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16-Time World Series of Poker Champion Phil Hellmuth Discusses His Life in Poker and Quest for Greatness By Sean Chaffin The World Series of Poker kicks off on May 31 and no player may be more synonymous with the event than Phil Hellmuth. The 1989 Main Event champion has 16 championship bracelets and $16.3 […]
Tips to maneuver yourself into a possibly better position to maybe experience some positive results By Frank Scoblete We have all been there. Yes, we have. Nothing is going right. You try this machine, that machine. You try machines that were hot for other players and they turn ice cold for you. You try […]
Tackling common video poker questions By John Grochowski Video poker players love to raise questions about their games, and the questions aren’t limited to strategy puzzlers. Often, questions from readers focus on how the games and odds work and why. Why don’t royal flushes pay more when they’re so rare? How are best strategies […]
Are you holding the best cards? Don’t be so sure Often times video poker players are dealt hands in which one of the holds is so tempting they just cannot resist. For example, suppose you are playing Jacks or Better and are dealt the following hand. How would you play it? […]
Our annual guide to where players can find the best slot returns in the nation By Frank Legato In 2022, most slot players know the meaning of “loose slots.” It means the slots that offer the highest return-to-player percentage (RTP)—the highest payback percentage. For slot enthusiasts, the search for loose slots never ends. When […]
Three new IGT video poker games inject extra rewards to top-returning pay tables By Frank Legato International Game Technology is credited with inventing video poker as we know it today back in the 1970s and early 1980s. And, it is IGT that keeps reinventing the game. Whether a video poker expert or simply a […]
Why do you lose after a big win in a casino? By Frank Scoblete She loves playing the slot machines, and she and her girlfriend Wendy would go to the casinos once a month for a weekend stay. They played, they took in the shows and they had delicious meals. They are not rich […]
Being dealt a royal is a rare, wonderful thing By John Grochowski If you’re a video poker player, you know that any royal flush is a cause for celebration. When I drew my first, way back in December of 1989, the stack of $100 bills handed to me by the slot attendant at the […]
For once, a slot computer malfunction works out for a player By Frank Legato “Malfunction voids all plays.” For as long as anyone can remember, those words have been displayed on the front of every mechanical slot machine or at the bottom of the screen of every video slot machine. For the nearly 40 […]
The bells, whistles and soothing sounds of slots help make the pain of losing more delightful By Frank Scoblete If you like the original movie version of Mary Poppins, you are certainly familiar with its great song “A Spoonful of Sugar.” The song lauds the salutary effects of some sugar placed in some horrible […]