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Video Poker Tips
In
video poker, only 21% of the hands
dealt are winning hands of Jacks or
better and 79% are downright dogs.
Herein lies the difference between
the winning and losing player: what
you do with those 79% of the hands
that need to be groomed into winning
greyhounds. The best way to give
yourself the greatest chance of
victory at video is to read, absorb,
embrace and pledge allegiance to
these playing tips.
Video Poker Tip 1:
Seek out Jacks or better machines
that pay 9 coins for a full house
and six coins for a flush.
Video Poker Tip 2:
If you decide to play a progressive
video poker machine that pays 8
coins for a full house and 5 for a
flush, play on a progressive where
the jackpot is over $250 on a nickel
machine, $2,500 on a quarter, and
$10,000 for the dollar.
Video Poker Tip 3:
Always bet the maximum amount of
coins on a progressive machine to
get the bonus for royal flushes.
Video Poker Tip 4:
If you are a novice player, play on
the lowest denomination machine
until your level of expertise rises.
Video Poker Tip 5:
If your casino offers it, use a
casino slot card to get credit for
your play. You might as well get a
return as a comp benefit for your
play on their video poker machines.
Be sure to ask how many points you
will receive per dollar played, and
then find out what those points are
worth in comps. This will help you
shop for better value on your play.
Video Poker Tip 6:
Take your time to study every hand.
Because you are playing against a
machine, no one will intimidate you
if your play is too slow.
Video Poker Tip 7:
All hail the Jack! Some players
don't realize the ace is not the
most important card in the deck, but
the Jack is. Holding the Jack over
the ace gives you more opportunities
of making more lucrative hands than
an ace would.
Video Poker Tip 8:
There are more than a hundred
different video poker machines to
choose from. Games like Joker Poker,
Louisiana Jacks, Gator Poker, etc.
offer you a supermarket selection,
but all have different paytables
needing distinct playing strategies.
I recommend learning and limiting
your play to two, such as Deuces
Wild and Jacks-or-Better.
Video Poker Tip 9:
Acquire video poker skills using
either a computer or a hand-held
video poker game. The major benefit
of this type of training is the
ability to test you skills with no
financial risk or ruin. You can
gather data later review, enabling
you to nix trends that would be
costly on a video poker machine.
This information would take you
years to accumulate under normal
casino conditions. And again, the
key here is that any knowledge
obtained without a casino outlay
lets you net out better down the
road.
And now, some playing strategies.
First, Never keep a kicker with any
pair. Holding a kicker to any pair
reduces your return by 5%.
2nd, Never draw four cards if you
can draw three to a royal flush.
3rd, Always keep five-card winning
pat hands with on exception: if you
can, draw one card to a royal.
4th, Don't break a flush even if you
can draw one to a straight flush,
but
5th, always break a flush to draw to
a royal.
6th, Never break a straight to draw
to a straight flush.
7th, Never draw five if you have a
jack or better, and
8th, don't keep a ten for a four
card draw.
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