I regularly listen to Daniel Negreanu’s weekly rants which I find on Cardplayer.com. I find them enjoyable. His April 25 rant inspired this column although Negreanu was talking about poker and this column is about video poker. Continue reading What is your Nut?
Category: Video Poker
What a Waste and I Screwed Up
I have two different “half-topics” I want to discuss. Neither merits a full column, but maybe both of them together do. Continue reading What a Waste and I Screwed Up
Advice to New Advantage Players
Many of you know that my radio co-host for six months was Richard Munchkin. He writes interesting things for his website and a couple of months ago posted Advice to New Advantage Players. I liked his title so much I stole it! And I’m going to be referring back to what he wrote, so I suggest you read that first. Continue reading Advice to New Advantage Players
A Spa Suite on the NCL Epic
The last week in March, 2012, Shirley and I spent a week aboard the Norwegian Epic. This is the largest ship in the NCL line, although there are at least two larger ships on other cruise lines. With 4,000 passengers and a crew of 2,000, it is a floating city. Continue reading A Spa Suite on the NCL Epic
More Dogs than Bones
Most casinos have better-than-average promotions from time to time. Often, many players agree that a small number of machines are the best ones to play during one of these promotions. Continue reading More Dogs than Bones
A Further Look at Build A Wheel Poker
The title to this article implies I’ve written about this game previously. I haven’t. But I am going to refer you to somewhere else for the overview. Continue reading A Further Look at Build A Wheel Poker
The Machines Being Shut Down is the Good News — Part 2 of 2
The Machines Being Shut Down is the Good News — Part 1 of 2
A Picture worth Taking
I participate in both vpFREE and videopoker.com forums. Often players will hit some sort of jackpot, take a picture, and post it on one or both forums. Continue reading A Picture worth Taking
It’s a Gradual Process
For about a year and a half, I played 8/5 Bonus Poker Multi Strike (BPMS) at the Silverton for $120,000 a month coin-in. That game returned 0.20% more than regular 8/5 Bonus Poker (BP) — which means the EV is $240 a month higher for this much play. The swings were fairly large and BPMS strategy is more difficult than regular BP strategy — which meant most other players preferred BP even though it pays less — but the swings and complexity were within my comfort zone so I went with the higher-paying game. Continue reading It’s a Gradual Process