I\u2019ve recently written some more-complicated-than-normal (for me) articles concerning playing strategies. Today won\u2019t be one of those!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of my regular posters, Boris from Switzerland, posted (paraphrasing): \u201cThis is fine for the advanced players. Recreational players can use a phone app to get the same information. And they\u2019ll probably get away with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The reason I\u2019ve never recommended this is because in Nevada and several other jurisdictions as well, using an electronic device to tell you how to play the hands is a felony. I\u2019ve never heard of a player being arrested for this, but there\u2019s always a first time. On Gambling with an Edge<\/em>, <\/strong>attorney Bob Nersessian said several times that if a player were arrested for this, Nersessian would not be interested in defending him. \u201cIt\u2019s against the law,\u201d Nersessian said. \u201cDon\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s easy to make the argument that so many people use their cell phones for a variety of purposes in a casino, a player using a video poker app probably won\u2019t be caught. And that\u2019s true. You probably won\u2019t be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But what if you are? A small chance of being convicted for this is a LOT worse than no chance at all. When I started my video poker career, I did a number of things that weren\u2019t completely on the up and up. I wrote about several of them in my Million Dollar Video Poker<\/em>. So, I\u2019m hardly in position to take the high moral ground on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But when I was starting, I believed I was a \u201cnobody\u201d gambler. I believed the worst a casino would do is to kick me out and say don\u2019t come back. And it probably wouldn\u2019t come to that. It was at least possible that I\u2019d get off with just a warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I now am not in the same position. I am moderately famous in the gambling world, and a \u201cfall from grace\u201d today would be a lot more severe. Plus, I always assume, rightly or wrongly, that in casinos that do allow me to play, I have a much shorter rope than an unknown player would have. Receiving a warning instead of being prosecuted is much less likely for me today than it was 30 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another factor that is true for me that isn\u2019t universally true for other players is that I have the ability to figure out and master strategies, and I enjoy doing so. Thinking about, writing about, studying, and playing video poker occupies a much larger part of my waking hours, even after about 30 years of doing this, than these things occupy in the lives of most other players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Other players have enough responsibilities and chosen activities that they simply do not have the time and ability to do what I do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Legality and ability aside, it takes time to look up a hand. I like to play at 1,000 hands per hour or so, and getting out the app, turning it on, making sure you\u2019re on the right game, and actually entering the five cards doesn\u2019t happen instantaneously. Many players aren\u2019t positive of the correct play but don\u2019t want to slow down and take the time to look it up. If you have the game memorized, you don\u2019t have these time delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, I\u2019m not going to commit this felony. I advise you not to. But I understand why the temptation to this might be strong for some players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve recently written some more-complicated-than-normal (for me) articles concerning playing strategies. Today won\u2019t be one of those! One of my regular posters, Boris from Switzerland, posted (paraphrasing): \u201cThis is fine for the advanced players. Recreational players can use a phone app to get the same information. 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