Even on games with no actual changes to the strategy compared to the single line game with the same pay schedule, there\u2019s a \u201cfeel\u201d to each game that is different. This is useful information to some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once you\u2019ve chosen a game, with every hand you get a chart to the side (either before or after you select the hold — your choice) with the EV of the top several plays. This information is useful, particularly since it is right there. It\u2019s available on other software, but here it is displayed better. One problem is that it always gives you the \u201cmax coin\u201d play, no matter how many coins you\u2019re betting. This is no problem if you always bet maximum coins, which is the best play in terms of expected returns, but players sometimes like to play a lesser amount of coins. If that\u2019s you, using the Pro Training software will teach you the wrong plays based on the number of coins you are betting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have the Dynamic Replay option, where every time you make a mistake, the computer remembers and feeds it back to you several times until you get it correct enough times that it stops including it in the mix. This is probably a good thing if you\u2019re trying to learn the game with 100% accuracy. If you\u2019re a \u201cclose enough is good enough\u201d kind of player, you\u2019re going to be missing many difficult hands and these will keep being fed back to you. Which might be annoying. Since this is an optional feature, some people will want to use it, and some won\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can choose the level of difficulty you want — including easy, random, medium to difficult only, and difficult only. Difficulty is based on the difference in EV, which is, in general, not a particularly good proxy for the level of difficulty. In 9\/6 Jacks or Better, for example, if you\u2019re playing the difficult settings, more than half of the hands begin with an unsuited AJ (where you should always hold both cards) or a \u201cKT\u201d along with a lower card of the same suit. Here you should play the \u201cKT\u201d if there is no 9 in the hand and just the K if there is a 9 in the hand. These are important hands to know, but not hard to master and you\u2019re getting them more than half the time. Both WinPoker<\/em><\/strong> (where you can set the difference in EV and adjust it up or down depending on the particulars of a game and what you want) and Video Poker for Winners<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>(where a variety of hands are included in each of the settings in addition to just basing it on the difference in EV) do this function better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can select the cards you wish to study, as you can in all good trainers, but in Pro Training, it\u2019s not so user friendly. Let\u2019s say you want to look at the hand A\u2660 2\u2660 3\u2660 4\u2660 A\u2666. The answer in most games is to hold the spades. Then let\u2019s say you want to look at the similar hand A\u2660 2\u2660 3\u2660 5\u2660 A\u2666. (In Double Double Bonus, for example, the correct play is still the spades, but it\u2019s closer than the first example.) With Pro Training, you have to start over again and enter all five cards. In both WinPoker<\/em><\/strong> and Video Poker for Winners<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, you can start with the first hand and then change the 4 to a 5 with a click of your mouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, this software has plusses and minuses compared to others. If I played a lot of Ultimate X, Quick Quads, or one of the other games that this software helps you with and the other software products don\u2019t, I\u2019d definitely sign up for this software. A price of $6.95 a month (cheaper if you buy it by the year or are already a Gold Member) is small change compared to the value I\u2019d receive. Other people can sometimes find different reasons why Pro Training is valuable to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to try it out for yourself, you can get 1,000 free hands by going to www.videopoker.com\/gwae<\/a>. <\/p>\n Today we\u2019re continuing last week\u2019s discussion of comparing video poker software. If you\u2019re planning on playing Quick Quads or Ultimate X, the Pro Training software is the way to go. It\u2019s accurate and gives you correction. I\u2019m someone who highly values getting correction when I\u2019m trying to play a game for real money. Other games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6498,"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":"Comparing Software on Difficult Hands --- Part II of II by Bob Dancer","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[29,2],"tags":[428,414,196,418,2020],"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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