Take
your average bet, the number of hours you are possibly
going to play, how fast you are going to play video
poker, and the casino's advantage over your play.
With this little bit of information, you can easily
figure out how fast your roll of quarters goes to,
guess whom --- them.
So along comes Ruth, bopping on down, betting $1.25
a hand for two hours, playing 240 hands. Pair that
with the five percent advantage the casino holds
over the typical video poker player who's just winging
it and doesn't use perfect basic strategy, and you
should already be halfway through you're your donation
to them of your second roll of quarters ($1.25 X
2 hrs. X 240 hands X .05 = $30).
Quick story. I didn't get my driver's license until
I was almost 18 years old because I got tossed from
the class for making a flippant remark to the drivers'-ed
instructor, Mr. Miller, that "speed doesn't
kill, impact does." Okay, I also replicated
his little nasal beep before I said it, but he was
right: speed does kill, Ruth, and especially in
a casino environment. The faster you play, Ruth,
the more decisions there are per hour. And since
the casino has the edge over your play, the faster
your rolls of quarters become theirs.
So what you need to do, Ruth, besides finding the
best paytables possible and improving you play by
learning perfect basic strategy, is to slow down
your play. You can, if you are not on a coinless
machine, play coins instead of credits, press the
Bet One button instead of pressing the Bet Max button,
and take a little extra time to study your video
poker hand by checking your video poker strategy
card more often.
Good
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