Like to play video poker machines? Step into any casino in Las
Vegas and one thing you will quickly notice is that the casinos
spend a lot of layout space on machines. Much of that layout
goes to Video Poker. If you have played Video Poker for any
amount of time, you know that not all machines where created
equal. As the years have gone by, more and more "specialty"
video poker machines have come into being. Today, I am going to
share some of my Video Poker tips from WiseBettor.com with you.
I hope you will enjoy them.
Tip One: Finding a good machine
Finding a good machine is as simple as looking at the payout
schedule. You really want to stay away from specialty pay
machines that have larger top payouts, but negate the lower
payouts. For example, a machine might pay a little more on four
of a kind, but will pay less on two pair, flushes and full
houses. Since you will rack up lower scale payouts often,
because of the probability of receiving these hands, you want a
strong lower scale payout system.
Tip Two: Playing strategy
Learning how to play properly (optimally) is a must. Your
playing strategy will, in the end, determine your average return
and your final bankroll amount. Knowing what to do in a
situation where you have, for example, two Kings, but four to
the flush is vital. Do you keep the Kings and the guaranteed
money or roll the dice for the harder to hit flush? Playing a
good machine with a good strategy will give you a great
opportunity to win money over the long run.
Tip Three: It's random
Over the years, I have watched people play Video Poker in Las
Vegas using all sorts of superstitious movements. Some will only
use cold coins to play, some will push the buttons extra hard,
some will tap the machine with their money before playing and
the list goes on and on. Each hand is setup by a RNG (Random
Number Generator). The moment you start to play, the hand is set
in stone. The machine will randomly select all the cards from a
52-card deck and deal them out.
Tip Four: There's no memory
This is a big one. Many players believe that if they start to
see hands with three of a kind, four to the royal and so forth
that the bigger hands are due any moment. This is simply wrong.
As explained in tip three, the system uses a RNG to setup the
hands. The system has no memory. It does not know that you have
not had a full house in 400 hands or that you just received
three four of a kind hands in a row. It's possible to go 100,000
hands without a four of a kind and it's possible to get ten in a
row. The machine does not keep track, because in the end, the
numbers work out.
I hope these tips have helped you grow as a Video Poker player.
Misconceptions on how the game works can be far more deadly than
simply playing wrong. I have watched people spend (and lose)
hundreds of dollars on a machine simply because they believed
the machine had a memory and was "due" to hit. Don't fall into
traps like this. Understand that Video Poker is random and needs
to be played properly. Now, go have some fun.
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