Voyager Hold 'Em Strategy
Voyager Hold 'Em Strategy
August 12, 2021 Author : ch799
The probabilities and returns of all conceivable outcomes are shown in the table below. The
house edge in the lower right cell is 1.68%.
| Standard Pay Table | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| EVENT | PAYS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
| Player wins with Royal flush | 200 | 0.00% | 0.54% |
| Player wins with Straight flush | 100 | 0.02% | 2.25% |
| Player wins with Four of a kind | 20 | 0.15% | 3.04% |
| Player wins with Full house | 8 | 2.19% | 17.55% |
| Player wins with Flush | 6 | 1.93% | 11.57% |
| Player wins with Straight | 4 | 2.34% | 9.36% |
| Player wins with Three of a kind | 4 | 3.08% | 12.33% |
| Player wins with Two pair | 2 | 12.00% | 24.00% |
| Player wins with Pair | 2 | 8.00% | 16.00% |
| Player wins with Nothing | 2 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Dealer doesn't qualify | 1 | 12.95% | 12.95% |
| Tie | 0 | 2.28% | 0.00% |
| Player folds | -1 | 26.94% | -26.94% |
| Player loses | -3 | 28.11% | -84.33% |
| Total | 0 | 100.00% | -1.68% |
The player will raise 73.06% of the hands-on average. As a result, the average final bet is equal to 1 + 0.73062 = 2.46. As a result, the risk factor, or projected loss to total stake ratio, is 1.68%/2.46 = 0.68%.
A "Zero House Edge" version of the game is also available.
- The only alteration is that a straight flush now pays 52 instead of 50.
- The price for a four of a kind has been increased from ten to fourteen dollars.
Under the Zero House Edge paytable, the chance and return of all potential outcomes are shown in the table below. The house edge in the lower right cell is 0.38%.
| Zero House Edge Pay Table. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| EVENT | PAYS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
| Player wins with Royal flush | 200 | 0.00% | 0.54% |
| Player wins with Straight flush | 104 | 0.02% | 2.34% |
| Player wins with Four of a kind | 28 | 0.15% | 4.25% |
| Player wins with Full house | 8 | 2.19% | 17.55% |
| Player wins with Flush | 6 | 1.93% | 11.57% |
| Player wins with Straight | 4 | 2.34% | 9.36% |
| Player wins with Three of a kind | 4 | 3.08% | 12.33% |
| Player wins with Two pair | 2 | 12.00% | 24.01% |
| Player wins with Pair | 2 | 8.00% | 16.01% |
| Player wins with Nothing | 2 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Dealer doesn't qualify | 1 | 12.95% | 12.95% |
| Tie | 0 | 2.28% | 0.00% |
| Player folds | -1 | 26.92% | -26.92% |
| Player loses | -3 | 28.12% | -84.36% |
| Total | 0 | 100.00% | -0.38% |
The player will raise 73.06 % of the hands-on average. As a result, the average final bet is equal to 1 + 0.73062 = 2.46. As a result, the risk factor, or projected loss to total stake ratio, is 0.38 % /2.46 = 0.15 %.
On any net gambling victory per session, the player must pay a 10% commission. A "session" is defined as a period of gambling that ends with an hour or more between bets, or 24 hours, whichever comes first.
An AA+ side bet is also available, which is based solely on the poker value of the player's first five-card hand. The table below indicates how much each hand pays (on a "to one" basis), as well as the number of possible combinations, probability, and return. The house edge in the lower right cell is 2.97%.
| AA+ Bet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HAND | PAYS | PROBABILITY | RETURN |
| Royal Flush | 100 | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| Straight flush | 50 | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| 4 of a kind | 40 | 0.02% | 0.96% |
| Full house | 30 | 0.14% | 4.32% |
| Flush | 20 | 0.20% | 3.93% |
| Straight | 10 | 0.39% | 3.93% |
| Three of a kind | 8 | 2.11% | 16.90% |
| Two pair | 7 | 4.75% | 33.28% |
| Pair of aces | 7 | 3.25% | 22.75% |
| Other | -1 | 89.12% | -89.12% |
| Total | 100.00% | -2.97% | |