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Hitting eight royals at the Cosmo is not an indicator that someone is a good player. Generally speaking, good players avoid the Cosmo because the video poker games there are not being good.
Even if he was playing good games there some time in the past, the number of royals someone hits is largely a function of:
a. Blind luck --- most hands ending in a royal do not require a large amount of skill to play. On some hands, bad players will get royals while good players won't. For example, consider KQJ of one suit, another king, and a fifth card. In many games, it's correct to hold KK, where you cannot get the royal. If someone holds the suited KQJ anyway, one time in 1081 he'll connect.
b. How many hours they've played.
c. Number of lines you're playing. If you're playing single line games, it might take 500 hours on average to hit 8 royals. If you're playing Hundred Play, it's conceivable you'll hit eight or more royals over one weekend.
d. Generally speaking, good players do not play at a bar. Buttons are stickier, games are often worse, and people are always talking to you making concentration on the game more difficult. Still, you can get your drinks faster and to some folks this is important.
I'd need to know quite a bit more about this "IT guy" before I accepted he knew anything about video poker. If he was a programmer for IGT for the past 15 years, then yeah, he knows what he is talking about. If he's a data base administrator for an insurance company, he may or may not be knowledgeable.
Also, you don't say precisely, but it sounds like you weren't there when the conversation took place and are repeating what your husband told you about a conversation he had while at a bar. There could easily be nuances to what was said that got missed somewhere along the way.
Games in Nevada generally have one deck per line played. Triple Play games use three decks. Fifty Play games use 50 decks. The designer/manufacturer of the games select how the game is played, with how many decks, and casinos do not change this.
Despite what this IT guy may or may not have said at a bar.
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From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Caesarmalone caesarmalone@yahoo.com [vpFREE] <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 11:06 AM
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Subject: [vpFREE] Triple deck??
My husband is a good vp player. 8 royals at the Cosmo one year alone. However, last two years are pretty bad. An IT guy sat next to him at the bar and told him that it is impossible to tell if you are playing with a single deck, two or even three. If so, then the odds listed on the front screen are based on what? Can the casino change the number of decks however they want?
Sorry if this message has repeated itself as I am new to writing to this site.
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