My Journey on Video Poker

[FAA]

-700. .25c, 10/6 ddb. Maybe I cursed myself for lambasting the quick stop and go players? Lol--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Karma, can you hear me? I played at that machine twice. Two quick outs w duds galore. I know pure annihilation when I see it. I'm around a lot, so if I ever see a jackpot hit there I would faint on the spot.

[FAA]

I admit to being a machine surfer.  After doing this for a very
long time, I have to agree is doesn't affect the results one bit.  It
does slow your play and psychologically it helps to keep your spirits up.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I disagree. My theory is that some machines are complete and utter money pits, pure and simple. Every casino has a sprinkling. I'm not about to be dusted again. After losing at a $60 per hour pace, exceeding even DB's miserable pace, I can't leave fast enough.

[Tedlark]

I'm a camper. Unless there's a fire or Jennifer Aniston comes along and invites me backup to her room; I'm at the machine for awhile. Please feel free to insert: Katy Perry; Miranda Lambert; Carrie Underwood; Sandra Bullock; Megan Fox or, Hallie Berry in lieu of Ms. Aniston.

[wildman49]

I'm a camper. Unless there's a fire or Jennifer Aniston comes along and invites me backup to her room; I'm at the machine for awhile. Please feel free to insert: Katy Perry; Miranda Lambert; Carrie Underwood; Sandra Bullock; Megan Fox or, Hallie Berry in lieu of Ms. Aniston. To be fair Ted you play multi hand games right? You get more action on them I can see sitting there a bit plus them dream card machines there's not many there to play.

[Tedlark]

You're on point there wildman, I think I stopped playing single line the day after 3/5 play came out.

[alpax]

-700... .25c 10/6 ddb...yuk. maybe I cursed myself for lambasting the quick stop and go players? Lol
at any rate, my second worse session ever on this game...the top was -750...at least this one I hit a few quads, one of them 4 aces no kicker, but the misses were fast and furious and only hit one quad 5 before losing my initial $400. This was a brutal one. What can I say except this is a marathon and not a sprint, sessions like this happen, hopefully not very often or I'll be freeing myself to pursue other interests. Not
Much more to add except tomorrow is another day.
Cheers


I've heard many stories where people hit 4 Aces with Any 2, 3, 4 and have the possibility of losing that the very same trip, I know you did not hit one on this very trip.

In this case for quarters it will be $500, but the nature of DDB can cause people to lose more than that amount. It is the very reason people play DDB over most other games for that jackpot hand, but what good is the feeling to lose it all on a day to be excited about. So it is my personal reason I am not a fan of DDB.

Other than that random rant, the swings for DDB are brutal, be sure to keep your day job to withstand days like these. You will be fine.

[DAAnMAAn]

+105... .25c 10/6 ddb...caught 3 quad K's, lots
Of full houses, nothing spectacular. Needed something positive from last sessions brutality, so will just call this one earlier than usual. I know it doesn't matter when one stops, if one keeps playing this game the machine doesn't know if your up or down. But for psychology sake, will take this one home...

In terms of the discussion, I guess I'm in the camper group. Once I pick a machine, I rarely cheat on her until she rewards me or takes all my money
Metaphors aside, we can't take the wins without the losses, or losses without the wins. It's the nature of the beast.
Someone said (I may be paraphrasing), that the problem with ddb is if a player doesn't hit aces with kicker or Royal, they won't be a winner. Although I don't think this wrong, I don't think this is right either. I had several nice sessions without hitting these hands on ddb, which is one of the things I like about ddb. Get a nice payback on normal quads (250) versus say JOB (125), get (400) for 2,3,4 and 2,3,4 with kicker is (800). I avoid TDB simply because one gets 2 to 1 for trips, and to play correctly, must save kickers with tripped A,2,3,4 which is sky high variance (not to say ddb doesn't have a say when it comes to variance). At any rate not to put anything in tdb players, a great night can be an amazing night I'm sure. And I've played tdb before and hit aces with kicker and that's awesome. But if you don't hit, tdb can make ddb brutality seems like child's play.
But to try to stay on point, this argument can be for any game really. How about not hitting quad deuces or a royal being a deuces wild player? Or not hitting a straight or Royal on JOB? Can't win on those either. Yes, I agree getting 2 to 1 for two pair on JOB or BP is great and lowers variance a lot, one still won't be a winner without hitting the big hands.
So at anyrate, just my thoughts on the subject. Bottom line is,
Agreed, to win long term, we have to hit those big hands...hopefully sooner than later.
Cheers

[FAA]

this argument can be for any game really. How about not hitting quad
deuces or a royal being a DW player? Or not hitting a quad
or Royal on JOB? Can't win on those either. Yes, I agree getting 2 to 1
for two pair on JOB or BP is great and lowers variance a lot, one still
won't be a winner without hitting the big hands. Bottom line is, agreed, to win long term, we have to hit those big hands.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Yeah, I agree too. I have had a minimal chump change win or two of quad free JOB. It's not terribly thrilling though, like a gluten free meal. That 250 quad on DDB covers a lot of losing, when it does show up.

[DAAnMAAn]

As a side note, I'm somewhat peeved at seeing these videos on you tube on video poker instruction that are either misleading, false, half truth, or wrong without using software or books to back up their claims. SO... I decided instead of yapping about it and doing nothing, I'll post some videos using software that I use...win poker video poker instructor, to give a higher class of instruction. Or at the very least, give people more reason to yap lol but really, want to give good and as accurate info as possible, using my experience, my knowledge after reading many articles and books, and utilizing some great software while doing it. So if you have some time to kill, check it out on YouTube and tell me what you think. Type in "video poker in the desert." Keep in mind it's a pilot, unedited, unrehearsed.
But if enough interest, I'll make adjustments and improvements to it and see where it goes. I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to keep posting my wins and losses on here. It's starting to get mundane and boring to me and not seeing much benefit to it anymore.
Would rather teach, entertain, and instruct...then just sputter results. But I do enjoy the banter.
Cheers

[FAA]

I like the results wrap up, especially in your ticker form. It's like a continuing soap opera with tallies! You get right to the point too.