Starting in 1997, Skip Hughes produced some of the most popular cards used by video poker players. One of the fans of the cards was Jean Scott, author of The Frugal Gambler and now the long-awaited More Frugal Gambler. Jean once told Skip, "Your cards are in the player's pocket, not in their dresser drawer, like some other cards."

 The Skip Hughes Cards were discontinued in 2000, due to other business priorities. Ever since that time, fans of these strategy cards have been asking when they would return. That question wss now answered with the release of Frugal Strategy Cards by Skip Hughes. In cooperation with Jean Scott and Jim Wolf, the creator of Frugal Video Poker, Skip has created the most usable video poker strategy cards available. These cards are not designed for the professional player (although they would serve them well), but for  recreational players who want to win and get the most out of their video poker play.

 Of all the strategy cards on the market, Frugal Strategy Cards are the easiest to read, easiest to learn and easiest to use. Due to the breakthroughs in video poker software made by Frugal Video Poker, it's now possible to streamline and simplify complex strategies with no significant loss of Exepcted Return. What's more, the exact return has been determined for these strategies - not just for the specific game the card is designed for, but for other games as well. The Jacks or Better and Deuces Wild can be used for 3 other games (Bonus Poker, Bonus Deluxe and Aces and Faces) with very little loss of ER, the DW and NSU Deuces strategy can be used quite well for at least one other game and the Generic Hi-Variance strategy is designed to be used for 5 different games with from .00 - .04% loss of ER (For a quarter player a .04% loss in ER is that is about 30-40 cents an hour).

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Each card comes with a brochure, explaining the format and how to use the card.

 Here are the cards currently available:

Jacks or Better  The 9/6 Jacks or Better card has an Expected Return of 99.54%. The reverse side of the  card lists more than a dozen games that the strategy can be used for, many with very little  loss of Expected Return.
Full Pay Deuces Wild   The Deuces Wild Card has an Expected Return of 100.76%. The reverse side lists quick  changes and the resulting return for other DW games including: Loose Deuces 100.13% - 101.57% depending on version Triple (Pay) Deuces - 99.82% Sam's Town Bonus Deuces - 100.81% NOTE: Your eyes are not blurry from too much VP - that picture  on the right is intentionally blurred. Hey We're not giving this stuff away! 10/7 Double Bonus  The Double Bonus card has an Expected Return of 100.17% for 10/7/50 and 100.51%  for 10/7/80. The entire strategy is contained in two columns on the front side of the card. The 10/7 strategy is not easily adaptable to other games.
Kings or Better Joker Poker  The KBJW card has an Expected Return of 100.63%. This is the only card that uses both  sides of the card for the strategy. One side has the hands with a Joker and the other side  has the hands without a Joker.
Pick'em  The PE card is unique. The front side of the card has a traditional strategy table with all  hands covered, line by line. The reverse side has an unusual "Logical Strategy" inspired by  the VP writer, Scott Katz. This logical strategy has eleven lines and two rules. Yet it produces  the same return as the 25 line strategy on the front. Once the two rules have been learned,  Pick'em is a snap!
NSU Deuces  NSU Deuces has become more and more popular in recent years. Played accurately, this strategy has an Expected Return of 99.73% and with just two easy changes it produces a 100.86% ER for Sam's Town Bonus Deuces.
Five-Game generic strategy  This amazing card has a single strategy that can be effectively used for Double Double Bonus (100.06%, Super Aces (99.92%), White Hot Aces (99.56%), Triple Bonus Plus (99.77%) and Super Double Bonus (99.61%-99.65%).

These cards are sold here in sets of 3 ($17), 5 ($24) and 7 ($30). 

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