Video Poker Optimum Play by Dan Paymar
A Book Review
Video Poker Optimum Play by Dan Paymar is one of the
authoritative books on the subject of video poker strategy. Not
only is the book easy and entertaining to read, but it covers a
ton of material in a reasonable amount of space. Video Poker
Optimum Play is probably the best overall book on video
poker I've read
Video Poker Precision Play
Video Poker - Optimum Play could be considered a
sequel or second edition of Paymar's first book on the subject
of video poker, Video Poker - Precision Play. Paymar
draws new distinctions and covers new information in the later
book.
Video Poker Information
Paymar covers a lot of details regarding video poker for
beginners, including explaining how video poker differs from
actual live table poker and outlining the history of the game.
The book also draws a distinction between playing perfectly and
playing "optimally", which is a pretty important distinction to
make. Since we're all human, no one really has a hope of playing
a mathematically perfect game of video poker, and a
mathematically perfect strategy might contain more exceptions
that a normal person could remember. But the difference in
return between a "perfect" strategy and an "optimal" strategy
might only amount to a 0.1% change in expectation, which is
minimal.
Video Poker Games
Video Poker Optimum Play covers Jacks or Better,
Deuces Wild, and Joker Poker pretty thoroughly, but it also
provides coverage of what variations in pay tables mean to a
player. It also covers a wide variety of unusual video poker
games which may or may not be available in a given casino.
Conclusion
Paymar manages to combine a huge volume of information and
data with an entertaining and clear writing style. Gambling is
fun in real life, but it's not always an interesting topic to
write or read about, so pulling off a book about optimum video
poker play is an achievement that Dan Paymar can justifiably be
proud of.
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