December 24th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Alex Spieler
I present here a short strategy instruction for good play of Deuces Wild video poker. Begin reading at the top of the page and pass on down. When you reach the hand which outlines the cards you hold, it is no need to seek more. You should just conform to the rules and take into account our advice. Remember that the less deuces you have in hand the strategy becomes more complex.
4 Deuces
- Have the four deuces.
3 Deuces
- Try to go for the royal flush.
- If it is not possible to go royal flush, you should hold the three deuces.
2 Deuces
- Hold onto any made four-of-a-kind.
- In case when you hold four to a royal flush, do this.
- In case when you have four to a straight flush, hold them. It is wise to do this when you have two successive singletons and when they are six-seven or higher.
- In case when you don’t have in your disposal four-of-a-kind, four to a royal flush or four to a straight flush, you should hold two deuces and slough the rest cards.
1 Deuce
- Hold any four-of-a-kind.
- Hold four to a royal flush.
- Proceed with a full house.
- Hold four to a straight flush, but you should do it just in case when you dispose of three successive singletons starting with five or up.
- Hold a three of a kind and slough the rest cards.
- Any other four to a straight flush besides, for instance, #4 (on one deuce).
- Hold three to a royal flush.
- Hold three to a straight flush, but only when you have two successive singletons of six or higher.
- If all of the previous eight conditions are not possible, then you should hold onto the 1 deuce.
No Deuces
- Hold four to eihter a royal or a made royal flush.
- Proceed with any made paying hand.
- Hold four to a straight flush.
- Hold three to a royal flush.
- Hold any pair of cards.
- Hold any four to a flush.
- Hold any four to an outside straight.
- Hold any three to a straight flush.
- Hold any four to an inside straight, but only when it is not missing a deuce.
- Hold two to a royal flush, but it is possible only when you have Jack-Queen or higher.
This is a more simpliest variant of optimal play. In case when you gamble this on a full pay playing machine, you will have some positive anticipation. Don’t forget to join the casino’s slots club because only after that you should play one hand. You also need to collect all the comps which casino offers.
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Tags: Deuces Wild, Deuces Wild Strategy, Video Poker, video poker strategy
November 25th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Alex Spieler
Have you ever played video poker? It becomes more and more popular last time. As to me, I’ve spent on Video Poker a lot of hours over the years. When I was a casino employee my boss allowed me to play on any machine during breaks. So, all my breaks I was sitting in front of a machine playing video poker.
But there is no sence to play video poker if you don’t have any idea what the hands are. If you a new gambler than it will be very difficult fot you to penetrate into video poker hands. Below I present all the possible paying hands suitable for a 9/6 Jacks or Better machine.
- Jacks or Better: when you have two Jacks, or two Queens, Kings or Aces you get your money back.
- Two Pair: when you have two cards of equal rank and two other cards of equal rank (for example, two 7’s and two Queens).
- Three of a Kind: when you have three cards of equal rank.
- Straight: when you have five cards in successive order (for example, 3,4,5, 6 and 7). It is possible to use an Ace not only after the King but also before the “two”.
- Flush: when you have five cards of equal suit (for example, five spades).
- Straight Flush: when you have five cards of equal suit and in successive order (for example, 4,5,6,7 and 8 of hearts).
- Royal Flush: when you have five cards of equal suit and also the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. It is rather a rare hand.
- Full House: when you have three cards of equal suit and two other cards of equal suit (for example, three Jacks and two Kings).
- Four of a Kind: when you have four cards of equal rank (for example, four Queens).
I just want to recommend to gamble maximum coins. Only so you will have a chance to get the jackpot for a royal flush. My first royal flush was hit with only one coin in the machine, so I get just 60 dollars instead of one thousand.
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October 21st, 2009 / No Comments » / by Alex Spieler
Caribbean Stud Poker is a game that is not the easiest to win. You should know it has a 5.26% built-in house advantage. This means for each $100 you play you should lose $5.26 in a long term run. The following strategy in not complicated, but allows keeping the house edge to minimum efficiently and manage bankroll fluctuations.
When the cards are dealt, any player faces the same problem of choice. Should you raise or fold? There are four possible results in this situation.
- You fold. In this case you lose your ante bet only.
- You raise and dealer doesn’t qualify. In this case you win your ante bet only.
- You raise, dealer qualifies and your hand beats dealer’s hand. You get either ante or raise bets.
- You choose to raise, dealer qualifies and his/her hand is stronger than yours. Here you lose both the ante bet and the raise bet.
No need to say all decisions are made depending on the amount of money you have and your current hand. There are some decisions that are obvious. For example, you have a strong hand like Flush. In this case most probably you will raise and hope that dealer qualifies. At the same time quite often it’s better to fold. These are multiple situations when you have a weak hand, for instance, no pair or Ace, or at least a King. But what should one do with less “vivid” combinations?
Let’s say you’ve got a pair. Go ahead and play it regardless of the dealer’s upcard. The statistics states pairs are dealt for about 42% of the time. There are 13 possible pairs in all. Seven from these 13 pairs are likely to win in the long run, in other words, they have a positive expectation. Next three pairs are less likely to win and so you should play them in case the dealer’s upcard is equal or lower than your pair. The last three pairs (2’s, 3’s and 4’s) have more chances to lose in the long run, so you should not expect profit from them.
Despite this avoiding playing pairs is not reasonable. When you fold each time you’ve got a pair, you lose your ante bet and casino’s house advantage increases up to 7%! As it has been mentioned earlier, a player as well as a dealer can expect getting a pair for about 42% of all the time. This means the dealer will have an unpaired hand in more than a half or deals. As you know, dealer can qualify with Ace-King hand and in this case a player with a pair will win both ante and raise bet. This happens approximately in 6% of all deals.
Next let’s pay attention to hands that do not contain a pair. If your hand contains neither a pair not an Ace-King combination, it’s time to fold. However there are some exceptions. Raise in case your hand has the following sequence A-K-Q-J-x and the dealer’s upcard is any from A-K-Q-x-x. Continue your game if a dealer has one of the following combinations and has at least one card matching yours – A-K-J-x-x, A-K-10-x-x. Matching card is important because this way there are less chances dealer’s got a pair.
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