When you are dealt in PKM such that either card on the right can
satisfy the left 2 cards, do you consistently pick from the right or
left 3 cards? Do you do some other way to select? Would appreciate any
thoughts particularly Vp Pappy's.
Ed
PKM
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<snowbird010339@y...> wrote:
When you are dealt in PKM such that either card on the right can
satisfy the left 2 cards, do you consistently pick from the right
or
left 3 cards? Do you do some other way to select? Would appreciate
any
thoughts particularly Vp Pappy's.
Ed
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Ed,
I, personally, always pick the highest card when it doesn't matter
which one you pick. (left or right) Like when both cards are paying
cards, I always choose the higher of the two. It keeps me from
occasionally hitting a non-paying card over a paying card when I'm
tired or my attention span is weakening after playing several hours.
Like all VP games, the key to long-term winning is how many
mistakes you make over any given duration. Make the same mistake
over and over again, and the payback percentage comes down from
optimum.
Here's what I wrote in a recent article for Midwest Casino Guide on
the game:
"Pick'Em poker is a game that has been around for a long time and
is found in many casinos around the state. It still has one of the
best payback returns found on any casino game, (99.95%) especially
east of Vegas. The rules are quite simple:
1. The game is played with a virtual deck of 52 cards.
2. You make your bet of one to five coins. (Please, play max coins,
always)
3. You are dealt four cards, face up. Let's call them A, B, C, and
D.
4. The A and B cards are locked into your hand. You must take them.
5. Your only option is to choose either the C or the D card. You can
only hold one of them.
6. That's it! Just one choice to make. Sounds simple doesn't it.
A look up at the pay scale tells you that if you hit a royal
flush, you will win 6,000 credits. And as you go down the scale you
can see what the other winning hands pay.
You will notice that this game pays a lot more for the various
winning hands such as a Full House or a Flush than the other games
pay. This is because you never start out with anything more than
three cards...never! What that really means is that, unlike other
games where you are dealt and can keep five cards, you will never be
dealt a Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four-of-a-Kind, Full House,
Flush, or even a Straight.
So, as you probably figured out by know, the best hand that you
can ever start out with would be a Three-of-a-Kind which would give
you a two card draw at the forth and 600 credits if you hit it.
Compared to other video poker games, the proper strategy is a lot
simpler and easier to remember. If want to know more about how to
play this game, type Pick'Em poker into a good search engine like
Google, or go to wizardofodds.com where the Wiz himself will have
lots of info online about it, including a printable strategy card
that you can get for free."
Terrence "VP Pappy" Murphy
"An ounce of correct strategy is worth a pound of luck."
--VP Pappy
PS: Results of my last session playing quarter P'E at Greektown
last Thursday:
Start noon. Finished at 6:45 (approx 5500 hands?)
RF-----0
SF-----0
4-----2
FH-----10
FL-----13
ST-----16 (LOW)
3-----157 (lOW)
DEALT 3 OF A KIND----21 (hit two)
DEALT & PLAYED 3 ROYALS---16
Got up 800 credits, got greedy, stayed too long and lost a $100.
And another hundred on top of that. But hit the four deuces for $250
playing NSUD (Not So Ugly Deuces or Ducks)next door. Lost $50 at 9/6
JB. Hit for $150 playing da slots (yea, yea, I know what a lousy bet
they are, but I still like to play them) and came out ahead for the
day.
"He who wins and runs away, lives to gamble another day."
--VP Pappy