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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 14  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)
Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines with disabled bet buttons17 April 2024
Question: We have slot machines that have 30-cent, 60-cent, 90-cent, $1.50 and $3.00 buttons but only the 60-cent and $3.00 buttons work. Is that machine legal?
Answer: This is one of those questions where I wish the writer had given more details about location. I suspect that the machines are not in ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Facial recognition at slot machines10 April 2024
Question: Are there cameras in VLT machines to identify players?
Answer: I suppose the theory is that the machine's generosity will be affected by who is playing it.
Let's say that the casino can alter a machine for whatever reason. What kinds of safeguards have to be in place to prevent ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: A tale of two bankrolls3 April 2024
Two slot players are sitting side by side at identical Double Diamond machines. They each put $100 into their machines and bet the max on each spin.
After an hour or so of play and playing the same number of spins, they get up to go get something to eat at the food court, the buffet having been closed four years ago. ... (read more)
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