Category: Video Poker

The SLS Casino opened up at midnight on a Friday the week before Labor Day, 2014. Half a day later, Saturday afternoon, I visited to check it out. I wanted to see if there were any games worth playing.

In the High Limit room I ran into Scott McDermott. Scott had been some sort of slot department manager or shift boss at the Palms for perhaps 10 years. He knew me well. He had seen me hammer $5 Five Play or $25 single line games for hours and he knew I was “Bob Dancer.” I went up to him, shook his hand, and found out that he was in charge of slots at the SLS. Continue reading My Adventure at the SLS — Part 1 of 2

Strategy cards can be useful. Generally speaking, they use some sort of notation to shorten and simplify a written strategy. Most cards intentionally give up some accuracy in favor of ease of use. I sell strategy cards and Winner’s Guides which include strategies.
Continue reading Knowing a Strategy versus Using a Strategy Card

In late September, I taught a 9/6 DDB Quick Quads class at the South Point. One of the combinations you hold in that game is KTx — where ‘x’ stands for a suited card too low to be part of a straight flush or a royal flush — namely a suited KT2, KT3, KT4, KT5, KT6, KT7, or KT8. This is standard 9/6 DDB strategy — although if you don’t play this particular game, it might look a little weird. Continue reading A Difference in Strategies

When Liam W. Daily and I were devising our strategy cards and Winner’s Guides several years ago, we noticed that in many games, the value of certain 3-card straight flushes was similar. In 9/6 Jacks or Better, for example, KQ9 (two high cards and two insides) is worth $3.21, JT8 (one high card and one inside) is worth $3.20, and 345 (no high cards and no insides) is worth $3.18. In all cases, I am assuming a 5-coin dollar player and the last two cards in the hand provide neither flush nor straight interference. Continue reading Comparing the Values of 3-card Straight Flushes Among Games

Author’s note: I am posting two articles today, September 9, and none next week. This article tells of a September South Point promotion that is good for the player community and will expire September 30. Therefore I didn’t want to delay it another week.

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