Comments on: Helping You Understand Bankroll Needs – Volatility

By: Dave H.

Dave H. — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:09:50 +0000

Wayne: On VPFREE2 is where.

100.07% DDB Double Double Bonus

1-1-3-4-6-10-50-80-160-160-400-50-800

They have 47 listings for this game in Las Vegas

http://www.vpfree2.com/

Good Luck!

By: wayne van lone

wayne van lone — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:25:17 +0000

where-o-where do you find 10/ddb?

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 22:07:52 +0000

There is something which I’ve wondered about but haven’t ever seen in print: What is the expected loss for various games, assuming you don’t hit either the royal or the next highest-paying hand? For instance, what would I expect to lose if I played FPDW and didn’t hit the royal or the deuces, or if I played DB and didn’t hit the royal or four aces? This would give me an idea of what I would expect to happen in a short-term play, perhaps tied to a promo–say $500 coin-in gets me a buffet or something like that. It could easily be that my MEDIAN (not average) result in a lower EV but lower volatility game would be a smaller negative value. For instance, not hitting the top two hands in Bonus Poker (royal, four Aces) would be considerably less damaging than not hitting the same two top hands in Double Bonus or Double Double Bonus. This occured to me when I was at the M and playing BP–1,350 coin-in gets you a buffet, and the buffet is $29, so you figure to lose only $11 or so for your buffet if you play 8/5 BP–but that’s factoring in the big hands. What would be the average cost to me if I didn’t hit a royal or four aces in 1,080 hands of BP? Anyone know how to calculate this?

By: Starr Piercy

Starr Piercy — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:57:23 +0000

Is there a way for you to add a link so that one of your articles can be emailed to someone? Also would be helpful to add a printer-friendly link. I wanted to send this article to David’s email, and could not find a link to do so.

By: G. Parker

G. Parker — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 04:50:28 +0000

very good explanation. Play a lot and made me understand better what I already thought I knew, but not why.

By: Peter Boyd

Peter Boyd — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 01:02:09 +0000

A very good article, but I am a little confused by the math concerning the return on quads for 10/6 DDB. In the paragraph above the first two tables, it states, “. . .the quads contribute 23.51%”. However, using the numbers from the table (2.46,2.29,2.78,3.08,8.15) the result would be 18.76%. Am I missing something here or figuring something wrong?

Thanks!