My Journey on Video Poker

[wildman49]

.On a night I should of lost 200, ended up losing a grand chasing the 200. A great lesson to Be learned and it seems once in awhile I relearn it.
CheersAnyone playing max bet every hand needs to learn this one fast. Whatever you start at .25/.50/$1 one should just stick to the same bet amount. Lose the bank roll head home to play another day. When trips like that happen 2 or  3 in a row you will be so far in the hole the royals will not come along fast enough to dig you out of the hole. Them 99% games become 96% after a years play.

[FloridaPhil]

[quote=wildman49]When trips like that happen 2 or  3 in a roll you will be so far in the
hole the royals will not come along fast enough to dig out of the hole.[/quote]Amen brother!!   

[Zid]

Same happened to me in the month of September. Three (3) LOSING over-my-limit $1 DDB sessions. (For me, way over the top.) Prior to September, had scored 3 royals for the year and was convinced a $4000 royal was just a litty-bitty jump away.

I will visit tomorrow and content myself once again with the .25 machines...using a modified "cheap method" with occasional pot shots.

My bro-in-law, rest his soul, was a disciplined expert class player at AC before he passed. He used a similar method...betting 1 coin, 3 coin and 5 coin -- up and down the ladder depending on a win or lose. I have modified that approach to one coin and five only. Of course, the discipline of that approach escapes me now and then, but this forum community is a wonderful reinforcement. Thank you for all of your input -- and take calm in the knowledge that vp and the whole casino experience is, indeed, a uniquely satisfying pastime and fraternity. Good luck to all.

[DAAnMAAn]

I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill here. Yes, it was an unnecessary loss and I should of known better. But on the flip side of the coin, took a pot shot one day on dollar job and popped two royals for 8K. After I lost about 2k back, went back to my normal quarter game. So sometimes pot shots work. I'm mostly upset with myself for chasing the loss which I should know better being a seasoned player. But I believe once in awhile we make the mistakes to relearn and reinforce what not to do. I do not condone the 'cheap' method of betting various coins, but to each his own.
What I do condone is sticking to your game plan, plan your session bankroll, don't chase losses, and tomorrow is another day. Losing the 1k happens from time to time and that's video poker. But each session one never knows which way the rng goes. If I sticked to my game plan, the night should of been a $300 loss tops night. I share the story so hopefully others can learn and make adjustments so they don't make the same errors.
Anyway, back to the drawing board soon.
Cheers

[DAAnMAAn]

+693, .25c single line 10/6 DDB...Equivalent of the bottom of the 9th grand slam for the win. Popped the royal, much needed after getting some humility with some failed pot shots and chases recently. Was past the 4th hour and I was tired and started to make mistakes and down to my last hundred. Would of surely quit earlier if I was closer to even, but since I was down was just going to play it off or hopefully hit something...      I started with my usual $400 session bankroll. Did hit some quads including two quad deuces and one quad 4, no kickers. Basically kept me alive to play but looked like another inevitable loss when I saved two cards, 10/J of clubs and popped the K,A,Q of clubs. Ironically, a royal just hit sometime early on the same machine for when I got to the progressive bank of machines, the progressive was reset  at $1,000 even with a cash out of a little over 1k on the same machine. At any rate, as promised, royals and aces with kickers will get pictures. Hoping to get some more pluses and less minuses.Cheers

[DAAnMAAn]

[DaBurglar]

good thread, and thanks for sharing your results in a consistent time frame & manner.....let me say right off, I think you are doing fantastic, according to the reports you are submitting!   I am serious, if I had anywhere near the type of results you have seen the last 2-3 weeks in my efforts in AC, I would not have had nearly as much to gripe and rant about these past few years!Because you are playing in Vegas, and because you have such better quality games to play (like 10/6 DDB progressives), your results do not surprise me, they just give me hope (for when I return to Vegas to play a little.....) and confirm my theory that the video poker in AC is set up (NOT RIGGED,  "set Up"  intentionally to yield the crappy results both myself and others consistently see, and by 'set up' I mean the systems and casinos and operations of AC, with its SLOTS classification for ALL machines on the casino floor, lend itself to causing video poker games that have paytables that indicate a game should yield 99% ACTUALLY yielding slot-like returns of low 80s or worse!)The biggest thing I see in some of your reports is the amount (and time) of play/hands you can get out of whatever bankroll you start with......you mentioned a lousy night where you went through 750 bucks or so in 2-3 hours....HELL, I have blown through 400-500 bucks on AC machines playing 25 cent 9/6 DDB in under 45 minutes!  More than once.....

[FAA]

Popped the royal, much needed after getting some humility with some
failed pot shots and chases recently. Was past the 4th hour and I was
tired and started to make mistakes and down to my last hundred. I
started with my usual $400 session bankroll. Did hit some quads
including two quad deuces and one quad 4, no kickers. Basically kept me
alive but looked like another inevitable loss when I saved 10J of clubs and popped the K,A,Q of clubs. Ironically, a royal
just hit sometime early on the same machine for when I got to the
progressive bank of machines, the progressive was reset  at $1,000 even
with a cash out of a little over 1k on the same machine.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Congratulations. Ah, Vegas.  I played my usual progressive JOB bank yesterday. It was $1000.67. Machine still had the hit; they held JQK of clubs. I took a photo as motivation. But I declined to play the machine out of superstition and took the one next to it. Based on at least six observations, they always seem to reset the hour before I arrive, like clockwork! Most frustrating thing about arriving when I do, which cannot be avoided.

[FAA]

The biggest thing I see in some of your reports is the amount (and time)
of play/hands you can get out of whatever bankroll you start
with. You mentioned a lousy night where you went through 750 bucks
or so in 2-3 hours. HELL, I have blown through 400-500 bucks on AC
machines playing 25 cent 9/6 DDB in under 45 minutes!  More than
once.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Damn straight, DB. There is just no burn at most AC venues for your money. I took the clunker machine yesterday as it was the first one available. I'll cool my heels next time. I went through $30 in 45 minutes, which never happens to me, except at that machine!

[DAAnMAAn]

I think there is just simply a lot of variance in video poker and one never quite knows when they sit down what's going to happen. I don't think the machines are rigged in AC or Vegas (I have a different opinion for Indian casinos and simply will not play video poker at those places. Would play regular poker and know I'm getting a fair shake, instead of hope.)
I don't really attribute a ton with a streak of wins or losses to my playing knowledge, but maybe a smidgeon. I studied a lot and play and analyze some on win poker software to make sure I play correctly. But I'm sure you take two equal video poker players in competency and speed and sit them down side by side. In two hours one would get vastly different results from the two. Is it because on is vastly better? Is one of the machines rigged? Of course not, it's the variance of the game.
Cheers
Ps saw a you tube video that irked me a bit. Some guy posted a "training" video on how to play ddb using correct strategy (listen,
If they don't have a well known name or rep, and don't use software to back it up, don't listen to them. Just saying). First hand he shows for analyzing is the Ad,Js,Qs,Jc,Ks. He said holding the Js,Qs,Ks is the best hold...WRONG. I have software to back me up. Saving the Js,Jc is far the best save at 145.6%.
Saving the suited JQK is 145.1%. Watch out for these jokers. Get software, it's essential.