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https://igt.com/games/magic-deal-poker-mh-avp-video-poker-mob
(it is available on VideoPoker.com too).
The gist is (almost verbatim from their site):
At maximum bet (10 coins instead of 5), players can be randomly awarded up to three magic cards in the base hand. When they are revealed, the magic cards morph into the best cards remaining in each deck to provide the greatest win on all hands being played. Magic cards complete the best possible hand creating excitement around the draw. For Jacks or Better, the Magic Deal Feature is activated an average of 13.65% when enabled.
I have confirmed, at least with this version, that a Magic Deal card can morph into a discarded card if it would make the best possible hand. For example, given 5C, KD, 2H and 2 Magic Deal cards, I tossed the three non-magic cards for grins. I was dealt a 3S, KC and KS and my Magic Cards morphed into two kings making four kings. So the tossed KD came back to life. I confirmed this behavior with several other hands.
Has anyone else played and noticed this?
Is the game available in casinos yet?
Here is the frequency of Magic Cards I saw in 652 hands:
1 = 73
2 = 17
3 = 1
That is, in 73 of the 652 hands, I was awarded one Magic Deal card.
Has anyone else played and noticed this? Is the game available in casinos yet?
Never played, never noticed . . . Normally, I favor single play Deuces Are Wild - but when I saw your name on the post (thanks for all your other replies to my posts!), I immediately clicked to try it out!
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I like it!
On my Apr visit, I will see where it's available in downtown Las Vegas, but I'm sure fellow posters will reply before then.
Magic Deal for me would be a nice alternative to Ultimate X, which I just tried last Oct 2016.
Is there a general strategy you recommend for either Magic Deal or Ultimate X (I usually play Deuces Are Wild, 3 rows, and maximum play for minimum bet).
Thanks for the share!
Was the IGT link supposed to go to a game demo? Didn't load a demo for me, and videopoker.com requires Gold to play the game.
Example: Say you get one wild card and you're dealt Ac Kc 2d 8h W (W = wild card).
if you keep Ac Kc and on hand 1 you draw Qc and Jc.. then the W will be the 10c. If on hand 2 you draw Kh and Kd.. then the W will be Ks... all within the same 'game'
Was the IGT link supposed to go to a game demo?
Romes, for me the link gave me this (screenshot)The IGT site might be 'ornery' (?) - I had to return to the WoV forum and click the link several times.
The VideoPoker.com also shows MagicDeal, but like you said you have to 'go gold' to play (subscribe for $)
EDIT: So I played for about 30 minutes, TDB 10 play... lost 9k in that time frame, while hitting AWAK (aka royal pay) TWICE. Also got 9 'magic card deals' in which I got '1' magic card every single time.
'At maximum bet, players can be randomly awarded up to three magic cards in the base hand' - Randomly up to 3 my ass... I got 1 every single time.
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(1/3)^9 = .000051 = .0051% chance (~1 in 20,000) of that happening, right?EDIT 2: I'm also massively under the average... for TDB it's just barely over 4% of the time you should get a magic card deal. I guarantee I played 500 hands per my 30 min (more really, I'm rounding down)... and that's 10 hand, so I played 5k hands (though only 500 unique starts)... still 500*.04 = 20, and I've only had 9 magic card deals.
Either I run HORRIBLE on practice games, or there's definitely some bugs to work out.
So, supposedly 1 in 3 chance REGARDLESS of game (at least both said that in the 2 rules I read).... So I'm at about (1/3)^19 = .00000007 = .000007% = ~1 in 1.5 billion.
ANYONE else gotten more than 'one' magic card on a magic card deal???
ANYONE else gotten more than 'one' magic card on a magic card deal???
I played it on Videopoker.com and got 1,2 and 3 magic cards. I did not keep exact track, but my distribution was probably somewhat similar to the OP's.
Videopoker will probably run it as a daily or weekly contest sometime soon which are open to all for free.
Thanks LW, you have more patients than I do.
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No worries, my pleasure. Well, in terms of patience, maybe I have the advantage of a little bit more flexi time than you. Actually, when I first posted I had 2 incentives: (a) to return the favor of Gary's replies to my post about my upcoming VP Tournament, and (b) finally got a chance (just a small notch) to return the favor of your many, many helpful suggestions.
I am wondering what numbers would make Magic Deal a game with positive EV? (I think I'm just starting now to ask more mathematically-based questions . . . ) Your 2 replies indicate (to me) that the game may have some bugs.
I went back into Magic Deal a second time, and I played maximum bet for Deuces Wild, and got rewarded with this on my first deal (no Magic Card). I still haven't played enough to get a MagicCard, but getting dealt an RF (even if w/3 2s) sure feels good. The other game I plan to play is Ultimate X, but I'm going to look for Magic Card in Apr in downtown Las Vegas.
Should I stay away from Magic Deal? Anyone?
All forms of Poker recognize the same range and relative ranking of card combinations which determine ho has the best or worst hand. A Poker hand by definition consists of five cards (more may be dealt, but ultimately only five count).
If some of these are related by rank or suit in certain prescribed ways, they form a Poker combination. This may, but need not, involve all five cards. Any that do not form part of the combination are idle or dead, though they may be called into account to decide between competing combinations of otherwise equal value. The rank of individual cards from highest to lowest is always AKQJT98765432, with Ace alternatively lowest on certain occasions. From highest to lowest, orthodox Poker combinations are as follows. The figures following each are, first, the number of such combinations possible in a 52-card pack with none wild, and second the probability (expressed as a percentage, i.e., number of times out of 100) of being dealt such a combination straight from the pack.
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Four of a Kind (624 = 0-0240 per cent) Four cards of the same rank, the fifth idle. One with a higher-ranking set of four beats one with a lower, and ties are impossible.
Full House (3744 0-144 per cent) Three cards of one rank phis two of another. One with the higher-ranking set of three beats one with a lower. Ties are impossible.