Big Casino Wins and Jackpots

[Alan Mendelson]

Alan, doesn't the fact that you got a bunch of quads--half of them dealt--and you probably got a good amount of straights and FH's too, while my machine GAVE ME NOTHING BUT A ROYAL IN 2-1/2 HOURS! give you any doubt at all that not all is random with these things?

Rob... as today's teenagers might ask... what are you smoking?

It's all random. I played that same machine dozens of times before and hit a royal on it once, and went another night and got quad aces on it three times, and then there were nights when I drew nothing for dozens of hands. Of course it is all random.

Also, go back and look at my royal again. Notice anything "odd" about it? Something I've never seen: cards #3, 4, & 5, then #6 & 7 are actually a ROYAL IN SEQUENCE. I know if you line them up on the screen in sequential order then some machines pay a big bonus for that. But what I got means the cards in the deck actually WERE in sequence. Where's my bonus??

When you want to look for patterns, patterns will show up. Here is my favorite pattern:

Once about ten years ago, at 4 in the morning, a cleaning lady at Caesars was wiping down the VP machines. As she moved down the row and reached my machine, I moved back so she could empty the ash tray and wipe the area down and as she did she wished me good luck. On my next play, I hit a progressive royal for about $29K. About a year later, again at about 4am the same cleaning lady was coming down the row of machines, wiped down my machine and wished me luck and on the next play I hit quad aces with a kicker for $10k. Now that is a great pattern... better than anything you can come up with Rob.

(And, let me continue this true story: When I hit the $29K progressive I tipped her $200. A few weeks later I was back there for New Year's Eve. After the party at about 1-AM I was walking through the casino with my date and the same cleaning lady sees me, runs over and gives me the biggest hug saying Happy New Year! She was so happy and so excited to see me. But what she didn't realize was that her hands had plastic gloves on them as she was cleaning out ashtrays and I had this giant ash handprint on the back of my tuxedo jacket from her hug. And we laughed about it for the next couple of hours.... And I continued to see her at Caesars for several years and each time she approached I waited for her to clean my machine and wish me luck. But, unfortunately, there was no third time.)

[Max A Million]

Good win, Alan! How long were you playing before you decided to call it quits? Also, what do you mean when you mention "bounce back money?" Is that money you save up for future play?

[Alan Mendelson]

I didn't play very long, at all. I probably played at the craps table as long as I played at the $5 Aces and Faces machine... but that's because the craps table was slow with lots of "exotic" or center table bets that were hitting, time spent on payouts, lots of players throwing in center table bets, etc. Also, before I even bought in at the craps table, the shooter who had the dice was having a good, long roll and had made three different points.

Bounce back money is "cash back" but comes in the mail for a future date. The bounce back money I got was actually cash back from July. At some casinos you can get your cash back money right away even on the same day that you played, but Rincon mails it to you a month later so you must return or "bounce back" to the casino to play it.

[Rob.Singer]

Funny but interesting story Alan, but I wasn't talking anything about patterns or outside influences. Not sure how you were able to associate an actual internal royal in sequence with a cleaning lady.

[Alan Mendelson]

Rob, do I seriously think the cleaning lady influenced the machine? No. But do I hope that she can? You bet your sweet bippy I do.

[regnis]

I'd have married her--or adopted her depending on her age.

[Alan Mendelson]

I'd have married her--or adopted her depending on her age.

I have seen her there in a couple of years... but after those big wins each time she came by to clean my machine I gave her a small tip. Sometimes only a dollar. And if I am having a good session at craps and a porter comes to clean away glasses and ash trays I will tip a dollar as well. Of course Rob is having chest pains at the thought of tipping, but that's what I do.

[Alan Mendelson]

Sunday night was my night. Every few years lightning strikes and you get lucky. Very lucky, and that's what happened to me Sunday night. I was bored, had nothing to do, and decided to hop in the car for a drive to Rincon. There was a "minor" promotion that included bonus points for the Great Gift Wrap Up plus $135 of free play. When I got there I swiped my card and got 31,500 GGWU points which is more than enough for a $100 Shell gas card, plus I got $135 of free play.

I put the $35 of free play in my favorite Aces and Faces machine but played only at the 25-cent level. After a couple of hands I got quad Kings worth $50. I cashed out $60 and put it in my pocket. My gas was covered for the trip. (Actually gas is about $40 round trip.)

I put the $100 coupon in but this time played $1 Aces and Faces and hit a couple of quads paying $125 each. I now had about $300. So I decided to do something crazy. I switched to $1 Royal Aces Bonus. After a few hands I hit a straight flush that paid $500. Wow, I thought. What wonderful luck. And then a few hands later... lightning. Quad aces which pays the same as a royal... $4,000. See the photo below.



But as you can see, I still had $845 left from the previous straight flush plus the quads on Aces and Faces. So I played one more hand after the hand pay and cashed out. I went to the my favorite high limit machine and put in the ticket. I hit quad aces again but this time it pays $2,000. See the photo below.



Another two thousand went into my pocket and I still had more than $700 remaining. So I took another bold move and switched to Double Double Bonus because the progressive royal was worth more than $27,000. I did not hit the royal, but I did get quad 3s with a kicker for $4,000. See the photo below.



Another $4,000 went into my pocket and I had $350 remaining. I switched back to Aces and Faces, but I ran into some trouble, and lost about $1500. Not to worry, my night was still "golden."

So I changed machines and I went to the machine on the far left, next to the wall. This is one of the dedicated Double Double Bonus machines. The machine that has the reputation for giving quad aces often. And guess what? Bingo! Quad aces. What's interesting is that I was dealt a full house with three aces and a pair of 9s. Correct strategy is to hold just the aces, which is what I did, and I drew the fourth ace plus another 9. What a nice coincidence, and another nice $4,000 pay. See the photo below.



You'll see I had $250 remaining but that was the last hand I played. You see -- I broke the machine. Literally. In fact, the machine broke when the quad aces came up. I stood there for more than ten minutes waiting for a slot attendant -- and no one came. Then, a manager walked by and said "hello" to me and I said, "gee, it's been about ten minutes and no one came to pay me." He radioed in and found out that my machine went off-line and the "win" did not trigger the response system. A slot attendant was called, and I got the hand pay. Then, since any additional play would not have been recorded on my Total Rewards account, I was asked if I just wanted to "cash out." I did and took home the additional $250.

Yes, I tipped. On the $4,000 pays I tipped $40. On the $2,000 aces I tipped $20.

On the way home I stopped at a Bank of America near my home and deposited the cash in the ATM. It's a secure cash deposit system that they have which immediately verifies and confirms. Yes, the money is there... safe and sound.

Sometimes everything goes right. It's about time.

[Rob.Singer]

Several lessons here after such good fortune: first--and this is the same broken record I've been playing for years--more beautiful proof that-EV machines are just as easy to win from as the +EV types. Yes, JUST as easy....and just as easy over any amount of time if you use the proper bankroll and money management along with a structured approach.

Secondly, I have a BofA account that is rarely used these days, but because I've been reading about Alan depositing cash via the ATM's, I tried it myself today, and it's brilliant.

Last but not least, here's why you weakly wasted whatever amount of money on tipping the floor attendants: you were totally encompassed by the "casino winning experience", which meant you were in a euphoric state of mind. This is exactly where the casino and its employees wants you to be, as everyone so wrapped up finds it an even happier experience throwing their money around. At the same time, a controlled gambler wants to stay on cloud 9, so refusing to tip isn't an option. Those intimidating moments are really party killers.

[Perdition]

Congrats on your big wins Alan.

[Count Room]

Very nice hits, Alan. What a great session! Your skills at pressing the DEAL/DRAW button at the correct moments are dramatically on target. Keep it up!

[Alan Mendelson]

Very nice hits, Alan. What a great session! Your skills at pressing the DEAL/DRAW button at the correct moments are dramatically on target. Keep it up!

Nah... what you see are the consolation prizes. Had my timing been better all of those photos would have been royals.

[Vegas_lover]

Nice hits Alan, congrats on the nice wins! An thank you for ignoring the no-tipping BS.

[Rob.Singer]

That's funny VL You just reminded him of how weak he is when being controlled by the casinos....

[Alan Mendelson]

This is a note for David who is a regular reader of our Forum and wants to know why I win so much and so many times? David: I don't win so much and so many times. But on this thread we post our "big casino wins and jackpots." If we had another thread called "times we went broke with our trip bankroll" I would have more things to post and to say.

[arcimede$]

Alan, you must be doing something wrong. I have won 14 times in a row.

[Vegas_lover]

That's funny VL You just reminded him of how weak he is when being controlled by the casinos....

Didn't I recently tell you to ignore anything I post and don't respond or do you also have a reading/hearing problem? My post was directed at Alan, so nobody was waiting for your opinion, I'm certainly not interested. Do you understand this or are you going to continue to make everything around here about you?

To repeat Alan's words from another thread. Show solid evidence for your claims or shut up. I'm not going to dance around with you again because as far as I'm concerned you're not worth the time or energy. Sorry Alan but this guy is here for one reason only and that's to create havoc.

[Rob.Singer]

Didn't I recently tell you to ignore anything I post and don't respond or do you also have a reading/hearing problem? My post was directed at Alan, so nobody was waiting for your opinion, I'm certainly not interested. Do you understand this or are you going to continue to make everything around here about you?

To repeat Alan's words from another thread. Show solid evidence for your claims or shut up. I'm not going to dance around with you again because as far as I'm concerned you're not worth the time or energy. Sorry Alan but this guy is here for one reason only and that's to create havoc.

Incorrect. Perhaps you've missed my five-figure winners? ....(or maybe you haven't )

[nerakil]

This is copied from Nerakil's post in a different thread -- Alan.

NVM, just hit this gem. Ship it.

[Rob.Singer]

No, and I have never had an idea what my "comp rate" was or is anywhere.

But while we're talking about what a winner I am, remember when I said I was going to start playing again around Jan. 19th or 20th for the first time since my huge hit? That happened to start on Sunday, and I'm playing an hour or two each day at different casinos until about the 29th. Here's my results so far. Each day except today, I played up to four simple 3-level 25c/50c/$1 ARTT sessions with a win goal of $100 because I know it doesn't make sense to go after the high limit machines constantly after beating the crap out of them. That's what controlled addicts would do. Today I decided to play some games that I really don't play often except when playing out of curiosity, so I "explored" and without a strategy to guide me. Games like UltimateX, spin poker, deuces wild, jokers wild, and 50-play. I didn't do well on all but one of these, but as you can see, it was another stroke of luck that made my day. I was not impressed with any of these games, and I don't know how anyone enjoys any of them, even deuces wild.

Sunday, +$555
Monday, -$920
Tuesday, +$145
Wednesday, +$120
Thursday, +$5250

I can already hear the cries of "gee Rob, NOBODY gets this lucky, NOBODY!! How can you win so much so often when the rest of us lose all the time!?"

Answer: Because few ever listen and put into practice the valuable lessons I teach. Today I really did have a good lucky unusual hit because I had no strategy and I STILL grabbed a royal. Plus did you notice is was one of those AWFUL -EV games again? And do you think I'm going to go out and make stupid games like Ultimate X or DW a habit? Of course not--that's dumbing down a strong player. I was lucky not to leave without any of the $1500 I walked in with.