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Dancer's Answers We publish a brand-new video poker article from Bob Dancer every Thursday in this section. These columns are called "Dancer's Answers". Click on any of the links below for more Dancer's Answers: Bob Dancer Articles - Main Page Vicksburg Video Poker - May 8, 2008 Vicksburg, MS Video Poker - Part 2 - May 15, 2008 Vicksburg Casino Video Poker - Part 3 - May 22, 2008 Common Deuces Wild Mistakes – Juan or the Other – May 29, 2008 Figuring Out Quick Quads - June 5, 2008 Breaking Full Houses in Quick Quads - June 12, 2008 A Quick Quads Puzzler - June 19, 2008 Let’s Go Scouting - June 26, 2008 When You're Not Sure of the Game - July 3, 2008 Can it be Right to Play Hunches - July 10, 2008 Good Hearted Woman in Love With a Good Timin’ Man - July 17, 2008 One-Way Versus Two-Way Straight Penalties - July 24, 2008 Effectual versus Ineffectual Straight Penalties - July 31, 2008 Unusual Dealt Royals - August 7, 2008 Learning from a Horse Handicapper - August 14, 2008 When Bad Is Good - August 21, 2008 I Live For These Moments - August 28, 2008 Next Dancer's Answers column coming on September 4, 2008! |
Good Hearted Woman in Love With a Good Timin’ ManA classic country western Texas Two Step by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson is called “Good Hearted Woman.” The chorus, repeated three or four times, goes like this:
With certain modifications, I’ve found this song to describe Shirley and me. The “good timin’ man” in the song refers to a drinker and partier, and that’s not me. I could fairly be called a “good gamblin’” man, I suppose, and this has led to many differences between us. Take Valentine’s Day, for example. To me this is a day to take advantage of double points at numerous casinos around town. Waste time on a romantic dinner when better-than-usual gambling opportunities are there? You must be kidding. For Christmas it’s even worse, from her point of view. She takes off to California for a week or so to be with family and friends who WANT to celebrate Christmas. I’m quite content staying in Vegas and taking advantage of good promotions. Sometimes we’ll go to New Orleans or some other casino destination. She has health issues and has to stay out of the casino but I’ll need to spend many hours there to play for both of us. She’ll want to make a vacation out of it and for the most part I tell her to bring a book because I’ll be busy. Sometimes she’ll decide to stay home instead of making the trip. She really likes to travel, but doing everything by herself isn’t her idea of fun. I play a few progressives that get juicy relatively rarely. When I get a seat on one, I often call Shirley and rearrange whatever we were planning on doing together. Shirley is hardly flattered by being “second fiddle” to a video poker machine but she accepts it. She knows that this is the way I put money into the bank and it allows her to go on cruises and other vacations every year. It’s a tradeoff she puts up with --- although periodically she tries to “train” me to have different priorities. She never knows when I’ll come home and tell her I’ve just lost $20,000 or more. She’s actually quite frugal and takes pride in shopping at sales and getting good deals. Getting a nice $200 outfit for $20 gives her great pleasure, but when she finds out I’ve won or lost many times that she often thinks, “What’s the point?” Why should she struggle to economize when whatever she spends is dwarfed by my daily scores? She’s come to realize that it DOES matter. I’m struggling to make sure my annual score is positive, even with the ups and downs. And so far it always has been. It’s her job to economize on the household expenses. And she does that very well. Gambling generates its own emotions. Winning and losing streaks are regular occurrences. These things affect her more than me, but I’m not totally immune from these emotions. In our case, these things don’t put the marriage at risk, but for some they do. No two marriages are alike. Shirley and I have each been married before although we’re far short of the sixteen spouses we’re entitled to. You know, “Four better, four worse, four richer, and four poorer.” We’re at the point we try to “not sweat the small stuff” with each other, although that’s not always easy to put into practice. I’ve painted myself here as always “nose to the grindstone,” and to be sure that’s an exaggeration. I do take time to smell the roses. Not as much time as she’d prefer, but I do take some time. For any other guy out there, I wish you success at finding your own good hearted woman. And I make the equivalent wish for your women. There just doesn’t happen to be a country western song about it that I can quote for you. Bob Dancer is America's best-known video poker writer and teacher. He has a variety of "how to play better video poker" products, including the software "Video Poker for Winners," Winner's Guides, strategy cards, his autobiography Million Dollar Video Poker, and his two novels, including Sex, Lies, and Video Poker. Dancer's products may be ordered at www.bobdancer.com or by telephone at 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.
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Classic Dancer We republish a classic Bob Dancer article every Sunday - often these articles are updated with new insights from Bob Dancer, the master of video poker writing. Video Poker Questions and Answers - May 4, 2008 More Answers to Questions About Video Poker Machines - May 11, 2008 Losing is a Major Part of Winning at Video Poker - May 18, 2008 Video Poker VS Blackjack - May 25, 2008 The Art of Tipping Slot Personnel - Part 1 - June 1, 2008 The Art of Tipping Slot Personnel - Part 2 - June 8, 2008 Putting Your Ducks In a Row - June 15, 2008 Luck and Skill in Video Poker - June 22, 2008 Strategy Adjustments in Video Poker - June 29, 2008 One Coin vs Five Coin - July 6, 2008 Video Poker Progressives - July 13, 2008 High Pairs versus Three Cards to a Rolal in Kings or Better Joker Wild - July 20, 2008 The Double Up Feature -- Does It Ever Make Sense? - Part 1 - July 27, 2008 Doubling Up -- Does it Ever Make Sense? - Part 2 - August 3, 2008 Did I Quit at the Right Time? - August 10, 2008 Money Management: What Does and Doesn't Work - August 17, 2008 "I'm Playing The Wrong Game" and Other Video Poker Fallacies - August 24, 2008 More Classic Dancer coming Sunday August 31, 2008. |
