In video poker, strategic decision-making involves balancing risk and reward by understanding hand probabilities, managing bankroll effectively, and knowing when to press (increase bet) versus when to play conservatively; successful players must maintain discipline during losing streaks and recognize when to walk away with profits.
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Episode 360: Video Poker at Sahara Casino Las VegasAdded:
Hey guys, it's Tainted Medic. [music] We formed degenerate. Here today at the Sahara Las Vegas where I got [music] $10 free slot play. We're going to do this really weird bonus [music] poker.
It is a 6 5, but it's 35 for the four of a kind.
That's an interesting game. Let's get started. [music] And here we go. Anything over $10 will press, guys. Our goal is to make it 20.
Here we go. Come on now.
We got a pair of sevens over here. Seven me, baby.
Nothing there.
Jack king off suit.
Nothing there.
Oh no, guys.
It's getting kind of crappy.
Oh no.
No.
No. How many in a row can I lose?
Oh my goodness.
Pair of sevens here. Come on.
Oh, that's eight of them. Eight of 5 6 7 8 9. [music] No, nothing going on here, guys. Nothing going on here.
Oh my heavens.
This is disgusting, guys.
Pair of fives.
Oh my goodness.
What the heck?
Come on. Spade.
What on Oh, you saw that, right?
9 10 jack queen.
Oh, I should have just Ah, it's uh it would have been a flush.
Nothing here.
Pair of queens.
Oh my heavens.
My goodness.
Pair of nines. Hey, you saw that, right?
Oh my goodness.
Pair of nines. Come on. Nine me, baby.
No.
Ace king. Come on. Ace king me, baby.
Ace king me, baby. Come on.
All right, we got ourselves a pair of aces over here.
Aces. Come on now.
Three aces. All right.
Two pair. Oh, thank [music] goodness.
Jack.
9 10 jack queen. Come on. King me, baby.
Come on. King me, baby. Come on. King me, baby. Come on. King me, baby. Come on. Ah.
Pair of fours, guys. Four me, baby. Four me, baby. Come on.
>> [music] >> All right, we got some aces going on here. Ace me, baby. Ace me, baby.
Two pair. All right, here we go.
Uh just the ace.
Oh.
Here we go. Pair of tens going on over here. Come on. Ten me, baby. Ten me, baby. Ten me, baby. Come on.
Two pair.
Ace over here. Come on. Ace me, baby.
Come on now.
Eh.
All right, got just a king.
One king over there. All right. So, we got ace over here. Come on. Ace me, baby. Ace me, baby.
Pair of eights.
Eight me, baby. Eight me, baby. [music] No.
Two pair. Come on now.
Jack king suited.
Oh, I saw the nine, guys. That got me going for a while.
Let me slow it down. Come on. Here we go. I was like, "Why is it so fast?"
Here we go. Jack king off [music] suit.
Three jacks, guys. That's terrific.
Spoke very soon, guys. Now, we got just one ace. Ace ace ace ace. No ace, guys.
Ah, three three five five. Come on. Five me, baby. Five me, baby. [music] Five me, baby. Come on.
Yes. Haha. We're back to 10 [music] bucks.
Wow, that's amazing.
Come on now.
We take the suited ace king. Come on.
Suited ace king. Come on now.
Nothing there. Now, we go back down again.
All right, pair of eights. [music] Come on. Eight me, baby. Eight me, baby. Come on now.
Oh.
That's three. [music] Looks like an eight, doesn't it? Well, kind of.
Eh.
All right. Come on. One more and we'll press.
Come on.
Bring it up to pressing level. Come on now.
All right, can't press a quarter.
Pair of fours, guys. Four me, baby. Four me, baby. Four me, baby. Come on now.
Oh.
All right, come on now.
Just the ace on this one. Ace me, baby.
One ace.
We got pair of sixes going on over here.
Six me, baby. Come on now.
All right, now we can press 50 cents.
Come on now.
>> [music] >> Just when I pressed. Pair of twos, guys.
Two me, baby. Two me, baby. Come on.
Son of a All right.
Back to one, guys. Back to one.
Pair of threes over here.
Let's keep [music] these ace kings suited.
Nada.
One king over here. Come on. King me, baby. King me, baby.
>> [music] >> Nothing there.
Oh no.
All right, here we go. Come on.
Come on. Ace me, baby. Ace me, baby.
Come on.
Oh.
We got pair of threes going on over here. Come on. Three me, baby. Three me, baby.
>> [music] >> Pair of tens.
Ten me, baby. Come on.
No.
All right, just the jack. Jack me, baby.
Jack me, baby. Come on now.
Oh.
We got pair of nines going on here. Nine me, baby. Nine me, baby. Come on. Nine me, baby. Come on.
Eh.
>> [music] >> Jack king over here. Come on now.
Pair of jacks. Come on now.
All right, lucky kings. King me, baby.
King me, baby. Come on.
Ah.
Ace jack. Come on. Ace jack, baby.
All right, save for the ace.
All right, we need two more threes. Come on. Three me, baby. Three me, baby. Come on.
Two pair.
Oh, we need this flush so bad. Flush me, baby.
Back to 10 bucks.
>> [music] >> Ace king.
Off suit.
Ace. Come on now.
Lucky ladies. Lady me, baby. Lady me, baby. Come on.
Two pair.
All right, we got some sixes over here.
Come on. Six me, baby. Six me, baby.
Oh man.
Got pair of eights going on over here.
Eight me, [music] baby. Eight me, baby.
Come on.
Oh my goodness.
This fits.
We just need the three and four of spades. Come on. Give it to daddy. Guys, the video poker is a long shot. Come on now.
What the heck?
Well, at least uh we got a pair of aces.
>> [music] >> Here we go. Over nice pair of kings here. King me, baby.
Eh.
Oh, jack me, baby. Jack me, baby. Come on now.
Ah.
>> [music] >> Ace No. Queen king off suit.
Nothing, guys.
>> [music] >> Just the jack.
Straight. Yes.
We got pair of sevens here.
Come on. Seven me, baby. Seven me, baby.
Come on.
Eh.
>> [music] >> Take the pair of fours here. Come on.
Four me, baby. Four me, baby.
Oh.
Pair of fives going on over here. Five me, baby. Five me, baby. No, they're also low, too.
Jack [music] king over here off suit.
Jack king off suit over here. Come on now.
Oh.
King over here. Come on now.
One king. Come on now. Come on now.
>> [music] >> All right, here we go, guys. Jack king off suit.
Oh.
Oh no, this is bad, guys.
All right, queen save the day. Come on now.
Ace over here. Ace me, baby. Ace me, baby. Come on now.
Pair of kings.
Oh. Can we get the fourth king?
Gods of video poker send me the king.
Come on. It's a good machine.
Good machine. Come on [music] now.
Put me the king right here. Not here.
Here, right in the middle. King me, baby. King me, baby.
Come on. King me, baby. Come on now.
Oh, you son of a It's like kicking the balls, guys. Here we go. Come on now.
Ace two uh three four five Okay, just the queen ace off suit over here. Give it to daddy.
Ace save the day. Here we go.
All right.
Deuces.
Come on now. Two me, baby. Two me, baby.
All right. Come on. Get up there. Get up there.
I want to at least be able to press.
Come on now.
Son of a Hit the ace queen over here. Come on, baby.
No.
6 7 8 9 over here.
10 me, baby. Come on.
Ace.
Oh, slapping the face, guys.
King me. King me. I want king.
Ain't nothing jack queen. That's a long shot. Maybe we get some ace instead.
Oh.
Hey, you never know these things. Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on.
Oh.
Oh, you son of a son of a I just needed queen to be like a five or Oh.
The balls are aching, guys.
All right. Let's see if we can get a diamond. Come on now.
All right. If we can make it to 10 bucks, let's get the Oh.
I was going to say if we can make it to 10 bucks, we can get the heck out of here. But I think we can press.
All right. We'll make this the last one, guys. Let's press 50 cents.
Come on now.
Uh-oh.
Come on.
Son of a All right, fine. We'll pay one more dollar.
Here we go. Come on. Four house me, baby.
Here we go.
Pair of four. Four me, baby. Four me, baby. Come on.
All right, one dollar. Come on. Here we go.
Lady me. Lady me. Come on now.
Oh.
Pair of three. Three me, baby. Three me, baby. Come on.
Ah.
All right, king [music] me, baby. King me, baby. Come on now.
Oh.
Ace king. Come on, baby.
All right.
Jack me, baby. Jack me, baby. Come on.
Oh.
Ace king off suit.
Oh.
All right, just a jack. Jack me, baby.
Jack me, baby. Come on.
Jack king suited.
All right, one more dollar. One more dollar.
>> [music] >> Got my diamond me, baby. Come on. Oh.
All right. Four house me, baby. Come on now. Oh, it was an ace.
All right, come on. Four house me. Jack me, baby. Jack me, baby. Come on now.
Oh, it was a three.
King jack. Come on. King jack me, baby.
Come on now.
Oh, could have been a straight.
Lucky fives here. Come on now.
Oh, not so lucky.
Ace king. Come on now. Ace king me, baby. Come on now.
Oh, no.
Jack queen off suit.
Oh.
Oh my god. I'm getting my balls twisted here. Come on now.
All right, that's it.
Should I take the eight bucks? No, [music] it's free play anyway.
I'm going to pay a four.
All right, 10 of five, guys. 10 of five.
[music] Eight me, baby. Nothing there.
Pair of six. Six me, baby. Six me, baby.
Come on now.
Oh my goodness. It's a repeat of the beginning.
King jack. Come on now.
All [music] right, two pair. Come on.
Lucky three. Three me, baby. Come on now.
Oh my goodness.
>> [music] >> Come on. Spade. Oh.
>> [groaning] >> Ace over here.
Nothing.
Oh, my balls are getting crushed.
Uh-oh. Here we go. Come on.
>> [music] >> Pair of three. Three me, baby. Come on now.
Three threes. Come on. Here we go.
Queen king off suit.
No, nothing.
All right, lucky ladies. Ladies. Come on. Give me some ladies. Come on now.
Oh.
Pair of five. Come on. Five me, baby.
Five me, baby. Come on.
Uh-oh.
Ace queen. Ace queen. Come on now.
Ah.
All right, I need this two pair so bad.
Give me a four house me. Come on now.
Oh, it was a king.
Lucky sevens.
Two pair. All right.
All right, heart me, baby. Come on now.
You son of a One queen over here.
All right, come on. Come on now.
Queen over here. Come on now. Come on.
Queen me, baby. Queen me, baby. Come on now.
Oh.
Just a [music] queen. Come on.
Ah.
Finally, three jacks. [music] Come on.
Jack me, baby. Come on now.
Ace king. Come on. Ace king me, baby.
Come on now. Oh.
Just the ace.
Oh.
King me, baby. Come on.
Oh my god, this is disgusting.
Come on. Club, baby. Club me, baby. Come on. Oh, you son of all that is.
Pair of threes, guys. Come on.
Two pair. Come on [music] now.
Threes and queens. Queen me, baby. Give it to daddy. Oh, daddy didn't get [music] nothing.
All right, come on. Jack me, baby. Jack me, baby. Come on.
Three jacks. Come on. Here we go.
Pair of lucky eights. [music] Eight me, baby.
No.
Ace over [music] here. Come on. Ace me, baby. Ace me, baby. Come on now.
One ace.
>> [music] >> Pair of lucky nines. Nine me, baby. Nine me, baby. Come on.
Nothing there. Uh-oh.
Ace king.
Nothing there.
Jack.
Nothing there. Oh my heavens.
Pair of threes. This is disgusting, [music] guys. Oh, no.
Jack 10. Come on now.
All right.
Well, it's free play anyway.
If we can get it back to 10 bucks, we get out of here.
Come on.
>> [music] >> Pair of eights. Come on. Eight me, baby.
Come on.
Seven bucks. Come on. Here [music] we go.
5 6 7 8 9 me, baby. Nine me, baby. Cards of video poker. Nine me, baby. Come on now.
It's a jack. Here we go.
Lucky eights. Eight me, baby. Eight me, baby. Come on now.
Nothing there. Ah.
Long shot. 7 8 9 10 jack.
Oh.
>> [music] >> 4 4 4. Come on. Four me, baby. Four me, baby. Come on.
Oh, it was a three.
Aces. Come on. Ace me, baby. [music] Ace me, baby. Come on.
Oh, point of four, guys. Come on now.
We got some sixes over here. Come on.
Six me, baby. Six me, baby. Come on now.
Nothing. Here we go. Come now.
Oh, these are the same sixes. Six me, baby. Come on. Six me, baby. Come on now.
Nothing.
All right, we got pair of threes going on here. Three me, baby. Three me, baby.
Come on now.
Oh my goodness.
>> [music] >> Pair of nines. Nine me, baby. Come on.
You son of a All right.
>> [music] >> Ace two three. We need the four of spades.
Cards of video poker. Give me the four of spades.
Four of spades. Cards of video poker.
Give it to daddy. Give it to daddy, baby. Come on. Four of spades. Come on now.
Oh, it was a four of clubs.
Oh my goodness.
Son of a Oh my goodness. Look at here we go.
Let's get it back [music] to 10 bucks.
Come on. Here we go.
All right, we got the king queen over here. Come on now.
All right. Come on, baby.
All right, two pair. Come on. Two pair.
Four house brings [music] me back to 10.
We can leave. King me, baby.
King me, baby. Come on.
King me, baby.
Come on.
Oh, it [music] was a six. Here we go.
Jack jack jack. Jack me, baby. Cards of video poker. Jack me, baby. Cards of video poker.
Jack me, baby. Come on now. Come on now.
Oh, you son of a Oh, garbage.
Come on now. 10 bucks, baby. 10 bucks.
[music] Lucky ladies. Lucky ladies. Come on. Lady me, baby. Lady me, baby. Lady me, baby. Come on now.
Actually, you know what? Eight bucks [music] is good.
Let's get out of here.
Eight [music] bucks is still a nice win.
It's but well, if I hadn't been playing with money, I would have been two bucks down, but eight bucks free money, guys.
Let's get the heck out of dodge.
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