Sam's Club recently lowered their VP odds. IMO Sam's will soon go the way of Ringling Bros. sans elephants.

Boulder Station, you can get 10/6 DDB (+EV) for 5c

Awesome thanks. And that machine sounds crazy fun

Donk question : How can you tell what the % payout of a specific machine is ?

I get the 9/6 JoB payout table. Does that tell you the % payout too ?

https://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/analyzer/

The % payback is based on 100% correct play. You must make the proper hold each hand.

The easiest way is to look it up on the wizard of Vegas. The second easiest way is to enter the payouts into the game calculator on the same website.

There is a good app... Video Poker Pocket that just lists returns for different possible pay tables and games.

This. You should be eating, sleeping, and breathing VPP as much as possible until you know your favorite game down cold. My personal favorite is DDB 3/5 Play ($5 add-on purchase gets you all VP variants for 3/5 play)(single play JoB is free). You get to set the game options for 10/6, 9/6, 9/5 etc. and it tells you what the EV is for each option.

Since I started practicing on VPP my results have improved and I have had several handpays.

So you're saying with more practice I wouldn't have ended my Vegas career on a 150,000+ hand no royal streak?


Videopoker.com is an excellent site.

I've never had a royal at a casino. Once I got one at a local bar. Last year, like I said, I got several handpays all of which were hands like AAAA3 or 2222A, largest was $5591 on a $2 progressive, also several nice wins short of a handpay.

I have $11K in W-2Gs to explain to the IRS

GL and keep practicing.

My friend just sent me the following pics.

I am a novice player at Video Poker. I go to casino 5/6 times a year but 90% of the time I play Poker tournaments. 10% of the time I play Table games and video Poker. I am not very familiar with deep meanings of Video Poker jargons. Like 9/6,9/5,10/7 JOB, 99.79%,100.10% etc. I think 9/6 is better than 9/5 and JOB is better than DDB etc but I cannot identified the machines which one is JOB or 9/6 or 100.10% out of the casino floor. Is there a guide or tutorial to get that info ? I was introduced to web site VPfree2 by other thread. But it still goes over my head as I don’t have basic understanding of all the jargon.

I am going to Las Vegas in June and I might have 2/3 days extra for VP and budget of 1K to 2K for VP . I am planning to play 0.25 to $1 Machines. Any sugestions and where to play ?

Thx

JOB = Jacks or Better
DB = Double Bonus
DDB = Double Double Bonus
TDB = Triple Double Bonus

Those are different types of VP games. The differences between them are that as you go down that list, different 4 of a kinds pay more, but you give up lower payments to balance it (example: JOB pays 2-1 for 2 pair and 25-1 for any 4 of a kind. DDB only pays 1-1 for 2 pair, but pays 50-1 for most 4 of a kinds and even higher for other 4 of a kinds that are made up of A, 2, 3, or 4.)

9/6, 9/5, etc... are the payouts for Full House and Flush, respectively. These 2 payouts are the main differences between machines being 99.54% payback, 99.10% payback, etc.

The % numbers is the EV payback. For example, a 99.54% machine will give you back $99.54 for every $100 you put in, over infinite time (EV, expected value)... in other words, the house edge is 0.46%. There are calculators and lookup tables on wizardofodds.com that can help you determine these.

Going to Vegas next week, haven't played video poker in over a year. Really excited!

@Bighurt52235 Your friend did not bet all lines? You better tell him to stop playing asap.

9/6 are referring to the payout value of full house and flush


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Aside from studying your game and getting the VPP app, most Strip hotels offer only 8/5 max (96.8% in Double Double Bonus). Search carefully and you might find 9/5 (97.9%). If you venture over to a locals casino, for example Palace Station, you could find 9/6 (99.0%), or even 10/6 (100.46%) which is theoretically +EV for the skillful player (and including those very rare royal flushes).

Machines that offer progressive jackpots pay a little less, but the jackpot might have grown to the point where it's worth playing.

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Ventured over to the dark side last night and went to the casino on BlackChip poker (WPN). Played the don't pass with 2x full odds on the craps table for a while. Ended up winning about $12 after being stuck for a while.

Then out of curiosity I headed over to video poker.



Open 25 Line JoB, and without looking at the payouts bet max on a 10 cent coin value. Had no idea this would be a $12.50 bet, but I get dealt a pat flush and hold everything for $75.



...and I got up and walked to the cashier

Am I seeing this right? He saved $5 by playing 4 credits but it cost him $40K because he missed the over lay for the royal?

He's playing 15 credits, full pay royal is 12000 credits which is $60k. The 5 columns are 12 13 14 15 25 not 1 2 3 4 5.

Thank You Lattimer and Eobmtns.

Thank you for the input. The Fog in my mind is slowly clearing. I started understanding a little better. When I looked again at VPfree2 ,Its make better sense. So far I learned
1,that in order to play a VP I must find a machin,e with better odds then 99% .
2,And JOB is the best VP, with 9/6 or 10/7.
3,It is hard to find 99% paying machine with 9/6 on the strip.
Here are some of the favorable machines I found on vpFree2. Please let me know if I am on right track .


A,DB 100.17 5c,10c,25,50, $1 (1-1-3-5-7-10-50-80-160-50-800) :
Arizona Chalies, Boulder Station ,Palms,Palace Station,Red Rock etc

B,JOB 99.54 25c,50c,$1(1-2-3-4-6-9-25-50-800)
Boulder Station,Cosmopolitan($1,$2,$5),Cromwell (25c) 4Queen(25c,50c,$1)Gold Cost(25c,50c,$1)Plams,Palace Station, RedRock ,Green Valley ,MGM($!),SouthPoint.

Which casino is known for their VP ? (I will have rental car so I will be able to move around

Any Suggestions for anything other then JOB and DB.

Thx Again

Video Pocket Poker. The games are identical in every respect to those found in casinos. Download it for iOS or Android. Play it obsessively. Spend a couple of bucks to activate your favorite game (Jacks or Better is free) including coaching mode.

I play that app everyday. Have run through over 30,000 hands the last month or so. One royal, and the interesting thing about it is that I got it holding JTs when I also was dealt an offsuit K. Not a typical hold.


In that particular hand it was incorrect.
For the record most of my misses come from playing too quickly and not ensuring the cards I want to hold are held.

I'm flying to Vegas in 12 hours and cant wait to play, it's been more than a year!

As you can see from the hand that I just played, in that case it was correct to hold the JT over KJ. Only difference is the first hand has a 9 as a straight blocker. The app has taught me in which situations penalty cards effect holds in all the different variants.

My only ever royal was on a VPP coaching app. I was playing it while waiting for my wife in the Venetian - still bugs me today.