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ROYAL TIME

Should we expect a royal every 100 hours of play, every 48, or somewhere in between? By John Grochowski   After nearly 30 years of playing video poker, every royal flush still gives me a jolt. My hands don’t shake while an attendant is counting out my $100 bills, as they did when I drew […]

THREE QUESTIONS

Video Poker Players Are Fascinated By Aces By John Grochowski   Games featuring enhanced payoffs on four Aces have been a video poker staple for more than two decades. Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Double Double Bonus Poker, Triple Double Bonus Poker – they’re among the most popular games around, and have proven staying power. […]

CHASING ACES

How far do we go in our Ace chase? It varies from game to game By John Grochowski   In any video poker game, the “expert” strategy changes with the pay table. Do flushes pay 5-for-1, 6-for-1 or 7-for-1? Do you get 2-for-1 on two pair, or 1-for-1, with enhancements elsewhere on the pay table? […]

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

A look at some common video poker options By John Grochowski   No matter how dedicated the video poker player, it’s all but impossible to memorize the ins and outs of strategy for every game and every pay table. If you’re going to flip back and forth among Jacks or Better, Double Bonus Poker, Double […]

CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION

Long odds to be dealt a royal flush By John Grochowski   If you’re a video poker player, you know that any royal flush is a cause for celebration. When I drew my first, way back in December of 1989, the 10 $100 bills handed to me by the slot attendant at the Tropicana in […]

PICK A PAIR

Single high cards bring more winners, but pairs bring more money By John Grochowski   There are a handful of plays in video poker that we’re called on to make over and over and over again. They’re so commonplace that we might make them several times in a short session. Making the right plays in […]

THE GREAT COMP DIVIDE:

Why players earn more comps on slots than video poker By John Grochowski   Carrie has been playing slot machines for longer than she cares to remember. She and her husband Bill had already been annual Las Vegas visitors for nearly a decade when I met them in the early 1980s, several years before my […]

VIDEO POKER: THE PROGRESSIVE PUZZLE

Which Double Double Bonus machine is best? By John Grochowski   Evaluating a video poker machine is usually pretty straight-forward.  A 9-6 Jacks or Better machine where full houses pay 9-for-1 and flushes 6-for-1, will return more players than a 8-5 machine.  A 10-7-5 Double Bonus Poker game, where full houses pay 10-for-1, flushes 7-for-1 […]

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