Video Poker  Video Poker machine payout tables only represent a theoretical payout percentage The vast majority of gamers cannot achieve that payout percentage because they do not play correctly  It is essential to draw correctly depending on the content of each dealt hand and there are strategy tables devised by computer which determine how to do so depending on the payout table Hence you need different strategy tables for different payout tables  My ambition is to add such strategy tables to the Video Poker article but I cant just copyandpaste such strategies from an existing book due to copyright To get around that problem I have an offtheshelf analytical program that allows the creation of strategy tables based on a weighting of difficulty vs accuracy These tables are slightly different than the published ones but still accomplish the desired positive payoff  If youre interested in getting a good feel for this there is a training program called WinPoker available from Zamzow Software in the US that allows you to practice as well as automatically run through a great number of hands using a given payout table and strategy  Cheers