Pay the Aces is a video poker game I have seen in a few casinos in Laughlin, Nevada. Strangely, I have never seen it anywhere else. The plays like double bonus, except there are bonuses for getting aces on the deal, with no face cards.
The following table shows the base game, before considering the bonuses.
Pay the Aces Base Game
Hand
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Royal flush
800
539332812
0.000027
0.021646
Straight flush
50
2331337008
0.000117
0.005848
Four A
80
3886370616
0.000195
0.015598
Four 2-4
40
10449123324
0.000524
0.020968
Four 5-K
25
32039251668
0.001607
0.040183
Full house
8
226342165032
0.011355
0.090840
Flush
5
220691040360
0.011072
0.055358
Straight
4
292726917540
0.014685
0.058741
Three of a kind
2
1447582226256
0.072622
0.145243
Two pair
1
2515099494240
0.126176
0.126176
Pair
1
4172246949888
0.209311
0.209311
Nonpaying hand
11009296308456
0.552309
0.000000
Total
19933230517200
1.000000
0.789912
The next pay table shows the value of the bonuses on the deal.
Pay the Aces Bonuses
Hand
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Four aces no faces dealt
500
36
0.000014
0.006926
Three aces no faces dealt
50
2520
0.000970
0.048481
Two aces no faces dealt
2
42840
0.016484
0.032967
One ace no faces dealt
1
235620
0.090659
0.090659
Other
0
2317944
0.891874
0.000000
Total
0
2598960
1.000000
0.179033
So the overall return of the game is 0.789912 + 0.179033 = 0.968945.
I have an unconfirmed report that the Riverside casino offers a different bonus pay table, as follows.
Pay the Aces Bonuses — Riverside Pay Table
Hand
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Four aces no faces dealt
1500
36
0.000014
0.020778
Royal flush dealt
1000
4
0.000002
0.001539
Three aces no faces dealt
50
2520
0.000970
0.048481
Two aces no faces dealt
2
42840
0.016484
0.032967
One ace no faces dealt
1
235620
0.090659
0.090659
Other
0
2317944
0.891874
0.000000
Total
0
2598964
1.000002
0.194424
Applying this pay table to the same base pay table results in an overall return of 0.789912 + 0.194424 = 0.984336.
