Slot vs Video Poker

[KTChampions]

~ You have to think which cards to keep and which to redraw. There's guilt when you made the wrong decision, unlike slots when I barely feel any guilt even if I lose.

Man, I can assure you that there's nothing you can do to improve your performance in Video Poker. So, you can stop blaming yourself for a "wrong decision".

For example, while playing "Jacks or better" you see these cards at start



you decide to hold 55 because this is the right move in terms of probability.



and then, say, you get another pair after the draw, and you win a bit, 2x payout, but you could also choose holding 458 of Spades, and then get 67 of Spades and win 75x with a Straight Flush. And what's going to happen is absolutely unpredictable.

Feeling a guilt would be the same as to blame yourself for not choosing to play with 5 lines here:

Good example. I even wondered if it is possible to "specially" increase your losing rate if you play such games? For example, when playing dice, we can neither win nor change the rate of loss, no matter how hard we try - at a distance, the house will always take its advantage and it will be exactly what it is (now it is about 0.5% in almost all games as far as I know).

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[Mahanton]

I have played a good bit between both slot machines and video poker.  Personally I learned poker during the great "texas holdem rush" during the early/mid 2000's and absolutely still love playing real, sit down in person poker, so playing on a machine is not that fun for me.  However playing slots is fun because it often take absolutely zero skill, kind of like scratching a lotto ticket..so I enjoy both at different times.

Same impressions and comments between both games which it cant really be truly compared since they do serve out different markets considering that luck based and strategic based is totally a different story.

For videopoker this one doesnt really need up some skill too thats why it does have that kind of slot vibe when you do play based up on experience which similarities arent really way too far-off.
So its a personal choice whether one do likes to play slots or videopoker.

[sikke]

Modern-day gambling has increased the quest to gain more skills in playing the various gambling games, while some games require skills to play them, others are relatively simple to play and require little or no skills in playing them.
As the topic specifies slot and video poker are the most friendly and simple games to play for me but the two have some disparity which I will love us to discuss on this thread.
1 what are the similarities between slot games and video pokers?
2 between slot and video poker which is more technical and requires skills to play?
3 what are your personal experiences with both games?

To answer your question, I actually think that there isn't that much similarity apart from the user interface.

They are two completely different game modes that offer the user completely different amounts of control over outcomes.

I'd much prefer slots because I don't have the time to learn the basic strategy for video poker but I can definitely see why people would prefer the latter.

[Silberman]

Modern-day gambling has increased the quest to gain more skills in playing the various gambling games, while some games require skills to play them, others are relatively simple to play and require little or no skills in playing them.
As the topic specifies slot and video poker are the most friendly and simple games to play for me but the two have some disparity which I will love us to discuss on this thread.
1 what are the similarities between slot games and video pokers?
2 between slot and video poker which is more technical and requires skills to play?
3 what are your personal experiences with both games?

Can you actually win at video poker? Quite honestly I have never played video poker as I prefer the real thing when I am at the casino, to me it just seems like another slot machine with slightly different mechanics to simulate poker but at the end of the day you are still going to lose money at a similar rate than the money you lose against slot machines, however I could be wrong about this and video poker actually could take some skill to play.

[iv4n]

Or you can hold all the spades and hope to win a regular Flush
Or you can hold 4,5,7,8 and hope to get a 6
See, at least there are four scenarios: straight flush, flush, straight, and two pairs.
You can win or lose depend on your decision, it means you can make poor decisions -> guilt, as if you lose because of you, not the system/luck.

Ordinary slots don't have this expand payline, gamble feature, lock reels, etc. The only guilt was why didn't I increase/decrease the bet.

What is a catch with video poker is that you can try to increase every winning with gambling lower/higher! It's my beginning in gambling, the first machines in the neighborhood! It was not about hitting the good multiplier by draws, it was to try to increase them by betting on lower/higher after that! Some slots have that option to collect/gamble, some don't!

My godfather and I are examples of that... I don't like that at all, to choose what to keep, to choose lower/higher... I like to play and to either win or lose, bonuses where we can't choose anything... but my godfather chose games where he can play that simple lower/higher game and to multiply his winnings with his hits!

So I can only think that both exist for a reason, not everyone has the same taste when it comes to these gambling games! We are different, and that's why different game options exist!

[MrcMrc]

I have played a good bit between both slot machines and video poker.  Personally I learned poker during the great "texas holdem rush" during the early/mid 2000's and absolutely still love playing real, sit down in person poker, so playing on a machine is not that fun for me.  However playing slots is fun because it often take absolutely zero skill, kind of like scratching a lotto ticket..so I enjoy both at different times.

I also have a thing for poker game because of the use of a machine in playing that makes it require skills to do so, but playing slot is manually done and most time easy to play and win. I lost interest in poker games when I lost all my bet during an in house game in the early days of 2020, which made me give up on poker games.

[michellee]

I'd much prefer slots because I don't have the time to learn the basic strategy for video poker but I can definitely see why people would prefer the latter.

People who do not want to know many things will select slots as the easiest gambling games. People are trying to play video poker because they feel that the game is more exciting than the other gambling games or they can see that video poker is the game they are looking for because they already have the skills to play that game. People will choose whatever gambling games they want to play and if they think that they have skills in certain gambling games, they will play that game and will not play the other as they do not know how to play that game.

[mu_enrico]

godfather and I

What is a catch with video poker is that you can try to increase every winning with gambling lower/higher!

You mean the option to raise bet after the initial draw? I think I saw it somewhere, but long time ago on an old computer. Nowadays, video poker in crypto casino is just like Stake's version AFAIK.

Can you actually win at video poker?

Yes, why anyone would play an unwinnable game?!
It's just like any casino game with % HE, it means on average after millions of draw, you'll likely lose your money.

[AicecreaME]

And what's going to happen is absolutely unpredictable.

That's exactly why we talk about probabilities Some hands are just in some situations much more likely than others, but that is of course no guarantee that the cards are actually drawn so. Otherwise, probably no one would play the lottery, even there it is purely from the probability almost impossible that you win.

Poker is certainly one of the games in a casino that depends least on luck, closely followed by other card games such as blackjack.

I agree

But predicting cards in poker is much easier than predicting numbers in lottery that is going to make you rich. 52 cards in a deck in poker game that only has 2,598,960 total combinations while there is a 1 in a 13,983,816 chances you could win the jackpot in lottery in a classic 6/49 game. But for an average gambler, surely they won't do math while playing poker because they don't have much time for that unless they are practicing at home so that they could execute it easily in an actual game.

[iv4n]

godfather and I

What is a catch with video poker is that you can try to increase every winning with gambling lower/higher!

You mean the option to raise bet after the initial draw? I think I saw it somewhere, but long time ago on an old computer. Nowadays, video poker in crypto casino is just like Stake's version AFAIK.

Can you actually win at video poker?

Yes, why anyone would play an unwinnable game?!
It's just like any casino game with % HE, it means on average after millions of draw, you'll likely lose your money.

Yes, but it's not the story from the movie, we just like to play different games and if possible to compete who is better!

I mean the option where you can gamble with your winnings from the hand/spin, where you play lower/higher, before that was the only option, and 7 was neutral... now you can choose the color of the next card or even which suit will be next to one, of course, with higher odds!

I just wanted to point out the difference in what people like, I mentioned my godfather because he is like the opposite of me! He likes that stuff a lot, while I dislike it!

Do people win at video poker! Yes, we called it a "tilt", when some player opens so many cards and the machine just get blocked! At least it was like that +15 years ago when we played video poker in some little room full of smoke with few machines, video pokers and the simplest fruits you ever saw!

[LUCKMCFLY]

However, video poker is kind of hard for novices to understand and can not be said to be user-friendly as its interfaces require some level of technicalities but slot is the first choice for most beginners as one doesn’t need to develop any skills before you can play slot.

I don't think it's that difficult to learn the game, it depends on the gambler preference as long as he/she is willing to learn the basics of a game it should only take a few minutes or so to get used to the rules.

I used to think poker was difficult but after playing a couple of rounds it eventually became a good learning experience. In terms of difficulty i'd say it's close to blackjack since it also relies on decision making.

First, you need to specify the poker game.
Poker is a generic term for several games, some easier than others.
A slot game can also look easy, but depending on the game there are also several variables and combinations involved that can also cause confusion in the gamer's mind. It's complicated to generalize that way.
As for video poker, the subject of the OP, I confess that I played very little. I don't like playing against the house, I prefer PvP.

I think the same, slots like this are not well understood by giving and giving you learn, then it is that they realize als combinations, in terms of video Poker I like it a lot, but the truth is I have never had good luck playing it.
When they are PVP matches it is much better, because in my view, I think that he has many opportunities to win, in this case all the strategies that are known can be applied, where he played most previously was in pokerstars.net, which from there it was always PVP.

[Peanutswar]

Those both games are good to entertain and give a possible profit but base on my experience I prefer video poker, if you want to depend on your faith into a game I guess slot game is the best because it's all about luck if you want to play depends on your skill base i guess the video poker is the best for you, not all the time they both give a good outcome still your strategy. But of course why not take the risk to the thing you know how to play and make a strategy than the slot game it's all about luck and probability.

[traderethereum]

I have played a good bit between both slot machines and video poker.  Personally I learned poker during the great "texas holdem rush" during the early/mid 2000's and absolutely still love playing real, sit down in person poker, so playing on a machine is not that fun for me.  However playing slots is fun because it often take absolutely zero skill, kind of like scratching a lotto ticket..so I enjoy both at different times.

I also have a thing for poker game because of the use of a machine in playing that makes it require skills to do so, but playing slot is manually done and most time easy to play and win. I lost interest in poker games when I lost all my bet during an in house game in the early days of 2020, which made me give up on poker games.

Playing Texas Holdem is another experience for me as at that time, that game was very popular, so we were always playing almost every day.
Sometimes, we sell the chips between us, but later, the provider blocks the access for players caught by them.
Dice also give an experience and I guess that all gambling games gives difference experience that will not be the same.
But when we lose all our bets during the game, that will not be easy to handle the emotion in any gambling game.

[johhnyUA]

1 what are the similarities between slot games and video pokers?
2 between slot and video poker which is more technical and requires skills to play?
3 what are your personal experiences with both games?

1. There are no similarities between poker and slots. Except one: it's both gambling games.
All other things are different: one it's pure luck based game and the second one is skill based (with some influence of luck, but not on the long distance). One is solo game and the other is require more than one player to play.
2. Poker of course.
3. I'm not playing slots, tried only once in my life. It was in my childhood, i tried offline slot and lose 20 cent.

[YOSHIE]

3 what are your personal experiences with both games?

Of course you, many people who are involved in video poker and slot games have certainly experienced good and risky things, the discussion in this thread is different from what happens on the field / when betting.

For the OP's question, if it is explained playing gambling between slots & video poker, as I said long experience.

There are some guidelines for you that you need to know.

1 what are the similarities between slot games and video pokers?

for this question, you can try to read here: 7 Differences Between Slots and Video Poker

2 between slot and video poker which is more technical and requires skills to play?

And for this question, answered here: Video Poker Versus Slot Machines Comparison Information

[BITCOIN4X]

1 what are the similarities between slot games and video pokers?
2 between slot and video poker which is more technical and requires skills to play?
3 what are your personal experiences with both games?

1. Poker and slots are two different games but both are gambling games. You have to work hard or have skill to win something at poker, but you don't need it when you want to get lucky at slots. You have to learn and improve your skills all the time and take advantage of your opponent's weaknesses in poker but when you want to fight the slot machines then you just have to press the lever and wait for your luck. The similarity is still in the gambling game, it can be played online or in a physical casino depending on where you want to play it.

2. Obviously it's poker. You definitely know that even if you are not a gambler.

3. I love slots and play this game quite often compared to games that have to be played with skill like poker. It's fun but also quite boring when you haven't won a jackpot in a long time. I don't have long experience in poker, but playing once in a while is also good enough to hone my playing skills.

[Bitinity]

1. There are no similarities between poker and slots. Except one: it's both gambling games.
All other things are different: one it's pure luck based game and the second one is skill based (with some influence of luck, but not on the long distance). One is solo game and the other is require more than one player to play.

1.  You have to learn and improve your skills all the time and take advantage of your opponent's weaknesses in poker but when you want to fight the slot machines then you just have to press the lever and wait for your luck.

Again, you are the other users who can differentiate between poker and videopoker. You cant take any advantage of your opponent's weaknesses in video poker as your opponent is the house. What you can do in video poker is to increase your winning chance by choosing the best cards to hold. Video poker is a solo game, it does not require more than 1 player to play as it is a game where you play against the house.

[AicecreaME]

1. There are no similarities between poker and slots. Except one: it's both gambling games.
All other things are different: one it's pure luck based game and the second one is skill based (with some influence of luck, but not on the long distance). One is solo game and the other is require more than one player to play.

1.  You have to learn and improve your skills all the time and take advantage of your opponent's weaknesses in poker but when you want to fight the slot machines then you just have to press the lever and wait for your luck.

Again, you are the other users who can differentiate between poker and videopoker. You cant take any advantage of your opponent's weaknesses in video poker as your opponent is the house. What you can do in video poker is to increase your winning chance by choosing the best cards to hold. Video poker is a solo game, it does not require more than 1 player to play as it is a game where you play against the house.

Exactly.

Just like what you said, it's pretty hard to increase your winning chance because you are playing against the house, your winning percentage would be always low but if you're lucky, you could outsmart them and make profits but not recommended to continue playing for a day and the reason is that you'll lose it all, houses never let anyone win freely. Therefore being indecisive is your weakness, and don't be greedy.

[agustina2]

2. Obviously it's poker. You definitely know that even if you are not a gambler

But the topic here is not the poker you are referring to. It's video poker and to give you a view of what is it, look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_poker

The usual poker games are against the real players. On this video poker, you are against the house and everything is automated. I just don't know how's the house edge or something like RTP here compares to other luck-based games.

[Fortify]

Modern-day gambling has increased the quest to gain more skills in playing the various gambling games, while some games require skills to play them, others are relatively simple to play and require little or no skills in playing them.
As the topic specifies slot and video poker are the most friendly and simple games to play for me but the two have some disparity which I will love us to discuss on this thread.
1 what are the similarities between slot games and video pokers?
2 between slot and video poker which is more technical and requires skills to play?
3 what are your personal experiences with both games?

The similarities between these two games are that you have absolutely no control over the outcome. Every play is statistically and mathematically designed to extract money from players for the benefit of the house. They will let you win 2 games and then you will lose 3. They know that repeated players of this type of game will keep on feeding money back into the system because they get a rush from the wins and they conveniently forget all the losses. Any "technical" aspect to these games is purely an illusion, adding extra features into the game lets the player feel like they have a degree of influence over the outcome and disrupts the play enough that they keep trying to unlock things like mini/side games.