Analysis of Video Poker
نویسنده
چکیده
Several analyses of video poker reported expected payouts in the vicinity of 99.6 percent. The analysis techniques they used were critically reviewed to validate those favorable results for Jacks or Better video poker. Improvements in playing strategy were discovered during the validation. The performance is now 99.7 percent expected payout. Wong (1988) called attention to an error in the technique earlier analysts used. However, it was found that this error amounted to only 0.1 percent in the overall expected payout.
منابع مشابه
Poker-CNN: A Pattern Learning Strategy for Making Draws and Bets in Poker Games Using Convolutional Networks
Poker is a family of card games that includes many variations. We hypothesize that most poker games can be solved as a pattern matching problem, and propose creating a strong poker playing system based on a unified poker representation. Our poker player learns through iterative self-play, and improves its understanding of the game by training on the results of its previous actions without sophi...
متن کاملPoker-CNN: A Pattern Learning Strategy for Making Draws and Bets in Poker Games
Poker is a family of card games that includes many variations. We hypothesize that most poker games can be solved as a pattern matching problem, and propose creating a strong poker playing system based on a unified poker representation. Our poker player learns through iterative self-play, and improves its understanding of the game by training on the results of its previous actions without sophi...
متن کاملThe effect of near-miss rate and card control when American Indians and non-indians gamble in a laboratory situation: the influence of alcohol.
Twelve American Indian (AI) and 12 non-AI participants gambled on a slot-machine simulation and on video poker. Prior to the gambling sessions, half of the participants consumed alcohol while the other half consumed a placebo beverage. They then played the slot-machine simulation three times, with the percentage of programmed "near misses" varying across sessions. They also played video poker t...
متن کاملFactor Structure of the Internet Addiction Test in Online Gamers and Poker Players
BACKGROUND The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) is the most widely used questionnaire to screen for problematic Internet use. Nevertheless, its factorial structure is still debated, which complicates comparisons among existing studies. Most previous studies were performed with students or community samples despite the probability of there being more problematic Internet use among users of specific...
متن کاملSpeedyDes3 - Speedy Des3 Encryption for Video Poker Game Machines Licensed in Italy
This paper presents our industrial experience on the implementation of SpeedyDes3 encryption which is a speed up version of the Des3 encryption. This SpeedyDes3 encryption improves the standard Des3 encryption by means of speed and memory usage. Our SpeedyDes3 encryption is particular suitable for use/running in small systems. We have applied the SpeedyDes3 for the encryption of data in video p...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012