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Super Easy Aces
Introduction
Super Easy Aces is a "super easy" game involving only two cards. It started a Nevada field trial at the Primm Valley Resort on October 4, 2018.
Rules
- The game uses a modified 54-card deck, consisting of the following cards and number in the deck:
- Ace: 25
- 2: 12, three of which are the two of diamonds
- 3: 8, two of which are the three of diamonds
- 4: 7
- Joker: 2
- After bets are made, two cards shall be dealt, one Player card and one Dealer card.
- Four of the bets pay based only on a single Player card, as follows.
- Aces: Pays 1 to 1 if the Player card is an ace, jokers push, all others lose.
- Deuces: Pays 3 to 1 if the Player card is an deuces, except the two of diamonds pays 4 to 1, jokers push, all others lose.
- Threes: Pays 5 to 1 if the Player card is an deuces, except the three of diamonds pays 6 to 1, jokers push, all others lose.
- Joker: Pays 25 to 1 if the Player card is a joker. all others lose.
- The Dealer Match bet shall pay if the rank of the Player card matches the Dealer card. The win shall depend on the rank of the two cads, as follows:
- Aces: 1 to 1
- Deuces: 3 to 1
- Threes: 5 to 1
- Fours: 10 to 1
- Jokers: 100 to 1
Analysis
The following table shows my analysis of the Aces bet. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 3.70%.
Aces Analysis
| Event | Pays | Cards | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace | 1 | 25 | 0.462963 | 0.462963 |
| Joker | 0 | 2 | 0.037037 | 0.000000 |
| All other | -1 | 27 | 0.500000 | -0.500000 |
| Total | 54 | 1.000000 | -0.037037 |
The following table shows my analysis of the Deuces bet. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 1.85%.
Deuces Analysis
| Event | Pays | Cards | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two of diamonds | 4 | 3 | 0.055556 | 0.222222 |
| All other deuces | 3 | 9 | 0.166667 | 0.500000 |
| Joker | 0 | 2 | 0.037037 | 0.000000 |
| All other | -1 | 40 | 0.740741 | -0.740741 |
| Total | 54 | 1.000000 | -0.018519 |
The following table shows my analysis of the Threes bet. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 3.70%.
Threes Analysis
| Event | Pays | Cards | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three of diamonds | 6 | 2 | 0.037037 | 0.222222 |
| All other threes | 5 | 6 | 0.111111 | 0.555556 |
| Joker | 0 | 2 | 0.037037 | 0.000000 |
| All other | -1 | 44 | 0.814815 | -0.814815 |
| Total | 54 | 1.000000 | -0.037037 |
The following table shows my analysis of the Jokers bet. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 3.70%.
Jokers Analysis
| Event | Pays | Cards | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joker | 25 | 2 | 0.037037 | 0.925926 |
| All other | -1 | 52 | 0.962963 | -0.962963 |
| Total | 54 | 1.000000 | -0.037037 |
The following table shows my analysis of the Dealer Match bet. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 4.68%.
Dealer Match Analysis
| Event | Pays | Cards | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pair of jokers | 100 | 1 | 0.000699 | 0.069881 |
| Pair of fours | 10 | 21 | 0.014675 | 0.146751 |
| Pair of threes | 5 | 28 | 0.019567 | 0.097834 |
| Pair of twos | 3 | 66 | 0.046122 | 0.138365 |
| Pair of aces | 1 | 300 | 0.209644 | 0.209644 |
| No pair | -1 | 1015 | 0.709294 | -0.709294 |
| Total | 1431 | 1.000000 | -0.046820 |
Video
Here is a video I made of the game creator Paul Harry at the 2017 Cutting Edge Table Game show.
External Links
- Innovative Table Games — Official web site of Super Easy Aces.
- Demo by the game maker.
- New game making its way to Nevada casinos — Segment on Las Vegas channel 13 news.
Written by:Michael Shackleford
