When your objective is to play for "score" or "ranking"

Here's the situation. A player I know wants to improve his Caesars/Harrahs Tier Score.

He prefers video poker over slots and knows that each dollar spent on video poker earns half what each dollar would earn on slots.

So his question is how to maximize his video poker play to get the maximum tier score on video poker.

So, we discussed that he should play the less variable game of Jacks or Better where his bankroll is likely to last longer, giving him more coin-in and higher tier score.

Then we discussed if he should perhaps alter the strategy of Jacks or Better? This one came to me out of left field, because I never had any kind of discussion like this before.

Here is the example he gave me.

If you are dealt Jh 10s 2d 2c 5h the correct play is to hold the pair of twos.

But he found stats that show that when you hold a pair of twos (non paying pair by itself) you have a 28.7% chance of getting a winning hand (another pair or another deuce or full house), but if you hold the single jack you have a winning hand 33.8% of the time. However, holding the pair of deuces (non paying pair) when it wins will give you a bigger payoff amount, while pairing up the jack only gives you your money back.

He reasons that just getting your money back (pairing the jack) will better serve his purpose of helping him achieve a higher tier score.

OK, this is beyond me. I put this out for the experts to advise.

thanks.

Ummmm.....

I am not going to participate in this "discussion".

Nope. No way.

Anyone want to put up an "Over/Under Line"???

dont feel bad, roadtrip, this one goes over my head too.

I he's ONLY interested in Tier Score, then he should play slots.

And so another idiotic discussion begins and will likely continue for pages and pages.

The simple answer is always to follow proper strategy and make the correct play (hold the pair of 2's).

MoneyLA
Its not the "correct strategy" but its his money and he is playing for points and not to win as much money as he can so why not. Someone will correct me if I'am wrong, but I think that is the correct way to play the first two lines of Multi-Strike

But he's not playing Multi-Strike, is he?

He should play multi-line JOB using proper strategy. This will give him the best chance to make his bankroll last a long time -- and thus increase his tier score. This is what my husband and I did once years ago to earn Diamond in a Day at Caesars. We accomplished this in a few hours, and lost very little money, so I speak from experience.

So Sue, using my friend's example, your advice to get the max tier score is what? thanks.

and for everyone else, this is about maximizing tier score playing VP. thanks.

I just told you -- play multi-line JOB, using proper strategy. What part did you not understand?

thanks, Sue. The only part I do not understand is your hostility.