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In No Limit Hold'em, a player has about a 2% chance of having quads by the river while they hold a pocket pair. In No Limit Hold'em, a player has about a 0.001% chance of flopping quads without a pocket pair. Quads are beaten by just three types of hands: 1. Quick Quads Poker Quick Quads Poker is a unique game that offer several differences from standard 5 card draw based games. The first difference you will come across is that unlike other video poker games, Quick Quads Poker is a 6 coin game. Most video poker games are 5 coin games. Quick Quads Poker. Turn a 3-of-a-kind hand into a 4-of-a-kind Quad winner! A sixth credit wagered funds the bonus without taking anything away from the standard paytable. After the draw, if the player's hand is a 3-of-a-kind, the two non-matching cards - ace (1) through 9 - are added together. Quad Kings Poker.
Recent bracelet winner Kyle Bowker was playing the World Series of Poker main event on Wednesday and found himself involved in a pot where he had turned quads and was betting for value on the river. Bowker’s opponent then moved all in.
Bowker was ready to insta-call, but he paused and realized that exactly one straight flush combination was a likely holding for his opponent. The board read K 9 7x 7x J.
According to Bowker, he opened with pocket sevens from early position and everything that happened next made a straight flush a very real possibility.
“The next player flatted; the kid who I ended up folding to flatted,” Bowker told Card Player. “The big blind flatted. The flop came K 9 7. I bet 5,000. Fold. Kid in the middle calls. The big blind folds. The turn was another seven.”
Bowker decided not to slow-play his quads. He bet 11,000. The bet was called.
The dealer burned and put the J on the felt.
“I bet 40,000,” Bowker said, “which was pot because I felt like he had the nut flush draw and got there on the river. And then he moved all in for 98,000 in total.”
Despite getting a great price on the call, which wasn’t even for his tournament life, Bowker went into the tank. Every summer there are waves of criticism about tanking in tournaments, but sometimes thinking about a hand for what feels like an eternity to other players is justified.
“I was just going to put the money in, but I sat back and thought about it,” Bowker said. “I was quite sure he liked the river card, and he was a three-bettor, so he would have three-bet me preflop if he had kings and he probably would have three-bet me preflop if he had jacks. So, like nines was one of the hands, but I was very sure he wasn’t made on the flop or the turn and he liked the river card. So now it’s pocket jacks or Q 10, and I just really felt like he would have either three-bet preflop with jacks or not have gotten to the river with jacks. There was a zero-percent chance he was bluffing, so I thought it was really likely that it was the Q-10 of spades.”
Asked about the seven minutes he spent in the tank, Bowker said it was “way the most time I’ve ever taken for a poker hand.” The clock ended up being called on him.
“While I was thinking about it I was thinking that I was crazy, like ‘What am I doing in the tank for seven minutes with quads,’ but when it can only be a few hands: kings, jacks, nines, Q 10, and I can rule out some of those hands almost for sure, it just became a fold in my head.”
Bowker exposed the sevens when folding, and his opponent didn’t show. The tabled responded in utter disbelief, according to Bowker. “They didn’t think it was real.”
“He told me later that he had it,” Bowker said. “But he said he would have also shoved nines full on the river. But you never know for sure. He could have been lying to me.”
Bowker agreed with the notion that if his opponent didn’t have the straight flush he likely would have tabled a hand that inexplicably bluffed quads.
“I felt like when I showed my hand I could see on his face that he was disgusted,” Bowker said. “I felt really confident that I was making the right fold anyway, and that just kind of confirmed it more.”
When asked about the price he was getting on making the call, Bowker said that in a cash game or a tournament that’s not the WSOP main event he likely would have found a call.
“I was getting an amazing price. You have to be over 95-percent sure to make the fold. But I was. I am playing with more confidence than normal because I just won [a bracelet]. I wouldn’t call myself a big hero folder in general, and I probably wouldn’t have made the fold in any other tournament or cash game, even if I thought he had the Q 10. I would be like, ’If you have the Q 10 you got me. In this tournament, and being that sure, I thought I could make the fold.”
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Bowker ended up surviving to day 3 of the tournament with 132,200 in chips, which was slightly below average with more than 2,000 players remaining.
Bowker’s hand is similar to the time Russian poker player Mikhail Smirnov folded quad eights in the 2012 $1 million buy-in at the WSOP. Smirnov also put his opponent on a straight flush in spades, and to this day it appears to have been the correct lay down.
Quick Quads is a video poker variant. The game makes it easier to hit four of a kind. This is done by allowing the two kicker cards to add up to the number of the associated trips. Quick Quads turns this into a four of a kind.
For example, if a player is dealt three eights, and the other two cards are a two and a six, those cards equal eight. Quick Quads turns that hand into four of a kind. Only twos through tens qualify for the Quick Quads feature. For the purpose of kickers, an ace counts as one point.
Like all video poker variants with a bonus feature, there is a fee to trigger it. It requires one extra coin per hand played. This makes it six coins per line. A 10-play game requires a 60-coin bet. The hand is paid on the first five coins. The other coin is dead and only applies to adding the Quick Quads bonus feature.
Quick Quads is only available at live casinos. You will not find it at any online casinos.
How to Play Quick Quads Video Poker
The first step in playing Quick Quads is choosing your denomination. The typical ones available are nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar and dollar. The next step is to choose your preferred game. The usual titles are Jacks or Better, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus, Double Double Bonus and Triple Double Bonus.
Now that you have your game and denomination set, it is time to bet. You can play up to 10 hands. This number is toggled right on the screen. If you would like to bet all hands, click max bet and you will automatically receive cards. Click the ones that you would like to keep and click the draw button to replacements. The machine will pay the winning hands. Click deal to repeat the bet.
When you are done playing Quick Quads, click the cashout button. A ticket will print. You can take this ticket to the casino cage or redemption kiosk. You may also use it in other slot machines.
How to Find the Best Quick Quads Machine
Like any other video poker machine, your goal is to find the one with the best return. Ideally, you can find full pay games. These include Jacks or Better and Double Double Bonus paying nine per coin on a full house and six on a flush. For Double Bonus, you want nine on a full house and seven on a flush. For Bonus Poker, you will want eight on a full house and five on a flush.
You are more likely to find good Quick Quads pay tables at higher denominations. Most casinos that offer the game set the full pay versions at the quarter and higher denominations.
Quick Quads Strategy
There are a few strategy changes in Quick Quads when compared to the standard version of the game. Break a dealt full house with trip threes or fours if you can keep a kicker lower than it in any bonus game. For example, throw away one ace if dealt fours over aces. Drawing a three or the case four will make four of a kind.
You will also want to hold kickers when drawing to a qualifying three of a kind. For example, if dealt three nines that are not in a full house, you will want to keep a card eight or lower with it. If dealt two, pick your favorite. You will also keep two kickers with a pair if the cards equal the pair. For example, if dealt a pair of nines, and you also have a five and a four, keep those four cards as drawing either of the last nines will create four of a kind.
How to Improve Your Return at Quick Quads
Odds Of Flopping Quads
As Quick Quads is only available at live casinos, you will need to get a players card to increase your return. This allows the casino to track your play. This awards slot points that may be converted to free play or comps. High volume players can receive mailers with free slot play, hotel rooms and meals. The biggest players may receive a host.
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To get a players card, go to the players center. You will need a valid photo ID. Slide this card into the slot. Make sure it reads your card by welcoming you to the machine. Some machines will display your name. If it does not read the card, the slot will likely blink red or give some other indication that the card was not accepted.