If the fifth card is an 8, QJ is worth more by 4.6\u00a2.<\/p>\n
Since having an 8 penalty is the only time you need to hold QJ we phrase it that you hold JT7<\/strong> “except when 8p.”<\/p>\n If the reason “why” is important to you, an 8 (compared to a 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6) reduces the chances of a JT987 straight by almost 27% (7.4\u00a2). It also reduces the chances of a QJT98 straight from an unsuited QJ by a little (1.5\u00a2), but it’s much harder to get a straight holding two cards than it is holding three.<\/p>\n b. QJ < J97<\/i><\/b> only when Ap: The first four cards in this hand are QJ97<\/i><\/b>. For reasons very similar to what was listed above, the fifth card must be an unsuited A, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2.<\/p>\n For an A (which must be unsuited with the Q), J97<\/strong> is the better play by 3.3\u00a2.<\/p>\n For an 8, QJ is better by 6.6\u00a2.<\/p>\n For a 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, QJ is better by 0.7\u00a2.<\/p>\n In this case the usual hold is QJ, except when there’s an ace, so we phrase it that you hold J97 “only when Ap.”<\/p>\n c. QJ < J87<\/i><\/b> only when Ap: This hand begins with QJ87<\/i><\/b>. Now the fifth card must be an A, T, 9, 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2.<\/p>\n For an A (which must be unsuited with the Q), J87<\/strong> is the better play by 1.3\u00a2.<\/p>\n For a T, QJ is better by 4.6\u00a2.<\/p>\n For a 9, QJ is better by 6.6\u00a2.<\/p>\n For a 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, QJ is better by 2.6\u00a2<\/p>\n As in the last example, in this case the usual hold is QJ, except when there’s an ace, so we phrase it that you hold J87<\/i><\/b> “only when Ap.”<\/p>\n If you are trying to learn this, I recommend you try to duplicate the figures I’m printing here. Any of the better video poker software products allow you to do this and the more you use these products to do tasks you might not normally do, the more useful these tools will become when you’re trying to learn something new.<\/p>\n Although I have memorized these particular rules and therefore play these hands perfectly, I have never bothered to learn the “by how much” figures. If I can memorize the rule, that’s plenty good enough for me. The reason I’m including the details here is that there might be some readers who want to learn this, but find the “except when” and “only when” phrasing in the same rule too confusing to master. If you can make up a better phrasing that works for you, go for it! If you wish to write me about this, I’ll be happy to publish here your improvement. I can credit you by name if you wish, or make it an anonymous contribution if that suits you better.<\/p>\n When we created the strategy rules, Liam W. Daily and I struggled with how to phrase this. We figured the “except when” and “only when” phrasing would make perfect sense to logicians; we also recognized that most of our readers weren’t masters of logic. We just couldn’t find phrasing that we liked better.<\/p>\n For my student, we simply went over these hands again and again. Eventually the phrasing made sense to her. But even so, she better review this from time to time or she will forget it.<\/p>\n A woman recently hired me to teach her the idiosyncrasies of 8\/5 Bonus Poker. She knew 9\/6 Jacks or Better cold and wanted to know how the games differed — down to the smallest degree. I quoted her two prices — the lesser one was if I could write an article or two about what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Facebook\"](\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" "\\"Follow")
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