This happened Tuesday at Fiesta. Took me maybe 10 tries to get the image to show.
http://i.imgur.com/PNHJE76.png
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This happened Tuesday at Fiesta. Took me maybe 10 tries to get the image to show.
http://i.imgur.com/PNHJE76.png
Congratulations. Beautiful win.
A progressive on multi strike? That's interesting.
Nice VPJunkie!
Hey, just saw this. Awesome hit VPJunkie!
Thanks for your kind words! I always play the Multi Strike Progressives at Stations. Was at Sunset tonight and the attendant told me they got rid of the theirs. Replaced it with a slots bank.
A little bump for this thread. Ain't this a beauty!!!
5th spin. Played out the remaining credits after the hand pay and left.
Super! Congrats regnis!
Yowza! Congrats, regnis.
Put a chunk on LSU to win the SEC.
Nice. :D Did you take it in cash or a check?
Thanks all.
FAB--I paid my friend's $5,000 marker and took the rest in $$.
Red--everyone is touting LSU. But the best line around here is +250. I assume you have some better numbers. You in any big contests this year? Keep us posted--vicarious thrills.
I assume the EV on this 6/5 super aces is bad. But as Rob would say--who cares. My 5 minutes of play is a little short of long term.
Surprise me Rob, I love reading your fables!
Nice hit Regnis!!
I can get a +325, but that's why they pay me the big money (that is a joke). Opened the season with Army and Toledo today. Mother MaCree, I should have moneylined them. Can't do better than that. I wish the Wise Guys had started today. That's the Wise Guys contest -- you can google it.
I guess Army and Toledo would qualify for "Big Casino Wins," so I don't feel badly mentioning them. I have a -12/+17 going with KState/Stanford tonight. I need a Stanford field goal to middle the thing. Wish me luck.
:) And it'll have a boatload of meaning when the picture goes up!
Just ask the state lottery commissions if they're losing money when someone wins $650 million on Powerball or Mega-Millions. Same thing. I've got plenty of $12k hits too, so what? And when you post your pictures, I'll congratulate you as well and it'll be sincere. But if you really think we believe a sucker like you actually profit off casinos, you've got some rethinking to do. So go ahead and post any one off big hands you like. We know there are thousands of other hands you've played that lost more money than any of the jackpot pictures you post. And you can take THAT to the bank and cash it! We're not as stupid as you look!
Silly, obviously misguided and grossly inexperienced stuff. You can tell that rap came from a self-proclaimed "AP" who's never had a winning year. Kinda like the wizard--only he's not an anonymous coward.
jbjb "claims": I've got plenty of $12k hits too, so what?
Here's what: think back about how many times you've said you "only play vp and usually nickels at that" when "I'm out there vulturing (yes, I know--a really stupid term) for good plays on table games".
And here's what else: you always show how SORE you get over people who hit big winners. We all have to be losers for you to even begin to be able to deal with it. Oh that's right....unless we're "AP's".
Moving up in denomination with hot cycle
I experienced a hot cycle yesterday. It started at a craps table when I was the shooter. I hit the ALL at Caesars with $25 on each position plus it was a lengthy roll with lots of repeaters and pressing. The last number needed was the 10 which I considered "laying" for about $3000 -- about $1,000 of which was profit -- but I'm glad I didn't. It came 6-4.
Next to video poker where I had a long cold cycle. I couldn't get a quad and couldn't even get a full house. I went thru about $2,000 and I was lucky if I got two pair at 8/5 Bonus.
Then I hit my first quad -- 8s. Then came 9s and Kings. Suddenly I said to myself "this is a Rob Singer hot cycle" and I moved up in denomination. In fact I moved way up. Then I hit quad 7s and some full houses and then... my second royal flush of the year. Yep, I've only had two royals so far this year but this one came after holding just two cards. It came on my favorite machine at Caesars which is the machine I got my 100k royal on last year which also came in hearts.
I will post the photo of this royal when I'm at a computer -- can't do it with my cell phone.
Sure I know that there really isn't such a thing as hot and cold cycles... but it's funny how we think there are.
Oh jbjb -- don't worry, I still don't have a profit.
Congratulations, Alan. I want to see that baby.
Oh, and I'll say what I did to regnis. Put a couple bucks on LSU to win the SEC.
Alan, since you believe in this "hot and cold" garbage and the infamous "18 yos in a row", we already know you're delusional. Must be whatever meds you're on.
Again, quit your media career and play -EV craps and VP and rely on nothing else and we'll see where you're at in five years. I'm sure you'll throw in some lame excuse not to like you always do.
He's nasty because now that he knows what's coming and from whom, he can concentrate his losing gambler's hatred and jealousy right where it feels best, so he can cope with the punch in the gut that it is.
You hit a $400k royal this time, Alan?
Nice.
You must be the luckiest person out here, or play a whole hell of a lot more than you lead on. A royal always nice though (on single line that is).
This was my second time playing a $25/coin game. It was a multi denomination machine. Had I still been playing at the $5 level it would have been a $20,000 royal. On this machine the same cards show on all three levels which are $5, $10 and $25.
Alan's not a regular denominational climber, but I've been one for years. I also only have two $100k hits--in a lot more hands of $25 vp though than he's played. However, I remain far ahead at that denomination because the higher in denomination I play within my strategy, the less hands get played, and I have other "smaller" big winners to go along with the two.
Alan has't just been lucky, he's been extremely lucky--and good luck is, as I've been trying to pound into hard vp heads for years, the ONLY way any regular player can and will ever win over any amount of time. And if there is any skill at all required beyond having a basic knowledge of poker and how to operate the machines, it's in understanding the roles proper bankroll, proper games, and good discipline play in your aspirations to be a consistent winner.
RS__ is already eluding to the hope that you play--and by design, lose--a "hell of a lot more than you lead on" Alan. In other words, you can see the envy just oozing from his thin skin as he types. Clearly, you're yet someone else here who just doesn't cooperate with the sacred math models. Such a thing must be very disturbing to people who the more they play, the more they lose. And they just can't stop playing.
Rob, there's another way to say "sacred math models." The word is "math."
Perhaps you could explain how "math" is wrong. Take your time and understand there are major corporations out there that will pay you way, way more than any 400K royal for demonstrating that "math" is incorrect.
Alan, congrats on the big winner. Don't spend it all on the same babe. Spread it around.
And guys, I middled that game I mentioned in this thread a few posts back -- the -12/+17 Kansas State/Stanford game. But nary a congrats. How about a three cheers or something? It's hard to middle a game.
Middling a game involves betting both sides, risking the vigorish on one side, and winning both bets. It's a fine thing.
A Bronx cheer for the ditz... three rasberries!
Bad form, ditz, trying to one-up your one-armed donkey pal.
But you're still a long way from the bet-posting big leagues...
"Boz's Football Bets
Season O/U's to start
10 million on Tampa over 6 1/2 wins
30 million on Arizona under 10 wins
40 million on Cleveland over 5 wins
Sorry no tickets to show, just believe me and ride along."
Coach, if you really thought I didn't do stuff, one assumes you would have taken me up on my offer to verify all claims made here at the meager wager of 1K per claim. Or do I need to post a partial resume for you again?
I mentioned what I did because regnis asked about LSU odds. I'm in the same contests as last year, so if you want to follow along, I'm sure you can locate them with your fine research skills. Of course, that would require looking at last year's results:
1) Won Heritage Sports' race to the SuperBowl Contest. Don't believe me? Call them. This contest had thousands of entrants.
2) Finished third (technically, I lost a tiebreaker for second) in Northbet's Pick the Pros Contest. Don't believe me? Call them. Again, this contest had thousands of entrants.
3) Finished second in Linemasters bowl contest.
4) Won Heritage's Race to the Super Bowl weekly prize. I know, against thousands of entrants. Sorry to repeat myself.
5) Won Northbet's weekly prize.
6) Had winning record in invitation-only Wise Guys contest. I am, as they say in the blurbs, a past champion.
But that's all history. Here we go again, moving forward.
Coach, thanks for the opportunity to mention this stuff. It does indeed belong in Big Casino Wins if you count offshore casinos.
I love this reasoning: Even tho I went thru a $2000 cold streak, and then upped my denom on an apparent hot streak, I know there is no such thing. Sounds like a Hillary quote.:rolleyes:
Once again, you're incorrectly saying I claim that the math is wrong. And all that simply means is you've never paid attention--or you don't want to hear the right wording because it's somehow uncomfortable to you.
How many times have you seen Alan explain how I've detailed the amount of EV I sacrifice when I give big winning hands the opportunity to be hit over the secondary winners? How often have you seen me say I play negative EV games almost exclusively because few 100%+ games remain, and I don't ever add self-valued slot club fluff into my results the way every "math guy" does in order to theoretically justify playing vp these days? And how often have I said that NO ONE will EVER beat the math the casinos hold as a constant advantage without being consistently lucky?
Your problem with me lies in my reported results. You believe I've rewritten the math books because I have won every year since I left the AP world. You think it can't happen, yet you refuse to understand that no matter how specific the math models are, our playing time at any machine is not required to be bounded by the terms of the model. Probability theory has no idea where any particular machine is at in its lifelong cycle when we're playing it, and anything can and does happen. Sometimes bad, yes, but when you increase in denomination and game volatility while giving the session-ending winners more opportunities to appear via the special plays--REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY LESS HANDS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT PLAY BECAUSE OF THEM--you will experience far more winning and far more large hits and bigger winners than large losses.
It's all about luck red--always has been. If you can find any of these math professors who can confirm what I do is because I've twisted the math around, bring him or her on here. When the strategy was developed the math supported the basic models. We used factoring to determine the most probable outcomes. That is the only part that could be questioned. I stand by it though, based on my consistent winning. Why wouldn't I?
Bill Yung already tried to research your claims and couldn't find anything about you anywhere on the web.
So go right ahead and post links to the current contests, or a link to verify any of your claims.
Otherwise your claims remain, obviously, unsubstantiated...just like that one-armed retard who you befriended (and fed information to) here when he was known as the Texas jackass.
You're dodo birds of the same feather...always seeking attention and approval.
Go for it, ditz.
LOL -- you mean unsubstantiated to you, coach. That's fine with me. If you're so interested, do the research.
Thousands of people saw the results last year. If you're not one of them, so be it. My heart is breaking.
Unless, of course, you'd like to make those wagers I suggested -- 1 K on all claims, to be verified by Alan or Dan. Hell, I only listed six things in this post. That's a measly 6K for a high roller like yourself.
I await your wagers, my friend. Set it up, baby.
P.S. "Always seeking attention and approval?" Coach, at least get my personal history correct. I was posting here for four years and 2000 posts before I even mentioned any of this stuff. That's doesn't quite fit the definition of "always." Or maybe you'd like to correct your statement. Go ahead, my friend, research it.
I followed the math. It was full pay 8/5 Bonus Poker. I didn't care that it was $25 per tier point because I don't play for comps.
And you haven't stopped mentioning it since you started...so yes you are just like your jackass pal.
You have thanked me many times for giving you opportunity to mention this stuff.
Whatever gets you through the night...it's all right...it's all right.
You're welcome, ditz.
Red, I'm interested in what coach says. You for years have claimed certain records about sports betting and how it's so easy to confirm online. So when ANYBODY comes on and says they can't find anything of the sort while asking you to post where to locate your successes, you never do it.
Why? Can I ask you to do it now? If not, why not?
He's obviously been mentored by that one-armed retard...the guy who posted that he finished 47th in a horse-handicapping contest.
When somebody found the results online, the 47th placer was a woman.
Ditz pointed out that he never bragged about his own handicapping accomplishments until the Texas jackass showed up here and inspired him.
He's just trying to emulate his BFF.
Rob, how hard can it be to do actual research. I mean, c'mon, I gave you the names of the sites. Go call them and see if they'll tell you. How hard is that? Do you know how to use a phone?
I posted links on another site last year, LV Advice.com. I didn't post them here because you and coach were being such horse's asses.
Now it's possible the sites won't want to talk to you. That's your loss, not mine. Thousands of people saw the results. You weren't one of them. Oh well.
Why would I care what you or coach think or believe? It's silly. You want to make some wagers with me, make them. Clearly you don't think you'd win, or you'd have done it already. You're not stupid enough to do that. I didn't think you would be.
If you're being truthful about what you say you do, you'd stop giving excuses and start posting links. You're the one claiming this stuff. Back it up.
The "one armed retard got laughed out of another forum last year for claiming he had qualified for the National Handicapping Championship when he in fact had not. For the record, I have not qualified yet this year and am almost out of time.
As for Redietz, I'm a pretty neutral party here. But last year he was kind enough to keep me up to date on a couple of his contests and even gave me his log in info on a couple to verify everything. So I was able to verify some of what he has said. How much he bets per game or day to day I have no idea. But he has also mentioned some plays to me privately that I was able to follow. I have never met him--just kind of a professional courtesy and respect among 2 old time gamblers.
I was wondering how much Alan plays. He could hit a royal every day, doesn't bother me. Just curious if he is as lucky as it seems, or if he gambles frequently but only posts about the winning sessions / royals. If he doesn't want to say, that's fine too. Just curious.
I make no claims about winning (net amount) or having a profit. This is just recreation. Some people spend $25,000 for golf memberships, or spend $250 for a round of golf, or like to travel around the world. I like to go to Vegas. By the way, had a great dinner at Nobu and this time I ordered two servings of the Cod. Tried the new Searsucker restaurant (not impressed but okay for a burger, avoid the mac 'n cheese), and had my normal room service meals while I watched movies. I saw the new Purge Election Year movie (I like that gory mindless stuff) and started watching the new Star Trek flick (second time) but fell asleep and didn't finish.
Great job with the Royal, Alan.
I wish I could be that lucky to occasionally step up limits and hit royals when I do.
I got 6 royals all in one trip. I've never had another in my life. Those royals were all on a 50c machine with a multiplier, but only got a multiplier once for 2x.
So my best royal was $4,000. Lifetime.
Pretty sad.
This despite the fact that I've played a lot of $5 video poker.
But this isn't time for jealousy.
I'm truly happy that Alan hit that $100k jackpot right after being put through such a silly runaround by Caesars regarding his injury on the door.
Justice.
That is an amazing win. I couldn’t even phantom playing video poker at $125.00 dollars per spin. I’m not a gambling math guru, but what is the expected bankroll needed to overcome 40,000 to 1 odds on a game at these denominations?
Alan, do you play video poker at these denominations often? I noticed you had another 100k win in the past. What would be even better is that you hit this with their settlement free play money for your injured hand (if there was one) and the wounded hand all bandaged up was the one pressing the buttons.
Only TWICE I played at this denomination for any "real amount" of time and miraculously both times I hit a royal. However, this is my favorite machine at Caesars and I would estimate that I have played hundreds of thousands of hands on this machine at the $5 level.
When I say "real amount" there were a few hands -- perhaps no more than 10 -- I played on this machine when I had some free play on certain trips. Most of the time I am a $5 player at Caesars, and sometimes I play only $1 if I am there to play craps.
The first royal came in October of last year with only $1,000 in the machine -- and I hit quad queens on the last play and then continued to play hitting more quads and then the royal. It was one heck of a lucky streak.
This time, keep in mind that I had already won at craps and had built up some wins at the $5 level when I decided to switch to the $25 level. And then at the $25 level I hit some quads which kept me playing.
To answer your question about bankroll: I've heard that you need twice the value of the royal in order to play at that denomination. Frankly, I can't imagine anyone with $200,000 sitting down at a $25 machine seriously with the idea of long-term play in an attempt to hit a royal. Whenever I've been at Caesars the players I've seen have a bankroll of about $2,000 to maybe as high as $5,000 and if they don't get lucky they walk away.
While I was there, a young man had a small bankroll and started at $5 as I did, hit some hand pay and then switch to $25 and while playing Triple Double Bonus he got quad aces -- of course he was cursing the machine for not giving him a kicker. While waiting for that handpay he put money in the machine next to him and got quad queens, and then went to yet a third machine and got another quad but it was on the other side of the row of machines and I couldn't see what he got. People get lucky.
Edited to add: See post #1639 from Oct 3, 2015 for my original report on how I hit the first $100K royal.
I thought this was a friendly forum with a small group of regular experienced gamblers sharing assorted interesting topics.
Yet, when it comes to sharing alleged personal winning experiences, everyone seems to doubt what the alleged facts actually are. No one could deny that Alan hit those 100k royals, he posted pictures of them. But, everyone else without photos, tax returns, links, etc. etc. is challenged for proof.
This attitude on this forum fits into my thinking that compulsive gamblers are compulsive liars and most of you guys know that first hand. It also helps confirm that self-proclaimed lifelong winning AP gamblers are not really being fully honest.
It’s amazing how everything requires some sort of proof before it could be confirmed fact, except being a successful gambling AP.
At least Alan admits to being a losing player and just enjoys gambling his money in casinos. Compulsively or not he obvious still has enough funds to do so. I say good for him and hope the well never runs dry.
Yet, everyone else here seems to doubt everything being said without actual proof of winning. Is Alan the only one being honest about his gambling habits here?
RE: bankroll requirement --
Several things to consider. I think Alan's mentioned bankroll as in cash-on-hand or trip-bankroll or session-bankroll. I'd say most people probably have 50 to 100 wagers (i.e.: $250 to $500 for a $1 denom player) for a session bankroll.
If you mean actual bankroll, as in all your gambling money, then it really only makes sense to worry about bankroll/denom if you're an AP and plan to maintain and grow the bankroll, playing at an advantage. If this is the case, then it depends what kind of game you're playing, what kind of an advantage you're getting, and your desired risk of ruin. I think people say if you're living off of AP and only play FPDW, you'd need 20 royals for a BR. (I'd hate to play FPDW exclusively.) But if you can play better stuff with a 5% to 10% advantage, you may only need like 5 to 10 royals for a bankroll.
Nice Alan, congrats!
Great Alan! Wow! Congrats!
Royal #3 of 2016
Early this morning I hit my third royal of 2016. It was at Morongo. A friend wanted to play video poker last night and suggested we go to Rincon. I won't return to Rincon, so I suggested Morongo as an alternative since it was a bit closer than Pechanga. I warned my friend that playing heavily in Morongo would not earn us any "Vegas benefits." So we both played $1 VP. I had lost nearly $3,000 on 7/5 Bonus when I hit this.
Always nice to see....but how does one lose 3000 credits on single line dollar vp? That alone is 600 losing hands and around an hour of play. Are the squaws giving out neck massages at the machines?
Nice hit. You had to be running ridiculously bad to be down that much in one sitting on that game.
We were there for many hours.
Nice hit, Alan. It must be nice when a lengthy lousy session suddenly blooms into a profit.
Nice bailout, Alan, but I have a question...
Why did you play 7-5 BP when they have 8-5 for the same limits?
I would understand if you're just running a few credits there, but given that you ran so many hands to be down $3k, clearly you should have seeked out that 8-5 machine.
You realize it's literally stealing $5 out of your pocket every time you hit that full house on the 7-5, right?
Where does Morongo have 8/5 Bonus?
And I should clarify... I was down $2300.
vpfree2 says they do.
Maybe it's wrong.
In some casinos you need to look for the 8/5 as there are more 7/5 machines than the 8/5. Harrah's Laughlin is like this.
I'm surprised you didn't go to Pala which has many verified 99%+ games, and is close to Rincon.
Here's some reasons that might make sense Dan:
Using that vpfree so-called "database" is like trusting Hillary or her creepy husband to give it to you straight. The people who claim to be "monitoring" the machines at various casinos no sooner actually regularly look at all the pay tables than they would rush out for a colonoscopy. It's always been all bs. Finding out for yourself is the only real way.
Morongo is not a small venue--neither is Pala. If you don't know going in where this or that machines are, it can quickly turn into a big waste of time for those who play for entertainment purposes.
They probably felt more comfortable driving to Morongo over Pala. I would have, given their locations.
And the point of going to a casino is to win. You've seen so many times that those who play on -ev games win, and sometimes very big, and you guys only know how to react to these wins by claiming we all MUST AND HAVE TO BE LOSING OVERALL by not reporting on the many losses that HAVE TO BE OCCURRING". It's the only was you people can deal with it.
Alan won. Who cares what the pay table was--you really think HE cares now that the actual results are in? What you're doing is the usual nonsensical "theoretical back-tracking". But what you're continually missing is all those extra $5 the 8/5 FH's would have paid him over the hours he played would have simply reduced his loss on the 8/5 machine, while the 7/5 machine yielded a profit-making royal. Do you get it yet....or will you EVER get it? I don't think so. You and your "99%+" games plus freebies and comps and whatever in order to create some sort of phony "positive situation" when gambling against casinos that ALWAYS hold the edge---all that nonsense is is for justifications and good feelings beforehand. Hardly the recipe for success in gambling.
That's right, Dan. The recipe for success in gambling is to just go play whatever machine is conveniently available, play a martingale style progression if you get behind, don't worry about comps or freebies, and have the iron clad discipline to get up from your seat and leave if or when you're ahead. And don't tip.
Of course, the word "success" doesn't necessarily translate into "winning money." "Success," in fact, could be measured by fun, or being able to view yourself as a genius high stakes wheeler-dealer, or never tipping. It doesn't necessarily refer to monetary outcomes in any way.
Thus, technically, "successful" gambling could really mean anything. Gawking at the cocktail waitresses makes every excursion, in some eyes, a cornucopia of success. Spilling over, and all that.
But the whole winning money thing, that's another animal entirely. Only "unsuccessful" gamblers, you know -- not having fun, attending to small differences in pay tables, stressing over wins and losses -- these sweating, grinding "unsuccessful" gamblers win money lifetime. And who the hell wants to be one of those? Nobody wants to track lifetime winning or losing. What fun is that? It would expose realities and bottom lines and long-term results. Better to be like the dude in the movie, Memento. Every day is a fresh start. Have fun; be "successful."
The English language, properly applied, is a wonderful thing. Rob is to be saluted.
Red, your theory about AP's being lifetime winners they way these idiots play is something to behold. Had Alan been playing the only known "positive" version of BP--9/5-- for as long as he played only dollars, there's no way he would have made a profit w/o a royal.
You're an armchair gambler anyway. Why spew meaningless theory when you don't even know its context?
While Alan was winning on 7/5 BP, I lost about $900 on 7/5 BP at Harrahs LT on the same denomination he played. If I were playing 8/5, do you really believe the difference would have been something to write home about? That's where you & Dan and those other two misguided armchair vp analysts are being blinded. And from what I've seen, Alan and I are the only posters who've consistently put up pictures etc. of big to huge winners, much to the chagrin of the masses.
Like I used to write in GT many times, winners LOVE to see and hear about others' wins; losers can't stand it. And the way people cope here is to find any fault they can based on theoretical situations.
The problem with guys like Rob, is they ALWAYS cherry pick results to show wins.
As for pictures, I don't play VP for a living. The only AP VP I do is Vulturing which is chump change. I'm not going to put up pictures of our flashing dealers, period. Go find them on your own.
Back to Alan's royal. Nice hit and great recovery!
Rob, I'm proud of you. You actually said something that's correct. I AM an armchair gambler. Since I bet sports, about 90% of my current gambling is done from a swivel chair.
Back to the question: where are the 8/5 Bonus games at Morongo? I would prefer to play them over the 7/5 game. We were in the high limit room -- quieter and no 18 year olds. The machines were $1, $2, $5.
Rob is correct about the massive size of Morongo. More slots than you'll find in ANY Vegas Casino.
Rob I am sure Chimp is still hitting winners but I think you scared her away.
Did I mention chimp? I hope she IS winning so she won't be accused of "cherry-picking" pics of winners like jbjb claims everyone else does just so he doesn't feel so bad about his anonymous failures. And just IMAGINE the irritation he suffers thru when you put up those $100kers! His only way to cope is to assert how you have to be a loser overall. That alone is worth the price of admission!
I just wanted to chime in with Rob on the vpfree data base. It is occasionally hit or miss, so you can't really depend on it for being timely regarding a trip to a single casino. I know Gold Coast and Orleans change their vp more frequently than the folks providing the data can keep up.
All of you cherry pick, that's a fact. Those same people are in casinos losing thousands every weekend and only post a winner, what, once every two months or so? So case closed on that. So you're debating the wrong people on that. Irritation? I think not. In fact quite the opposite. I love when someone makes a huge hit like that against casinos.
He's agitated Alan, so all he'll do is keep making up scenarios that best allow him to keep from going on tilt. In fact, he just HAS to believe in how players who post good hits have to be the same type of degenerate gambler he is, and lose overall. Why else do you think such a coward goes at this anonymously...:)
I have never had a winning year at casino gambling.