2 Ways Royal/Split Way Royal is a video poker game found at some Playtech and Betsoft Internet casinos. The thrust of the game is a 2-6 straight flush pays the same as a royal flush, 800x, based on a max coin bet.
Playtech calls the game 2 Ways Royal and Betsoft calls it Split Way Royal. They both use the same pay table shown below.
2 Ways Royal
Hand
Pays
Combinations
Probability
Return
Hi Royal flush
800
495648096
0.000025
0.019892
Lo Royal flush
800
452439228
0.000023
0.018158
Straight flush
50
2125345536
0.000107
0.005331
Four of a kind
40
46844788068
0.00235
0.094003
Full house
6
228552909012
0.011466
0.068796
Flush
5
208993990320
0.010485
0.052424
Straight
4
225491143956
0.011312
0.045249
Three of a kind
3
1475076583692
0.074001
0.222003
Two pair
2
2566559764188
0.128758
0.257516
Jacks or better
1
4277782475892
0.214606
0.214606
Nothing
0
10900855429212
0.546868
0
Total
19933230517200
1
0.997977
Some readers have questioned my claim that the low royal is 2-6, saying it is A-5. To prove it is 2-6 I present the following screenshot, which another reader sent in.
Prior to December 9, 2009, I incorrectly stated the return of this game was 99.13%. A few readers pointed out that vpgenius.com claimed the return for the above pay table was 99.7977%, which I now agree with. For the earlier error, I apologize.
