Straight in Yamb: what is it worth?

Five dice in a run, either 1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6. Both are worth the same; what matters is which roll you got it on.

How many points is Straight worth?

Roll 1

Roll 2

Roll 3

Straight scores 66 / 56 / 46, so the most it can ever be worth is 66 points. A straight is scored by which roll you got it on. Hit it immediately and it's worth the most.

How likely is Straight?

First roll

3.1%

Whole turn

26.1%

Straight comes up on 3.1% of first rolls. If you spend the whole turn chasing it, keeping the dice that help and re-rolling the rest, you'll have it by the end of the turn 26.1% of the time.

What if you already have a start?

Four in a row, open at both ends

55.6%

e.g. 2-3-4-5

Four in a row, open at one end

30.6%

e.g. 1-2-3-4

Three in a row, open at both ends

27.8%

e.g. 2-3-4

Two in a row, open at both ends

18.4%

e.g. 3-4

One die that fits both straights

14.6%

e.g. 3

Two in a row, open at one end

11.7%

e.g. 1-2

The chance of getting Straight from each start with your two remaining rolls, keeping the best dice each time. Use this to help you learn when to chase.

Strategy tip: Bank straights on your first roll, but be careful chasing them →

YoloYamb

How YoloYamb plays Straight

YoloYamb is Yumbee's neural network. It taught itself Yamb over 200,000 games against itself. Here's what it learned, from 5,000 of its games.

YoloYamb gets its straights in Free, where it can wait for one, and zeros only 14.3% there. In every other column it zeros 49.4% of them. So count on straights in Free, and treat them anywhere else as a bonus.

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