9/6 Royal Aces Input Needed

[Lucky Larry]

Anybody play Royal Aces Bonus?

Have watched two people dealt 4 Aces in the past two weeks on multi-hand. So I got curious about RA. I started practicing and playing a few hands each trip. Our local has 9/6 on 100 hand - 5¢ play. Data from VPgenius indicates 70% no hit probability so I think this would make the game high volatility,

But 4 Aces = 4,000 RF pay off with 4 Aces on average every 4000 hands making it a possible worthwhile proposition. LL

Tried playing 5-10 hands while practicing in the past 3 trips. First night hit 4 Aces on a five hand play followed by 2 - 4 Aces on a ten hand play about a dozen hands later - up $600. Then cold for 50 hands and had to switch games.   Last night 4 Aces on 10 hand play early and again cold followed by a long (50-60 hands) spell of up and down 30-40% and then a big hit to bring me back even before frigid spell set in for over 50 hands straight down!

As I am just beginning to play RA any input is appreciated.

Thanks,

LL

[spxChrome]

9/6 poker with Aces bring 4,000?  Were is that made up whats the rest of the paytable? 

[Lucky Larry]

Royal Aces Bonus Pay Table

Royal Flush              4,000
Straight Flush                  500
Four Aces                       4,000
Four 2,3,4                  400
Four 5-K                          250
Full House                   45
Flush                           30
Straight                           20
Three of a Kind           15
Two Pair                            5
Pair of Aces                     5

The frequency for a RF jumps up to 1:45K and it takes two pair or a pair of aces for a simple bet return. I am intrigued because the 4 Aces comes every 4,000 hands on average. Three out four times I have played I have hit 4 Aces. But it appears to be real volatile. If you don't hit early you are out of luck or broke!!!

LL

[shadowman]

Right on. The extra value for the quad aces comes at the expense of face card pairs. This adds a significant amount to the variance.

[spxChrome]

Yikes yea, reminds me of Joker Poker, which is worse I wonder?  I normally see Pair of Kings or better.  Or there is a game called 5 aces pays 6000 but it also has Pair of Aces or better and this game will eat your money hand over fist.
 
I'll stick to Super Aces.