Which Video Poker Paytables Should Be Played?

Although many, many players have asked me this question and I've always provided the same answer, the mindless critics continue to mislead people about what I've said AND PUBLISHED in order to keep on fighting their losing battle with those of higher IQ's.

Alan has always said the same thing and he's always been correct. Why? Because he wasn't afraid to meet with me an ASK me! So here it is once again:

When I began playing professionally I ALWAYS played 8/5 BP then 10/7 DBP or 10/6 DDBP if they were available at the casinos & denominations I chose to play at--and they were for the most part. The fact that some were positive and some were negative was not important. They were the best paytables available for the games that were necessary to play my strategy.

Once TBP+ an SDBP started to appear at more casinos and at more denominations, they took over. And once again, it is the GAME that's important to my strategy and not the paytable. However, I always looked for and played the best available paytables wherever and whenever I chose to play the sessions.

The knock seems to be that I'm saying the paytable doesn't matter. Well, for those who play on and on like mindless zombies and only quit when they start to dose off, have too much to drink, have a wife who isn't the same kind of addict and makes you get up and leave, or who typically run out of money when getting caught up in this foolishness, of course they want so-called "positive games". Why not? It certainly will give them a few more credits to get their fix with along the way, and they can use it to justify their playing far more than they know they should be playing!

But for intelligent players such as myself--and from what I see there are very, very few of them--I always play for that one lucky hit and then immediately leave the casino until another day. Quads & cash is what I'm after, not full houses, flushes, gobs of slot card points and/or slot club status. And therein lies the reason for developing all my special plays....more opportunity to hit those session-ending winners than if I took the safe hold just to get a tie or small winner.

So does the paytable matter or not? Of course it does--if they're going to pay me 5 more credits on this machine than that machine for a FH or flush, I'll certainly sit there first. But if the paytable isn't available where I choose to play, it's not an issue because it's the quads that'll end my sessions. In summary again, the paytable is important, but the type of game--regardless of paytable--is far MORE important. And this negative game = a loser and positive game = a winner is nothing but BS. No one plays the games long enough or accurately enough for any of that nonsense to make any difference whatsoever anyway. BTW--I've found I actually play MUCH MORE ACCURATELY than the guru and AP sharpshooters claim they do. I used to play at a 1400 hph clip as an AP, and I was as stupid as anyone who blabs about their speed. Why? The faster one plays the more errors in optimal play they make, and the longer these people play the higher their error rate/hour climbs. When I changed I played maybe at 500 hph tops, and as anyone who's done simple time studies knows, the slower one goes the more accurate the results.

So for those of thick skulls or for those who have another Singer-hating/jealous agenda, see if you can remember this and actually quote it instead of some dumb made-up scenario just so you can call MoneyLa more names!

DonDiego, thank you for visiting! I'm sure you learned more about the truth over here than from the hacks you have to read on LVA.

And Lurker: Howdya like THEM apples?!:)