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…

Poker slang:

LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.

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