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Black Jack Bonus Poker

Last update: February 9, 2006

Black Jack Bonus Poker is a video poker variation I noticed at the Gold Coast in Las Vegas in February 2006. At first I was confused, wondering how a player could get a four of a kind plus a blackjack in five cards. Then I realized you didn't need a blackjack but a black jack (note the two words). I had to use my slow video poker program to analyze this one, because with jacks not all suits are equal, which takes four days to run for a single pay table. Here are the results of two pay tables. The Gold Coast had the 9/6 pay table.

9/6 Black Jack Bonus Poker - 98.10%
Hand Pays Combinations Probability Return
Royal flush 800 486203646 0.000024 0.019513
Straight flush 50 2203932480 0.000111 0.005528
Four aces plus black jack 800 375173532 0.000019 0.015057
Four 2-4 plus black jack 400 863022792 0.000043 0.017318
Four 5-K plus black jack 160 1780551210 0.000089 0.014292
Four aces or jacks 160 8368302246 0.000420 0.067171
Four 2-4 80 9053778936 0.000454 0.036336
Four 5-10,Q,K 25 26202429360 0.001315 0.032863
Full house 9 202560451044 0.010162 0.091458
Flush 6 231319834884 0.011605 0.069628
Straight 4 261796363338 0.013134 0.052535
Three of a kind 3 1497410737884 0.075121 0.225364
Two pair 1 2343890018796 0.117587 0.117587
Jacks or better 1 4313089582038 0.216377 0.216377
Nothing 0 11033830135014 0.553539 0.000000
Total 0 19933230517200 1.000000 0.981028

8/6 Black Jack Bonus Poker - 97.09%
Hand Pays Combinations Probability Return
Royal flush 800 485848896 0.000024 0.019499
Straight flush 50 2203293672 0.000111 0.005527
Four aces plus black jack 800 375047370 0.000019 0.015052
Four 2-4 plus black jack 400 862960872 0.000043 0.017317
Four 5-K plus black jack 160 1780112094 0.000089 0.014289
Four aces or jacks 160 8361797292 0.000419 0.067118
Four 2-4 80 9053007774 0.000454 0.036333
Four 5-10,Q,K 25 26186728770 0.001314 0.032843
Full house 8 202444719468 0.010156 0.081249
Flush 6 233705700462 0.011724 0.070347
Straight 4 261695352984 0.013129 0.052514
Three of a kind 3 1496321027154 0.075067 0.225200
Two pair 1 2342178744270 0.117501 0.117501
Jacks or better 1 4307174176356 0.216080 0.216080
Nothing 0 11040401999766 0.553869 0.000000
0 0 19933230517200 1.000000 0.970870

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