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Pay the Aces Video Poker
Introduction
Pay the Aces is a video poker game I have seen in a few casinos in Laughlin, Nevada. Strangely, I have never seen it anywhere else. The plays like double bonus, except there are bonuses for getting aces on the deal, with no face cards.
The following table shows the base game, before considering the bonuses.
Pay the Aces Base Game
| Hand | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal flush | 800 | 539332812 | 0.000027 | 0.021646 |
| Straight flush | 50 | 2331337008 | 0.000117 | 0.005848 |
| Four A | 80 | 3886370616 | 0.000195 | 0.015598 |
| Four 2-4 | 40 | 10449123324 | 0.000524 | 0.020968 |
| Four 5-K | 25 | 32039251668 | 0.001607 | 0.040183 |
| Full house | 8 | 226342165032 | 0.011355 | 0.090840 |
| Flush | 5 | 220691040360 | 0.011072 | 0.055358 |
| Straight | 4 | 292726917540 | 0.014685 | 0.058741 |
| Three of a kind | 2 | 1447582226256 | 0.072622 | 0.145243 |
| Two pair | 1 | 2515099494240 | 0.126176 | 0.126176 |
| Pair | 1 | 4172246949888 | 0.209311 | 0.209311 |
| Nonpaying hand | 11009296308456 | 0.552309 | 0.000000 | |
| Total | 19933230517200 | 1.000000 | 0.789912 |
The next pay table shows the value of the bonuses on the deal.
Pay the Aces Bonuses
| Hand | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four aces no faces dealt | 500 | 36 | 0.000014 | 0.006926 |
| Three aces no faces dealt | 50 | 2520 | 0.000970 | 0.048481 |
| Two aces no faces dealt | 2 | 42840 | 0.016484 | 0.032967 |
| One ace no faces dealt | 1 | 235620 | 0.090659 | 0.090659 |
| Other | 0 | 2317944 | 0.891874 | 0.000000 |
| Total | 0 | 2598960 | 1.000000 | 0.179033 |
So the overall return of the game is 0.789912 + 0.179033 = 0.968945.
I have an unconfirmed report that the Riverside casino offers a different bonus pay table, as follows.
Pay the Aces Bonuses — Riverside Pay Table
| Hand | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four aces no faces dealt | 1500 | 36 | 0.000014 | 0.020778 |
| Royal flush dealt | 1000 | 4 | 0.000002 | 0.001539 |
| Three aces no faces dealt | 50 | 2520 | 0.000970 | 0.048481 |
| Two aces no faces dealt | 2 | 42840 | 0.016484 | 0.032967 |
| One ace no faces dealt | 1 | 235620 | 0.090659 | 0.090659 |
| Other | 0 | 2317944 | 0.891874 | 0.000000 |
| Total | 0 | 2598964 | 1.000002 | 0.194424 |