[vpFREE] Re: The First Video Poker Pros

 

mickey wrote: "He went all the way to his grave never telling people of his achievements in the video poker world."

I wonder if all his gold caches were found?

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Re: [vpFREE] some thoughts on the April 5 GWAE radio show

 

mickey wrote: "A 9/6 Jacks progressive with a 1% meter and a royal that starts at 2788 coins is a 100% game. The 2788 coin strategy is the one used to milk the meter for all its worth. The royal odds are 47, 245."

Yeah, so, a 2788 royal should return 99%, which is 100% minus the 1% meter, and thus MCR strategy. There was no card club back then, if there was, that would come out of the 100% also. A 1% meter is similar to 1% cashback, though there are some special rules. You only get the full amount if you're part of the team or you play till it hits, even if you're not the one who hits it. Technically you don't get the meter till you hit it, but at that point you get the meter times the number of players, so it averages out, if you play till it hits. If you quit before it hits, you're only entitled to a share of the meter, on average.

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[vpFREE] Re: The First Video Poker Pros

 

I wish I could find my old attmail from the mid-late 1990s - I lived in Rancho Cordova and made many trips to Reno/Tahoe and played my own VP circuit (which included cleaning out the unlinked Flush Attacks at JA Nugget). I had occasion to play/work some of the relatively few remaining good progressive banks around town with one of those old pros, and he had talked about Tuna. You could still be an hourly if you can prove you are good with strategy. Paid about $10 an hour, depending. I came around in the twilight of those days. The pro told me the competition was brutal among the teams, and Tuna was still a big influence then.

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Re: [vpFREE] some thoughts on the April 5 GWAE radio show

 

I had a total brain aneuryism in my post about the 4880 coin royal. Totally ignore that. I'm not above admitting when I'm wrong. That's what I "used to think" about how it's done.

A 9/6 Jacks progressive with a 1% meter and a royal that starts at 2788 coins is a 100% game. The 2788 coin strategy is the one used to milk the meter for all its worth. The royal odds are 47, 245.

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[vpFREE] The First Video Poker Pros

 

I heard many a story about Tuna Lund and his machine exploits in my time spent in Reno. He was the subject of many a conversation between local gambling pros. I recently put many of those stories up in a thread about Tuna on 2+2 forums. The poker pros who knew him were surprised he was making so much money on machines. He just didn't tell them about it when he was living. He went all the way to his grave never telling people of his achievements in the video poker world.

And I heard stories about Kenny the Klone. He was a degree'd electrical engineer who showed up in Reno in the eighties. He analyzed the video poker progressives around town and found them to be exploitable. His problem was he was a compulsive gambler who couldn't keep a bankroll. So he taught the progressives to Tuna. Tuna quickly capitalized on it and continued to do so throughout his life.

Ray Zee is a famous old card player who has a ranch outside of Whitefish, Montana. He was friend with and played poker with all the old great poker players. He invested his winnings in paying off his Montana ranch. He penned the definitive works on Omaha 8 and Stud 8 for 2+2 Publishing. He "retired" to his Montana ranch long before the poker boom occurred inn 2003. He didn't get involved in the poker boom and when questioned about it he stated that he would rather spend his time where he is the most happy. And that is in Montana.

Ray recently told us some things about Tuna and the first video poker pros. He and Tuna were partners on the first plays....and Kenny the Klone was part of it too. In those days the ploppies were all short coiners on games like $1 8/5 Jacks progressives. It was rare to see a ploppie betting 5 coins. So they drove the meters sky high.

The teams first playable number on the $1 8/5 Jacks progressives was $24,000. Wow! What an advantage! Everything was going fine but then....all of a sudden another team developed. So then they were competing against another team to get the plays. They dropped their playable number down to $18,000.

But more teams developed and the competition became so fierce that everybody was diving in when the meters hit $12,000. Ray said that's when he had enough of it. It was to much of a grind to him for not that much money. So he went back to poker.

I think Bob should consider inviting Ray Zee to GWAE. I think it would be an interesting interview from an historical perspective.


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Re: [vpFREE] some thoughts on the April 5 GWAE radio show

 

If you punch in a 4880 coin royal on 9/6 Jacks and hit the analyze tab it will show a return of exactly 100.0000%. Frank and the teams would use this strategy if 1) they had all the machines in the bank locked up 2) there wasn't another progressive somewhere to move the team to.

Its designed to milk the meter for all its worth. It drops the royal odds down in the 36,000's whereas the max EV strategy would drop the royal odds down into the 33,000's.

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Re: [vpFREE] some thoughts on the April 5 GWAE radio show

 

shag wrote: "What's this "min-cost-royal strategy" and how would someone figure it out?
I'm still not sure quite how the cash-back effects the strategy ..."

Just to provide a more direct answer: Take a strategy generator like the one on the wizard of odds. By guessing and interation, find the royal amount that gives a return of 1 minus the cashback. That's MCR (min-cost-royal) strategy.

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Re: [vpFREE] some thoughts on the April 5 GWAE radio show

 

shag wrote: "What's this "min-cost-royal strategy" and how would someone figure it out?
I'm still not sure quite how the cash-back effects the strategy ..."

It's the amount of royal that would result in a breakeven play, so for 9/6 Jacks its about a royal of 4900, for 9/6 Jacks plus 0.46% cashback it would be the same as maxEV strategy. It's used to play royal progressives, it's a fixed strategy relative to the royal and doesn't vary with the current progressive value. Most importantly, it gives you the minimum cost to hit a royal, hence the best return from a royal progressive. It generally takes a bit longer than maxEV strategy. Frank's book on "Secret World of Video Poker Progressives" has the details if you're interested.


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Re: [vpFREE] some thoughts on the April 5 GWAE radio show

 

What's this "min-cost-royal strategy" and how would someone figure it out?
I'm still not sure quite how the cash-back effects the strategy (assuming the 0.3% CB points....not talking about mailers), unless that means you'd change the paytable to include the 0.3% CB (ie: Jacks or better would pay $5 + 0.003*$5, getting two pair would pay $10 + 0.003*$5, getting a losing hand would pay 0.003*$5, etc.). If the CB is good enough to play without the promo, wouldn't you just play it anyway, whether you're eligible for the promo or not (ie: You'd still play 1% CB on 9/6 JOB, whether the RF paid $4000 or $8000).

The way that I would have solved this "how to play" strategy, would be the way NOTI wrote below, where you figure out the EV of the 8000 coin payout on the second royal, then add that EV to the first royal. So for the first royal you'd play as if it was a $7051 RF, and the strategy for the second royal would be as if it paid $8000). I'm taking NOTI's word that the EV is $3051 for an $8k royal, I haven't checked a strategy generator for that number.

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On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 11:50 PM, "nightoftheiguana2000@yahoo.com [vpFREE]" <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

the discussion was about a second royal pays double promotion on jacks or better

just off hand, I think if your goal is to maximize the return of the royal, then min-cost-royal strategy is the winner, in this case with no cashback, it would be at a royal of about 4900. Two average royal cycles would be 71,746 hands. Cashback would change that.

on the other hand if your goal is to maximize the per hand return, that would be a bit different. You would start with the strategy for the double royal, that would be at a royal of 8000. That would give you an EV of 3051 once you subtract the average cost to hit the royal. So, the strategy for hitting the first royal would be at a royal of 7051 (4000+3051). Hitting that first royal has that true net EV, so that's the strategy. Two average royal cycles would be about 65,817 hands.

you could also play a strategy with an average royal, that being 6000, and that would be somewhere between max royal return and max per hand return.

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