{"id":13958,"date":"2017-10-24T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=13958"},"modified":"2017-10-24T09:25:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:25:08","slug":"is-this-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/is-this-correct\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This Correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I get lots of emails from players asking about this or that. If the questions aren\u2019t too frequent from the same player, I usually answer them. I recently got a question which I very much disliked from a player named Gary.<\/p>\n

\u201cBob, I’ve been trying to figure something out that Linda Boyd said on YouTube. She said that when you were dealt the 4\u2660 9\u2663 J\u2665 Q\u2665<\/span> K\u2660 that you would hold the J\u2665 Q\u2665<\/span>. Is that true, because to me the 9\u2663 is a penalty card, not really sure what to think of all this, would you help me out?”<\/p>\n

Here are my problems with this question:<\/p>\n

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  1. It is so easy to look up how to play a hand using software. Any player trying to learn should have one or more video poker software products. This level of information is also available for free online. Emailing me to ask how to play a hand is equivalent to asking me to add 432 to 743. Yes, I know how to do it, but I\u2019m not interested in being a calculator for you. If you are unable or unwilling to look up how to play a hand, playing video poker well is beyond your capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Gary didn\u2019t tell me what game he was talking about. For some games, 9\/6 Jacks or Better among them (which is the game most authors write about), J\u2665 Q\u2665<\/span> is the correct play. For other games, such as the versions of Double Bonus where you receive 5-for-1 for a straight, you play 9\u2663 J\u2665 Q\u2665<\/span> K\u2660. Somehow, I\u2019m supposed to figure out the game that Gary is interested in.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Gary mentioned a penalty card, although not in a way that indicates he knows what he\u2019s talking about. Penalty cards are a consideration for advanced players — and many such players think they are more trouble than they\u2019re worth. At the minimum, however, you need to know basic strategy cold before you start messing with penalty cards. And if Gary is asking about this particular hand, he clearly doesn\u2019t have basic strategy mastered.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        The fact that Gary is at the intermediate level is neither here nor there. Everybody starts at the beginning and each one of us is at a different point along the learning curve. I\u2019ve had raw beginners in my classes as well as students who are professional video poker players. If Gary were to attend class or discuss private lessons, that would be fine.<\/p>\n

        But asking me questions that he could answer easily himself is abusing my generosity. I do answer questions via email for free, but not questions like this.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"youtube\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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