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Introduction

I first noticed Big Raise Stud Poker at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas on January 9, 2014. Before that it was known to be at the Venetian. It is a simple poker-based game based on the player's five-card hand only. It is similar to Mississippi Stud, but the player has one raise opportunity only, and can do so up to four times his Ante. Following are the complete rules.

Rules

  1. The Game is played with a single 52-card deck.
  2. The player makes an Ante bet.
  3. The dealer will deal each player three cards plus two community cards face down.
  4. The player may examine his own cards.
  5. The player has the option to fold or make a Raise bet. The Raise bet may be one to four times the Ante bet.
  6. The dealer will reveal the two community cards.
  7. Both Ante and Raise will pay according to the following pay table below.

    Ante & Raise Pay Table

    HandPays
    Royal flush500 to 1
    Straight flush100 to 1
    Four of a kind40 to 1
    Full house8 to 1
    Flush6 to 1
    Straight4 to 1
    Three of a kind3 to 1
    Two pair2 to 1
    High pair (10-ace)1 to 1
    Medium pair (6-9)Push
    All otherLoss
  8. There are also two side bets available, which I explain below.

Strategy

20 40 Stud Poker

For purposes of the strategy I shall use the following notation:

  • High card = 10 to ace.
  • Medium card = 6 to 9.
  • Low card = 2 to 5.

Make a 4x raise with:

  • Three of a kind.
  • Medium or high pair.
  • Three to a royal flush.
  • Three to a straight flush with no gaps, five-low or better.
  • Three to a straight flush with one gap, six-low or better .
  • Three to a straight flush with two gaps and at least two high cards.

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Make a 1x raise with:

  • Three to a flush.
  • Low pair.
  • All three cards medium or high.
  • Two high cards and one low card.
  • Three to a straight with one or less gaps and two medium cards.

Analysis

The following table shows all possible outcomes for the game. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 2.58%.

Big Raise Stud Poker — Return Table

HandRaisePaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Royal flush42500400.0000020.003848
Straight flush45001680.0000060.003232
Four of a kind42005,0880.0001960.039154
Full house44027,0720.0010420.041666
Flush4305,0120.0001930.005785
Straight4203,1200.0001200.002401
Three of a kind415284,0520.0109290.163942
Two pair410516,3480.0198670.198675
High pair (10-ace)451,295,3040.0498390.249197
Medium pair (6-9)401,031,1360.0396750.000000
Loser4-578,4200.003017-0.015087
Royal flush11000-0.0000000.000000
Straight flush12001920.0000070.001478
Four of a kind1801,1520.0000440.003546
Full house11610,3680.0003990.006383
Flush11246,0680.0017730.021271
Straight1864,3200.0024750.019799
Three of a kind16179,7480.0069160.041497
Two pair14463,2120.0178230.071292
High pair (10-ace)121,891,8960.0727940.145589
Medium pair (6-9)101,135,5840.0436940.000000
Loser1-27,802,8200.300229-0.600457
Fold-111,148,4800.428959-0.428959
Total25,989,6001.000000-0.025751

On average, the player will make a 4x raise 12.49% of the time, a 1x raise 44.62%, and fold 42.90%. This makes the average final wager 1.95 units. Thus, the element of risk is 1.32%.

3 Card Bonus

What

The 3 Card Bonus is a side bet that pays based on the player's initial three cards only. Mathematically, it is exactly like the Pairplus bet in Three Card Poker.

The following return table shows a house edge of 7.28%.

3 Card Bonus

HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Straight flush40480.0021720.086878
Three of a kind30520.0023530.070588
Straight67200.0325790.195475
Flush310960.0495930.148778
Pair137440.1694120.169412
Loser-1164400.743891-0.743891
Total221001.000000-0.072760

Progressive Bet

The Progressive is $1 side bet based on the player's final five-card hand. A royal flush pays a progressive jackpot and a straight flush pays 10% of the jackpot. There are also envy bonuses if another player has a straight flush or higher.

The following table shows the return based on a hypothetical jackpot of $100,000. All wins are on 'for one' basis. The lower right cell shows a return of 82.30%, which equates to a house edge of 17.70%.

Progressive Bet

HandPaysCombinationsProbabilityReturn
Royal flush10000040.0000020.153908
Straight flush10000360.0000140.138517
Four of a kind3006240.0002400.072029
Full house503,7440.0014410.072029
Flush405,1080.0019650.078616
Straight3010,2000.0039250.117739
Three of a kind954,9120.0211280.190156
All other02,524,3320.9712850.000000
Total2,598,9601.0000000.822994

Overall, the return of the progressive jackpot is 53.06% plus 2.92% for each $10,000 in the meter and 0.57% for each extra player at the table. The break-even jackpot, when no other players are at the table is $160,530.53.

Acknowledgment

My thanks to Stephen How of Discount Gambling for his help with the strategy.


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