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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 13  Ask the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: Straight Flush - Part 126 June 2024
Previously on Ask the Slot Expert:
A few weeks ago I played Deuces Wild with the Split Card gimmick. Split Card sometimes gives you two cards in one position of your hand. Although it's possible to get 6 of a Kind and other six-card hands, the only bonus hand is 5 Deuces, which pays 2000.
I was dealt ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: 5 of a Kind19 June 2024
A few weeks ago I played Deuces Wild with the Split Card gimmick. Split Card sometimes gives you two cards in one position of your hand. Although it's possible to get 6 of a Kind and other six-card hands, the only bonus hand is 5 Deuces, which pays 2000.
I was dealt this hand: Q♦ 2♠/2♠ ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Son of still stumbling over Split Card calculations12 June 2024
I ended last week's column with a challenge. I described a mistake I discovered in my formula for calculating the ways I could make a certain poker hand. Two of the terms were incorrect and I asked if you knew why. I gave the correct value, 43, as a hint. In my description, I wrote, "I hope those are the only mistakes."
Guess what! Those weren't the only mistakes. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Still stumbling over Split Card calculations5 June 2024
A few weeks ago I played Deuces Wild with the Split Card gimmick. Split Card sometimes gives you two cards in one position of your hand. Although it's possible to get 6-of-a-kind and other six-card hands, the only bonus hand is 5 deuces, which pays 2000.
I was dealt this hand: Q♦ 2♠/2♠ ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Figuring out Split Card video poker hand more difficult than I thought29 May 2024
Last week I described a hand I had playing Split Card video poker. I wasn't sure if I had played the hand correctly and I said that I would eventually do the math to find the best play. Eventually was supposed to be this week. I thought I could do the math in an hour or so. I was wrong.
Figuring out the expected value of the combination of cards you hold is usually fairly easy. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 322 May 2024
Let's continue looking at some of the gimmicks video poker designers have added to video poker to give the game some of the excitement and sizzle of slot games. Many people and manufacturers call these enhancements "variations" or "features" and not "gimmicks." Po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe.
We left off last week looking at gimmicks that require you to double your bet to activate the gimmick. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 215 May 2024
Let's continue looking at some of the gimmicks video poker designers have added to video poker to give the game some of the excitement and sizzle that slot designers have added to slot games.
There's one more gimmick that requires only two extra credits per hand that I would like to mention. It's Triple Wheel Poker. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker gimmicks - Part 18 May 2024
Last week, a reader wondered where he could find the "latest" strategies for video poker. The strategies for the video poker paytables haven't changed in decades. Different authors express them in different ways, but the math is the math and doesn't change. I interpreted "latest" to mean strategies for the elements added to video poker to give it more sizzle than your father's video poker. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Finding video poker strategies1 May 2024
Question: Where can I find the best videos and books that give the latest and, I assume, the best strategy for playing video poker? Who is the best author or expert on video poker?
Answer: Thinking about your question takes me back about 30 years. (I can't believe it was that long ago!) It was an ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Broken bet buttons: maintenance issue or meant to be24 April 2024
Question: In today's article (04/17/2024) about not all betting choices being available on a slot machine, my take is that the machine needs maintenance, like maybe some connections need cleaning or something like that.
The question was pretty sketchy. It didn't say "I go to this place often and the ... (read more)
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