Video Poker Tournaments

[Baberuth]

Is there a strategy to these tournaments or do you just make the right moves as you would in normal play. I am thinking just going for the royal with every move?

Baberuth

[Ouchez]

I have played in several and will be doing so again soon. Strategy is to be more aggressive for the big hits going into the last round and often next to last round. Royals are not that common in VP tourneys as the machines cannot be set looser, at least not the ones I play on.

It is a tourney so anything goes to place in the money.

Ouchez

[Baberuth]

Thanks Ouchez. By more aggressive you mean not playing perfect, but chasing 4 of a kind. Example would be not keeping 2 diff. face cards and choosing one?
Also can you run your balance to zero and be out?
i am going to Vegas soon and was invited to play in a good invitational at no charge and want to do well.

[muffdiver]

Which variation of vp is it? Double/Double Bonus? If so, the bonus hands are usually worth playing for (depending on the dealt hand). Otherwise I'd be shooting for royals way more often than during regular "open play".

muffdiver

[muffdiver]

On the VP games I play (9/6 JOB) they have a double up feature that is a big rip off so I never use it but could be useful in tournament play when you have to make up ground to win.

The vp tourneys are usually DDB wherever I've played them. The double up feature is basically an even bet so not really a "rip off" in any case.

[blueefficacy]

True, but it increases variance which is not desirable most of the time in a slightly negative expectation game. Is there a use for the double up feature if you are playing for comps or playing a bonus points day or using freeslot play? I know there are specialists here who can give the proper use for the double up feature.

No, it is my understanding that double up wagers do not count as "coin in" for comp purposes. Also for freeplay, you are wagering your "winnings" which have already been converted to cashable money from the freeplay so unfortunately this will not provide you a house edge free way to convert freeplay to cashable credits.