Video Poker for the Intelligent Beginner

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Huntington Press Inc, 2009 - Games & Activities - 237 pages
Bob Dancer's real-life video poker successes are legendary, but he's also a world-class teacher. Now, after years of creating the industry standards in video poker reports, strategy cards, and software, Dancer has brought the best book on the subject.

Video Poker for the Intelligent Beginner is a how-to-win blueprint for players seeking the fast track to the upper levels of this beatable game. First, you'll master the techniques for finding and identifying the highest-returning games; then you'll learn how to generate, understand, and implement the computer-perfect strategies that yield the ultimate goal: monetary profit

Dancer also offers his professional insight regarding the game's many nuances and related considerations--including in-depth coverage of slot clubs, casino promotions, progressives, team play, scouting, and tournaments. PLUS, this is the first book to explain in detail how his powerful Video Poker for Winners software can be employed to solve previously unanswered questions about bankroll needs, promotions analysis, and profit potential.

 

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Contents

Introduction
1
The Games
8
1 Introduction to the Games
9
2 No Wild Cards
15
3 Deuces Wild
38
4 Joker Wild
49
5 Multi Strike
54
6 Six Coins Per Line
63
15 Learning the Advanced Hands
125
Beyond the Machines
131
16 Slot Clubs
132
17 Evaluating Casino Promotions
141
18 Video Poker Progressives
167
19 Bankroll
177
20 Scouting
195
21 Video Poker Teams
198

7 How Important Is the Return on the Game?
71
8 When You Play LessThan100 Games
73
The Strategies
75
9 Learning the Strategies
76
10 Learning 96 Jacks or Better
83
11 Learning 107 Double Bonus
89
12 Learning 96 Double Double Bonus
95
13 Learning Deuces Wild
103
14 Too Many Wrong Mistakes
118
22 Video Poker Tournaments
205
23 Volatility Variance and Standard Deviation
211
24 How Strategies Are Determined
214
25 Video Poker Questions At the Blackjack Ball
227
26 Winning This Time
230
About the Author
233
Chart References
235
Index
237
Copyright

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About the author (2009)

Bob Dancer is the world's foremost video poker expert. A regular columnist for Casino Player, Strictly Slots, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, tens of thousands of casino enthusiasts look to Bob Dancer for advice about playing their favorite gambling game. His Video Poker Strategy Cards, Winners Guides, videos, and software are the best-selling video poker tutorials of all time--making Bob Dancer the most sought after source of video poker advice in the country. When he's not chasing jackpots, Bob can be found teaching video poker strategy to standing-room-only crowds in casinos around the country.

Bibliographic information

TitleVideo Poker for the Intelligent Beginner
AuthorBob Dancer
Editionillustrated
PublisherHuntington Press Inc, 2009
ISBN0929712552, 9780929712550
Length237 pages
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