1) Many players will fold small pairs, such as 2s, 3s, and 4s. A bad mistake. You will be dealt a pair about 42.3% of the time. And most pairs you bet will give you an expected gain. Each pair you don't bet will cost your money. If a player folds his pairs of 2s-4s, he will be giving the house an edge of over 7%.

2) This hand is worth calling with because the dealer will probably be defeated, even if he has an ace-king hand, such as Ace-King-Queen-10-9. Since you hold an Ace and King, you reduced his chance of pairing his cards.

3) You call only if the dealer holds any of your cards because you reduced his chance of pairing his card, since you are holding one of them already.

4) It simply takes an Ace and King out of the dealers hand.

5) Many people call with a missed straight, such as King-Queen-10-9-8 or similar. You should call only with the four here suggested combinations and of course any of the higher hands (trips, 4 of a kind, straight, full house, flush, etc.).

6) A royal flush comes up only once in 649,740 hands and the straight flush once in 72,193 plays. If you play for the jackpot when the meter is set at $50,000, the casino has over a 40% edge on your bet. Even if the jackpot is about $250,000, your bet isn't that good. however, if you want to gamble, try for the jackpot when it reaches $200,000.

I would avoid playing this game for any serious money because of the large house edge. When using this strategy the house edge will be cut down to 5.27%. This means that your loss expectation is $5.27 for each $100 bet over the long run.