Ultra Bonus Poker

Last update: Aug. 29, 2008

"9/6" Ultra Bonus Poker — 98.75%
Hand	Payoff	Combinations	Probability	Return
Royal flush	800	510280728	0.000026	0.020480
Straight flush	50	2195755332	0.000110	0.005508
4 aces	400	4704531960	0.000236	0.094406
4 2-4	160	10793334024	0.000541	0.086636
4 5-K	50	32093111748	0.001610	0.080502
Full house	9	208475949924	0.010459	0.094128
Flush	6	248376661260	0.012460	0.074763
Straight	4	266588117316	0.013374	0.053496
3 of a kind	2	1488263100144	0.074662	0.149325
Two pair	1	2424958012872	0.121654	0.121654
Jacks or better	1	4118728796964	0.206626	0.206626
Nothing	0	11127542864928	0.558241	0.000000
Total		19933230517200	1.000000	0.987523

"8/6" Ultra Bonus Poker — 97.71%
Hand	Payoff	Combinations	Probability	Return
Royal flush	800	510603240	0.000026	0.020493
Straight flush	50	2199340260	0.000110	0.005517
4 aces	400	4703393664	0.000236	0.094383
4 2-4	160	10792094076	0.000541	0.086626
4 5-K	50	32076581172	0.001609	0.080460
Full house	8	208376163504	0.010454	0.083630
Flush	6	250511163720	0.012568	0.075405
Straight	4	266493965172	0.013369	0.053477
3 of a kind	2	1487331974292	0.074616	0.149231
Two pair	1	2423412617436	0.121577	0.121577
Jacks or better	1	4111599548232	0.206269	0.206269
Nothing	0	11135223072432	0.558626	0.000000
Total		19933230517200	1.000000	0.977067

"9/5" Ultra Bonus Poker — 97.63%
Hand	Payoff	Combinations	Probability	Return
Royal flush	800	512956440	0.000026	0.020587
Straight flush	50	2068699200	0.000104	0.005189
4 aces	400	4731953748	0.000237	0.094956
4 2-4	160	10800954312	0.000542	0.086697
4 5-K	50	32304736764	0.001621	0.081032
Full house	9	209705096952	0.010520	0.094683
Flush	5	216285605220	0.010851	0.054253
Straight	4	271202229864	0.013606	0.054422
3 of a kind	2	1499645209836	0.075233	0.150467
Two pair	1	2442824313876	0.122550	0.122550
Jacks or better	1	4215541632156	0.211483	0.211483
Nothing	0	11027607128832	0.553227	0.000000
Total		19933230517200	1.000000	0.976320

Ultra Bonus Poker

Hand Payoff Combinations Probability Return

Royal flush 800 525284712 0.000026 0.021082

Straight flush 50 2068324584 0.000104 0.005188

4 aces 400 4731953748 0.000237 0.094956

4 2-4 160 10800954312 0.000542 0.086697

4 5-K 50 32266815408 0.001619 0.080937

Full house 8 209564054028 0.010513 0.084106

Flush 5 216809778144 0.010877 0.054384

Straight 4 271622106288 0.013627 0.054506

3 of a kind 2 1498133770500 0.075158 0.150315

Two pair 1 2440792805364 0.122448 0.122448

Jacks or better 1 4209535175436 0.211182 0.211182

Nothing 0 11036379494676 0.553667 0.000000

Total 19933230517200 1.000000 0.965803

Ultra Bonus Poker

Hand Payoff Combinations Probability Return

Royal flush 800 533281680 0.000027 0.021403

Straight flush 50 2076332388 0.000104 0.005208

4 aces 400 4731795852 0.000237 0.094953

4 2-4 160 10800613752 0.000542 0.086694

4 5-K 50 32239487016 0.001617 0.080869

Full house 7 209456461836 0.010508 0.073555

Flush 5 217185726972 0.010896 0.054478

Straight 4 273013270668 0.013696 0.054786

3 of a kind 2 1496910568764 0.075096 0.150192

Two pair 1 2438959772124 0.122356 0.122356

Jacks or better 1 4201890231924 0.210798 0.210798

Nothing 0 11045432974224 0.554122 0.000000

Total 19933230517200 1.000000 0.955293

Ultra Bonus Poker

Hand Payoff Combinations Probability Return

Royal flush 800 537939096 0.000027 0.021590

Straight flush 50 2077550148 0.000104 0.005211

4 aces 400 4731385632 0.000237 0.094945

4 2-4 160 10800462048 0.000542 0.086693

4 5-K 50 32221024020 0.001616 0.080822

Full house 6 209376910116 0.010504 0.063023

Flush 5 217321060356 0.010902 0.054512

Straight 4 274424422308 0.013767 0.055069

3 of a kind 2 1495972784172 0.075049 0.150098

Two pair 1 2437402063068 0.122278 0.122278

Jacks or better 1 4196847112632 0.210545 0.210545

Nothing 0 11051517803604 0.554427 0.000000

Total 19933230517200 1.000000 0.944788

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