind	4	1213638759072	0.060885	0.243541
Full house	4	520548700824	0.026115	0.104458
Flush	3	422759779284	0.021209	0.063626
Straight	2	1158202099956	0.058104	0.116208
3 of a kind	1	5321219941188	0.266952	0.266952
Nothing	0	11089216161432	0.556318	0.000000
Total		19933230517200	1.000000	0.975781

The 2, 5, and 10 cent pay tables pay 8 for a straight flush and 10 for a 5 of a kind. This lowers the deal return to 0.959638.

Double Bonus

Following is the 25 cent pay table on the deal.

Double Bonus - Deal
Hand	Combinations	Probability	Pays	Return
royal flush	4	0.000002	12000	0.018469
straight flush	36	0.000014	500	0.006926
4 aces	48	0.000018	400	0.007388
4 2-4	144	0.000055	200	0.011081
4 5-K	432	0.000166	100	0.016622
full house	3744	0.001441	40	0.057623
flush	5108	0.001965	20	0.039308
straight	10200	0.003925	12	0.047096
3 of a kind	54912	0.021128	6	0.126771
2 pair	123552	0.047539	4	0.190156
pair J-A	337920	0.130021	2	0.260042
pair 5-10	506880	0.195032	1	0.195032
pair 2-4	253440	0.097516	0	0
nothing	1302540	0.501177	0	0
total	2598960	1		0.976514

The 2, 5 and 10 cent pay tables pay 10 for a straight and 35 for a full house. This lowers the return to 0.961462.

Following is the 25 cent paytable on the draw.

Double Bonus - Draw
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000021	0.016610
Straight Flush	50	0.000112	0.005599
4 Aces	160	0.000223	0.035650
4 2s, 3s or 4s	80	0.000527	0.042133
4 5-K	50	0.001612	0.080607
Full House	9	0.010689	0.096197
Flush	7	0.016067	0.112471
Straight	4	0.012127	0.048508
3 of a kind	3	0.073699	0.221097
Two Pair	1	0.120432	0.120432
Jacks or Better	1	0.198110	0.198110
Nothing	0	0.566382	0.000000
Total Return		1.000000	0.977414

The 2, 5, and 10 cent pay table pays 6 for a flush, lowering the return to 0.963754.

Double Double Bonus

Following is the 25 cent pay table on the deal.

Double Double Bonus - Deal
Hand	Combinations	Probability	Pays	Return
royal flush	4	0.000002	12000	0.018469
straight flush	36	0.000014	500	0.006926
4 aces + 2-4	12	0.000005	1000	0.004617
4 2-4 + A-4	36	0.000014	400	0.005541
4 aces	36	0.000014	400	0.005541
4 2-4	108	0.000042	200	0.008311
4 5-K	432	0.000166	100	0.016622
full house	3744	0.001441	40	0.057623
flush	5108	0.001965	20	0.039308
straight	10200	0.003925	10	0.039246
3 of a kind	54912	0.021128	6	0.126771
2 pair	123552	0.047539	4	0.190156
pair J-A	337920	0.130021	2	0.260042
pair 5-10	506880	0.195032	1	0.195032
pair 2-4	253440	0.097516	0	0
nothing	1302540	0.501177	0	0
total	2598960	1		0.974205

The 2, 5 and 10 cent pay tables pay 16 cents for a flush. This lowers the return to 0.966343.

Following is the 25 cent pay table on the draw.

Double Double Bonus Poker - Draw
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000025	0.019967
Straight Flush	50	0.000107	0.005326
4 Aces W 2,3,Or 4	400	0.000062	0.024648
4 2,3,Or4 W A-4	160	0.000143	0.022912
4 Aces	160	0.000174	0.027771
4 2,3,Or4	80	0.000384	0.030754
4 5-K	50	0.001632	0.081613
Full House	9	0.010868	0.097814
Flush	5	0.010976	0.054880
Straight	4	0.012942	0.051769
3 Of A Kind	3	0.075340	0.226021
Two Pair	1	0.123148	0.123148
Jacks Or Better	1	0.212105	0.212105
Nothing	0	0.552093	0.000000
Total Return		1.000000	0.978729

The 2, 5, and 10 cent pay tables lower the full house to 8, lowering the return to 0.967861.

Triple Double Bonus

The deal pay table is the same as that for Double Double Bonus.

Following is the 25 cent paytable on the draw.

Triple Double Bonus Poker - Draw
Hand	Payoff	Probability	Return
Royal Flush	800	0.000026	0.020616
Straight Flush	50	0.000107	0.005336
4 Aces W 2,3,Or 4	800	0.000071	0.056472
4 2,3,Or4 W A-4	400	0.000173	0.069044
4 Aces	160	0.000150	0.023961
4 2,3,Or4	80	0.000320	0.025623
4 5-K	50	0.001620	0.081019
Full House	9	0.010521	0.094691
Flush	5	0.010963	0.054817
Straight	4	0.013657	0.054629
3 Of A Kind	2	0.075242	0.150485
Two Pair	1	0.122467	0.122467
Jacks Or Better	1	0.211042	0.211042
Nothing	0	0.553641	0.000000
Total Return		1.000000	0.970204

The 2, 5, and 10 cent pay tables pay 8 for a full house, lowering the return to 0.959687.

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