Aces and Eights

Aces and Eights are most commonly known as the Dead Mans Hand due to the fact that these were the cards that Wild Bill Hickok held just before his murder. Luckily the video poker variations will not be murder on your bankroll as the full pay version has an EV of 99.78% - a fraction better than 9/6 Jacks or Better.

Full Pay Aces and Eights

The best version of Aces and Eights is shown below. It is known as 25/8/5 - that is the four of a kind for anything other than aces, eights or sevens pays 25 coins, the full house pays 8 coins and the flush pays 5 coins.

Full Pay 25/8/5 1 Coin 2 Coins 3 Coins 4 Coins 5 Coins
Royal Flush 250 500 750 1000 4000
Straight Flush 50 100 150 200 250
Four Aces or Eights 80 160 240 320 400
Four Sevens 50 100 150 200 250
Four Other 25 50 75 100 125
Full House 8 16 24 32 40
Flush 5 10 15 20 25
Straight 4 8 12 16 20
Three of a Kind 3 6 9 12 15
Two Pair 2 4 6 8 10
Jacks or Better 1 2 3 4 5
Return % 98.54 98.54 98.54 98.54 99.78

Other Pay Table Variations

The most common pays that are changed to lower the pay out percentage on Aces and Eights are the "Other Four of a Kind", the full house and the flush. The exception to this is the second best version we have found which pays 70 for a straight flush and 70 for quad aces or eights.

As you can see from the table below there is a sharp drop in EV from full pay to the other versions. The table assumes max bet is played.

Pay Table 70/70 25/7/5 20/7/5 25/6/5 20/6/5
Royal Flush 800 800 800 800 800
Straight Flush 70 50 50 50 50
Four Aces or Eights 70 80 80 80 80
Four Sevens 50 50 50 50 50
Four Other 20 25 20 25 20
Full House 8 7 7 6 6
Flush 5 5 5 5 5
Straight 4 4 4 4 4
Three of a Kind 3 3 3 3 3
Two Pair 2 2 2 2 2
Jacks or Better 1 1 1 1 1
Return % 98.72% 98.63% 97.72% 97.48% 96.57%

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