Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
I'm afraid you are all fussing too much about Rob's sub optimal plays. I've discussed these in detail with Rob. Let me give you an example of one and tell you why you are fussing over something that's actually insignificant.

The sub optimal special play is what to do when playing BONUS Poker and you are dealt a full house with three aces:

In 8/5 Bonus Rob holds the full house. So would Dancer.
In 7/5 Bonus Rob holds the 3 aces. Dancer still holds the full house.
In 6/5 Bonus Rob holds the 3 aces and Dancer also holds the 3 aces.

Now: Rob would never play 6/5 Bonus. That's point number one.

Point number two is how often are you dealt a full house with three aces in Bonus Poker?

Bonus Poker is the only game I play and I haven't been dealt a full house with trip aces in a year or longer.
Breaking up the full house on 7/5 BP has hardly any effect on the overall payback. Thats because you rarely see the hand. There are only 288 out of 2,598,960 combinations that make aces full. So the chance is 1 in 9024. Playing four hours a week you might see the hand 15 times a year at most. The chance of converting to four aces is 1 in 22.5 so Rob might convert the hand every year and a half average. And he is not making just a one unit bet at it. He's throwing away a hand that pays 7 bets for one that pays 3 bets and will only improve if he comes back with a full house or quads. All those multiple lost bets are accumulating as he misses those draws.

Alan, you talk about getting lucky like it is an easy thing to do. But the flip side is unlucky. That happens too. Rob could go four years without hitting that draw. But if you listen to Rob, he gets dealt aces full every day he plays and turns it into four aces everyday he plays.
More stupidity. The Aces full hand Alan brought up is HARDLY the only special play used for Aces. Hardly.

Wise up.