In many cases we are drawing with the hope of making a particular big payoff, but much of the expected value of the play comes from smaller payoffs when we miss the big one. For example, you might draw two cards to a Royal Flush but end up instead with a high pair, two pair, three-of a-kind, a straight, a flush, a full house or a straight flush, any of which would be a secondary payoff.

Lawton Barnes

Lawton Barnes

Lawton Barnes owns 14 video poker and slot machines in various states of disrepair. He desperately needs to get a haircut and a real job.

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