All Aces

All Aces is a popular variation of Super Aces Bonus Poker available at online casinos which use Microgaming software. The payout for Four Aces (when betting five coins per hand) is worth half as much as a Royal Flush. It is a high-variance game but the paytable returns 99.9195% with perfect play. The cycle for Four Aces is about 4,211 hands and the cycle for a Royal Flush is "only" 39,112 hands due to the strategy. Keeping a single Ace is better than keeping two unsuited high cards; keeping a pair of Aces is better than keeping Two Pair; and keeping Three Aces, 2s, 3s, or 4s is better than keeping a pat Full House.

Deck Simplification

Hand Scoring Code

int GetHandType(int C1, int C2, int C3, int C4, int C5)
{
    int Hand = 0;

    int R1 = Rank[C1],
        R2 = Rank[C2],
        R3 = Rank[C3],
        R4 = Rank[C4],
        R5 = Rank[C5];

    int S1 = Suit[C1],
        S2 = Suit[C2],
        S3 = Suit[C3],
        S4 = Suit[C4],
        S5 = Suit[C5];

    bool Flush =

        (S1 == S2) &&
        (S2 == S3) &&
        (S3 == S4) &&
        (S4 == S5);

    if (R1 > R2) { R1 ^= R2; R2 ^= R1; R1 ^= R2; }
    if (R1 > R3) { R1 ^= R3; R3 ^= R1; R1 ^= R3; }
    if (R1 > R4) { R1 ^= R4; R4 ^= R1; R1 ^= R4; }
    if (R1 > R5) { R1 ^= R5; R5 ^= R1; R1 ^= R5; }
    if (R2 > R3) { R2 ^= R3; R3 ^= R2; R2 ^= R3; }
    if (R2 > R4) { R2 ^= R4; R4 ^= R2; R2 ^= R4; }
    if (R2 > R5) { R2 ^= R5; R5 ^= R2; R2 ^= R5; }
    if (R3 > R4) { R3 ^= R4; R4 ^= R3; R3 ^= R4; }
    if (R3 > R5) { R3 ^= R5; R5 ^= R3; R3 ^= R5; }
    if (R4 > R5) { R4 ^= R5; R5 ^= R4; R4 ^= R5; }

    if (Flush)
    {

        if (R1 == 8)
        {
            Hand = 11;           // Royal Flush
        }

        else if ((R1 == (R2 - 1)) && 
                 (R2 == (R3 - 1)) && 
                 (R3 == (R4 - 1)) && 
                ((R4 == (R5 - 1)) || ((R1 == 0) && (R5 == 12))))
        {
            Hand = 10;           // Straight Flush
        }

        else
        {
            Hand = 5;           // Flush
        }
    }

    else
    {
        if ((R2 == R3) && (R3 == R4) && ((R1 == R2) || (R4 == R5)))
        {
            if (R3 == 12)
            {
                Hand = 9;       // Four Aces
            }

            else if (R3 <= 2)
            {
                Hand = 8;       // Four 2,3,4
            }

            else
            {
                Hand = 7;       // Four of a Kind
            }
        }

        else if ((R1 == R2) && (R4 == R5) && ((R2 == R3) || (R3 == R4)))
        {
            Hand = 6;           // Full House
        }

        else if ((R1 == (R2 - 1)) && 
                 (R2 == (R3 - 1)) && 
                 (R3 == (R4 - 1)) && 
                ((R4 == (R5 - 1)) || ((R1 == 0) && (R5 == 12))))
        {
            Hand = 4;           // Straight
        }

        else if (((R1 == R2) && (R2 == R3)) || 
                 ((R2 == R3) && (R3 == R4)) || 
                 ((R3 == R4) && (R4 == R5)))
        {
            Hand = 3;           // Three of a Kind
        }

        else if (((R1 == R2) && (R3 == R4)) || 
                 ((R1 == R2) && (R4 == R5)) || 
                 ((R2 == R3) && (R4 == R5)))
        {
            Hand = 2;           // Two Pair
        }
        else if (((R1 == R2) && (R1 >= 9)) || 
                 ((R2 == R3) && (R2 >= 9)) || 
                 ((R3 == R4) && (R3 >= 9)) || 
                 ((R4 == R5) && (R4 >= 9)))
        {
            Hand = 1;           // Jacks or Better
        }
    }

    return Hand;
}