re: So Stephen Paddock was a professional VIDEO POKER player?

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There are Texas hold 'em 'video poker machines' where you play against other players only. House takes a rake. Could be a terminology discrepancy.

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This is not what he was doing, nor are these machines prevalent. He was playing high limit video poker. Similar to a slot machine except there are various forms of 5 card draw, deuces wild, etc. There are payouts for different hands that you make. What people like him do is go to various casinos and ask cocktail waitresses (which is how he met his girlfriend), cleaning staff, or other lower level employees that they get to know over time what machines haven't paid out in a long time.

He was only a "professional video poker player" in the since that it was his main source of income. So he goes to machines and inserts 100 bills as fast as possible while playing. I've seen someone do this before and it's absurd.

This would be an example