Last updated: April 08, 2016
Fast Fours
Introduction
Fast Fours is a video poker variation I noticed at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas on April 5, 2016. It was on an old machine, so I speculate the game has been around for a while and has somehow escaped my notice previously. The humdinger to the game is much like Quick Quads : if the player has a three of a kind hand such as 8-8-8-5-3, and the two singletons add up to the rank of the three of a kind, then it is scored as a four of a kind. As in Quick Quads, aces count as one point and 2-10 as pip value. Unlike Quick Quads, the face cards also play a role. To be specific, a jack counts as 11 points, a queen as 12, and a king as 13. So, a 2JKKK would count as four kings. Another difference is that in Fast Fours the player does not need to bet a sixth coin to invoke the feature. It is paid for by depressing the pay table.
Following are the three pay tables seen at the Hard Rock.
Fast Fours — Double Bonus Poker
Hand
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Royal flush
800
497,733,288
0.000025
0.019976
Straight flush
50
2,141,239,068
0.000107
0.005371
Four aces
160
4,136,395,320
0.000208
0.033202
Fast Fours (2-4)
80
15,581,610,864
0.000782
0.062535
Four 2-4
80
8,471,120,400
0.000425
0.033998
Fast Fours (5-K)
20
122,476,913,004
0.006144
0.122887
Four 5-K
20
26,000,100,156
0.001304
0.026087
Full house
9
200,962,875,504
0.010082
0.090736
Flush
5
217,155,955,584
0.010894
0.054471
Straight
4
271,515,814,236
0.013621
0.054485
3 of a kind
2
1,251,386,642,160
0.062779
0.125558
Two pair
1
2,490,122,094,048
0.124923
0.124923
Jacks or better
1
4,238,987,583,816
0.212659
0.212659
Nothing
0
11,083,794,439,752
0.556046
0.000000
Total Return
19,933,230,517,200
1.000000
0.966889
Fast Fours — Bonus Poker
Hand
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Royal flush
800
491,002,464
0.000025
0.019706
Straight flush
50
1,892,250,864
0.000095
0.004746
Four aces
80
4,012,286,484
0.000201
0.016103
Fast Fours (2-4)
40
15,191,159,052
0.000762
0.030484
Four 2-4
40
8,491,053,996
0.000426
0.017039
Fast Fours (5-K)
20
122,966,143,680
0.006169
0.123378
Four 5-K
20
26,318,571,744
0.001320
0.026407
Full house
5
205,799,881,968
0.010324
0.051622
Flush
4
199,567,728,492
0.010012
0.040047
Straight
3
208,289,380,848
0.010449
0.031348
3 of a kind
2
1,270,891,183,416
0.063757
0.127515
Two pair
2
2,566,316,660,076
0.128746
0.257491
Jacks or better
1
4,415,002,990,056
0.221490
0.221490
Nothing
0
10,888,000,224,060
0.546224
0.000000
Total Return
19,933,230,517,200
1.000000
0.967376
Fast Fours — Double Double Bonus Poker
Hand
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Royal flush
800
504,670,116
0.000025
0.020254
Straight flush
50
2,142,479,448
0.000107
0.005374
Four aces + 2-4
400
1,211,898,744
0.000061
0.024319
Four 2-4 + A-4
160
3,430,215,552
0.000172
0.027534
Four aces + 5-K
160
3,405,827,568
0.000171
0.027338
Fast Fours (2-4)
80
16,101,383,316
0.000808
0.064621
Four 2-4
80
5,096,175,156
0.000256
0.020453
Fast Fours (5-K)
20
122,181,716,340
0.006130
0.122591
Four 5-K
20
25,946,621,916
0.001302
0.026034
Full house
6
185,693,460,024
0.009316
0.055895
Flush
5
218,316,059,556
0.010952
0.054762
Straight
4
270,031,270,116
0.013547
0.054187
3 of a kind
2
1,270,429,705,788
0.063734
0.127469
Two pair
1
2,398,075,255,548
0.120305
0.120305
Jacks or better
1
4,288,366,092,528
0.215137
0.215137
Nothing
0
11,122,297,685,484
0.557978
0.000000
Total Return
19,933,230,517,200
1.000000
0.966272
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