Video Poker Profits Possible

According to a recent column by a casino expert, it is very possible to come out ahead when playing video poker slots in Las Vegas Casinos. According to her calculations a poker machine player who is playing a machine that pays out at 100.76 percent can make nearly $4 in an hour by playing 400 hands.

This would entail pumping $500 into the machine, however. While $4 an hour isn’t a great wage, it does illustrate that it is possible to make money on the machines over the long run, if the player is disciplined and has learned the “rules” of slots.

She further illustrates why a casino would allow any machine to turn a profit for players; a few instances showed the columnist that most players believe in luck over skill, and randomly pump money into slots in order to catch a big win…

Casino poker language:

RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.

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