This was meant as light-hearted sarcasm, but it's actually a savvy idea.onemoretry wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 7:34 amThere are other things you can do to try and change your luck. You could play left handed for a while.
The biggest two reasons slowing down helps you, as has been stated previously, are:
1. Going slower gives you an extra second or two to see the right play and make sure all of the buttons you want held are actually held. This gives you your best chance to make the best plays your knowledge level allows you to make and reduces your chances for silly errors made when going fast.
2. When the house has the advantage, playing slowly causes you to lose less. Losing $20 less on some days counts just as much in your wallet as winning $20 more on others.
Assuming you play slower and more deliberately when you use your left hand rather than your right, you get both of these benefits. There is also a subtle benefit that hasn't been discussed yet.
The people who do the best in video poker tournaments use both hands when they play! If you use your left hand on occasion to play regular video poker, you'll be developing digital agility that will be useful in tournament play. It usually doesn't affect your tournament one way or the other (e.g. the difference between 531st place and 532nd place is exactly zero), but occasionally playing one more hand can be the difference between being in 11th place and being in 10th. (or even 11th and first place, if that extra hand you squeeze out is a premium one). And that DOES make a difference.