And I did pretty well on it (with "play money") tonight:
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Took a lot out of my right wrist though. I could see this kind of game causing Carpal Tunnel easy enough down the road. One of the tricks to it seems to be playing absolutely as fast as possible without doing too many bonehead maneuvers. The speed takes a toll on the wrist.
Caught myself not checking the pay board notice thus causing me to throw out at least a couple four of a kinds after the draw. "Converted" them back into into three of a kind through haste. Other than that small problem things went well in practice.
Despite my two serious errors it seems beatable. I went up $1200 in a couple hours. How that translates into casino time is beyond me. Wonder how many real casino games mimic that software program. If they are then my first impression is that they are a real hit. Course I could have just gotten lucky.
The speed at which i had to play the game seemed to border upon hard work. My guess is that casino games would play slower. I really just don't know about these things. The casinos I go to are always crowded. There's never an open seat at the video poker games.
Without a crib sheet in front of me I pretty much just tried to use logic. I soon found out that the secret was to spend as much time doubling the bets after a win. After three of a kind or higher they give you one card and you have to pick the higher one. Higher? You win. Or nothing if it ain't. I probably don't need to tell you about it.
It's only new to me i suppose.
The "double or nothing" phase kind of reminds me of when i was in cold call sales years ago. We dealt with a lot of rejection. Our best salesmen were the ones who never gave up and shrugged off the turn downs like water on a duck's back.
As I played it seemed there wasn't much reward in playing it safe. So I decided to always try and run my doubles up to at least five wins in a row. Save and except for the four deuces that paid a thousand "quarters". Couldn't see risking that one. Now granted these five wins in a row were rare but the quicker i played the more times i got five wins. Think maybe the last one was six wins.
Never got a natural royal flush but did get one with a wild card and it paid well. Think i left that one alone ie, didn't double it.
Other things: Two pair doesn't pay dick in wild card video poker. In a way it's almost a liability as holding it in hopes of gaining a full house is a less likely chance to get a win which can be doubled. However the few times i converted them to a full house they reduced the amount of times i needed to double in order to get at the big money.
Working straights and flushes is a good idea too. When i received two wild card deuces I'd sometimes hold a few sequential suited cards in hopes of gaining that straight flush. Again: This reduced the amount of times i had to double by getting a high card poker hand.
Even though this was all just practice it kind of took a toll on me. Just like in a real game. I really had to force myself to double the 160 and 320 points after successfully converting the 10 to 20 to 40 to 80 etc.
In some ways it's better if the house gets the high card the first time as opposed to at the end of the run. Easier to collect my spirits and get back in the game. But after a while I was able to dust off even the worst big money losses and start over again.
Why take this seriously? Well if these things really work it's important to treat it like a real game.
Anyway it would be good if a few other players tried this game just to see how you do. I don't have any literature or crib sheets on strategy but I have a feeling I'm running close to what you're supposed to do. When there were no pairs i always kept a few suited royal cards. That's how i got the wild flush.
Comments welcome.
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Took a lot out of my right wrist though. I could see this kind of game causing Carpal Tunnel easy enough down the road. One of the tricks to it seems to be playing absolutely as fast as possible without doing too many bonehead maneuvers. The speed takes a toll on the wrist.
Caught myself not checking the pay board notice thus causing me to throw out at least a couple four of a kinds after the draw. "Converted" them back into into three of a kind through haste. Other than that small problem things went well in practice.
Despite my two serious errors it seems beatable. I went up $1200 in a couple hours. How that translates into casino time is beyond me. Wonder how many real casino games mimic that software program. If they are then my first impression is that they are a real hit. Course I could have just gotten lucky.
The speed at which i had to play the game seemed to border upon hard work. My guess is that casino games would play slower. I really just don't know about these things. The casinos I go to are always crowded. There's never an open seat at the video poker games.
Without a crib sheet in front of me I pretty much just tried to use logic. I soon found out that the secret was to spend as much time doubling the bets after a win. After three of a kind or higher they give you one card and you have to pick the higher one. Higher? You win. Or nothing if it ain't. I probably don't need to tell you about it.
It's only new to me i suppose.
The "double or nothing" phase kind of reminds me of when i was in cold call sales years ago. We dealt with a lot of rejection. Our best salesmen were the ones who never gave up and shrugged off the turn downs like water on a duck's back.
As I played it seemed there wasn't much reward in playing it safe. So I decided to always try and run my doubles up to at least five wins in a row. Save and except for the four deuces that paid a thousand "quarters". Couldn't see risking that one. Now granted these five wins in a row were rare but the quicker i played the more times i got five wins. Think maybe the last one was six wins.
Never got a natural royal flush but did get one with a wild card and it paid well. Think i left that one alone ie, didn't double it.
Other things: Two pair doesn't pay dick in wild card video poker. In a way it's almost a liability as holding it in hopes of gaining a full house is a less likely chance to get a win which can be doubled. However the few times i converted them to a full house they reduced the amount of times i needed to double in order to get at the big money.
Working straights and flushes is a good idea too. When i received two wild card deuces I'd sometimes hold a few sequential suited cards in hopes of gaining that straight flush. Again: This reduced the amount of times i had to double by getting a high card poker hand.
Even though this was all just practice it kind of took a toll on me. Just like in a real game. I really had to force myself to double the 160 and 320 points after successfully converting the 10 to 20 to 40 to 80 etc.
In some ways it's better if the house gets the high card the first time as opposed to at the end of the run. Easier to collect my spirits and get back in the game. But after a while I was able to dust off even the worst big money losses and start over again.
Why take this seriously? Well if these things really work it's important to treat it like a real game.
Anyway it would be good if a few other players tried this game just to see how you do. I don't have any literature or crib sheets on strategy but I have a feeling I'm running close to what you're supposed to do. When there were no pairs i always kept a few suited royal cards. That's how i got the wild flush.
Comments welcome.