Category Archives: Video Poker

35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 21 – Summary

Now to conclude this series, I want to answer a couple of questions that sent me into some deep thinking:  What were the main secrets of your success?  Do you think luck played a big part in this success? On … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 20 – Q+A

Some of the questions that are coming in are obviously from players fairly new to casino gambling or at least new to video poker.  And I am glad for this newbie interest as many of us old-timers are slowly fading … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 19– Q+A

Q:  Love the financial details. However, I would be curious about just one year. What, if I may ask, was your final result the year you won the 250k? I would be happy just to know if it was more … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 18 – Q+A

Your questions keep pouring in! Q: When you said that your winnings had reached $1.6 million, did you mean gross collections without losses having been deducted, or did you mean net profit? The two different figures could be VERY different! … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 17 – Q+A

Last week I finished leading you down that long winding path of advantage play we took, but I promised that I would answer the questions so many of you were asking during these last 16 weeks of reminiscing.  So, it … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 16

Last week we took the short walk on the last leg of our 35-year journey down the winding path of advantage play and now we can look back at the big picture.  I had been writing – yea, preaching – for … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 15

I will now take you on the last leg of this long winding path we have been describing for many weeks.  It is now 2019 and this is definitely a downhill journey. Good video poker opportunities, which have been steadily … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 14

Last week I talked about the great profitability potential on the advantage-play path we took during what I called the Golden Years of Video Poker. But now I will be discussing the change in that path after the Great Recession … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 13

Okay, it’s time to slow down on the reminiscing about how much fun we have had on this journey down the advantage play path.  You wanted some numbers, didn’t you? Beginning in 1997 I realized the need to keep a … Continue reading

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35 Years of Advantage Play – Part 12

I would really like to write an autobiography, just talking about all the fun times and interesting experiences we’ve had in the casinos over the years. I already am writing a blog which covers a lot of that sort of material … Continue reading

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