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Your monthly serving of tips from the video poker expert, Bob Dancer

Each month, VideoPoker.com brings you exclusive tips and inside scoop from Bob Dancer, one of the best known video poker authors and writers.

August 2010

Q1: (This originally appeared in July 2001 Strictly Slots) How fast should one play video poker?

A1: Speed should not be a major concern. Accuracy is much more important, and for most people, the faster they play, the more mistakes they make. Your speed will increase over time as you learn to recognize patterns, but unless you are practicing on a computer your increased speed will likely amount to 'making mistakes faster.'

Q2: (This originally appeared in July 2001 Strictly Slots) I want to turn pro, but I have a job that currently pays $50,000 a year. Can I make that playing video poker?

A2: The most successful players make quite a bit more than that, but the vast majority of players do not. In fact, the majority of players do not win at all! Before you decide to do it full time, I assume you have taken dozens of trips to Vegas (or other gambling venues), including several for a week at a time, and your results are encouraging. Because the 'minimum acceptable requirement' for this profession is to be able to do it year after year! Most people can't.

But even if you can 'beat the game', are you sure this is what you want to do? Playing video poker is VERY repetitious. What is fun and exciting for three weeks a year can be a real grind for fifty weeks a year. Summers in Vegas are uncomfortably hot. The games are getting tighter as the players are getting smarter. There are no guarantees that games returning over $10 an hour will exist in a few years, or that even if they do, that you will be good enough to beat them.

Another problem is that if you do move to Vegas and then change your mind after a few years, it might well be a problem getting a good job again. Prospective employers may well figure that you are just going to be working long enough to get a gambling bankroll again and then you will leave. And those employers may well decide to give the good job to somebody 'more stable.'

And how about the problem of 'what will you tell your friends and family?' Many people think gambling is a sin---equivalent I suppose to being a thief, murderer or lawyer. Are you sure you want to be classified as such?

And even if you can average $50,000 a year gambling (and there are probably less than 20 pros who do that year in and year out), it is not going to happen right away and there will be some huge swings along the way. And huge swings mean that if you have miscalculated, or even calculated well but happen to be on the wrong slope of the Bell curve, you may well end up bankrupt! $50,000 a year gambling is not at all the same as having a $1000-per-week paycheck. There will be months where you lose $25,000 or more! If you cannot stand this heat, stay out of the kitchen!

Many of the people current working in casinos came to town expecting to be able to make a living gambling. And now they are dealing cards to make ends meet. Do not be so naïve to believe that this could not happen to you.

Q3: What can be done about rude smokers in a casino?

A3: (This originally appeared in July 2001 Strictly Slots) Casinos are smokier than average places. I believe that this is because smoking, drugs, drinking and gambling are all destructive habits for most people, and people who have one of these habits frequently have more than one. Asking people to quit smoking sometimes works, but not often. Some smokers feel, with justification, that it is perfectly legal to smoke in a casino and if you don't like it, stay out of the casino. Some non-smokers feel, with justification, that somebody having the right to smoke in crowded public places is very much analogous to somebody being allowed to urinate in the public water supply! When both sides get very self-righteous about what their rights are, there is little room for compromise.

California has successfully legislated away smoking in public. There are strong opinions on both sides whether this is a good thing or bad. I see it as very unlikely that Nevada will follow suit with similar laws. The casino industry in Nevada feels that eliminating smoking would be bad for business. And the casino industry has a strong voice in the state legislature.

So, assuming you are a non-smoker who is annoyed at smoke in casinos, what can you do about it? First, you can ASK that somebody not smoke near you. Just remember, that there is a difference between ASKING somebody something and DEMANDING it. When you ask, they have the right to say no, without you getting unpleasant about it. You can carry a small portable fan and if a smoker sits near you, point the fan in that direction. You can wear a surgical-type facemask. It's not a positive fashion statement, but it does help somewhat. It works especially well if you tell smokers that the reason you are wearing the mask is because you have the bubonic plague. You are too sick to go to work, and your enjoyment in life is at casinos and that's what you want to do as long as you live (cough, cough). The smoker will quickly vacate the area, taking the offending cigarettes with them. End of problem!


Video poker is one of the few casino games where the player's input has a major effect on the outcome of the game. Every time you push Deal you receive five new cards and have a total of thirty-two ways to play the hand. To be a successful video poker player, you have to make the best choice out of those thirty-two options as often as possible.

Since computers can mathematically analyze all thirty-two ways to play any given hand, it is possible to figure out the absolutely correct decision for every hand you receive. However, most players don't carry around high powered computers when they are in the casino, so how is this useful?

Well, fortunately for us, some video poker experts have taken it upon themselves to analyze every single hand that can come off the deck, and assemble their findings into easy to read charts that teach players how to play. Below we have strategy charts for the most common video poker games:

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Most of our pages above list just an expert-level strategy chart that will get you to within 0.1% of the maximum payout percentage for the respective game. Some of the pages also list a beginner-level strategy chart that isn't as accurate, but is easier to follow. If you want to play video poker on your PC check out our guide here. Alternatively, you can also have a look at this site's list of ipad video poker app for real money.

How to Use a Video Poker Strategy Chart

The strategy charts on our site are actually very simple to understand, but to a beginner they may be a bit overwhelming at the start. To use a chart you follow these steps:

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  1. Analyze your hand. Make sure you look at all five of your cards before looking at the chart.
  2. Start at the top of the chart and work down. You are looking for any spots on the chart where your hand matches up. For example, if you had four hearts in your hand as well as a pair of Kings, it would match up with 'Four to a Flush' as well as 'High Pair'.
  3. Once you find a couple matches for your hand, observe which one is highest on the chart. Hold the cards indicated by the highest match.

If you still are a little confused, check out the below example to clear things up:

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An Example Hand Analysis

Imagine you are playing a normal Deuces Wild video poker machine. You push 'Draw', and are dealt the hand below:

Ok, so what do we have here as far as options? Well, first of all, we have a Pat Straight, Seven to Jack - a made hand. We also have four clubs, so we have Four to a Flush. If we look at the chart below (a condensed strategy chart for Deuces Wild), we can see that a Pat Straight is just above Four to a Flush, so the Pat Straight is the better hand of the two.

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HandExpected ReturnExample
Pat Royal Flush800.0000Th-Jh-Qh-Kh-Ah
Royal Flush Draw19.5957Th-Jh-Qh-Kh-4h
Pat Straight Flush10.00006h-7h-8h-9h-Th
Four of a Kind6.2128Ac-Ad-As-Ah-5c
Pat Full House4.0000Ac-Ad-As-Js-Jc
Pat Flush3.0000Ac-Jc-6c-5c-4c
Three of a Kind2.0176Ac-Ad-As-Js-Tc
Four to a Straight Flush1.57454c-5c-6c-7c-Js
Three to a Royal1.3053Ks-Qs-Js-9c-4c
Pat Straight1.00004c-5s-6h-7h-8h
Four to a Flush0.7660Ac-Jc-6c-5c-4h

But wait! Since all we need for a straight flush is the nine of clubs, we also have Four to a Straight Flush. Because Four to a Straight Flush is higher on the chart than both a Pat Straight and Four to a Flush, the correct play here is to hold the four clubs and discard the nine of spades in hopes of hitting the Straight Flush.

See - it really isn't bad at all, as long as you pay attention to all the cards in your hand.

How Accurate are Strategy Charts?

Another intelligent question to ask is how accurate are these charts? If you find a game that returns 100.5%, but your chart has 0.6% error in it, then you are actually only playing at a 99.9% return - also known as a losing gamble.

Well, the charts on our site are on roughly accurate to within 0.1% of perfect play. So, if you find that game that returns 100.5%, you would be actually earning about 100.4% with our charts - not too bad. Not many charts get much closer than 0.1% because they would have to be extremely long and complicated to explain the subtle differences in rare hands.

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There are quite a few programs out there than can develop custom strategy charts for all kinds of games with various pay tables. We have reviewed quite a few of these programs, here are links to our reviews: