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Advice on learning VP

Hello all!

I'm a new member to vpFREE. I have been going to casinos for years and have played video poker as a recreational player. I want to improve my skills but not sure of the most appropriate way to start. When I walk into a casino and see the rows of vp machines, it gets overwhelming and I am never to clear on what machines are worth playing and if I am making the best decisions during my play.

My question: Should I start by picking up a book on vp or by getting one of the many software training programs available?

Like I said earlier, I have been a recreational player for years so I understand the very basics of the game, but I guess I am looking to take my game to the next level and learn a little more in depth about vp.

Thanks!

You could do worse than starting with the best VP training software, since it's only $55! Dan Paymar has been working on his OpVP software for many years, always attempting to improve it beyond what anyone else has ever dreamed of, and his version 3.1 (new released) reflects his vast knowledge of the subject. An engineer with a project, he is always fiddling with it to keep it the best. My understanding is there will be frequent updates, as he improves OpVP, and I suspect updates will be free, or at least inexpensive.

If your goal is to move to the next achievement level with VP, realize that by doing it all by yourself it could take thousands of hours of thoughtful, insightful study to advance significantly. Or you could spring for the $55, as I did recently, and you will become a master of VP, and quickly.

OpVP lets you tackle any pay schedule for any game, even games that haven't been proposed yet! For starters, you'll want to know the vast variety of games that are out there. Using vPFREE2 (free, actually, thru vpFREE) will lead you to most casinos throughout the country, and show you every VP game each has in inventory. You'll be amazed at the variety of pay schedules for some game; they can number a dozen or more. Dan's OpVP permits you to set up any one of these games with its exact pay schedule, and will prepare the optimum playing strategy for that game (which you can print out as your very own property). Then you can practice that precise strategy, and as you play the software teaches you to play accurately, according to that detailed strategy.

Well, at $55 it's truly cheap!

you certainly need software if you're going to get serious.

free VP software, primitive graphics but still the one I use most
often: http://wolfvideopoker.com/FVP.htm

i actually use the full (paid) version of Wolf, but there's not a huge
difference. VPW is prettier and has multiplay and bankroll analysis;
Frugal/Wolf has strategy analysis and practice features which VPW
lacks. and Frugal is, well, free. (OpVP is ... uh ... incomplete is
the most tactful word I can think of.)

free information on video poker, worth looking through before you
purchase a book - and some resources that you will not find in any
book: http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/

cheers,

five

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:08 PM, CG <cgeorgenc777@yahoo.com> wrote:

My question: Should I start by picking up a book on vp or by getting one of the many software training programs available?

What is "incomplete" with OpVP especially the latest version?

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From: fivespot <fivespot55@gmail.com>

(OpVP is ... uh ... incomplete is
the most tactful word I can think of.)

not being able to analyze SDB, SDDB, CotD promotions, or anything else
requiring custom payout fields, seems like a pretty glaring omission
in any video poker software. and while the website claims OpVP can
handle "certain bonus versions" of Deuces Wild, it doesn't ship with
BDW or DBDW and i don't see how you'd add them.

(the manual in the most recent available demo version of OpVP states:
"The program supports only the game structures provided. Hand types,
kickers, etc., can not be changed, added, or deleted.")

these are all games which i have played for a profit in the las vegas
area in the last four years, and which i needed software help for; i'm
not exactly stretching to find examples here.

best wishes,

five

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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Bob Vp <bobvp4809@yahoo.com> wrote:

What is "incomplete" with OpVP especially the latest version?