Six Card Poker Bad Beat Bonus
I end up playing a lot of this game at my local Viejas Casino, mostly because it’s a really cheap game if you stick to the just Ante bet (~1.5% house edge). Of course, everyone else plays the Aces Up and Two-Way Bad Beat Bonuses, and you pretty much get ostracised from the table for not betting them. The other players just shake their head at you, and g-d forbid you should lose with a bad beat without betting the bonus. I don’t know where else you’ll ever experience such negative communal disapproval. It’s about as bad when you hit your 12-15 against a dealer 6 upcard in Spanish 21 (you should). On 3rd base. Every hand.
Anyway, everyone just loves the Two-Way Bad Beat Bonus. They don’t care what the house edge is. That’s why they’re there. They just want to hit a 35:1 or higher payout. And it happens frequently enough, especially when you play it every day. It’s the crack cocaine of bonus bets.
I saw the WOO’s numbers for the Two-Way Bad Beat were a little different than mine, but they’re pretty close. The 11.1% house edge is more than I’m usually willing to pay. I’ll bet it once or twice an hour, and consider it an occasional treat. But, unless I made a mistake, it’s not impossible for your straight flush to get beat (1 in 100 million). So you’re telling me there’s a chance …
| Beat Hand | Combinations | Probability | Payout (to-1) |
Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight Flush | 1,967,920 | 1.0320E-08 | 10,000 | 0.000103 |
| Four-of-a-Kind | 150,323,712 | 7.8830E-07 | 5,000 | 0.003941 |
| Full House | 18,331,506,888 | 9.6130E-05 | 500 | 0.048065 |
| Flush | 57,651,601,832 | 3.0232E-04 | 200 | 0.060465 |
| Straight | 185,942,016,336 | 9.7508E-04 | 100 | 0.097508 |
| Three-of-a-Kind | 776,263,604,160 | 4.0707E-03 | 35 | 0.142475 |
| Two Pairs | 6,590,304,418,608 | 3.4559E-02 | 10 | 0.345595 |
| Pair Aces | 2,871,866,305,368 | 1.5060E-02 | 9 | 0.135540 |
| Others | 180,194,060,203,056 | 9.4494E-01 | -1 | -0.944935 |
| Total | 190,694,571,947,880 | 100% | -0.111243 |
Discount Gambling 
Are you going to Viejas tonight? I will be there. I have never seen you but I always read your block. I will wear grey AF polo. Hope see you there. 6/28
You should hit a 15 vs. a dealer 2 “every time” in Spanish 21???
I was also going to mention this. Correct basic in Spanish has you only “always” hitting 12 v 6; 13 is a hit if you can go for any bonus, and 14 is a hit only if you can go for the big bonus; 15 and 16 are stands.
In point of fact (if you are playing the non double double double S17 game) you should hit against 6 with a 12 and 13, and against a 14 if you have a chance for a 6-7-8 bonus… that is basic strategy…
Under special circumstances, you may hit against 15 as well…