Capturing Quads in Video Poker
Sometimes Four of a Kind can pay as much as a Royal Flush
Sometimes Four of a Kind can pay as much as a Royal Flush
People either know ahead of time that video poker machines pay out around 99% or they see it boldly advertised above a block of video poker machines. However, we don't play video poker so that we can lose only 1% of our money, put through $100 so that we can leave with $99. We play video poker because we want to leave with some multiple of what we put into the slot machine. We are more likely to look at that 99% and believe mistakenly that, as long as we play the game perfectly, we will lose only 1%. That 99% applies to the life time of the video poker machine, not one encounter or a dozen.
99% has little to do with what we are looking for. We want high paying combinations in video poker.
99% has little to do with what we are looking for. We want high paying combinations in video poker.
On the other hand, casinos have been smothering our ability to do that by cutting the payouts for full houses and below. Therefore, we may run out of money no matter how well we play, before we have the opportunity to hit the high flying video poker payouts.
Unless we can be more efficient in capturing fours, straight flushes, and royal flushes.
How, though, is that possible, if the law of probability governs the distribution of cards that appear on the screen?
Unless we can be more efficient in capturing fours, straight flushes, and royal flushes.
How, though, is that possible, if the law of probability governs the distribution of cards that appear on the screen?
