Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
I remember when I was going to Rincon a lot late last year, and you mentioned liking Aces and Faces the best. Instead, I chose to play 99.40% return ACE$ instead of Aces and Faces, which is 99.26%.

I think that I am going to start taking the Alan approach, as the problem with ACE$ is that it's so unlikely to hit (FAR less than a Royal) that you are unlikely to ever get it if you're only running 20,000 hands like I am. To show you how unlikely, I only have about a 6.6% chance of hitting ACE$ when I run 20,000 hands of VP! So I could play my usual allocation of video poker for 15 years, and would only be likely to hit ACE$ once. I could easily never hit ACE$, even if I played 20,000 hands of VP per year for the rest of my life.

Therefore, I think I will stick with the less-variance approach and just do Aces and Faces in the future. .
Hi Dan,

I share your concern about variance. The swings at $5 single play is too much for my comfort zone. Accordingly, at Rincon I like to play Triple or 5-Play Bonus Poker. I do not know if Aces and Faces have multiple hands options. The multi-hand variance is much less and since I am playing multiple hands, the chance of getting that elusive Royal go up accordingly.