So, I bought a copy of Rob Singer’s book, “The Undeniable Truth About Video Poker,” it was only a dollar on abebooks.com and I figured I’d have a look.
I do some teaching, and it’s nice to have archetypes for various concepts. This book may be one. It’s a beautiful example of anti-intellectualism. We’re all equal, and I don’t understand math, so someone who does can’t be any better than me, so math is useless. It’s a popular sentiment; one hundred years ago, William Jennings Bryan was making a name for himself by “giving the people what they want,” including the notion of deciding scientific questions (like the validity of evolution) by popular opinion. The technical name for this is
IPO (Ignorant and Proud Of it). Singer’s assertions must be music to many people’s ears. Here’s what I’ve learned so far:
1. The math may be correct for a computer, but not in the real world of the casino.
2. The experts who espouse correct play are actually losers in the casino and are making their money by selling snake oil to the public.
3. Singer has made lots of money by playing incorrectly, for example throwing away high cards because he felt like it and getting royals on the redraw, so the mathematically correct strategies must be wrong.
4. If you lose on one machine, you should either move to a higher denomination to recoup your losses, or maybe to a machine with higher quad pays (BP to DB, for example).
5. You can consistently make money by playing a machine, cashing out as soon as you have a small profit, then moving to another machine and starting over.
6. Above all, you should do what you feel like doing, nothing more and nothing less.
https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/foru...s-book/page/1/