Let\u2019s find out. If you hold AKQ<\/span>, you\u2019ll end up with a royal flush every 1,081 times on average. Half of the time, that royal will be $1,000 (and look like AKQTJ<\/span>), and half the time, it\u2019s the sequential worth $120,000. So, on average, a royal from this position is worth $60,500 (242,000 coins). Put that into any video poker software, and you\u2019ll see that holding the hearts is worth 227 coins while holding the queens is worth a measly 7.5 coins. It\u2019s correct by a mile to hold the hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s look at a 3-card draw, say 4\u2663 5\u2663 6\u2663 J\u2663 T\u2663. Do you throw the 456 away (a dealt flush worth $6.25) and go for a $120,000 sequential royal? Actually, the question I want to ask is, \u201cAre you supposed to keep two cards or five?\u201d I don\u2019t really want to know what kind of gambler you are. I want to know what kind of disciplined mathematician you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you hold the JT, you have a 1-in-16,215 chance at a royal. Those royal draws could be AKQ ($120,000), AQK ($1,000), KAQ ($1,000), KQA ($1,000), QAK ($1,000), or QKA ($1,000). Tell me you wouldn\u2019t be disappointed to only collect a $1,000 royal and I\u2019m tempted to call you a liar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, over all six royals, you\u2019d collect $125,000, worth, on average, $20,833, or 83,333 coins. You\u2019ll see the flush is worth 25 coins and holding the JT is only worth 17. Did you get that right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n How about a suited JT in position along with trip fives? Still correct to hold 555, but it\u2019s kind of close. At $150,000, it would be correct to hold JT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s an interesting one. Assume you\u2019re dealt, in this specific order, 2\u2665<\/span> 4\u2660 Q\u2666<\/span> J\u2663 3\u2665<\/span> when the sequential is at $150,000. While the normal play when the royal pays $1,000 is Q<\/span>J, you\u2019ve decided, right or wrong, to hold one of the high cards because they\u2019re both in sequential order. But which one? Try to figure it out on your own. The answer is at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no software out there that I know about that allows you to change the value of a sequential and it figures out the stuff for you. So, you have to do it yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you willing to do this considerable amount of work to create your own strategy for a game that will cost you more than $1,200 a week on average?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Me neither.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even though it\u2019s a game with a positive expectation, you have to be the one to hit that royal in order not to lose a fortune along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t know how many machines were tied to that sequential. If there was only one such machine, theoretically you and two buddies could have each taken eight-hour shifts for 18 months. If this went according to average (Big if!), you would each have $30,000 in losses in the year and a half before you collected $50,000 each. (Not including your fourth partner called Uncle Sam). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Good luck with finding partners willing to do that and actually sticking it out for a long, expensive, time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And if there were more than one such machine, having enough players to tie up all the machines for such an expensive play would basically be impossible. In addition to being unprofitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answer to question: Holding the queen is much better than holding the jack, in spite of the jack having more straight and straight flush possibilities. Why? Simply because the queen is part of TWO sequential royals: AKQJT<\/span> and TJQKA<\/span>. <\/p>\n Recently, at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, a lucky quarter video poker player, with a $1.25 bet, collected more than $150,000 for a sequential royal flush. I\u2019ve received a number of inquiries asking things such as: Was I said lucky player? (no) Was it a play with a positive expectation? (yes) and, If […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Big Sequential Royal Jackpot by Bob Dancer","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[29,2],"tags":[428,220,196],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Facebook\"](\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" "\\"Follow")
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