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AS THE JACKPOT INCREASES, VARIANCE CLIMBS AND PLAYING STRATEGY MUST CHANGE

What this means for the player is, as the variance goes up, so too does the bankroll size requirement. In the above example, the variance increases by 495 percent between reset value and 100 percent return.In addition to needing a large bankroll, your playing strategy will also have to change.Why, you ask?Because of the rising value of the royal flush, saving for it will become desirable in more and more instances.As an example, when the jackpot is at the reset value of 4,000 credits, optimum strategy tells you that saving four of a kind will return more in the long run that saving four of a royal flush, and therefore the proper play is to hold four of a kind. But when the jackpot is 8,000 credits, that is, when it is worth twice the normal, reset amount, the average return for four cards of a royal flush is more than the average return for four of a kind. In this case, saving for the royal flush is a better move.Here is another example. At the reset value of 4,000 credits it is favorable to save a high pair of jacks through aces over saving three cards of a royal flush. If you are at the same 8,000 credit progressive jackpot again, it is now favorable to save the three cards of a royal flush over saving the high pair. These are just two examples, but there are many more and they become more drastic as the progressive amount climbs. As the jackpot increases the player will increasingly choose to save for a royal flush over other plays that would win some smaller sum of money.Here is another fact that you may not have considered. Saving for a royal flush more often causes the frequency of hitting a royal to increase. At 4,000 credits for a royal flush on an 8/5 Jacks or Better game, if you use optimum playing strategy you will hit a royal flush every 40,170 hands on average. When the jackpot for a royal flush climbs to 8,000 credits on the same 8/5 game, and if you play the optimum strategy that has been modified for the 8,000 credit jackpot amount, you should hit a royal flush every 32,644 hands on average. That is a 20 percent increase. As you may have already surmised, the percentage of overall payback contributed from hitting a royal flush also increases as the jackpot climbs from its reset value. It climbs to 4.90 percent at 8,000 credits from 1.99 percent at 4,000 credits which is almost two and one half times as much.You may not want to play progressive video poker if you have other, lower variance games available. But if the only game you can find that gives you a decent return is a progressive game, and very importantly, if you also have an adequate bankroll, you may want to consider playing progressive video poker when the jackpots are high enough to make it worthwhile.

If you are planning to play a progressive video poker game, you want to play the best strategy. If you have video poker strategy software or an app to generate strategy, you should generate several different strategy charts. Make the first chart with the progressive jackpot at the lowest level you would consider playing the game. Then run a strategy chart with the progressive jackpot increasing at 1,000 credit intervals. While you are playing the game, simply use the strategy chart which has the progressive jackpot that is closest to the actual jackpot. This way you know that you are playing very close to perfect strategy.

It is possible to win more than you would on a standard video poker game due to the progressive jackpot amount.

You can actually play with an edge (over 100 percent payback) if the progressive jackpot is high enough.

There is a lower payback until the progressive jackpot gets very high.

A progressive game with a similar payback as a standard game will have a much higher variance.

As the progressive jackpot climbs, playing strategy must change in order to maximize results.

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DIFFERENT HANDS

There is also a new type of hand – the “wild” hand. A wild hand is any hand that contains a wild card. For example, in a deuces wild game a wild royal flush would have one or more 2’s in the hand. Because it is not an natural royal flush, the wild royal flush has a much lower pay than a royal flush formed without a wild card. Not all hands that contain a wild card are called “wild” hands, however. Many times the pay table does not differentiate between wild and non-wild hands. In those cases, the pay is the same whether or not the hand contains a wild card.Because wild cards can substitute for any other card, it is possible to have more than four of a kind. Since there are five cards in a hand, five of a kind hands are possible if they contain one or more wild cards.

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MULTIPLE PLAY VIDEO POKER USES STANDARD PLAYING STRATEGY

One thing I should mention at this point, playing strategy does not change at all when you are playing multiple play video poker. The strategy that is proper for the single play game – whether it is Jacks or Better, Double Double Bonus Poker, Deuces Wild Poker, Joker Poker, or whatever – is exactly the same as the strategy used for the multiple play version of that game.What is different is the impact of the originally dealt hand. Imagine your excitement if you are dealt four of a kind. You are guaranteed a four of a kind on each line you play. Imagine your excitement and anticipation when you are dealt four cards of a royal flush. If you are playing 50 plays, you will complete at least one of them in the long run in those 50 hands. This is because there is a one on 47 chance of completing a four card royal flush. You will complete two of them in the long run if you are playing a 100 play game.If you are dealt a good initial hand, you can make a lot of money in a very short time. But what if you are dealt a very poor hand? In that case you stand to lose a lot of money very fast.

Why am I bringing this up?When playing multiple play games, whatever results you can expect from the initially dealt hand are multiplied by the number of hands you play. Because of this, the variance, which is the intensity of bankroll swings both plus and minus, for multiple play games is higher than for single play games. Put simply, you will need a bigger bankroll in order to play multiple play games of the same denomination than you need for single play games.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Video poker games that have a wild card also have two additional paying hands in the pay table; a Wild Royal Flush and a Five of a Kind.

Because wild cards make hands easier to obtain, payback for winning hands goes down.

Strategy for playing wild card video poker is different than jacks or better category games. The primary consideration is the number of wild cards you are dealt.

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DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS POKER IS INTRODUCED

Double bonus poker was very successful. In order to draw more players and increase the excitement factor, manufacturers needed to come up with something even higher paying than in Double Bonus Poker. Their answer was to add two lines to the pay table that introduced the concept of a kicker. With a hand of four aces, the kicker is a 2, 3, or 4. With a hand of four 2’s, 3’s, or 4’s; the kicker is an ace or a 2, 3, or 4. Here is the maximum credit column of the Double Double Bonus Poker pay table with changes highlighted.

This full pay game has a payback of 98.98 percent with a variance of 42.

Higher paying winning hands; 400 for 1 for four aces with a kicker of a 2, 3, or 4, and 160 for 1 for four 2’s, 3’s, or 4’s with a kicker of an ace or a 2, 3, or 4.

Lower payback and higher variance than Jacks or Better and Bonus Poker means a larger bankroll is required.

The playing strategy is fairly complex.