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Originally Posted by Pokeraddict
Three Card Poker Progressive — Pay Table
Hand Pays Envy Bonus
Mini Royal in spades Jackpot $100
Mini Royal $500 $25
Straight Flush $100 $0
Three of a Kind $90 $0
Return of this paytable (payouts are on a "for one" basis):
E = number of fellow players
J = Jackpot amount
< Less than Three of a Kind: $0
Three of a Kind: 52/22,100 x $90 = $0.2117647
Straight Flush: 48/22,100 x $100 = $0.21719457
Mini Royal (non-Spade): 3/22,100 x $500 + 3/22,100 x E x $25 = $0.0678733 + 0.00339367*E
Mini Royal (Spades): 1/22,100 x J + 1/22,100 x E x $100 = 0.0000452489*J + 0.00452489*E
Total Return: $0.49683257 + 0.00791856*E + 0.0000452489*J
So if they are adding 15 cents to the meter per dollar played then 85 cents would be paid to non-Jackpot prizes in a break-even game. For an estimate, lets say 4 players on average (E=3) at any given time, and that a spade royal is initially seeded at $2000 (I have no idea how good this estimate is) then the house edge would be:
1 - ($0.49683257 + $0.00791856*3 + 0.0000452489*$2000)/$0.85 = 28.1% house edge overall if only 15c is added to the jackpot each dollar, AND the jackpot is initially seeded at $2000. This is a reasonable house edge for a progressive table game and would be legal in my home state of Missouri (max house edge of 30% allowed on any table game bet).
According to the Wizard:
http://wizardofodds.com/games/three-card-poker/
The return of the game is 47.87% + 4.52% per $1000 in the jackpot + 0.79% per number of other players.
Last edited by tringlomane; 02-01-2012 at 10:48 PM.
Reason: typos