My Journey on Video Poker

[DAAnMAAn]

I think this post I made today in another thread is too important to not include it in my thread "my journey on video poker" so here it is below. Hit some quads peeps!

In Defense of single coin playing....
As a disclaimer, I play in Vegas almost solely playing positive games and always bet max bet for that reason. Also I don't mind additional risk, I have the bankroll, and want all the gold for the royal. Having said all that, single coin play can make alot of sense!...
FloridaPhil...you have nothing to apologize for and banning alternative thoughts and theories thought "dangerous" by elites sounds like an unfortunate replay of many episodes of history. Not just gambling but religion, science,philosophy, etc. After all, once upon a time, saying the world was round and not flat could of brought dire consequences to oneself.
   At any rate, the reality is, most video poker is tight and negative... and getting tighter and more negative. Now one is lucky to find 99% pay tables let alone 100% or greater. Don't believe me? Take a walk on the vegas strip next time in vegas and look up the pay tables.
Here are a few arguments to support single coin play...
1. On a negative game, the more one bets, the more one loses...quite simple and tough to dispute. Let's push slot club points and promos aside for sake of argument and take ugly deuces as an example. It's a 98.9% game.
     Take two $1 dollar players who play for one hour on this game and assume they play perfectly. One plays max coins, one plays single coin. They both play 1,000 hands an hour. So...with the max coin player, he gets $5,000 coin thru, earns the bonus for the royal flush and thus earns the full 98.9% return for the game and earns a theoretical loss of $50.50.
     The second player plays single coin, same hands per hour and puts in $1,000 coin thru, does not get the royal bonus and earns a diminished return of the game of 1% or 97.9%. He earns a theoretical loss of $21.00
So...max better loses $50.50, single coin loses $21.00. Which one would you choose?
2. Single coin requires smaller bankroll. No brainer.
3. Single coin can allow a lower better to play higher on better pay tables. One can play, for example, deuces wild machine where quarter and fifty-cent play is an ugly deuces pay table...but go to dollars and it turns into a Not So Ugly pay table. Single coin would allow that individual to play a better table with a lesser roll and get more for the more common hits.
4. Single coin players can play longer and thus have more opportunity to hit the jackpot hits with less money.
5. In most vp bars, single coin will still earn you that free drink. Yay.
     In sum, I'm fortunate whereas I have access or opportunity to play vp games that are positive and single coin play becomes counter-productive. On the other hand, most video poker machines in the US are negative games and I'm surprised more aren't playing single coin strategy as max coin becomes costly and also counter-productive. Unless someone has the bankroll and wants the max bonus for royals, which come around about 1 in 40k hands if one is lucky.
    Lastly, I will say this. The day videopoker dot com starts banning single coin players or other alternative theorists (I'm not privy on the Fa La La La La.... La la la la details so will just leave it be) on the game is the day I revoke my membership and contributions to the forum and the site. It's wrong, just like it was wrong in history's past wrongs.
Cheers

[DAAnMAAn]

Just wrapped up a quick session of fpdw. Hit the deuces at about the 1k hand mark, up +$150 for this one. Three chances for the Royal with one card and missed. Feeling it's coming up soon, but of course, just a feeling. Cheers and on to the next...

[DAAnMAAn]

An approximate 3,500 hand session tonight of fpdw. Once again fortunate to hit the deuces. Was up a lot halfway thanks to a lot of royals with deuce and 5 oak, but dived back down until I finally scored the deuces and called it from tiredness. Up +$160 for this one. Had some 4 to a Royal draws with one card and missed. One was a heartbreaker...flopped JcQcAcKc, drew the 5th card, and was a black 10...the 10 of spades. Grrr. Well, on to the next.
P.S. Almost forgot the pic of the deuces, remembered after cashing out, hence, the zero money display.

[DAAnMAAn]

Very quick session of full pay deuces this time around. Had some errands to do. Less than 1k hands I'm sure, hit alot of straight flushes for some reason. Ended up +$30 for this one. On to the next.

[lovetocook]

Love to play video poker of all kinds but usually spend several hours playing Quick Quads on the nights that I go to the Casino. Quick Quads requires an additional thought process and can result in more combinations for 4 of a kind so I find it fun.

[DAAnMAAn]

Love to play video poker of all kinds but usually spend several hours playing Quick Quads on the nights that I go to the Casino. Quick Quads requires an additional thought process and can result in more combinations for 4 of a kind so I find it fun.

Hey, whatever floats your boat and gets you out to play. We all play for different reasons and I'm okay with that. Quick quads not for me, but I can see the attraction to the game just like games such as multi-strike, ultimate X, hot roll, super X, yadda yadda. Just understand it comes with a hefty load of variance!

[DAAnMAAn]

Another quickie session of fpdw tonight. Managed to hit the deuces very early, in about 250-300 hands more or
Less. Was a good thing because I had a headache so called it up +$200. On to the next!

[DAAnMAAn]

This session I decided to change it up with starting on .25c 9/6 bonus poker deluxe. Started very well with two quads and two straight flushes, but then the variance kicked in and dropped to about even again. Decided to go back to the full pay deuces game and once again was fortunate to hit the deuces rather quickly, about 500 hands in. Played about another 1k hands and called it a day. All in all, up +$250 for this one and on to the next.
Cheers

[Waiting4RF]

A nice month for you. Six quad deuces. Keep them coming!

[DAAnMAAn]

You got it. Another four ducks tonight. Sort of bitter sweet as I was playing loose deuce that pays 2500 coins for 4 ducks, but switched to full pay deuces because I was tired of tipping the casino $1.25 for every quad and sf I was hitting. Regardless, wasn't long after the switch that I bag the deuces. Up +$300 for this one.
Cheers