This fellow seemed nice, so I stopped playing and glanced at his screen to see what he was dealt. Normally, I don’t offer playing advice to other players unless they ask. Then he surprised me when he asked me this question: “How should I play this hand?” We were both playing 9/6 Jacks-or-Better and periodically chatting, and to be frank, I wasn’t paying much attention to what he was doing, or whether he was winning or losing. Today, he was hoping to hit a royal flush and at least break even. He initiated some small talk while we played, and I learned that he was visiting the coast, this was his last day in town, and he was in the red so far playing video poker. I was recently playing video poker in a Mississippi casino when a man sat down and began playing a machine adjacent to me. Think of it as a “cheat sheet,” an aid that you can (legally) use when you play video poker to help you make the correct play (meaning you will be keeping the cards that have the highest expected value). Editorial Staff | Posted on Octo| Video poker strategy cards are perfectly legal-so why aren’t more players using them to make the right plays? By Henry TamburinĪ video poker strategy card will show you the correct way to play every hand dealt to you.
