Your right, t'is the video he calls boring. And he was using max EV strategy although saw him hesitate a few times. Maybe it was distraction from the girls heard in the video.
I pictured a bunch of Bodog/Bovada models standing behind him.
Shack did like to have his picture taken with them back in the day.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Douglas V" <tringlomane@...> wrote:
>
> I dunno if he really calls the game boring. He definitely calls the video boring on his page, which it generally is as he is pretty much giving us the silent treatment and doesn't hit many big hands/streaks until near the end. But I am curious as to what the girls laughing in his video were playing/doing.
>
> Also, another interesting thing about that video at least to me, is that he mostly played a straightforward max EV strategy for single-line, but there were about a half-dozen plays where I thought an alternative move may have been better for "advancing up the ladder". For example, hold 2789 instead of 279 suited. Or hold deuce only vs. A2T suited.
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <haaljo@> wrote:
> >
> > Here's the link to the wizard's web page on this game:
> > http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/winning-streak/
> >
> > Shack also has a 6 minute you tube video linked.
> >
> > T'is a fun video. All you got to do is watch the last couple of minutes because he doesn't get a "winning streak" until the end.
> > Shack calls the game boring. Looks frustrating to me.
> >
> > Watching the video didn't even make my arms start to itch.
> >
> >
> > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "GilbertA" <gilrus47@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The game is analyzed on the Wizard of Odds website if you want the return.
> > >
> > > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vp_wiz" <harry.porter@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > As a "rip off", Winning Streak appears to be clumsily executed (relative to the fine tuning with which MultiStrike was implemented).
> > > >
> > > > WMS has omitted the "Free Ride", which was a device that LED used ensure that player return wasn't diminished as number of levels played (total wager) is increased. (A requirement in some jurisdictions.)
> > > >
> > > > In fact, I wonder if the WMS Winning Streak is even compliant in such jurisdictions, except for very weak paytables.
> > > >
> > > > The bottom line is that it's my guess that even if Winning Streak features a strong base paytable such as 9/6 JB, the overall max-wager game return is inferior (rather than stronger) ... perhaps why one shouldn't expect to see strong paytables on a WS machine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "pyiddy" <pyiddy@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Their new "Winning Streak" VP looks like a rip off of Multi-Strike. (IGT was
> > > > > able to introduce Pick-A-Pair even though that is an exact clone of Bally's
> > > > > PickEm so I suspect that it will survive legal issues.)
> > > >
> > >
> >
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