I have an idea. Why don't I call the IRS tomorrow morning and tell them I want them to let me play VP with my IRA because Bob Dancer says it's less volatile than stocks. When we privatize Social Security, lets send our money to South Point. I wonder what my accountant would say? Before I dialed him on the phone my wife would have me carted off to the nut house.
You guys need to lighten up. The Recreational Forum is not about playing VP with an advantage. It's about small time video poker players, the same ones that are paying your bills. If someone wants to talk about holding red aces on Tuesday, I want them to be able to. There are millions of people who enjoy video poker as a game. I'm one of them. All I want from VP is entertainment and that can come in any form I want it to.
The most common game at the casino where I play is 8/5 Double Double Bonus. I don't expect anyone who is serious about long term profit to play this game, but they do. These players play that game because they like it. It just so happens that the cheapest way to play that game is single coin as small as possible. One of the worst ways is $5 a coin. This is what I am talking about, not some dream game with an edge as big as Texas.