Dan Paymar

Who is Dan Paymar?

Dan Paymar is a video poker expert with a background in computer programming and engineering. He has worked for such companies as Encyclopædia Britannica, Bendix Computer, and Control Data in a career spanning 30 years. He also helped start Educational Data Systems, which developed products for the Data General Nova computer. He left Point 4 in 1982 to market his own products for the Apple II computer.

Paymar moved to Las Vegas in 1988 and began working as a poker dealer in a casino. He started playing video poker on a regular basis and soon developed a directory of the best video poker games. This directory lead to the 1992 book Video Poker - Precision Play which went through 10 editions. This began his career as a video poker author and expert, leading to his well-known 1998 book Video Poker - Optimum Play.

For 14 years he edited and published his own newsletter, the Video Poker Times. He also had a long standing relationship with the Casino Gaming School of Nevada.

The primary difference between Dan and other video poker experts is that he is not a professional gambler, considering himself a skilled recreational player.