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#1

"murphyfields" Wrote:

And in
the end it may be nice to have a reason to choose that suited AT over
just the ace, just to up your chances of hitting a royal.

The game in question is 9/6 JOB-- no High Cards,other than the Ace.

The best reason to choose suited Ace, Ten over just the Ace is that you're playing a progressive machine and the Royal is greater than or equal to 4368 coins. Just be sure there are no flush penalty cards--that would be another card in the same suit as the Ace, Ten--with a flush penalty the threshold for the Ace,Ten choice goes to greater than or equal to 5285 coins.

If you have chosen a non-progressive 9/6 JOB game make sure you know the suited Ace, Ten choice is more costly if there is either a flush penalty or straight penalty--a straight penalty would be a High Card in a different suit than the suited Ace, Ten.

All penalty cards are not created equal--it's a mistake to completely ignore them. The higher the denomination you choose the more costly this type of penalty card mistake will be.

Linda Boyd
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#2

Linda:

A very good point, but again it assumes you are attempting to maximize
EV instead of one of the alternative goal strategies. If you want to
use a min-cost-royal or best-shot-royal, then, according the the
charts, suited AT is better than just the A.

Of course, there will also be penalty cards associated with these
strategies, and those may be difficult to obtain.

The point I was trying to make was IF you are playing using an
alternative strategy, then suited AT may be preferable.
Alternatively, taking in the human element, if someone decides that
they want to hold a suited AT over just the A, then they can use an
alternative strategy to justify that decision, for good or bad. Yes,
it is a poor play if you are trying to maximize EV, but a "good" play
if you are trying to minimize the overall cost of a royal or give the
best shot at a royal.

Again, I am not advocating one approach over another.

- John

"murphyfields" Wrote:

>And in
>the end it may be nice to have a reason to choose that suited AT over
>just the ace, just to up your chances of hitting a royal.

The game in question is 9/6 JOB-- no High Cards,other than the Ace.

The best reason to choose suited Ace, Ten over just the Ace is that

you're playing a progressive machine and the Royal is greater than or
equal to 4368 coins. Just be sure there are no flush penalty
cards--that would be another card in the same suit as the Ace,
Ten--with a flush penalty the threshold for the Ace,Ten choice goes to
greater than or equal to 5285 coins.

If you have chosen a non-progressive 9/6 JOB game make sure you know

the suited Ace, Ten choice is more costly if there is either a flush
penalty or straight penalty--a straight penalty would be a High Card
in a different suit than the suited Ace, Ten.

All penalty cards are not created equal--it's a mistake to

completely ignore them. The higher the denomination you choose the
more costly this type of penalty card mistake will be.

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Linda Boyd
Author: "The Video Poker Edge"
www.squareonepublishers.com
Toll Free: 1-877-900-2665
Amazon.com/Bookstores: Stocked or By Order
Best Tutorial Software: WinPoker
www.videopokerpractice.com

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#3

The game in question is 9/6 JOB-- no High Cards,other than the Ace.
The best reason to choose suited Ace, Ten over just the Ace is that

you're playing a progressive machine ...

All penalty cards are not created equal--it's a mistake to

completely ignore them. The higher the denomination you choose the
more costly this type of penalty card mistake will be.

Comments:

Why do you say "no High Cards,other than the Ace" - Jack is a high
card isn't it?

I thought those three strategies just referred to plain vanilla 9/6
JoB; no progressive explicitly stated.

Are you considering situations here that were not contained in the 49-
rule strategy enumerated there (with respect to penalty cards)?

This is getting too complicated; looks like I have walked strainght
into a pandora's nest!!

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#4

<<This is getting too complicated; looks like I have walked strainght into a
pandora's nest!!>>

Tread lightly on this hot water or the conflagration may inundate us all.

Cogno

#5

"murphyfields" Wrote:

And in
the end it may be nice to have a reason to choose that suited AT over
just the ace, just to up your chances of hitting a royal.

The game in question is 9/6 JOB-- no High Cards,other than the Ace.

The best reason to choose suited Ace, Ten over just the Ace is that you're playing a progressive machine and the Royal is greater than or equal to 4368 coins.

This reminds me of a friend who was playing at the Frontier many years
ago. There was some kind of promotion for 5 coins or more and the
best game was to play 5 coins on the game on which 8 coins was the
maximum. It was a little tricky to play 5 coins, since I believe the
only way to do it was to hit the "play 1 coin" button 5 times every
hand. I'm pretty sure she knew not to hold the ten with an ace, but
apparently, I wasn't sure enough. She was very proud of the $4250
6-coin royal she hit holding ace, ten, making two mistakes on one
hand.

#6

<<This is getting too complicated; looks like I have walked strainght

into a pandora's nest!!>>

Tread lightly on this hot water or the conflagration may inundate us

all.

wasn't aware that pandora's nest is burning with hot water! I better
drop this like a ton of hot potatoes, while the barn door is still
unlocked.

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