Re: [vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LVA Column - 19 JAN 2016

 

Queen of Comps wrote: "The day I try not to get a royal flush is the day I will quit playing VP!!!!!!!!"

Trying to get a royal is not enough to specify a strategy, as long as the machine locks up on dealt royals, any strategy will get a royal. You need an additional constraint, such as average cost of getting a royal.

If money is no object, like in free tournaments or free play or you're forced to play for pennies when you have a Bob Dancer or Richard Brody sized bankroll where there is no difference between a penny and zero, then maxRoyal strategy is optimal:

5RF>4RF>3RF>2RF>1RF>draw five

If the average cost of getting a royal is an issue, then min-cost-royal strategy is optimal:

http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1955/20228/V/FAQ_S.htm#MCR http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1955/20228/V/FAQ_S.htm#MCR

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LVA Column - 19 JAN 2016

 

My experience has been that game denomination is probably the biggest risk factor for barring or casino countermeasures. To some extent many casino managers have embraced the video poker flea model and seem to only become upset when they are beat by players at high denomination play, especially above $1. Multiline play at a lower denomination probably is beneficial when available, but really high coin in figures probably stand out too.

Personally, I only like to play 2000-3000 hands a day maximum for physical comfort and mental sanity. That's why I prefer to play high denomination games. Unfortunately it comes with the added casino scrutiny.

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> On Jan 19, 2016, at 10:52 PM, 007 007@embarqmail.com [vpFREE] <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> From my experience, the correlation between hitting jackpots and
> getting kicked out is being greatly exaggerated. It's as if a casino
> is so trigger happy that one jackpot will get you barred for life, but
> if you otherwise play as a professional but get unlucky, they'll love
> you.
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Re: [vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LVA Column - 19 JAN 2016

 

007 writes: "There are costs to hitting jackpots, but I find it hard to believe
that these costs generally even come close to the amount of the
jackpot."

Let's look at some numbers. MaxEV has an average royal cycle of 43,456 and an average return of 0.997 making the average cost to hit a royal about 130 bets. Max-non-royals has an average royal cycle of 66,598 and an average return of 0.992 making the average cost to hit a royal about 533 bets. But Max-non-royals gives you an extra 23,142 hands to make up that deficit, meaning 403/23142 = 1.7% is the crossover. That could be one extra mailer or one extra day on a big multiplier, or at a tight casino maybe two extra mailers and two extra days on a double multiplier plus a bonus gift card day plus a drawing.

You have to keep in mind that getting backed off excludes you from future casino promotions, the actual video poker game itself is relatively meaningless, it's just a cost of getting into the promotions.

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Re: [vpFREE] Re: Bob Dancer's LVA Column - 19 JAN 2016

 

About max-non-royal strategy:

The day I try not to get a royal flush is the day I will quit playing VP!!!!!!!!

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[vpFREE] Jackpot Pictures - 20 JAN 2016

 

Jackpot Pictures - 20 JAN 2016

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[vpFREE] vpFREE Member Participation Expectations - 20 JAN 2016

 

vpFREE Member Participation Expectations - 20 JAN 2016

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