Maximum Number of Hands Played per Hour

[Q VIDEO POKER]

I am new to video poker and I have some questions:

1) What is the maximum number of hands one can expect to play per hour after reaching "expert" level in video poker?

2) Does it depend on the game (JOB, DW, NSUD, etc..) also?

3) I assume with a 5-play or 10-play VP machine, one can play more hands per hour than a 1-play VP machine?

[BOOPSAHOY]

I think everyone is different. You will play faster as you learn the startegy for each game.  I know I play less hands playing acjw becasue its a harder game to learn. Yes you are obviously playing more hands per hr with multiline.

[shadowman]

For a single line game I think it's pretty difficult to get above 1200 hands/hour. Even then I think one can only keep up this rate for a couple of hours at best. Of course, there will be a few people that can do better, but not many. However, a person can play two machines and hit rates at 1800 hands/hour with practice. Once again it would be tough to maintain that rate for too long. Most multi-line machines have built in delays which limit the speed to play. However, the multiplier effect makes a big difference. One might be limited to 800 dealt hands/hour of 10 play but overall gets 8000 hands/hour. There is a learning curve for all strategies and the more difficult ones will cause people to slow down a little. Easy games like most Deuces games and JOB or BP are easy to play quite fast. Some games like DB or OEJs can still be played fairly quickly, just not as fast the simpler games. A final complication occurs with progressives. Since the strategy changes while playing it leads to somewhat slower play as well. In addition, it's not unusual for a high paying progressive to be for a game which the player is not completely sound at even basic strategy. I don't think I completely answered the question, but I don't think there's actually a single answer for everyone. We're all different, but the factors I mentioned will affect all our play to various degrees.