--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "tomflush" <tomflush@...> wrote:
> From time to time, I see people charting video poker machines. .....
> what am I missing by not charting ?
> thanks in advance....Tom
Tom, I don't think you are missing anything. The reason I 'chart' is that at some point during the session, I will think something 'unusual' has happened. Like why am I down $200 after 2 hours of single line quarter NSUD? I'll take a look at the chart and see that I have played 2000 hands, have put $2500 through the machine and have had no deuces or royals. This accounts for about $150 of the loss.
I have tracked about 60,000 hands of single NSUD. I keep track of all hands SF or higher. It's interesting to see the totals for each of these hands pretty close to the expected value. You can see your results are dominated by the deuces and royals. In fact, I graphed each session and you can tell where the deuces and royals were hit for the most part. Most of my sessions are an hour or two.
Sometimes I'll count quads or full house draws in DB. I like numbers and it is reassuring to see the theory actually matches the reality.
I think it would be educational for every person to do this at least once for a royal cycle or 2. Especially the people who have missed their last 27 flush draws. Tracking shows how inaccurate our memories are in the casino environment.
