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The best way to give
yourself the greatest chance of victory at video is to read, absorb,
embrace and pledge allegiance to these playing tips. Seek out Jacks or
better machines that pay 9 coins for a full house and six coins for a
flush.
If you decide to play a progressive video poker machine that pays
8 coins for a full house and 5 for a flush, play on a progressive where
the jackpot is over $250 on a nickel machine, $2,500 on a quarter, and
$10,000 for the dollar.
Always bet the maximum amount of coins on a progressive machine to
get the bonus for royal flushes.
If you are a novice player, play on the lowest denomination
machine until your level of expertise rises.
If your casino offers it, use a casino slot card to get credit for
your play. You might as well get a return as a comp benefit for your
play on their video poker machines. Be sure to ask how many points you
will receive per dollar played, and then find out what those points are
worth in comps. This will help you shop for better value on your play.
Take your time to study every hand. Because you are playing
against a machine, no one will intimidate you if your play is too slow.
All hail the Jack! Some players don't realize the ace is not the
most important card in the deck, but the Jack is. Holding the Jack over
the ace gives you more opportunities of making more lucrative hands than
an ace would.
Acquire video poker skills using either a computer or a hand-held
video poker game. The major benefit of this type of training is the
ability to test you skills with no financial risk or ruin.
You can gather data later review, enabling you to nix trends that
would be costly on a video poker machine. This information would take
you years to accumulate under normal casino conditions. And again, the
key here is that any knowledge obtained without a casino outlay lets you
net out better down the road. |
