On gamblingwithanedge.com, Grosjean says he throws away royals on UTH to avoid the paperwork hassle and keep playing. On video poker machines you can’t throw away royals because traditionally on slots the machine locks up on top jackpots, but you can play max-non-royal-strategy to minimize royals and maximize the other hands and then have a friend or streetperson take the paperwork for a nominal fee when the inevitable royals come. The same problem occurs on video poker machines as in UTH, casinos like to backoff customers who hit royals, basically they are sore losers. So, avoid the tracking cards and come back another day. Casino games aren’t played in isolation, they are played in casinos, and almost always the quirky practices of the casino changes optimum strategy.