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Always bet the maximum amount of coins on a progressive machine to get the bonus
for royal flushes. o If you are a novice
player, play on the lowest denomination machine until your level of expertise
rises. o 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. o
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. o
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. o
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. o
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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