Deck of cards vs a video poker game

[AxelWolf]

I was trying to make a point. It is that video poker games give me the appearance of not being random at all. In fact in all the years I've played cards I've never had five cards in my hand that made a royal flush but I've had my fair share of royals on machines. Likewise I've never had cards in my hand that made a straight flush, nor have I ever been dealt cards that were four to the royal. Yet, these happen in video poker.

I play a thousand hands per hour at video poker. At a kitchen table with a live deck what are you seeing, 30 or 40 hands an hour?

I've been playing with decks of cards for forty years. I've never had a royal or even four to the royal with a deck of cards. I might get four to the royal two or three times during a casino trip.

You're not really giving us enough information. 40 years is meaningless it's important to know how many hours. How many hours per week do you play poker on what game are you playing? If you put in enough time over that 40 years it seems highly unlikely you've never gotten 4 to the royal. As Mickey pointed out already the number of hands you are playing with cards versus a video poker machine are significant. One hour of video poker play equals over 30 hours of Live play. So it can take you thousands of hours to get a royal flush. Even if you played a hundred thousand hands with live cards very possible for you not to have gotten a royal flush. Video poker machines are even more random than a hand Shuffle.