Next, let's take an in-depth look at the math for 9-6 jacks or better. The games at the Red Rock are as follows, with the Dream Card return in parenthesis. However, it gave me the jack of spades, as a temptation to go for the royal. In the hand on the right, the game was correct to complete the flush with any spade. I don't think it was random that it gave me a heart, tempting me to go for the straight flush.

In the one on the left, the game correctly gave me a card to complete the straight.

Take the following two screenshots of as examples. Bob Dancer's article A Look at DreamCard - Part I of II says that when two more or cards are tied, the game will sometimes tease the player with a card that might lead the player to play incorrectly. The game usually does give correct advice, however. I have more examples of bad Dream Card advice at at the end of this page. Here is the expected value of the suggested play and a correct play:ĩ♥ J♣ K♣ 4♥ Q♣: expected value = 7.5902 coins 9♥ J♣ K♣ 4♥ J♠: expected value = 7.6827 coins It would have been better to pick any jack or king for a high pair. In the game above I was offered the Q♣, giving me three to a royal. After the draw, I didn't improve the high pair on the top two hands, but the bottom hand improved to a four of a kind. The game replaced the dream card with the queen of hearts.

On the deal, I received four cards of different ranks, including the queen and the dream card. If you don't like the card offered, you can click 'Dream Card Enabled' to toggle through the other cards until you find one you like better. The game will select what it thinks is the best one to choose, although sometimes the game gives incorrect advice. If the player bets ten coins per hand, as opposed to five, then sometimes the player will get four regular cards on the deal plus a 'dream card.' Any of the other 48 cards can be used in lieu of the dream card to complete the hand on the deal. It is an optional feature that is added to some multi-play and Spin Poker video poker machines.

Pros and Cons of Using Double up Option in Playing Video Poker Onlineĭraw Poker with Dream Card (not to be confused with Dream Card Poker) is a video poker variant I encountered at the Red Rock casino on December 15, 2009.

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My Methodology for Video Poker Analysis.

Frequently Asked Questions - Video Poker Strategy Calculator.

Effect of Strategy Mismatches in Video Poker.

Standard Deviation for Multihand Video Poker.

Simulation Results of n-Play Video Poker.

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