Originally Posted by
Alan Mendelson
After all, what makes a negative expectation game? It's not the royal flush -- nearly all royals pay 4000 coins. And various other "big payoffs" are darn close to other big payoffs. What typically is used to lower pay tables is an adjustment for two pair, three of a kind, full houses and flushes.
Hitting the big hands on an 6/5 Bonus game pay the same as a 8/5 bonus game which are the same as a 10/7 double bonus game.
So, when you hit the big combinations, that negative pay table you are so worried about no longer is an issue.
Now granted, no one sits down and immediately hits a royal. Well, practically no body... My last two royals on $1 8/5 Aces and Faces were hit just on the free play money which was less than $200 on both occasions. No Arc, pay tables do not mean as much as being in the right place at the right time. Video poker isn't just math, it's also a lot of variance... ummmm.... luck.