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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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