Ken, you're a star. I stopped by today to post questions about this game - and I find you've been doing exactly the same as me, testing Pharoahs at $10 a go!
I'm doing a write up myself on this game currently, and would like some exact stats if you have them.
1) Do you have the exact percentages for the following:
Win
Lose
Push
Double win
Double lose
Blackjack (4.82% I think?)
...for these exact rules (1D, S17, DOA, DOS)? The generic numbers for win, lose and push are 43.2%, 47.9% and 8.9% respectively, but I'd like the exact single deck percentages, plus those for double / split.
2) I am having a MIGHTY problem with these figures. I placed 5000 initial wagers, but the final figure obviously includes splits. These are the figures:
W = 2282
L = 2424
P = 365
DbW = 297
DbL = 221
DbP = 32
(SpW = 108
SpL = 96
SpP = 2
SpDbW = 19
SpDbL = 11)
BJ = 241
DBJ = 254
I put the splits in brackets because I've included them in the top WLP totals. The problem is, those splits push the hand total to 5103, so my percentages obviously don't add up to 100. I can't use 5103 as the "initial wager" figure, because it's incorrect - initial wagers were 5000.
I've hit a total stumbling block here. How do I list the figures and percentages correctly, so the W/L/P percentages add up to 100, without increasing the initial hand total from 5000 to 5103 but without ditching the splits? Help.