Quick Quads
Last update: Mar. 11, 2009
Quick Quads is a video poker game I noticed at the Red Rock in September, 2008. For the first five coins bet per hand, the game plays like ordinary multi-play video poker. For an optional sixth coin bet, the player qualifies to add two cards together to complete a four of a kind. For example, if the player had 99936, as I did in the picture below, he can add the 3 and 6, to make a fourth nine. A full house like 66633 will pay as a four of a kind too. Only four of a kinds of 2 to 10 qualify as Quick Quads, and aces count as one point. The game sometimes bumps up some of the four of a kind wins too, for a sixth coin bet. With the sixth coin bet, the player will get about 2.7 times as many four of a kinds.
The following return tables show the pay tables available at the Red Rock at the $1 denomination, in order of highest to lowest return. The return column is the product of the win, probability, and 5/6.
| Quick Quads — "9/6" Jacks or Better |
| Event |
Pays |
Combinations |
Probability |
Return |
| Royal Flush | 800 | 504987360 | 0.000025 | 0.016889 |
| Straight Flush | 50 | 2198649216 | 0.00011 | 0.004596 |
| Four of a Kind | 47.2 | 122334156636 | 0.006137 | 0.241396 |
| Full House | 9 | 215235163704 | 0.010798 | 0.080984 |
| Flush | 6 | 219460508964 | 0.011010 | 0.055049 |
| Straight | 4 | 221046761088 | 0.011089 | 0.036965 |
| Three of a Kind | 3 | 1357437205548 | 0.068099 | 0.170248 |
| Two Pair | 2 | 2577228780816 | 0.129293 | 0.215488 |
| Jacks or Better | 1 | 4172612655420 | 0.209329 | 0.174441 |
| Nothing | 0 | 11045171648448 | 0.554108 | 0 |
| Totals | | 19933230517200 | 1 | 0.996056 |
| Quick Quads — "8/5" Triple Bonus |
| Event |
Pays |
Combinations |
Probability |
Return |
| Royal flush | 800 | 504017940 | 0.000025 | 0.016857 |
| Straight flush | 100 | 2365418856 | 0.000119 | 0.009889 |
| Four aces | 240 | 4524385524 | 0.000227 | 0.045395 |
| Four 2-4 | 120 | 8634092292 | 0.000433 | 0.043315 |
| Four 5-K | 50 | 27974079828 | 0.001403 | 0.058475 |
| Quick quads (2-4) | 120 | 17702690184 | 0.000888 | 0.08881 |
| Quick quads (5-10) | 50 | 68964537480 | 0.00346 | 0.144157 |
| Full house | 8 | 185443611660 | 0.009303 | 0.062022 |
| Flush | 5 | 205240266984 | 0.010296 | 0.042902 |
| Straight | 4 | 235581271812 | 0.011819 | 0.039395 |
| Three of a kind | 3 | 1376903008512 | 0.069076 | 0.172689 |
| Two pair | 1 | 2440209901752 | 0.122419 | 0.102016 |
| Jacks or better | 1 | 4133837770020 | 0.207384 | 0.17282 |
| Nothing | 0 | 11225345464356 | 0.563147 | 0 |
| Total | | 19933230517200 | 1 | 0.998742 |
| Quick Quads — "9/6" Double Double Bonus |
| Event |
Pays |
Combinations |
Probability |
Return |
| Royal flush | 800 | 486113376 | 0.000024 | 0.016258 |
| Straight flush | 50 | 2171742012 | 0.000109 | 0.00454 |
| Four aces + 2-4 | 400 | 1217551560 | 0.000061 | 0.02036 |
| Four 2-4 + A-4 | 200 | 3382460892 | 0.00017 | 0.028282 |
| Four aces + 5-K | 200 | 3424913856 | 0.000172 | 0.028637 |
| Four 2-4 | 80 | 5247744888 | 0.000263 | 0.017551 |
| Four 5-K | 52 | 27729577872 | 0.001391 | 0.060282 |
| Quick quads (2-4) | 80 | 15750559188 | 0.00079 | 0.052678 |
| Quick quads (5-10) | 52 | 68496456516 | 0.003436 | 0.148906 |
| Full house | 9 | 195909802092 | 0.009828 | 0.073712 |
| Flush | 6 | 227172819372 | 0.011397 | 0.056983 |
| Straight | 4 | 230626659828 | 0.01157 | 0.038567 |
| Three of a kind | 3 | 1372369204164 | 0.068848 | 0.172121 |
| Two pair | 1 | 2438560361052 | 0.122336 | 0.101947 |
| Jacks or better | 1 | 4203105439356 | 0.210859 | 0.175716 |
| Nothing | 0 | 11137579111176 | 0.558744 | 0 |
| Total | | 19933230517200 | 1 | 0.996539 |
| Quick Quads — "9/7" Double Bonus |
| Event |
Pays |
Combinations |
Probability |
Return |
| Royal flush | 800 | 416770032 | 0.000021 | 0.013939 |
| Straight flush | 50 | 2221012980 | 0.000111 | 0.004643 |
| Four aces | 160 | 4557688164 | 0.000229 | 0.030486 |
| Four 2-4 | 80 | 8457128028 | 0.000424 | 0.028285 |
| Four 5-K | 55 | 27257338284 | 0.001367 | 0.062674 |
| Quick quads (2-4) | 80 | 15558988488 | 0.000781 | 0.052037 |
| Quick quads (5-10) | 55 | 68806629204 | 0.003452 | 0.15821 |
| Full house | 9 | 196153989828 | 0.009841 | 0.073804 |
| Flush | 7 | 279463319628 | 0.01402 | 0.081783 |
| Straight | 5 | 279008719644 | 0.013997 | 0.058322 |
| Three of a kind | 3 | 1336541350020 | 0.067051 | 0.167627 |
| Two pair | 1 | 2379363959088 | 0.119367 | 0.099472 |
| Jacks or better | 1 | 3928927420656 | 0.197104 | 0.164254 |
| Nothing | 0 | 11406496203156 | 0.572235 | 0 |
| | 19933230517200 | 1 | 0.995536 |
| Quick Quads — "8/5" Bonus Poker |
| Event |
Pays |
Combinations |
Probability |
Return |
| Royal flush | 800 | 499479060 | 0.000025 | 0.016705 |
| Straight flush | 50 | 2050898292 | 0.000103 | 0.004287 |
| Four aces | 100 | 4198382916 | 0.000211 | 0.017552 |
| Four 2-4 | 60 | 8547691188 | 0.000429 | 0.021441 |
| Four 5-K | 46 | 28035965772 | 0.001406 | 0.053916 |
| Quick quads (2-4) | 60 | 15712580868 | 0.000788 | 0.039413 |
| Quick quads (5-10) | 46 | 67124966712 | 0.003367 | 0.129087 |
| Full house | 8 | 215327009640 | 0.010802 | 0.072016 |
| Flush | 5 | 196543103748 | 0.00986 | 0.041084 |
| Straight | 4 | 218788333320 | 0.010976 | 0.036587 |
| Three of a kind | 3 | 1370336618856 | 0.068746 | 0.171866 |
| Two pair | 2 | 2593167713280 | 0.130093 | 0.216821 |
| Jacks or better | 1 | 4179309331284 | 0.209665 | 0.174721 |
| Nothing | 0 | 11033588442264 | 0.553527 | 0 |
| Total | | 19933230517200 | 1 | 0.995495 |
Strategy
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Links
Play for free at videopoker.com.
Bob Dancer article, A Quick Primer on Quick Quads.
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