Norden wrote: "Bob doesn't chase Royals unless he gets a bonus for a Royal. Chasing is a sucker play and Bob is an excellent player. BTW I once went 10 cycles between Royals. That hurt!"
I think pretty much all video poker players are "royal chasers", perhaps some don't know it. The only way you're not a royal chaser is if you have enough overlay to get a freeroll at the royal (around over 2% overlay with maxEV strategy) or you play odd progressives or games like Pick'Em (in which case you're a quad chaser) or flush attack (in which case you're a flush chaser) or Triple Double Bonus (in which case you're an aces with kicker chaser) or you use something like MaxNonRoyal strategy (you discount the value of the royal as a long shot). There's probably some other odd exceptions I can't think of offhand, gambling is full of exceptions to the rule.
If you're playing a breakeven game, in general, if you hit a royal in a cycle, you breakeven. If you hit a royal in less than a cycle, you're probably a net winner, and if it takes you more than a cycle to hit a royal, you're probably a net loser. So, whether you know it or not, you're a "royal chaser". The royal is generally some 2% or so of the return, so if you care about that, you're a "royal chaser".
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