The following strategy is for 8/5 Bonus Poker Quick Quads. The following return table shows that with optimal strategy the return is 99.55%.
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
The strategy below is more than 99.9985% accurate; meaning the cost due to errors is 0.0015%. To use the strategy, look up all viable ways to play the hand, and go with the one listed first. If a play is not listed, that means there is always a better alternative, and it should never be played. For example, if the player has 2 J Q Q A there are three viable plays: the high pair, three to a royal, or four to a flush. Playing a four to a flush depends on the number of high cards. A four to a flush with three cards is not listed (because three to a royal is always better), and thus should never be played. Between three to a royal and a high pair, the high pair is listed first, and thus is the better play.
Royal flush
Four of a kind (regular or Quick Quads)
Straight flush
4 to a royal flush
Three of a kind with kicker - 3's with any A,2 or 4's with any A,3
Full house
Three of a kind with kicker:
5's with any A,2,3,4
6's with any A,2,3,4,5
7's with any A,2,3,4,5,6
8's with any A,2,3,5,6,7
9's with any A,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
10's with any A,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
Three of a kind with kicker - 2's with an Ace or 4's with a 2
Three of a kind
Flush
Two pair - AA22, 2244, 3366, 4488, 55TT
Straight
4 to a straight flush, no gap
One pair with two kickers - 3's with A2 or 4's with A3
Two pair
4 to a straight flush, 1 gap, 1 or more high cards (A234 to 9JQK)
One pair with two kickers:
5's with A4/23
6's with A5/24
7's with A6/25/34
8's with A7/26/35
9's with A8/27/36/45
10's with A9/28/37/46
4 to a straight flush, 1 gap, no high cards (2346 to 689T)
One pair - JJ, QQ, KK, AA
3 to a royal flush
One pair - 77, 88, 99, TT
One pair with a kicker - 3's with any A,2; or 4's with any A,3
4 to a flush with 2 high cards
One pair - 33, 44, 55, 66
4 to a flush with 1 high card
One pair with a kicker - 2's with an Ace
One pair - 2's
4 to a flush with no high cards
Unsuited 89TJ, 9TJQ, TJQK
Suited 9TJ, 9JQ
Unsuited 2345, 3456, 4567, 5678, 6789, 789T
Suited A23, A34, A45
Unsuited JQKA
Suited 8JQ, 9JK, 9QK
Suited JQ
Suited 235
Suited JK, QK
Suited 89J, 8TJ, 9TQ
Suited 345, 456, 567, 678, 789, 89T
Suited JA, QA, KA
Unsuited 9JQK, TJQA, TJKA, TQKA
3 to a flush with 1 high card, Quick Quads possible - suited A56, A67, A78, A89, A9T