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Posted on October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 by Bob Dancer — 1 Comment

The Old Man and the C (ruise) — Part II of II

Author’s note: This blog describes, among other things, Bonnie’s and my visit to Jerusalem on Wednesday, September 20. About two weeks after we were there, Israel was attacked and rockets are now flying where Bonnie and I walked. While we are a safe 7,400 miles away from the fighting had the attacks begun just a few weeks earlier, we would have been in the middle of it — or depending on the exact timing of the attack, the cruise ship certainly wouldn’t have docked anywhere in Israel because of the danger.

Posted on October 6, 2023August 22, 2024 by 888 Casino — 1 Comment

IS PROFESSIONAL VIDEO POKER PLAY REALISTIC?

This post is syndicated by the Las Vegas Advisor for the 888 casino group. Anthony Curtis comments on the 888 article introduced and linked to on this page.

AC Says: Is it possible to play video poker professionally today? Good subject, and the article’s writer presents an honest evaluation. The message is, you won’t be able to do it, especially at low stakes, if all you’re doing is playing the best schedules—the dollar-per-hour return simply isn’t high enough. And when you move up in stakes, you risk the fluctuations that can take you out of the game. As suggested, playing avocationally is very possible and can be worth doing. Essentially, it means having a hobby that makes money, The article touches on playing progressives to get an edge, but doesn’t identify one of the most potent profi-makers, which is playing video poker promotions. An excellent description of this can be found in Million Dollar Video Poker by Bob Dancer. Las Vegas Advisor members can stay up on promotions as they come and go in our “Changes as They Happen” blog

Posted on October 3, 2023October 3, 2023 by Bob Dancer — 3 Comments

The Old Man and the C (ruise) — Part I of II

Two weeks ago, I told you about Bonnie and me spending time at Harrah’s Cherokee prior to a two-week European cruise. This is a continuation of that narrative. Those of you wanting a lot of video poker information from me, come back in two weeks.

Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) offers a lot of incentives to entice passengers. Those offers vary over time and the one I’m discussing now may or may not be in effect at any time in the future. One of the incentives is 70% off airfare for the second passenger. With this incentive, you pay full retail only for the first passenger, but have little or no choice of which airlines they book you on. Still, it was the cheapest way for us to get back and forth to Athens from Atlanta, which is the closest major airport to Cherokee.

Posted on September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 by Bob Dancer — 2 Comments

Spinach!

I was playing $5 NSU Deuces Wild at Harrah’s Cherokee on a recent Seven Stars trip. This casino is one of many that will not let you accumulate credits on your machine greater than $2,999.99. If I have $2,900 in credits immediately after the deal and I end up with a $100 quad or full house, the machine will “spit” out a $100 ticket and I’ll keep the $2,900 in accumulated credits.

Posted on September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 by Bob Dancer

The Old Man and the C (asino)

Ever since my 76^th birthday in February, my body has been falling apart orthopedically — hip, knee, and shoulder. Most of my body’s systems are fine, but my skeleton, not so much.

The MRI on my right hip showed a number of issues, including arthritis. My orthopedist has convinced me that I need a new hip. “It’s a surgery that most people recover from in a few days,” he told me. “Nothing to worry about.”

Posted on September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 by Bob Dancer — Leave a comment

It’s a Matter of Priorities

Recently in Las Vegas, there was a local pub offering a nice promotion between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. several days a week. Not a great promo and not likely to be repeated, but I’m not interested in providing more details about it than I already have. Suffice it to say it was close enough to where I live and juicy enough that I arranged my sleep schedule so that I was there during the requisite hours most of the days it was offered.

Posted on September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 by Bob Dancer — Leave a comment

How Special Is It?

In a recent blog post I wrote:

Another factor that is true for me that isn’t universally true for other players is that I have the ability to figure out and master strategies, and I enjoy doing so. Thinking about, writing about, studying, and playing video poker occupies a much larger part of my waking hours, even after about 30 years of doing this, than these things occupy in the lives of most other players.

Posted on August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 by Bob Dancer

What Would You Do?

I had a conversation with a strong player, and he posed a series of ethical questions. He estimated that if I asked this question in a crowd of people, at least 75% of players would claim they would do the right thing in each situation. But if nobody else were around, less than 50% would actually do the right thing.

I’m not sure about his percentages, but they sound approximately right, more or less. So, let’s look at the questions.

Posted on August 22, 2023August 29, 2023 by Bob Dancer

Is It Worth It?

I recently posted a few blogs concerning some fine points for the strategy of 9-5 Triple Bonus Poker Plus. They discussed somewhat complicated decisions with relatively small financial impacts. After the second blog came out, a reader posted the following:

Posted on August 15, 2023August 29, 2023 by Bob Dancer

Are the Good Times Really Over for Good?

I’ve borrowed the late Merle Haggard’s 1981 song title to describe a conversation video poker players have heard hundreds of times. It’s often expressed as an argument where the premises go something like the following:

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