Vegasvpplayer wrote: It will be a sad day for video poker players if casinos allow the use of electronic devices in the casino to assist players. The only possible outcome will be the downgrade of the few playable opportunities that remain.
I disagree. Using an iPhone APP is VERY slow. Playing with a strategy memorized strong players can play at 800-1000 an hour or so. Looking up every hand you can play at a rate of 100 hands an hour or so. Someone who starts out their session looking up every play usually quickly gets bored with the process and abandons it.
Usually players using such an APP for playing a lot of hands are not particularly competent. They don't know the game well and they are still making mistakes on some of the hands they don't look up.
A decent player with such an APP might check it a few times an hour at most. As a tool it's a useful one but the end result is that most players who have one in the casino do not use it ENOUGH. Just having the APP with them gives them a lot of confidence that they feel they don't need to use the APP.
Bottom line, It is a useful-enough tool to the competent player, but I don't think it has much of an effect on a casino's bottom line.
Bob
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