I received the following email. It requires more analysis than I normally do without charge for strangers, but since I can get a column out of it, why not? Upcoming video poker excursion commencing Friday, leaving Saturday evening. Playing exclusively $1 9/6 JOB 99.54%. My Offers for this Trip: 1 night comp’d in the best […]
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A Different Sort of Promotion
Bonnie and I took a trip to Reno and played at the ROW, the threesome of connected casinos (Eldorado, Silver Legacy, and Circus Circus) that are now part of the Caesars system. I’d played there previously but this was Bonnie’s first trip. When we swiped our cards at the kiosk at the start of our […]
Comparing Bonus Poker with Super Aces Bonus Pok...
I recently came across a dollar 8/5 Super Aces Bonus Poker game and it’s been years since I played it. I know 8/5 Bonus Poker cold, and because the full house, flush, and straight are the same between the two games, the strategies must be similar. Still, they differ in the amount of the straight […]
This Made Me Uncomfortable
Bonnie and I were at Harrah’s in Cherokee, NC for a Caesars Seven Stars trip. Cherokee is in the Smoky Mountains and a world away from Las Vegas. Plus, they have $5 NSU Deuces Wild. For a Seven Stars trip, you get up to $1,200 airfare, $500 in resort credit, and transportation to and from […]
Figuring the Return for 8/5 Bonus Poker with Fo...
Note to reader: The original version of this contained an arithmetic mistake. It was pointed out to me by a man who posts under the name “New2vp”. The error, which affected one of the tables in the chart, are in the section relating to quad 5s-Ks. The corrected version follows. Thank you New2vp. I received […]
It’s Not Like That
In addition to being posted on www.bobdancer.com, these weekly blogs are also posted on www.gamblingwithanedge.com, where there is a forum for reader discussion. Recently, a man who posts as “Boris from Switzerland” wrote (slightly edited): Change of subject: Why has Boyd stopped offering multipliers to everybody, and why did they clean out their casino floors […]
It’s Not Good News
Not so long ago, I received an email from Anthony Curtis directing my attention to https://acresmanufacturing.com/optimal-poker-analyzer/ . It’s an advertisement for a product that casinos can use to evaluate the accuracy of the video poker players at their casino. Generally speaking, casinos want to reward players based on their true worth to the casino — […]
“You’ve Already Hit the Royal”
When I wrote recently about hitting a $120,000 royal flush at Dotty’s and explained when I planned to return to playing there (after a four-month hiatus, which I explained in the earlier articles), I received the following comment from a reader who calls himself/herself Hop Hoofer: You have a very small edge. And playing with […]
A Not-Too-Disturbing Farewell
In Las Vegas blackjack circles, the El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas is well-known for having a decent single-deck game — aside from the fact that they are extremely quick to pull the trigger on kicking players out. Several blackjack teams send their new players to play there, knowing they’ll be kicked out fairly quickly, […]
The Old Man
Today’s column is less technical and more about “how I do things” that aren’t specifically related to video poker. Most of you have heard of Adele, one of the premier singers of our time. She is performing a series of concerts at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and I was invited to receive two tickets. […]