When did I ever express any denial that I could ever lose?Originally Posted by arcimede$
If anything, I've said that had I quit when I had a profit, I would not have given back my profits that allowed winning sessions to turn into losing sessions.
When did I ever express any denial that I could ever lose?Originally Posted by arcimede$
If anything, I've said that had I quit when I had a profit, I would not have given back my profits that allowed winning sessions to turn into losing sessions.
Awesome win AGAIN, Alan! I send you much continued success, luck, positive energy, or whatever you want to call it for more financial abundance this year. Keep posting those pictures. It's nice to see what everyone wins.
As far as the number of royals goes... I'm on pace with last year. Six so far this year which is about half of what I had last year. The difference from last year is that this year my losses per session are smaller because I kept to my "loss limits" and I raised my "stop losses" during sessions when I was hitting and beat my initial win goal.
hi Alan,
Took your advice and sat down at your favorite machine (3116) yesterday. No! I didn't win but my wife sat at the machine right next to mine and hit a Royal. Had a great day...Thanks for the info...LOL
hi Alan,
Took your advice and sat down at your favorite machine (3116) yesterday. No! I didn't win but my wife sat at the machine right next to mine and hit a Royal. Had a great day...Thanks for the info...LOL
That row with machine #3116 is a pretty active row... with players and with jackpots. When I played there last weekend a player playing $2 DDB hit quad aces with a kicker for $4,000 on the same machine your wife got the royal. When I can't get on 3116 I sit on the machine that is second from the far right. The machine on the far right is loaded with lots of keno games. The second machine in has Aces and Faces and Royal Aces Bonus. That machine, second from far right, is the machine I got quad aces on FIVE TIMES in just a couple of hours playing Aces and Faces. And its the same machine I hit quad aces on last weekend when I had that small amount of free play before I went up to Vegas.
Now, before anyone says anything about these machines being "hot machines" let me just say that I think there are a lot of jackpots on these machines because they get a lot of play -- and that's the only reason. What is unusual is that this particular row of machines is always filled with players. When you have machines that are played all the time, you see jackpots all the time.
This is much like the row of video poker machines near the bathrooms at Caesars in the Palace Casino. These machines are always in use and you are always seeing hand pays. It's not because the machines are loose, and heaven knows the paytables arent the best... but they are in use all the time.
It's early July, we're back at our RV park here in northern Nv., and I''ve finally started to play on & off again for about 5 days before another break away. So hopefully, get ready for some pictures.
Today I went to the Eldorado in Reno prior to a sharing a great 4th of July BBQ with fellow RVer's from all over the country. And no, the high point of the meal was NOT from someone who went to fetch some smashed potatoes from KFCI play either RTT or ARTT in these retirement days--and not so surprisingly, with really better overall results ratio-wise than I did when playing SPS as a pro. But alas, I began the week by losing about $1600, and there was one notable thing about the machine I lost on that is a bit unique. I didn't have the time or desire to check if there were others like it, but this one had what appeared to be the most extreme full pay pay tables for the games I looked at. And the best part was it was a 25-credit max bet on 25c, 50c, and dollars, which meant it was perfect for my 5-level 25c/50c/$1/$2/$5 ARTT.
Oh, these are the games on it and these pay tables are good for every denomination, only I forgot to check the wild card games because I have no interest in playing them: 9/6 JoB, 9/6 BPD, 9/7 TDBP, 9/5 TBP+, 8/5 ACE$ BP, 10/7 DBP, & 10/6 DDBP. The two games I played were ACE$ BP and TBP+, of course. Yet I lost, but I'm going back in a few days to give them another shot. But in the meantime, it's Casino Fandango (if they even LET me in the place after the continuous muggings I've been giving them this past 6 months or so.
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Well, for a quarter player I had my excitement for the 4th.. After cooking hot dogs, hamburgers, sausages, etc. for the whole family I decided to go for a few hours while the rest of the family was sleeping off full stomachs. I decided to lose $100 and go home or not and chose the favorite tdbp machine. At $50 I was beginning to think it might be fast, but resisting the overwhelming urge to choose a pair of 5's instead of a lone Ace, I got 4 of them and a new start. I thought I would see if maybe I was lucky enough to be in a hot cycle and sure enough, about 10-15 hands later two A's yielded 4/w/kicker for $1000. Using Alan's strategy, I took $100 only to play a little longer and got the laugh of the day. I went to play one of my favorite penny machines for 10 hands only at $2 a pop and hit the bonus round. Prior to that, I had pulled out the chair rather abrubtly to sit down only to yank the poor lil' lady's foot fromthe side of my chair. She had apparently been at her machine for a while and gave me the "look" to let me know how rude I was. After apologizing, I sat, won the $160 and cashed out and left. The look on her face for me leaving a "winning" machine was priceless.
I love stories like yours, slingshot. Congratulations. I've never heard of anyone getting quad aces with a kicker (equivalent of a royal) on Triple Double Bonus Poker. However I once got a natural royal playing that.
Alan, I actually saw one last week on your favorite row of machines at Rincon. 2nd machine from the left. $1,000 @.25
correction..3rd from left.
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spojoey... did you happen to notice that a row of machines was removed from that section?? I think it's part of the way that they are going to shift around the casino with the new space that is being added on. But in the meantime it will consolidate play on those machines and with more play we'll be seeing and hearing about more big wins.
I would like to think those machines are "hot" or "loose" but since they are video poker games I will say they show a lot of winners because they are played a lot.
By the way, over the weekend the $5 Double Double Bonus progressive was somewhere north of $68-thousand. Was it hit yet?
I was there last Friday...all rows were there. Going down tomorrow will report back. I go there quite often and haven't played In any other spots
since you mentioned 3116...lol. Ill check the $5 prog tomorrow.
If you sat at machine 3116 there used to be a row in back of you. It's gone... or moved. They are also setting up some table games where slots used to be. They've shifted the $1 DDB progressive to the poker room area, and put slots in its place.
In the end there will be more slots and more video poker from what I've heard. It's just that the set-up is changing. So start writing down the numbers on your favorite machines because they could be shifted to a new location.
edited to add: I might stop by Saturday during the day. I have a free play offer that makes the schlepp worthwhile.
There has been lots of changes since I started going there around 10 years ago. I cant handle the drive to Vegas anymore. Just to tiring. (77 years young), Just more or less for something to do and my wife and I both enjoy video poker although she does play slots once in a while. every other week we stay over 2 nights and the other weeks just a day trip. We take advantage of every offer...lol
You know that $5 progressive is theoretically very "positive" at $68k, esp. with all the promos they have along with that million dollar drawing at year's end. So did you see any of the self-proclaimed LV AP's pounding them to death, even if it costs them their marriage?
When I spoke to the manager he told me that there were only two players when we were talking ... and there are a total of six machines.
The "Reno team" hasn't shown up at Rincon in several years since they lost out on several progressives. There was a big player from Vegas who hit the progressive for $70-thousand (I think it might have been two years ago? Memory fades.)
But as the manager told me, "someone is going to step up, put $500 in, and hit it." And he said several players have already put in "thousands" trying to get it.
When I was there the progressive was about $40k but I didn't play it. It goes up 25-cents per 5-coin play.
Well, the key is not to get greedy-if I had chosen the first A instead of the pair, I would have probably gotten upset when the other pair fell and quit for being such a dope. Another reason I like playing it is a chance at $500 by choosing key pairs on a small two pair like 4466J. I did get 4 WITHOUT the kicker for $100 at one session. lf the machine's not paying-the money can go fast.Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson
Math guys are gonna yell at you!!! Nice hit.
I'm used to 5 for 2 pair cause I play a lot of double double. But that 10 for trips is hard to stomach.
Triple Double bonus is a very tough game. You either hit big or you bust quick.Originally Posted by regnis
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