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Different Strategies for Different Goals

5-card wrote:

I had considered adding a page to my site devoted to playing strategies that
would accomplish a specific goal with smallest loss of EV. Here is an
example.

More RF's playing DB
10/7 DB has an EV of 100.17%. Strategy changes that reduce the EV to 100.08%
can/will reduce the royal cycle by more than 25%.

I decided that even if I started the page by explaining that every strategy
change listed would possibly/probably result in a long-term loss of EV many
players would be trying the strategies modified for short-term results.

An interesting idea. I suspect that many tourists are more interested
in royals than in long-term EV. Note, however, that although a loss
of 0.09% in EV sounds small, it's about half of the player's
advantage.

On a similar thought, Yuri has written articles in Video Poker Times
on minimizing Risk of Ruin. The strategy changes have less effect on
EV and variance.

Dan

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Dan Paymar, author of the book, "Video Poker - Optimum Play"
Editor and Publisher of "Video Poker Times" newsletter
Web site at http://www.OptimumPlay.com

"Chance favors the prepared mind."
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