Since we seem to be on the subject, let's examine the REAL CONs
about 'Full-Time' Video Poker players:
1. Casinos convincing VP players that using the slot club card and
playing for special double points or whatever while losing your money
on VP is a good move because you are getting comps for free rooms,
meals, shows, etc. - They do this one real well - I can think of no
other way they could get people to willingly spend $500 for a lunch
buffet or $2000 for a couple nights of free hotel rooms.
2. VP players thinking they will reach the "long term" and actually
make money on the effort by playing the same denomination for as many
hands as possible. It doesn't take much time playing standard VP
games like FPDW or JOB to figure out that the basic money flow
situation is that of losing money on a "97%" game whilst waiting for
a Royal Flush that is supposed to come every 40,000 to 70,000 hands
depending on the game. Quiz question - how many hands would it take
before you would even know if something was amiss with the Royal
Flush probability ( maybe 30 cycles = 1.5 to 2 million hands ). Who
wants to bet 2 million hands only to find out at the end of it, that
the machines didn't really work the way you thought they would???
Even Deuces Wild depends on waiting for the Royal Flush as well as
the Four Deuces, and you are playing a "95%" game in the meantime.
Even assuming that the jackpot hands arrive on schedule, you are
basically playing a game of musical chairs where you hand the casinos
your money and hope that the music doesn't stop before you get the
Royal Flush or 4 Deuces to get some of your money back. Imagine
what would happen if suddenly all of the 100%+ games were changed to
negative games overnight from the casinos - so much for 'Advantage
Play' for anybody that is 'behind' on the Royal Flush cycle at that
point. Or what if you are just not that lucky with Royal Flushes
for whatever reason? Guess you just spent thousands of hours
banging on VP machine buttons for nothing.
3. Why do some of the 'Advantage Play' teachers openly admit to
losing tens of thousands of dollars at times ( -$30,000 is mentioned
at one place even for durations approaching 1 year while playing
every day ), but people still think this is an 'easy way' to make
money?
4. The remedy for poor results in 'Advantage Play' is BUY MY
BOOK/SOFTWARE/SEMINAR, MORE HANDS, MULTI-PLAY, MORE COIN-IN, JUST
BELIEVE IN THE LONG TERM, and FASTER SPEED. Gee, wonder who
benefits from that one? Think this might lead to an ADDICTION
anyone? One of the common definitions of insanity is to keep doing
the same thing expecting different results. Most people would make
more working at McDonald's or Wal-Mart per hour than with
supposed 'Advantage VP Play', and there is no risk of losing $30,000
in the effort.
5. Even if someone is making money using 'Advantage Play', does
anyone really think it is an intelligent use of your time to sit for
8-12 hours per day at a VP machine staring at a computer screen,
punching buttons as fast as possible (carpal tunnel, anyone?),
inhaling tons of second-hand smoke, eating non-healthy food or even
skipping meals, listening to loud music, dodging drunks, druggies,
con artists, whores, cranky Alzheimer-affected retiree gamblers, and
drifters, just so you might make $20-30 per hour even if everything
goes PERFECTLY? Shoot, I'd rather be a truck driver than do that.
6. People thinking they will 'get rich' by moving to Las Vegas just
to play the VP machines. Imagine, buying overpriced housing in a
bubble market ( another GREATER FOOL THEORY ), located in the
cesspool of morality on the idea that you will someday 'beat' the
casinos 'long term' and there will be no significant risk, negative
consequences, family impact, or addiction issues.
So, tell me who is the idiot - the person believing this long-
term 'Advantage Player VP' hook, or the person that uses FREE
STRATEGIES provided on a website to maximize their chances of
profiting in one of more SHORT-TERM SESSIONS as an occasional part-
time entertainment???