1. Possible Strategy Change
Back to my question. If you are going to pay a tip of one per
cent or $40 on a 4000 hand pay ($1 Job) this makes the royal worth
$3960. If you use this value for the royal and run the advance
strategy then two changes appear in the new ranking of hands. The
new strategy places the suited JT under the unsuited KQJ. This does
not involve a decision since you cannot have such a dilemma. If all
four cards are in the hand you have a KQJT and that is an open ended
outside straight with 3 high cards and thus has a much higher rank
than the other two combinations.It appears that the only hand that does change with a $3960 royal
is the dropping a suited ten when you have a suited King and Ten and
1 flush penalty. The new strategy places suited the K-10 below a
redraw and thus you hold the King only when you have a flush penalty.I am seriously asking this question. Do all of you make this
strategy change? This is under the assumption that you will tip $40
if you get a royal at the dollar level. I know that I will tip this
much. I just never looked at how VPSM would change with a royal
worth only $3,960 until all the discussion about different levels of
strategy perfection with JoB.Some were speaking of perfect play and others were speaking of
simplicity. Again, I now longer find perfect strategy difficult to
learn and play. I can just as easily miss a second pair as one of
the other hands I have learned that differs from basic play. Do you
all incorporate this suited K-10 with a flush penalty change if you
tip?
Your question is not only interesting and makes a valid point, but leads to the next VERY logical question - do you change strategy to avoid OTHER reportable (W2G) events - which occur on higher denom. machines - because of their TAX implications, for those who only pay taxes on W2G income (not the proper way to follow the tax code, of course).
When you start talking THIS level of strategy change, the strategy soon becomes "never play anything that can generate a payoff of $1200 or more"!! Or at least, to take strategy one step in that direction, only play quarters, but allow mulitplay and take the risk of catching more than $1200 total payout once in a great while (but not just on a royal on one line, for example).
I honestly find it hard to believe that anyone who pays taxes in accordance with current tax laws can find ANY positive expectation games after all the ancillary fiscal impacts are considered!
--BG
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