Another Video Poker Tournament --- Another Strategy
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I couldn't understand couple of points Bob makes in this article.
For one, he says -
Whatever play you make on these hands, make them FAST! Time spent
thinking about the hands during the tournament is time wasted. If you
want to practice on a computer, if you're going to just go for the
royal, change every pay schedule category to zero except for the royal.
If you are practising on a computer, as long as you follow the Chase
the Royal At All Costs strategy, what difference does it make whether
you zero the other categories or not?
Does it help to speed up the computer processing of your hand once you
made your choice?
A Myth
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vpFae6128305" <vpfae6128305@...> wrote:
Another Video Poker Tournament --- Another Strategy
Adams Myth wrote:
If you are practising on a computer, as long as you follow the Chase
the Royal At All Costs strategy, what difference does it make whether
you zero the other categories or not?
The only way a tutor will properly flag errors in your "chase the
royal" strategy practice is to zero out the non-royal values.
- Harry
That makes sense. In general, when you want to review your mistakes.
In this special case of WildGooseRoyalChase, to the extent of Bob's
recommendation of holding the King out of a 2-2-2-2-K hand, the tutor
is is not that relevant, is she?
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter" <harry.porter@...> wrote:
The only way a tutor will properly flag errors in your "chase the
royal" strategy practice is to zero out the non-royal values.- Harry
Adams Myth wrote:
In this special case of WildGooseRoyalChase, to the extent of Bob's
recommendation of holding the King out of a 2-2-2-2-K hand, the tutor
is is not that relevant, is she?
The Dancer suggested strategy tosses the quad. If you don't modify
the paytable as suggested ("0" out all pays except RF), holding the K
during practice will flag an error.
- H.
I meant so say, the Chase-the-Royal strategy is being so simple, does
one need to invoke the tutor to flag mistakes? If you are practising
for speed, you are better off turning the tutor off, and let your
fingers Dance!
On the Dancer Strategy, I have difficulty tossing the quad. Can you
afford to toss the quad, admittedly a far better chance at 800 coins
(depends on what the game is) than a Royal at 4000 coins (1 in 47 as
opposed to 1 in several orders of magnitude higher)?
He says in the same post that -
The final point is simple, but missed by quite a few novice players.
If 820 credits are needed for 25th (last) place, there is no difference
between a score of 815 and 115.
The same logic applies (doesn't it?) for the first and second place
finishes. Let's say you've already gotten a Royal. And believe that
another may have gotten it too. Wouldn't the quad give you an advantage
over that person?
I am just thinking loud, with no aversion to be shown that I am wrong.
Knowing I am wrong would be good; it is not knowing that I am wrong
that is bad.
A Myth
Oh, BTW, what's the logic behind holding two-4's from the hand of
QQ445, as opposed to holding two-Queens? Is he assuming that the game
is DDB, where 4's have an advantage over the Queens, in a quad
situation?
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter" <harry.porter@...> wrote:
The Dancer suggested strategy tosses the quad. If you don't modify
the paytable as suggested ("0" out all pays except RF), holding the K
during practice will flag an error.