Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
I've had some experiences myself:

1. I once hit a $1 royal with $100 in a machine at Rincon.

2. I once hit quad aces playing aces and faces on a $5 machine paying $2,000 with $300 in the machine.

3. I once hit two $5 progressive royals just a few hands apart at Caesars.
These seem relatively normal to me, especially when considering they are kind of the "rare exception" and not the rule. Since you didn't mention any time on the first two I assume it wasn't within a few hands but that you had enough luck early on to be able to play a while, although I'd guess both probably came relatively quickly.

Your third example is of course is a little further out there, but that too is expected. Most people are going to have some wild hits/days from time to time.

I can only remember 2 different occasions where my wins were what I would consider out of the ordinary. In one I hit aces with a kicker in DDB within my first 15-20 minutes in the casino. I took my winnings and tried another machine playing bonus deuces and in a very short period of time I was dealt 1 deuce and drew 3 more and an ace. That was enough for me and I was soon heading out the door.

The other time I had $45 in free play and I got it up to a couple hundred playing STP. I wandered around trying a little bit until I settled in at a $1 BDW. Up to this point I had probably played 30-45 minutes, and after another 15-20 I thought I'd gotten 5 aces for $400 but then noticed the machine had locked up and what I had was actually 4 deuces and the ace, for $2,000. Oddly enough, I can't remember for certain but I believe those were the only 2 times I've hit 4 deuces with an ace even though I've played a lot of BDW over the years.

And this is why Rob's claims about so many big wins in such a limited amount of play is so "magical" or "imaginative" (you decide).
Neither of those words are quite right for what I'm thinking.