The casino floor is bigger than the MGM casino in Vegas and it has great video poker pay tables. It certainly ranks near the top as one of the best video poker houses in the world. It puts most local casinos in America to shame.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Your videos are so helpful! Thank you for sharing your probability knowledge. Sometimes I have to listen with the sound muted though, the music detracts from the videos. Best of Luck!
Thank you. The underlying music blocks having copyright issues with the music from the casino. And, yes, luck is very much part of the game. The best way to maximize that luck is constant practice on a simulator that warns on mistakes.
Great video my friend! It was a pleasure meeting you at YaaMava Casino! Have a super awesome week and best wishes to you on your next casino run John, Have a super awesome week!
If you hold the open ended straight, then the only thing that you can hit is a straight. If you hold the small pair then you can hit: JoB, 2 pair, 3 of a kind, a full house, or Quad 6’s. You have so many ways to win with a small pair, than you do by being restricted to just a straight. With the small pair, you’re not only choosing an option that gives you the most chances to win, but the wins (such as full house or a Quad) pays you even more than just a straight. Good question. Thank you for your viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hi John! Love your videos. Along with you and Slotmassacre you both have inspired me to start playing video poker. I live not too far from you and wanted to get your thoughts on Yaamava Casino as it is the closest casino to me.
Thank you, James. If you really haven’t played much video poker before, then perhaps we can get together and I give you a tour of the games. If you’d like, we can coordinate our schedules so you can visit me down here at Pechanga, and I’ll show you the ropes on a few things that you’re going to want to know before you start playing. Then later, on another occasion, I’ll drive up to Yaamava’ and show you about a few things up there. Let me know and thank you for your viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
I’ll be heading out to the East Coast here shortly, but we can meet up in late June or in July, so that I can orient you towards the correct path in video poker success. Stay in touch with me here or at johnsworldofvideopoker@gmail.com. Thank you for your comments and your viewership!🙌🏻🌎🌎
Unfortunately my local only has $1and $5 8/5 bonus poker. The next steps down are .25 & .50 denom 7/5. With a $500 bankroll which would you recommend? Plus the machines are different being one only goes up to $1 max and the other is $5 only. Ugh. My go to game is two pair or better Joker poker. It pays 98.59%. Progressive on top and 4000 coins for 5OAK. This month I hit 5 5OAK and 4 Royals on a bank of 4 machines. One day I hit 2 royals in about 5 minutes. It definitely is cyclical. You can get really lucky and then go weeks with zip and pipp as they say. I have been trying more BP and have a vegas trip 4/29-5/3 with a bankroll and a serious outlook for it. Just looking for some advice for the plan of attack. Thanks again for all your dedication and will be joining Patreon for sure.❤👍
Thank you, Chris, for your viewership and for joining me on my Patreon page at the Platinum level! I just sent you some extensive suggestions for your upcoming play in Vegas. Plus, I’m going to give you customized, and personal coaching and review of your sessions via Patreon. Also, I’ll give you a phone call later today or tomorrow to welcome you aboard, as well as, getting to know each other as fellow players. From reading your comments, I can see that you’re obviously an experienced player and I suspect that in our communications with each other, that I’ll be learning as much from you as you do from me. Thank you so much, Chris, for your strong support, and I look forward to working with you in the future on dialing in both our games.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
I wish I could say I knew the math like you. I am a numbers guy but still only been at this since last year basically converting from slot garbage to VP. Thank you for the detailed responses!
There’s better numbers guys out there tgan me, that’s for sure. The good news is that if you download a simulator (WinPoker by Zamzow) to your phone and practice with it (set it to warn on mistakes) you’ll quickly start to see where your mistakes are and rid yourself of them over time. Then, as you play in the casino, you’ll find that your bankroll lasts longer (due to your improved play). It’ll only be a matter of, practice and time, and eventually the Royal Flushes will come. The simulator practice is crucial to winning.🌎
I get free play every week. I just run it through looking for “free shots” at the Royal. Sometimes I hit one, most of the time, I don’t. Sometimes I cash out my wins & sometimes I just recycle it until it’s gone. Still, It’s a lot of fun at low cost!🤣🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
I prefer to tell it like it is. And just as there are winning sessions, there are breaking even sessions, and there are losing sessions. But no winning session lasts forever, and no losing session lasts forever. And just as sure that a player will have losing sessions, it’s just as certain that winning sessions will follow once again. Winning & losing is cyclical. Just as the rise and fall of the stock market is cyclical. It’s not linear. It’s a circle! There’s the top of the circle, and as you go round and round, and there’s a bottom of the circle. But once it bottoms out, it can only go up again. Round and round and round. Win/loss, win/loss, win/loss. So the key is to have the bets big enough when one is winning, and the wagers small enough when one is losing, to keep the odds that we’re all up against, at bay. It’s a challenging balancing act that has it’s share of heartbreak and thrills. Just like the stock market, just like a sports game, just like life itself. Either way, it goes, I’m going to give it my all. Win, Lose, or Draw!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker I ended up hitting a royal on my last Vegas visit at S.P. on .50 but instead of upping my bet I put it in my bank roll for next visit since I had 25k coin in and plenty for the comps to keep coming.
Bigkats Poker, Docs Gambling, Slotmassacre, & John’s World will be there from 4/22-4/26. Although I don’t know the itinerary at this time. Perhaps we’ll have a chance to meet.
Hi John, When dealt ACE, King and Jack all unsuited on Bonus Poker, why do you only hold the King and Jack? Other players also confirmed it, but I didn’t know why it is done. Why doesn’t ACE King get held?
In video poker the highest card in the hand dictates your card selections. If you were to hold the Ace it limits the amount of straights you can get because it is at the top or the bottom of the deck. So picking a Jack/King, or Queen/King, or Jack/Queen allows for more straights to hit while also giving the player shots at Quads with either face card. Holding all 3 cards destroys any shot at getting any Quads while limiting access to more straights, so you always dump the Ace in BP. There are times too that when there is a 10 and 2 face cards, where you always dump the 10 when it’s part of the 3 cards in question. But rather than trying to memorize all the rules, it’s best to constantly practice on a simulator that “warns on mistakes” (10-15 minutes daily) and in that way, you’ll see the same mistakes over & over, & over again until you absorb the “right holds” over time. Then when you’re in the casino, you’ll remember the correct holds and have better sessions leading to more money for you as well. Great question. Practice, Practice, Practice!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
John, You’re the best. I totally get the explanation. Great channel, great back yard pool, and great commentary as always in every video. Hope to catch you at Red Rock someday. Keep the great content coming. Take care
Thank you, Rob. I never miss a chance to play at Red Rock. I’m sure one day we’ll meet. With a few adjustments to my channel, it will more than quadruple in size by year end and then that will double in size by next May. I have exciting new improvements under development at this time. Thank you for your loyal viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Greetings from Torrance! Whew! That sure was a battle! Everyone loves to see a win, but I learn a lot from the losses. I am always looking for patterns or "moods" of the machines. When I hit my lower limit, I will cash out and go find another machine. Isn't it great to play with the casino's money? That is probably the biggest lesson I learned from you. Once you are up over your initial amount, you are now playing with their money, not yours. My wins have always been on the casino's dime. Not mine. The Quads taste even sweeter now. Thank you sir! BTW- Thursday and Friday were 97 degrees in Torrance, today I needed a jacket to stay warm. Crazy weather!
I'm so accustomed to playing (or seeing my friends play) high denomination coin that I barely noticed that this was a loss, especially since the casino paid for half of it! And also too, because on high denomination coin, even a mere straight pays $200 on a $10 coin denomination machine. So for all the play that I got on this session (2 videos worth) it feels like I came out ahead over the casino. In just a few hits on a $10 coin machine of 2 pair, Jacks or Better, or 3 of a kind, this money will be back in my pocket again. The odds are all the same on an 8/5 BP pay table whether you play a high denomination machine or a small denomination machine. You can win just as easily on a $5 coin machine as you can win a 5c coin machine. A $5 bill is just a large nickle. $25 is just a giant quarter. A $50 coin is just a large 50¢ piece. It's all relative.😁🌎
Hi John. Your bankroll management works! I've been pitting it into practice and although it seems opposite of the way most players handle it, it really works, and really well with a little luck! (Most people never take a chance when they get low, and push it a few hands) Friday at my local, starting at 50 cent coin, it only took a few hands to see things were really rolling. Went to $1 and hit quads on Kings and 7s. From there, I was able to play for almost an hour and a half just going up and down with the ebb and flow. It was awesome. From 60 in free play with 100 green cash, I left almost 300 up. I probably could have stayed and played more, but I had plans for the money, and that made it even sweeter. Thank you again for all the tips and commentary. I am working on more advanced strategy on the simulator now too. 😎
Great Job, Jim! I just filmed a session at Pechanga with a friend of mine from your neck of the woods (Chicago) and as it turns out, he has a money management technique very similar to what I’ve been saying. I’ll feature it in my next video! Keep up the simulator practice and the great work!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hi John, I've got to say, having been a long-time VP enthusiast, It's actually refreshing to see a pro like yourself make mistakes here and there, and more important, that you don't kick yourself for it. You just acknowledge the mistake and keep on playing. It's a game that's incredibly easy to make fast judgement errors, but that's what adds to the challenge...just like golf, which can be played alone...you're constantly striving to improve your game/play.
Thank you for your generous words, John. And you’re correct in your assessment on how to approach video poker, as well as, the great game of golf (I love them both). The point you make in your comments is exactly what I’m trying to convey about video poker with my channel. Perfect play doesn’t necessarily equate to hitting a Royal Flush & making mistakes doesn’t stop you from hitting a Royal Flush either. And that’s the point. Practice on a simulator that “warns on mistakes” to minimize your errors and also to give yourself a better chance (but just do your best) mistakes & all. There is an element of luck in all of this and from what I’ve seen (with the 37 Royal Flushes that I’ve hit) is that you don’t have to play perfectly to win. In fact, you can win big money in spite of your errors. I’m currently in a tiny slump lately, but it’s nothing that can’t be overcome with consistent play. Although, I prefer winning….I know it’s “just a numbers” game. I stay within my budget, I know the probabilities and what comes around, goes around. When you’re up, you could just as easily be down, and when you’re down, you could just as easily have it turn around for you with just a few lucky hits. If all else fails, stop playing for a while and “relish” practicing on a simulator that “warns on mistakes” . Visualize your self becoming a better player and weeks (or month’s later), go give it a shot again with your new and improved skill set on low volatility games (9/6 JoB & 8/5 BP) and a 1,000 coin bankroll. In the fullness of time, the good to great wins will come back once again.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@johnsworldofvideopoker Spectacular response! I comb through the comment sections of your video looking for questions i have or have not thought of in regards to my own play and of course how you play. This response right here answered question I have yet to even think of lol. Awesome!!!!
Thank you for saying so. Now, that I think about it, there are a lot of things commented on in my other videos that give insights into the game. I learn from other player’s comments & experiences too. Read them all….there’s some things to be found there. Thanks again. Good luck!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Great video as always John! Have you ever held the proper cards rather than 3 to a royal (like at 4:33) and would have hit the royal? Just happened to me this weekend and it certainly didn't feel the best, but I'm not too upset as I held the proper cards and 3 to a royal is 1 in 1,081.
Thank you for your comments. Even though the Jacks were the proper hold in this case, I know exactly what you mean when the required cards to complete the Royal come out on the re-deal and would have hit for the big win. That has probably happened to me at least 10 times over the years. You’re playing perfect strategy & you don’t hold for the Royal (because it isn’t the correct play) and the Royal would have hit! I’ve seen it happens to my buddies, Slotmassacre, Curtis, Bigkats, and Doc’s Gambling many times. Then again, when you do hold the proper cards (like 2 to the Royal: 1 in 16,215) and it hits! So it’s all good. But I know exactly how that feels! That happens quite a bit on 8/5 Bonus Poker! Take care my friend.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hi, Wendi, I love your inquisitive nature! You would be so much fun to play with in the casino. Video Poker is a thinking person’s game, and you ask very good questions. It’s so much fun to stop and think about interesting hands. This particular hand does have some intrigue and gives one pause to contemplate it. It’s actually pretty to look at too! Which way do we go? Well, the straight flush is is in sequence but it would be quite a stretch to get precisely the exact 2 cards (of the the same suit even) to replace those two 7’s. There is actually a rule for this in video poker for this choice: “Always hold a small pair in preference to any 3 cards of a straight flush”. Whenever you are faced with only that choice, the small pair will always be the correct choice. Now, it comes down to the other choice. Do we hold the small pair, or do we we go for the straight, which is open on either end? This choice is the perfect one to illustrate the “power” of a “small pair”. If we hold for the straight, we limit ourselves to only getting a straight. But if we were to hold the small pair, we are given the “keys to the kingdom”. The small pair leads to so many more possibilities: JoB, 2 Pair, Trips, Full House, and Quads vs. “just a straight”. That’s what makes Bonus Poker so powerful too (especially on high coin denominations). The small pair leads to “getting paid” on the all important 2 pair hand. 2 pair is one of the most frequently hit hands in video poker and that means that the 9/6 JoB & 8/5 Bonus Poker player is frequently “making money”when playing the low volatility games. Those frequently hit 2 pair wins add up to quite a bit. This is largely dismissed by players of the volatile games who prefer the “thrill” of the rarely hit Quads w/kicker hands as opposed to “making money” consistently on 8/5 Bonus Poker. Can Bonus Poker be relatively boring? Yes! Can Bonus Poker be highly profitable (especially on high denomination coin)? Oh Hell Yes!!! There’s your answer, Wendi. I hope one day we meet and get to play together. You’re so much fun!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker ~ Hello, John! Thank you for your detailed answer. NOW I get it! Another intriguing thing is, you peaked my interest in Bonus Poker. In all honesty, it & DW are my two least favorite VP games, but I will definitely start playing BP now, thanks to you. Sheesh, when I viewed your $100k win video, & heard what SlotMassacre said about you being the king of BP, I started having a change-of-heart. You can be assured, I will play “your” game on my next visit to a casino! I look forward to playing next to you, & learning in-person, John! I have no doubt it will be a fun time! 😊 I want to tell you…The very first RF I hit was about 25 years ago, in Laughlin. I was new to VP, was dealt 4 to the Royal, but had a flush. Was SO darn excited to have drawn for the Royal!
Congratulations on your 1st Royal Flush win in Laughlin, Wendi! I hope you have access to 8/5 Bonus Poker in your local market and that you’re able to practice on a simulator that “warns on mistakes” to keep errors at a minimum. If you’re able to start with a 1,000 coin bankroll, you stand a good chance of doing well on the game (provided it is an 8/5 BP pay table). If not, then maybe one day, we can play at Red Rock, or South Point, or Palace Station, where 8/5 BP is the norm throughout those casinos. If you like playing video poker, then I am absolutely sure that we’ll have a blast playing BP together! Take care and Practice, Practice, Practice!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker ~ Thank you! Yes, I very rarely ever play anything but VP. Might occasionally toss a few bucks into a slot machine, but not very often at all. I will have to sneak over to Thunder Valley, & check the pay tables. I can’t remember the last time I stepped foot in TV. They’re so tight, I quit going, not wanting to donate to them anymore. I will practice, John…I want to play correctly when we’re side-by-side! 😃
Hi John--Can I ask you a question? (I usually play double double bonus poker so I'm not as familiar with Bonus Poker strategy)--At the 13:40 mark you had a 3-4-5 of hearts and a 6 of diamonds--in other words you had three cards to a straight flush and also four cards to an open ended straight. You held the 3-4-5 of hearts straight flush draw. I think I would have intuitively kept the 6 of diamonds also for the open ended straight draw. Would my play have been incorrect--and if so would it have been a big or small error? I appreciate the info--Thank you!
Great question and you’re so right! I missed that 6♦️!!!😂 It really pays to give pause and think about every hand before making our selections. I think when the 3 cards to the Straight Flush rolled-out, I just quickly glanced over at the J♦️, gave no thought to the 6♦️(that was ”staring me down”) and I just instantly went for the 3 card Straight Flush! You’re absolutely correct in holding for the Straight in either, DDB or BP. First comes the Straight, then the Straight Flush, and then the Jack. The Straight is the correct hold in both cases, and I gave the casino a whopping 17.1% extra advantage over me by my missing that 6♦️😬! Thank you for pointing that out. I need to be more focused and thoughtful when playing. Good Call.😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Enjoy watching you as you know. You know me too and I have got to ask...when you see the machine pretty muched died after the quad 2s, why didn't you at least try a different game? Switch off and go back. My go to is deuces bonus or super double double for a pick me up. I tried that Bonus Poker progressive the other day. Nothing much but 2 pair and finally zero. Oh talk about zero, I had already hit 4 aces 3 times as well as several quads. I had some odd money left and decided to play one more machine. Pushed the deal button, 0 credits left, held 2 aces and 2 more with the kicker came in. After the hand pay the floor lady said "ok, play it off please." I laughed. She then noticed NO credits left. LOL
On lower coin denomination free play sessions, I just “run’em” into the ground. I’m just there to get as many hands in at a one-off chance on the Royal (if possible). They’re not serious sessions for me, unless I’m settled in with a 1,000 coin bankroll and “ready to do battle”. Now, had Aces hit or a bunch of 2’s, 3’s, or 4’s, a few straight flushes (while on the $1 or $2 coin level), I may have cashed it in for use as an added buffer on a much larger more serious bankroll for use later on high denomination play. That would more than likely be a $3,000-$5,000 bankroll and I would pick out an appropriate sized multi-denomination coin machine housing $2, $5, $10, & $20 coin denominations. I would then be taking shots at $20,000, $40,000, and $80,000 Royals. Chances are, while doing that; (if I were to hit just an $8,000 Royal), I would take that entire $8,000 win, and look at it as if it were “free play” to be used on large denomination coin machines. I would immediately get on a $25, $50, and $100 coin denomination machine with it and dump that whole $8,000 on going for the: $100,000, $200,000, and $400,000 Royals. When I have free play on the lower denominations, anything that I win (including the Royal) is going to be recycled in (albeit on a higher coin denomination) to leverage whatever I won into an even bigger win on higher coin denominations. If I were to lose the $8,000 Royal that the casino “gave to me”. It’s not out of my bank account so I could care less. I’m a big game hunter when it comes to house money than can be exploited for outrageous Royals “essentially for free”. I rarely use my own money when hunting big Royals. I use house money instead. BTW, you can refuse “playing off” the hand pay jackpots. You just tell them that you’d rather not and just cash out.😁🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker I see your point. My locals have really lousy free play awards. A 90 yr old woman has been playing the same 4 old school slots for at least 20 years. She might go through $3000 a night. She hardly ever hits anything. Her husband left her over $20M. Her free play is only $50 a week!! I can only step up to $2 coin or multi-line max $1 coin. I play very close to home. I used to go to the bigger casinos with friends. Sadly, they have all passed. I would need CPR hitting a $100000 royal. I look forward to your next monster royal.
Another mistake, really???? So why are you going 100 miles. The only reason i can even see why your going so fast for comps. Because video poker you got to spend twice as much as slots. Which you mess up, BECAUSE YOUR GOING TO FAST . So what's the point ????
Yes, I sort of got caught up in the moment playing video poker with my two friends, Curtis & Skip, sitting right next to me. They both play very fast, and without realizing it, my own play started to speed-up, as a result. And you’re quite right, speed leads to more errors, most definitely. But, as with all my videos, I let the sessions stand on their own, warts and all. I’ve never met a video poker player who has never made a single mistake, or one who will never make a mistake in the future. In fact, mistakes are an integral part of every player’s game. We all make them, and we will all continue to make them for as long as anybody plays the game. Perfect play doesn’t guarantee a winning session, just as mistakes, don’t guarantee a losing session. That’s the essence and the beauty, of the game; its randomness. No matter “how” one plays the game, the player can still win or lose. Love it!😉🌎
I noticed you chose the 3,4,5 of hearts vs. going with the off suit 6 for the straight, is that the correct play? Sometimes I’ll go for the straight other times I’ll go for the flush or straight flush.
Thank you for making that observation. Someone else just recently pointed that out to me as well. Here was my response and your answer. “Great question and you're so right! I missed that 6♦️!!!😂 It really pays to give pause and think about every hand before making our selections. I think when the 3 cards to the Straight Flush rolled-out, I just quickly glanced over at the J♦️and gave no thought to the 6♦️(that was "staring me down") and I just instantly went for the 3 card Straight Flush! You're absolutely correct in holding for the Straight in either, DDB or BP. First comes the Straight, then the Straight Flush, and then the Jack. The Straight is the correct hold in both cases, and I gave the casino a whopping 17.1% extra advantage over me by my missing that 6♦️! Thank you for pointing that out. I need to be more focused and thoughtful when playing. Good Call”. Thank you for commenting and your viewership, JoeJoe!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Miss that place. Pre-COVID I stayed for my birthday weekend and hit 4 aces with a kicker playing dollars, switched to $2 and hit a few 2-3-4 with a kicker so I decided to play $500 on the $5 and hit the royal on the second hand. All on the same machine. Needless to say it was an amazing weekend.
HI JOHN GREAT COMMENTARY I FEEL REALY CONFIDENT AFTER I SEE YOU PLAY HEY ITS A GAME AND I HAVE FUN WATCHING YOU PLAY VIDEO POKER AND I FEEL I AM LEARNING ALSO I LIKE HOW YOU CHANGED DENOMINATION WITH OUT THINKING ABOUT IT TO CONSERVE YOUR BANK ROLL THANKS AGAIN JOHN LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE VIDEOS .THANKS AGAIN JOEY
Thank you for your nice comments and for your viewership. Hopefully, you have access to 8/5 Bonus Poker pay tables in your area. Once you master that game, you can branch out from there!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Yes, that’s the way it goes at times, you win some, you lose some!😂 Now, it may have turned out to be a great session with a 1,000 coin bankroll, but we’ll never know. The machine gave me a good run (in the sense that every hand is a shot at the Royal theoretically) so I felt that I got a good run for the little money that I put in. That’s what I like about free play, you win some money up front (such as Quad 2’s in this case) for $200 and I got a lot of hands out of it on house money and on some of my own. If I lose the session, I walk. But sometimes, free play turns into a 1 hour, 2 hour or 3 hour session. When that happens, at 1,000 hands an hour, the player has a fair shot at the Royal, and there are many, many, times where that has worked out for me. Either way is fine with me. I’m just putting in the grind. Sooner or later that grind will pay off and I will catch it on video. About a month ago at Pechanga, I put $250 in the machine on a 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2 coin denomination. It was 8:30 at night. I won $3,000 after 9 straight hours of play. I left the machine at 5:30 the next morning! I didn’t film it because I didn’t bring a tripod and just figured it would be a “quick session”. From now on, I’ll film every session no matter what, because you never, never, know! Thanks for hanging tough with me Matt!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Andrew lives in Utah & Jeremy lives in MIchigan so I doubt there will be any live streams from Pechanga. But we do live streams from Vegas on virtually every visit.
If you have an iPhone or an iPad, go to the App store and download WinPoker by Zamzow ($4.99 or $9.99). If you sign onto my Patreon page (at the Gold level), we’ll exchange phone numbers & I’ll give you personal coaching as well. Then we can stay in touch by phone or through the Patreon messaging app. It’s only $5 a month, you can quit at any time.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Thank you for seeing the irony in my humor. It’s an inside joke between me, Slotmassacre, and Bigkats Poker. Plus, my channel is seen nationwide and also in 50 other countries around the world. I have to assume nobody in California watches my channel and I take it for granted that no one in the United States has ever heard of Pechanga or even knows where it is. People in Belgium watch my channel. And when do they do, it’s my goal that they don’t overlook coming to Pechanga if they ever want to gamble while in Southern California. Now THEY know.😁🌎
Hi, Ma Kittle, so nice to hear from you! Thank you for liking my intro. If you & Jeremy were out here, you'd certainly be in my videos too! I'm a bit rusty in my playing lately & I make way too many mistakes. So, I really must get back to simulator practice. Ironically, I've gotten away from practice since I started my channel, but there's plenty of hours in the day, so I have no excuse for it. However, even with mistakes, luck has a lot to do with it, and sometimes that's enough. The weather is getting really nice out here in California & Nevada. from April to June is one of my favorite times of the year to be in Vegas. Hope to see you and Jeremy again soon. Take care.❤🌎
Great vid🤠 Consistently taking the time to explain proper play sets you apart. If you ever need accommodations at Aquarius let me know. Not fishing for a meet up just wanna say thanks…….figuratively 👍
@@johnsworldofvideopoker VP is holding for now at Aquarius. If they dump full pay tables there, I guess I will be Stations Casinos bound. I hope the law of large numbers continues to rule in your crews favor👍
I was there not too long ago with a friend of mine checking out the pay tables at Aquarius and found some decent 8/5 BP on the higher denominations that I like. I hope they don’t train-wreck the pay tables like a lot of tribal casinos do around the country. I visited Laughlin back in 1997 when it was the Flamingo Hilton and I liked it very much. Laughlin is a fun little town!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hey John, I appreciate the honest portrayal of the game. One of my struggles is when to move on to another machine, I respect you and the group you play with, any thoughts?
Yes….good question, Chuck! As players, we’re always stuck between a “rock & a hard place”. When the going is, “good to great”, we could be on the machine all night long and be asking ourselves at 4:45 the following morning (after an all-night bender), “When’s this hot streak gonna end? I’m tired and gotta go to bed? Or even worse, “I gotta go back to work!”. By the same token, if we’ve dumped money into a machine and we’re chasing that loss, we feel like we might get up and then someone sits down right away on “our machine” and hits a Royal Flush,! “Our Royal Flush”!🤣 If a machine starts to turn and just goes stone-cold, I’ll move over right away, and keep moving over (if necessary) until I find a machine that’s frequently hitting the 2 pair hand. The essence of 8/5 Bonus Poker is the 2 pair hand. If that isn’t hitting regularly, then chances are, our bankroll will run out before anything else significant hits. Now, all the machines are randomly shuffling the cards 24/7, whether someone is playing the machine of not. Who knows? Maybe the empty machine right next to you is spitting out Quad Aces, Straight Flushes, and Royal Flushes randomly, but no one is playing the machine to ever know it. So, don’t hold any particular loyalty to any given machine, even your favorite one. It’s all just random occurence. On my free play excursions, I’ll only bring a single $100 Bill to subsidize the free play. When that $100 Bill is gone, then I’m gone. These are hit or miss free play redemption sessions only. I have a friend who really does well grinding the free play and then leaves immediately once it’s gone, or he’s up $200-$400, or he hits a Royal. (There’s always next week’s “free play) so to speak. That’s just an arbitrary free play session only” discipline. But he’s already hit 4 Royals this year doing just that! Also, if you’re up $100, or $200, or $300, you may just want to leave any way, and save that “get rich quick” session bankroll and add it to a much larger bankroll when you’re coming back to do a more serious 1,000 coin bankroll session. Especially a serious session, where you’re going to “work the denominations” going up & down (in the coin denominations) to preserve the bankroll long enough to have the 1, 2, 3, & 4 to the Royal hands convert to a Royal. 90% of my lifetime Royals, have hit in the first 15 to 60 minute range. 1.5 hours is more than enough time to hit a royal usually. I’ve only hit 2 Royals (on different occasions) at the 5 hour mark! I’d say give yourself 1.5 hours for a “do or die” in the casino session, and then leave either: up, down or even. Over time, you’ll learn to adjust to that discipline and probably have more winning sessions and less losses because of it. Of course, anything can happen, but usually a structured “escape from the casino” plan is better than chasing losses. I actually look forward to hit and run sessions and then leave. You’ll find contentment in just practicing on a simulator afterwards knowing that you’re getting, better and better, before going back to the casino to try your luck and test your skills. Any time a machine feels like it’s just taking your money, just get up and keep hitting different machines until you land on one that is rolling. It’s all random. But once in a while, we land on a machine or two, that’s hitting Grand Slams all night long!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
This place even sounds cool! definitely adding it to my list
The casino floor is bigger than the MGM casino in Vegas and it has great video poker pay tables. It certainly ranks near the top as one of the best video poker houses in the world. It puts most local casinos in America to shame.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Your videos are so helpful! Thank you for sharing your probability knowledge. Sometimes I have to listen with the sound muted though, the music detracts from the videos. Best of Luck!
Thank you. The underlying music blocks having copyright issues with the music from the casino. And, yes, luck is very much part of the game. The best way to maximize that luck is constant practice on a simulator that warns on mistakes.
Great video my friend! It was a pleasure meeting you at YaaMava Casino! Have a super awesome week and best wishes to you on your next casino run John, Have a super awesome week!
Thank you, Brian! I’ll see you next time!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker You are welcome! Thanks
Why not hold open ended straight at 8:39?
If you hold the open ended straight, then the only thing that you can hit is a straight. If you hold the small pair then you can hit: JoB, 2 pair, 3 of a kind, a full house, or Quad 6’s. You have so many ways to win with a small pair, than you do by being restricted to just a straight. With the small pair, you’re not only choosing an option that gives you the most chances to win, but the wins (such as full house or a Quad) pays you even more than just a straight. Good question. Thank you for your viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Thank you for slowing it down🤗
Finally, Huh! Thank you for your patience and hanging-tough Teresita!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hi John! Love your videos. Along with you and Slotmassacre you both have inspired me to start playing video poker. I live not too far from you and wanted to get your thoughts on Yaamava Casino as it is the closest casino to me.
Thank you, James. If you really haven’t played much video poker before, then perhaps we can get together and I give you a tour of the games. If you’d like, we can coordinate our schedules so you can visit me down here at Pechanga, and I’ll show you the ropes on a few things that you’re going to want to know before you start playing. Then later, on another occasion, I’ll drive up to Yaamava’ and show you about a few things up there. Let me know and thank you for your viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker that would be amazing!! Thank you , I would love to get together at Pechanga soon.
I’ll be heading out to the East Coast here shortly, but we can meet up in late June or in July, so that I can orient you towards the correct path in video poker success. Stay in touch with me here or at johnsworldofvideopoker@gmail.com. Thank you for your comments and your viewership!🙌🏻🌎🌎
Unfortunately my local only has $1and $5 8/5 bonus poker. The next steps down are .25 & .50 denom 7/5. With a $500 bankroll which would you recommend? Plus the machines are different being one only goes up to $1 max and the other is $5 only. Ugh. My go to game is two pair or better Joker poker. It pays 98.59%. Progressive on top and 4000 coins for 5OAK. This month I hit 5 5OAK and 4 Royals on a bank of 4 machines. One day I hit 2 royals in about 5 minutes. It definitely is cyclical. You can get really lucky and then go weeks with zip and pipp as they say. I have been trying more BP and have a vegas trip 4/29-5/3 with a bankroll and a serious outlook for it. Just looking for some advice for the plan of attack. Thanks again for all your dedication and will be joining Patreon for sure.❤👍
Thank you, Chris, for your viewership and for joining me on my Patreon page at the Platinum level! I just sent you some extensive suggestions for your upcoming play in Vegas. Plus, I’m going to give you customized, and personal coaching and review of your sessions via Patreon. Also, I’ll give you a phone call later today or tomorrow to welcome you aboard, as well as, getting to know each other as fellow players. From reading your comments, I can see that you’re obviously an experienced player and I suspect that in our communications with each other, that I’ll be learning as much from you as you do from me. Thank you so much, Chris, for your strong support, and I look forward to working with you in the future on dialing in both our games.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
I wish I could say I knew the math like you. I am a numbers guy but still only been at this since last year basically converting from slot garbage to VP. Thank you for the detailed responses!
There’s better numbers guys out there tgan me, that’s for sure. The good news is that if you download a simulator (WinPoker by Zamzow) to your phone and practice with it (set it to warn on mistakes) you’ll quickly start to see where your mistakes are and rid yourself of them over time. Then, as you play in the casino, you’ll find that your bankroll lasts longer (due to your improved play). It’ll only be a matter of, practice and time, and eventually the Royal Flushes will come. The simulator practice is crucial to winning.🌎
You got a lot of mileage out of that free play, nice!
I get free play every week. I just run it through looking for “free shots” at the Royal. Sometimes I hit one, most of the time, I don’t. Sometimes I cash out my wins & sometimes I just recycle it until it’s gone. Still, It’s a lot of fun at low cost!🤣🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Great job! You sure gave it a shot. That was a lot of coin in on free play.
I prefer to tell it like it is. And just as there are winning sessions, there are breaking even sessions, and there are losing sessions. But no winning session lasts forever, and no losing session lasts forever. And just as sure that a player will have losing sessions, it’s just as certain that winning sessions will follow once again. Winning & losing is cyclical. Just as the rise and fall of the stock market is cyclical. It’s not linear. It’s a circle! There’s the top of the circle, and as you go round and round, and there’s a bottom of the circle. But once it bottoms out, it can only go up again. Round and round and round. Win/loss, win/loss, win/loss. So the key is to have the bets big enough when one is winning, and the wagers small enough when one is losing, to keep the odds that we’re all up against, at bay. It’s a challenging balancing act that has it’s share of heartbreak and thrills. Just like the stock market, just like a sports game, just like life itself. Either way, it goes, I’m going to give it my all. Win, Lose, or Draw!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker Good wisdom!
😉🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker I ended up hitting a royal on my last Vegas visit at S.P. on .50 but instead of upping my bet I put it in my bank roll for next visit since I had 25k coin in and plenty for the comps to keep coming.
Perfect. Now, you have the option of upping your coin denomination right out of the gate next time, or just continuing on as always. Your option.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Also will be in Vegas at the end of April, will you or Andrew be there then
Bigkats Poker, Docs Gambling, Slotmassacre, & John’s World will be there from 4/22-4/26. Although I don’t know the itinerary at this time. Perhaps we’ll have a chance to meet.
@@johnsworldofvideopoker what casino will you all be at
Going with a buddy and our wives. We are huge fans of you and Andrew
I would be happy to meet you and your party. You can reach out to me on my email if you like: johnsworldofvideopoker@gmail.com
Hi John,
When dealt ACE, King and Jack all unsuited on Bonus Poker, why do you only hold the King and Jack? Other players also confirmed it, but I didn’t know why it is done. Why doesn’t ACE King get held?
In video poker the highest card in the hand dictates your card selections. If you were to hold the Ace it limits the amount of straights you can get because it is at the top or the bottom of the deck. So picking a Jack/King, or Queen/King, or Jack/Queen allows for more straights to hit while also giving the player shots at Quads with either face card. Holding all 3 cards destroys any shot at getting any Quads while limiting access to more straights, so you always dump the Ace in BP. There are times too that when there is a 10 and 2 face cards, where you always dump the 10 when it’s part of the 3 cards in question. But rather than trying to memorize all the rules, it’s best to constantly practice on a simulator that “warns on mistakes” (10-15 minutes daily) and in that way, you’ll see the same mistakes over & over, & over again until you absorb the “right holds” over time. Then when you’re in the casino, you’ll remember the correct holds and have better sessions leading to more money for you as well. Great question. Practice, Practice, Practice!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
John,
You’re the best. I totally get the explanation. Great channel, great back yard pool, and great commentary as always in every video. Hope to catch you at Red Rock someday. Keep the great content coming. Take care
Thank you, Rob. I never miss a chance to play at Red Rock. I’m sure one day we’ll meet. With a few adjustments to my channel, it will more than quadruple in size by year end and then that will double in size by next May. I have exciting new improvements under development at this time. Thank you for your loyal viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Greetings from Torrance! Whew! That sure was a battle! Everyone loves to see a win, but I learn a lot from the losses. I am always looking for patterns or "moods" of the machines. When I hit my lower limit, I will cash out and go find another machine. Isn't it great to play with the casino's money? That is probably the biggest lesson I learned from you. Once you are up over your initial amount, you are now playing with their money, not yours. My wins have always been on the casino's dime. Not mine. The Quads taste even sweeter now. Thank you sir! BTW- Thursday and Friday were 97 degrees in Torrance, today I needed a jacket to stay warm. Crazy weather!
I'm so accustomed to playing (or seeing my friends play) high denomination coin that I barely noticed that this was a loss, especially since the casino paid for half of it! And also too, because on high denomination coin, even a mere straight pays $200 on a $10 coin denomination machine. So for all the play that I got on this session (2 videos worth) it feels like I came out ahead over the casino. In just a few hits on a $10 coin machine of 2 pair, Jacks or Better, or 3 of a kind, this money will be back in my pocket again. The odds are all the same on an 8/5 BP pay table whether you play a high denomination machine or a small denomination machine. You can win just as easily on a $5 coin machine as you can win a 5c coin machine. A $5 bill is just a large nickle. $25 is just a giant quarter. A $50 coin is just a large 50¢ piece. It's all relative.😁🌎
Thanks for the video, when’s your next Vegas trip?
I usually head up to Vegas once a month. I have an East Coast family reunion coming up soon so that may alter some of my Vegas plans.
Hurry Back, John.
Ironing out a few technical items of concern and then we’ll be high-flying again. Thank you for your patience!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
You’re still the most informative of anyone else John, thank you!
Thank you, Tony! You have my number call me anytime amigo!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Big day tomorrow, John. Harrah’s Joliet is calling! 🤞
Good Luck. Please let me know what kind of pay tables they have for High Limit JoB, BP, BPD, DDB, & TDB. Knock’em Out!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hi John. Your bankroll management works! I've been pitting it into practice and although it seems opposite of the way most players handle it, it really works, and really well with a little luck! (Most people never take a chance when they get low, and push it a few hands) Friday at my local, starting at 50 cent coin, it only took a few hands to see things were really rolling. Went to $1 and hit quads on Kings and 7s. From there, I was able to play for almost an hour and a half just going up and down with the ebb and flow. It was awesome. From 60 in free play with 100 green cash, I left almost 300 up. I probably could have stayed and played more, but I had plans for the money, and that made it even sweeter. Thank you again for all the tips and commentary. I am working on more advanced strategy on the simulator now too. 😎
Great Job, Jim! I just filmed a session at Pechanga with a friend of mine from your neck of the woods (Chicago) and as it turns out, he has a money management technique very similar to what I’ve been saying. I’ll feature it in my next video! Keep up the simulator practice and the great work!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hi John, I've got to say, having been a long-time VP enthusiast, It's actually refreshing to see a pro like yourself make mistakes here and there, and more important, that you don't kick yourself for it. You just acknowledge the mistake and keep on playing. It's a game that's incredibly easy to make fast judgement errors, but that's what adds to the challenge...just like golf, which can be played alone...you're constantly striving to improve your game/play.
Thank you for your generous words, John. And you’re correct in your assessment on how to approach video poker, as well as, the great game of golf (I love them both). The point you make in your comments is exactly what I’m trying to convey about video poker with my channel. Perfect play doesn’t necessarily equate to hitting a Royal Flush & making mistakes doesn’t stop you from hitting a Royal Flush either. And that’s the point. Practice on a simulator that “warns on mistakes” to minimize your errors and also to give yourself a better chance (but just do your best) mistakes & all. There is an element of luck in all of this and from what I’ve seen (with the 37 Royal Flushes that I’ve hit) is that you don’t have to play perfectly to win. In fact, you can win big money in spite of your errors. I’m currently in a tiny slump lately, but it’s nothing that can’t be overcome with consistent play. Although, I prefer winning….I know it’s “just a numbers” game. I stay within my budget, I know the probabilities and what comes around, goes around. When you’re up, you could just as easily be down, and when you’re down, you could just as easily have it turn around for you with just a few lucky hits. If all else fails, stop playing for a while and “relish” practicing on a simulator that “warns on mistakes” . Visualize your self becoming a better player and weeks (or month’s later), go give it a shot again with your new and improved skill set on low volatility games (9/6 JoB & 8/5 BP) and a 1,000 coin bankroll. In the fullness of time, the good to great wins will come back once again.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@johnsworldofvideopoker Spectacular response! I comb through the comment sections of your video looking for questions i have or have not thought of in regards to my own play and of course how you play. This response right here answered question I have yet to even think of lol. Awesome!!!!
Thank you for saying so. Now, that I think about it, there are a lot of things commented on in my other videos that give insights into the game. I learn from other player’s comments & experiences too. Read them all….there’s some things to be found there. Thanks again. Good luck!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Great video as always John! Have you ever held the proper cards rather than 3 to a royal (like at 4:33) and would have hit the royal? Just happened to me this weekend and it certainly didn't feel the best, but I'm not too upset as I held the proper cards and 3 to a royal is 1 in 1,081.
Thank you for your comments. Even though the Jacks were the proper hold in this case, I know exactly what you mean when the required cards to complete the Royal come out on the re-deal and would have hit for the big win. That has probably happened to me at least 10 times over the years. You’re playing perfect strategy & you don’t hold for the Royal (because it isn’t the correct play) and the Royal would have hit! I’ve seen it happens to my buddies, Slotmassacre, Curtis, Bigkats, and Doc’s Gambling many times. Then again, when you do hold the proper cards (like 2 to the Royal: 1 in 16,215) and it hits! So it’s all good. But I know exactly how that feels! That happens quite a bit on 8/5 Bonus Poker! Take care my friend.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
~ John…At the 2:10 mark, are the 7’s the higher % bet, or the outside straight? TYIA for always graciously answering my many questions. 😃
Hi, Wendi, I love your inquisitive nature! You would be so much fun to play with in the casino. Video Poker is a thinking person’s game, and you ask very good questions. It’s so much fun to stop and think about interesting hands. This particular hand does have some intrigue and gives one pause to contemplate it. It’s actually pretty to look at too! Which way do we go? Well, the straight flush is is in sequence but it would be quite a stretch to get precisely the exact 2 cards (of the the same suit even) to replace those two 7’s. There is actually a rule for this in video poker for this choice: “Always hold a small pair in preference to any 3 cards of a straight flush”. Whenever you are faced with only that choice, the small pair will always be the correct choice. Now, it comes down to the other choice. Do we hold the small pair, or do we we go for the straight, which is open on either end? This choice is the perfect one to illustrate the “power” of a “small pair”. If we hold for the straight, we limit ourselves to only getting a straight. But if we were to hold the small pair, we are given the “keys to the kingdom”. The small pair leads to so many more possibilities: JoB, 2 Pair, Trips, Full House, and Quads vs. “just a straight”. That’s what makes Bonus Poker so powerful too (especially on high coin denominations). The small pair leads to “getting paid” on the all important 2 pair hand. 2 pair is one of the most frequently hit hands in video poker and that means that the 9/6 JoB & 8/5 Bonus Poker player is frequently “making money”when playing the low volatility games. Those frequently hit 2 pair wins add up to quite a bit. This is largely dismissed by players of the volatile games who prefer the “thrill” of the rarely hit Quads w/kicker hands as opposed to “making money” consistently on 8/5 Bonus Poker. Can Bonus Poker be relatively boring? Yes! Can Bonus Poker be highly profitable (especially on high denomination coin)? Oh Hell Yes!!! There’s your answer, Wendi. I hope one day we meet and get to play together. You’re so much fun!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker ~ Hello, John! Thank you for your detailed answer. NOW I get it! Another intriguing thing is, you peaked my interest in Bonus Poker. In all honesty, it & DW are my two least favorite VP games, but I will definitely start playing BP now, thanks to you. Sheesh, when I viewed your $100k win video, & heard what SlotMassacre said about you being the king of BP, I started having a change-of-heart. You can be assured, I will play “your” game on my next visit to a casino! I look forward to playing next to you, & learning in-person, John! I have no doubt it will be a fun time! 😊 I want to tell you…The very first RF I hit was about 25 years ago, in Laughlin. I was new to VP, was dealt 4 to the Royal, but had a flush. Was SO darn excited to have drawn for the Royal!
Congratulations on your 1st Royal Flush win in Laughlin, Wendi! I hope you have access to 8/5 Bonus Poker in your local market and that you’re able to practice on a simulator that “warns on mistakes” to keep errors at a minimum. If you’re able to start with a 1,000 coin bankroll, you stand a good chance of doing well on the game (provided it is an 8/5 BP pay table). If not, then maybe one day, we can play at Red Rock, or South Point, or Palace Station, where 8/5 BP is the norm throughout those casinos. If you like playing video poker, then I am absolutely sure that we’ll have a blast playing BP together! Take care and Practice, Practice, Practice!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker ~ Thank you! Yes, I very rarely ever play anything but VP. Might occasionally toss a few bucks into a slot machine, but not very often at all. I will have to sneak over to Thunder Valley, & check the pay tables. I can’t remember the last time I stepped foot in TV. They’re so tight, I quit going, not wanting to donate to them anymore. I will practice, John…I want to play correctly when we’re side-by-side! 😃
Hi John--Can I ask you a question? (I usually play double double bonus poker so I'm not as familiar with Bonus Poker strategy)--At the 13:40 mark you had a 3-4-5 of hearts and a 6 of diamonds--in other words you had three cards to a straight flush and also four cards to an open ended straight. You held the 3-4-5 of hearts straight flush draw. I think I would have intuitively kept the 6 of diamonds also for the open ended straight draw. Would my play have been incorrect--and if so would it have been a big or small error? I appreciate the info--Thank you!
Great question and you’re so right! I missed that 6♦️!!!😂 It really pays to give pause and think about every hand before making our selections. I think when the 3 cards to the Straight Flush rolled-out, I just quickly glanced over at the J♦️, gave no thought to the 6♦️(that was ”staring me down”) and I just instantly went for the 3 card Straight Flush! You’re absolutely correct in holding for the Straight in either, DDB or BP. First comes the Straight, then the Straight Flush, and then the Jack. The Straight is the correct hold in both cases, and I gave the casino a whopping 17.1% extra advantage over me by my missing that 6♦️😬! Thank you for pointing that out. I need to be more focused and thoughtful when playing. Good Call.😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Enjoy watching you as you know. You know me too and I have got to ask...when you see the machine pretty muched died after the quad 2s, why didn't you at least try a different game? Switch off and go back. My go to is deuces bonus or super double double for a pick me up. I tried that Bonus Poker progressive the other day. Nothing much but 2 pair and finally zero. Oh talk about zero, I had already hit 4 aces 3 times as well as several quads. I had some odd money left and decided to play one more machine. Pushed the deal button, 0 credits left, held 2 aces and 2 more with the kicker came in. After the hand pay the floor lady said "ok, play it off please." I laughed. She then noticed NO credits left. LOL
On lower coin denomination free play sessions, I just “run’em” into the ground. I’m just there to get as many hands in at a one-off chance on the Royal (if possible). They’re not serious sessions for me, unless I’m settled in with a 1,000 coin bankroll and “ready to do battle”. Now, had Aces hit or a bunch of 2’s, 3’s, or 4’s, a few straight flushes (while on the $1 or $2 coin level), I may have cashed it in for use as an added buffer on a much larger more serious bankroll for use later on high denomination play. That would more than likely be a $3,000-$5,000 bankroll and I would pick out an appropriate sized multi-denomination coin machine housing $2, $5, $10, & $20 coin denominations. I would then be taking shots at $20,000, $40,000, and $80,000 Royals. Chances are, while doing that; (if I were to hit just an $8,000 Royal), I would take that entire $8,000 win, and look at it as if it were “free play” to be used on large denomination coin machines. I would immediately get on a $25, $50, and $100 coin denomination machine with it and dump that whole $8,000 on going for the: $100,000, $200,000, and $400,000 Royals. When I have free play on the lower denominations, anything that I win (including the Royal) is going to be recycled in (albeit on a higher coin denomination) to leverage whatever I won into an even bigger win on higher coin denominations. If I were to lose the $8,000 Royal that the casino “gave to me”. It’s not out of my bank account so I could care less. I’m a big game hunter when it comes to house money than can be exploited for outrageous Royals “essentially for free”. I rarely use my own money when hunting big Royals. I use house money instead. BTW, you can refuse “playing off” the hand pay jackpots. You just tell them that you’d rather not and just cash out.😁🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker I see your point. My locals have really lousy free play awards. A 90 yr old woman has been playing the same 4 old school slots for at least 20 years. She might go through $3000 a night. She hardly ever hits anything. Her husband left her over $20M. Her free play is only $50 a week!! I can only step up to $2 coin or multi-line max $1 coin. I play very close to home. I used to go to the bigger casinos with friends. Sadly, they have all passed. I would need CPR hitting a $100000 royal. I look forward to your next monster royal.
Another mistake, really???? So why are you going 100 miles. The only reason i can even see why your going so fast for comps. Because video poker you got to spend twice as much as slots. Which you mess up, BECAUSE YOUR GOING TO FAST . So what's the point ????
Yes, I sort of got caught up in the moment playing video poker with my two friends, Curtis & Skip, sitting right next to me. They both play very fast, and without realizing it, my own play started to speed-up, as a result. And you’re quite right, speed leads to more errors, most definitely. But, as with all my videos, I let the sessions stand on their own, warts and all. I’ve never met a video poker player who has never made a single mistake, or one who will never make a mistake in the future. In fact, mistakes are an integral part of every player’s game. We all make them, and we will all continue to make them for as long as anybody plays the game. Perfect play doesn’t guarantee a winning session, just as mistakes, don’t guarantee a losing session. That’s the essence and the beauty, of the game; its randomness. No matter “how” one plays the game, the player can still win or lose. Love it!😉🌎
I noticed you chose the 3,4,5 of hearts vs. going with the off suit 6 for the straight, is that the correct play? Sometimes I’ll go for the straight other times I’ll go for the flush or straight flush.
Thank you for making that observation. Someone else just recently pointed that out to me as well. Here was my response and your answer.
“Great question and you're so right! I missed that 6♦️!!!😂 It really pays to give pause and
think about every hand before making our selections. I think when the 3 cards to the Straight Flush rolled-out, I just quickly glanced over at the J♦️and gave no thought to the 6♦️(that was "staring me down") and I just instantly went for the 3 card Straight Flush! You're absolutely correct in holding
for the Straight in either, DDB or BP. First comes the Straight, then the Straight Flush, and then the Jack. The Straight is the correct hold in both cases, and I gave the casino a whopping 17.1% extra advantage over me by my missing that 6♦️! Thank you for pointing that out. I need to be more focused and thoughtful when playing. Good Call”.
Thank you for commenting and your viewership, JoeJoe!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker thanks, great answer, I really didn’t know what the best hold was on that hand.
You’re welcome and thank you for your comments. It helps me, (as well as the viewers), to become better at the games. I love it!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Miss that place. Pre-COVID I stayed for my birthday weekend and hit 4 aces with a kicker playing dollars, switched to $2 and hit a few 2-3-4 with a kicker so I decided to play $500 on the $5 and hit the royal on the second hand. All on the same machine. Needless to say it was an amazing weekend.
That is a phenomenal run for sure, especially hitting the Royal Flush for $20,000. Congratulations on that! You’re back in Florida now, aren’t you?🌎
Love watching you play🤗
Thank you, Teresita!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
HI JOHN GREAT COMMENTARY I FEEL REALY CONFIDENT AFTER I SEE YOU PLAY HEY ITS A GAME AND I HAVE FUN WATCHING YOU PLAY VIDEO POKER AND I FEEL I AM LEARNING ALSO I LIKE HOW YOU CHANGED DENOMINATION WITH OUT THINKING ABOUT IT TO CONSERVE YOUR BANK ROLL THANKS AGAIN JOHN LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE VIDEOS .THANKS AGAIN JOEY
Thank you for your nice comments and for your viewership. Hopefully, you have access to 8/5 Bonus Poker pay tables in your area. Once you master that game, you can branch out from there!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Man, that was a rough machine
Appreciate your videos John!
Yes, that’s the way it goes at times, you win some, you lose some!😂 Now, it may have turned out to be a great session with a 1,000 coin bankroll, but we’ll never know. The machine gave me a good run (in the sense that every hand is a shot at the Royal theoretically) so I felt that I got a good run for the little money that I put in. That’s what I like about free play, you win some money up front (such as Quad 2’s in this case) for $200 and I got a lot of hands out of it on house money and on some of my own. If I lose the session, I walk. But sometimes, free play turns into a 1 hour, 2 hour or 3 hour session. When that happens, at 1,000 hands an hour, the player has a fair shot at the Royal, and there are many, many, times where that has worked out for me. Either way is fine with me. I’m just putting in the grind. Sooner or later that grind will pay off and I will catch it on video. About a month ago at Pechanga, I put $250 in the machine on a 25¢, 50¢, $1, $2 coin denomination. It was 8:30 at night. I won $3,000 after 9 straight hours of play. I left the machine at 5:30 the next morning! I didn’t film it because I didn’t bring a tripod and just figured it would be a “quick session”. From now on, I’ll film every session no matter what, because you never, never, know! Thanks for hanging tough with me Matt!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Great videos John
Thank you, I appreciate your kind words!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
I go to Pechanga all the time. Love it there and usually have some luck. Are you Andrew and Jeremey going to live stream anytime soon there.
Andrew lives in Utah & Jeremy lives in MIchigan so I doubt there will be any live streams from Pechanga. But we do live streams from Vegas on virtually every visit.
Hi John, love your videos thanks You mention practicing on a simulator, can you suggest one or two options. Thanks Brian
If you have an iPhone or an iPad, go to the App store and download WinPoker by Zamzow ($4.99 or $9.99). If you sign onto my Patreon page (at the Gold level), we’ll exchange phone numbers & I’ll give you personal coaching as well. Then we can stay in touch by phone or through the Patreon messaging app. It’s only $5 a month, you can quit at any time.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Pechanga is the biggest casino in all of California. Calling it a ‘secret’ is comical..
Thank you for seeing the irony in my humor. It’s an inside joke between me, Slotmassacre, and Bigkats Poker. Plus, my channel is seen nationwide and also in 50 other countries around the world. I have to assume nobody in California watches my channel and I take it for granted that no one in the United States has ever heard of Pechanga or even knows where it is. People in Belgium watch my channel. And when do they do, it’s my goal that they don’t overlook coming to Pechanga if they ever want to gamble while in Southern California. Now THEY know.😁🌎
Enjoyed and really the beginning where I’ve never seen before. Glad to hear you made a mistake for once…I say; I did it right for once
Hi, Ma Kittle, so nice to hear from you! Thank you for liking my intro. If you & Jeremy were out here, you'd certainly be in my videos too! I'm a bit rusty in my playing lately & I make way too many mistakes. So, I really must get back to simulator practice. Ironically, I've gotten away from practice since I started my channel, but there's plenty of hours in the day, so I have no excuse for it. However, even with mistakes, luck has a lot to do with it, and sometimes that's enough. The weather is getting really nice out here in California & Nevada. from April to June is one of my favorite times of the year to be in Vegas. Hope to see you and Jeremy again soon. Take care.❤🌎
Great vid🤠 Consistently taking the time to explain proper play sets you apart. If you ever need accommodations at Aquarius let me know. Not fishing for a meet up just wanna say thanks…….figuratively 👍
Thank you so much for the comments and your offer, Rick. I appreciate that. That's very nice of you.🙌🙌🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker VP is holding for now at Aquarius. If they dump full pay tables there, I guess I will be Stations Casinos bound. I hope the law of large numbers continues to rule in your crews favor👍
I was there not too long ago with a friend of mine checking out the pay tables at Aquarius and found some decent 8/5 BP on the higher denominations that I like. I hope they don’t train-wreck the pay tables like a lot of tribal casinos do around the country. I visited Laughlin back in 1997 when it was the Flamingo Hilton and I liked it very much. Laughlin is a fun little town!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hey John, I appreciate the honest portrayal of the game. One of my struggles is when to move on to another machine, I respect you and the group you play with, any thoughts?
Yes….good question, Chuck! As players, we’re always stuck between a “rock & a hard place”. When the going is, “good to great”, we could be on the machine all night long and be asking ourselves at 4:45 the following morning (after an all-night bender), “When’s this hot streak gonna end? I’m tired and gotta go to bed? Or even worse, “I gotta go back to work!”. By the same token, if we’ve dumped money into a machine and we’re chasing that loss, we feel like we might get up and then someone sits down right away on “our machine” and hits a Royal Flush,! “Our Royal Flush”!🤣 If a machine starts to turn and just goes stone-cold, I’ll move over right away, and keep moving over (if necessary) until I find a machine that’s frequently hitting the 2 pair hand. The essence of 8/5 Bonus Poker is the 2 pair hand. If that isn’t hitting regularly, then chances are, our bankroll will run out before anything else significant hits. Now, all the machines are randomly shuffling the cards 24/7, whether someone is playing the machine of not. Who knows? Maybe the empty machine right next to you is spitting out Quad Aces, Straight Flushes, and Royal Flushes randomly, but no one is playing the machine to ever know it. So, don’t hold any particular loyalty to any given machine, even your favorite one. It’s all just random occurence. On my free play excursions, I’ll only bring a single $100 Bill to subsidize the free play. When that $100 Bill is gone, then I’m gone. These are hit or miss free play redemption sessions only. I have a friend who really does well grinding the free play and then leaves immediately once it’s gone, or he’s up $200-$400, or he hits a Royal. (There’s always next week’s “free play) so to speak. That’s just an arbitrary free play session only” discipline. But he’s already hit 4 Royals this year doing just that! Also, if you’re up $100, or $200, or $300, you may just want to leave any way, and save that “get rich quick” session bankroll and add it to a much larger bankroll when you’re coming back to do a more serious 1,000 coin bankroll session. Especially a serious session, where you’re going to “work the denominations” going up & down (in the coin denominations) to preserve the bankroll long enough to have the 1, 2, 3, & 4 to the Royal hands convert to a Royal. 90% of my lifetime Royals, have hit in the first 15 to 60 minute range. 1.5 hours is more than enough time to hit a royal usually. I’ve only hit 2 Royals (on different occasions) at the 5 hour mark! I’d say give yourself 1.5 hours for a “do or die” in the casino session, and then leave either: up, down or even. Over time, you’ll learn to adjust to that discipline and probably have more winning sessions and less losses because of it. Of course, anything can happen, but usually a structured “escape from the casino” plan is better than chasing losses. I actually look forward to hit and run sessions and then leave. You’ll find contentment in just practicing on a simulator afterwards knowing that you’re getting, better and better, before going back to the casino to try your luck and test your skills. Any time a machine feels like it’s just taking your money, just get up and keep hitting different machines until you land on one that is rolling. It’s all random. But once in a while, we land on a machine or two, that’s hitting Grand Slams all night long!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎