Calling all math wizards. (Tringlomane, Fubb etc...)
Was just at Choctaw for a WSOP circuit event and found a bank of progressive VP machines where if you played .50 per hand DDB with a 9,6,4 pay table and the progressive was up to just over 3K, is that +EV yet? (You could play other games for the jackpot, but I didn't bother to look at the pay tables as I am pretty much an exclusive DDB guy)
I didn't hit a royal sadly, but did manage to hit several nice hands, 4A's w/kicker, 4deuces w/kicker, and multiple other 4OAK's no kicker/regular payout. In about 10 hours of play, I netted a little over 1K, so extremely happy with that.
I would have played anyway, but was curious if I was actually playing with an advantage.
Note: If you played for .25, the progressive was ~1125.00 and if you played for $1, the progressive was ~4500.00. I only saw 2 other players playing for .50 and 3 playing for $1 the whole time. The rest were all grinding .25. Am I missing something here? Or are people just that stupid? (Bank of 20 machines)