![]() We are hoping to draw either a 4 or a 9 that would give us a straight. We hold the four-card straight 5-6-7-8 and draw one card. (Note: Remember that the hand began with a virtual deck of 52 cards, five cards were randomly selected from this shuffled deck for your initial hand, leaving 47 unplayed cards for the subsequent draw.) Hold #2: Hold the grouping 2-5-7-8 and draw one card, hoping for a flush.Īssuming you bet five coins, here’s how to calculate the EVs for the two holds. Hold #1: Hold the grouping 5-6-7-8 and draw one card, hoping for a straight or Suppose you are playing 9/6 Jacks or Better and you are dealt the following hand. ![]() ![]() The math used to calculate EV is not very complicated and I’ll show in the following example how it’s done. You’ll always do better playing video poker (meaning win more or lose less money) if you choose the holding that has the highest EV. Even though EV is foreign to most players, smart players know what that term means and how it is determined.ĮV is a mathematically precise term that represents the average return that you can expect when holding a group of cards in a hand. I often use the term expected value (or EV) when I’m writing about the best video poker playing strategies. Editorial Staff | Posted on | Learn to expect the expected By Henry Tamburin
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