[Ed Miller]

He will lose far less playing $5/hand blackjack than he will playing $1 slots, basically no matter how poorly he plays blackjack. Most of it is because he will get far less action playing blackjack (particularly at a full table) than he will playing slots, especially for dollars.

Is there a reason why he plays the dollar slots and not the quarter slots? I assume it's because he doesn't find the quarter slots to be stakes high enough to keep him entertained. If that's so, you will be very hard-pressed to keep him entertained playing $5/hand blackjack. He will feel like he's not winning or losing any money at all. Playing dollar slots, you can have $1000 or more swings in a matter of a couple of hours. You'd have to play $5/hand blackjack for pretty damn long to see a $1000 swing one way or the other.

Because you are playing at an Indian casino, it is likely that the slots and video poker machines will be very tight (at least by Las Vegas standards). But even so, it will almost certainly be preferable for him to play video poker rather than a reel slot, even if he plays poorly. And if he is willing to spend a hour getting the jist of video poker strategy, he should do significantly better at VP.