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To be if you're using video poker to try to win big? >> it's a subset of the slots, but it's a thinking man's game. because instead of pulling handles and pushing buttons, you have to make decisions, so it's for people who want to think to change the odds and put them this their head. >> so, meticulous, well informed, mathematical. >> yes. >> curtis says video poker is a game that would be attractive to loners and paddock was not known to socialize with other high ro rollers, though they recognized his picture. but he managed social relationships with one person, his girlfriend. she work eed a...

When they visited the atlantis casino. >> the whole floor of the hotel, my family, he took us to vegas. we took over the whole top floor. this is how he was, this is the kind of gabl bler he was! but he had been spotted at high roler events in las vegas according to anthony curtis. what does it mean to be b a high roler? how much do you have to spend to be in that category? >> it's interesting. it's different for different places, but when you're talking about the sofrt places paddock played, you've got to be a really, really big better. he was playing 25 denomination video poker times five, s...

Roller? how much do you have to spend to be in that category? >> it's different for different places. the places he played, you have to be a big better. he was playing 25 denomination video poker times five. he was betting 125 a hand playing at a rate of 1,000 hands an hour. he was running $100,000 through the machine every hour. >> reporter: his game of choice, video poker. what kind of player do you have to be if you are using video poker to win big? >> it's a subset of the slots. instead of pointing handles and pushing buttons, you have to make a decision. if you want to think and make deci...