Video poker is a skill game, with a fairly small element of luck to it compared to the typical casino game. There are only so many cards in the deck, and even the pay-tables clearly state the return the machine provides if you know how to read them. The high payouts even on the "low paying" versions like 6-5 Jacks or Better are still better than the average slot machine in the average casino, of course there are always exceptions.The book is based on three distinct ingredients: The facts, which are the pay-tables and strategies presented and discussed, since the strategies were themselves derived from mathematical equations based on the pay-tables; The opinions, which give you some insight into the Author's mind and hopefully raise important issues which you may not have even thought about; Advice and Experience from the Author's own experiences with the game. A balance between the three was something the Author worked hard at, and hopes it was achieved.Regrettably there is no way the Author can guarantee your results since no two sessions are ever the same. Anything can and does happen when you play video poker. Four of a Kinds can happen back to back, very rarely but it has happened.

They can also go a whole session without showing up. It is all based on the algorithms behind the math on which a random game operates. In theory, the book does teach you what is needed to be successful. Unfortunately successful sometimes meaning breaking even, or not losing as much as you normally would have!There is no reason to fear the game. It sometimes sits quietly in a corner, lacking attention while everyone crowds the slot machines. Many people are apprehensive towards it, feeling it is only for smart people. Practice, experience, and knowledge is all that is necessary, and you only develop those by playing it. It gives you something that the slots do not: A chance to control your fate.

How you play your cards is up to you, even though what cards you are dealt is determined by the random number generator. How the slot plays is entirely up to the machine, and beyond your direct control, only to be influenced by your luck and timing.The most important thing about video poker is, just because the house has an edge doesn't mean you can't sharpen an edge of your own! There are ways if you know what to look for and what you are doing, of turning it into a positive expectation game. This is the basis on which the book is written.