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He presents what is to date the best High Card Flush strategy in writing. Where he improves upon previous strategies is he considers the suit distribution of penalty cards in that borderline T32 to T98 range. That results in a house edge of 2.6855% and an Element of Risk of 1.57%. That makes High Card Flush a very competitive game to play in ...
$1 - $300 on each of the side bets (4-7 card flush & 3 or more to straight flushes). The odds they pay are (what I believe is) the standard odds: Four card flush: 1-1 Five card flush: 10-1 Six card flush: 100-1 Seven card flush: 300-1 Three card SF: 7-1 Four card SF: 60-1 Five card SF: 100-1 Six card SF: 1000-1 Seven card SF: 8000-1
The pay tables are Flush = 200 - 20 - 10 - 2 and Straight Flush = 500 - 200 - 100 - 50 - 9. Deal is from an automatic shuffler and all seats get dealt a hand. I've played a few times and probably lost more than I've won (dealer seems to get more four and five card flush hands than players). I play $10 flush and $5 straight flush with a $25 ante.
Also, the 3 card 8 high and 2 card flushes should say "push" next to, or instead of, the 0 in the pay column. The verbiage mentions "maximum" to indicate the highest possible flush out of the player's seven cards. Note that any four card flush (even the lowly 2-3-4-5) will trump any three card flush (including Q-K-A).
Each of the flush and straight flush has its own HE. No correlation to the other bets. The amount of the bet doesn't change either the HE or the EOR. In the base bet, you do place a 2nd bet equal to the first, except when you fold, or when you have a 5 or more card flush.
The flush bet seems to be a lot better though, at 100-1 for a 7-card flush, then 20-1, 10-1, and 2-1 for a 4-card flush. Once again, pending my math being correct, I get a 5.3% house edge which is better than the tables on the Wizard of Odds site. I saw it at Isleta Casino in ABQ, NM.
I realize that most of the High Card Flush situations can be calculated analytically. i.e. player has 4-7card flush. A potentially tricky aspect is realizing that the either (or both) the player and dealer can be dealt a hand with two 3-card flushes (in different suits) and that the higher of the two flushes plays.
Okay, third hand 3-card flush, played it. Dealer had a 4-card. Next hand, only had a 2-card, but learned my lesson (ugh) from the first 2 hands, and played rooting for a dealer un-qualified hand... dealer gets a three card Ace. Played a few more, actually won a hand or two, but knew it was time to go when I got a 4-card 10-high beaten by a 4 ...
5 card flushes are also not uncommon, but a natural full house is not so common. None of these include the joker. Recently started playing High Card Flush and I find myself getting a lot of trips and full houses, but very few flushes and then only 3 cards and not a 3-card straight. it is baffling to say the least since they are both 7 cards.
Since the dealer reveals their cards first, you can almost bet, if the dealer has a high number of flush cards, there will be some bonuses paid on a busy table. They may not beat the 5 cards dealer hand, but one or two on a full table have a good chance at nice flushes or straight flushes. ZCore13. I am an employee of a Casino.