Comments on: Video Poker Comes to Paradise Springs

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:50:20 +0000

Hahaha! TARTOT strip poker!? lol, I’m pretty sure that’s a bad idea! It’s not the bluffing and the face-reading I have trouble with; I use those skills on a regular basis and I’m probably better than most at reading faces. No, my problem is the combinations, the values and the basic ability to remember what any hand looks like. They just dont go in my head, like I have a mental block that refuses to learn them.

Trust me, I have tried for HOURS ( maybe even days in total) to learn poker and just can’t; I’m un-pokerable!!!

By: riffraffse7en

riffraffse7en — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:08:39 +0000

I once played strip poker with Tarot Cards -it was a very interesting game. Let’s just say it brought new meaning to the card “The Hanged Man” -Gotta love Major Arcana.

I like your observation Seal and Markin about the “Tells” and the psychology behind the game.

I never play because I don’t have the face for it- even as an Avatar.

By: SealWyf_

SealWyf_ — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:37:05 +0000

Indeed. Video poker has remarkably little to do with poker. The only intersection is the relative rating of the hands.

By: J J Markin

J J Markin — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:15:09 +0000

@ KrazyFace: So much of poker depends on your ability to “read” the other players and their “tells” (the subtle signals they give about the cards they hold), in addition to memorizing the relative values of the combinations, and a set of rules (the simplified ones Seal gives for starters) of what to hold and what to discard, that — for a good player — it’s more a game of skill than it is gambling. With video poker, it’s just the memorization of values and discards. Moreover, in regular poker, one deck is divided among multiple players. In video poker, you get the entire deck to yourself, so you’re much more likely to draw helpful cards to increase the value of your hand. It’s nowhere near like playing regular poker, and there’s a heck of a lot less pressure than in blackjack, where others are (im)patiently waiting for you to decide what to do. You can also find low-amount video poker machines (older ones, obviously, in and among the penny / nickle slots) to hone your skills on relatively pain-free. Last time I was in AC, finding an “entry-level” $5 minimum blackjack table was hard enough …

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:52:00 +0000

Thankfully, my brain won’t accept poker! I know, it sounds nuts but, I just cant learn how to play. I have tried, numerous times; I even thought playing strip-poker might help put enough fear into me to MAKE me learn, heh, it didn’t. Instead I got to feel stupid for not only loosing, but also wearing just one sock…

I take it as a blessing and have solace in Blackjack, which I love and generally win at, most of the time. Other than that all casinos do is take my monies. Which is fine by me, I have enough vices breakin’ my skull already!