Big Casino Wins and Jackpots

[redietz]

I have a question, as I am unfamiliar with digital photography (even though I was an old school photographer). Is it possible to crop photos from a high def monitor in such a way as to present them as photos one has taken live?

[Alan Mendelson]

I have a question, as I am unfamiliar with digital photography (even though I was an old school photographer). Is it possible to crop photos from a high def monitor in such a way as to present them as photos one has taken live?

I think your question really is: can you take photos of photos and pass them off as original?

[Alan Mendelson]

A funny thing happened last night (Dan, can you confirm the date these photos were taken?) when I went back to Rincon for $150 of free play: I lost with the free play. So I took out $500. I was at my favorite machine #3116 -- the same machine that dealt me quad aces of Royal Aces Bonus about a week ago, and then gave me an $8,000 royal, and then Sunday morning gave me quad aces for $4,000 on Royal Aces Bonus again... yes that same machine.

So there I was with $100 in the machine and I score quad 3s which paid $400 and then I am dealt trip aces... and draw the fourth ace for another $4,000. I had the slot attendant take a photo of me gesturing that this was my second $4,000 pay with quad aces. The photo of the quad aces (compare it to the other wins -- it's different) is also below.

I guess this means I am a "strong player" and I have a system that works, doesn't it? But no -- I won't call myself the greatest video poker player... because I got lucky. And that's all it is... luck.

Hitting jackpots will not save a life, cure cancer, end heart disease, end the starvation of children, or bring about world peace. Any day of the week I'd rather save a life, cure cancer, end heart disease, end starvation of children or bring about world peace than hit jackpots. (Are you listening Rob?)

[slingshot]

A funny thing happened last night (Dan, can you confirm the date these photos were taken?) when I went back to Rincon for $150 of free play: I lost with the free play. So I took out $500. I was at my favorite machine #3116 -- the same machine that dealt me quad aces of Royal Aces Bonus about a week ago, and then gave me an $8,000 royal, and then Sunday morning gave me quad aces for $4,000 on Royal Aces Bonus again... yes that same machine.

So there I was with $100 in the machine and I score quad 3s which paid $400 and then I am dealt trip aces... and draw the fourth ace for another $4,000. I had the slot attendant take a photo of me gesturing that this was my second $4,000 pay with quad aces. The photo of the quad aces (compare it to the other wins -- it's different) is also below.

I guess this means I am a "strong player" and I have a system that works, doesn't it? But no -- I won't call myself the greatest video poker player... because I got lucky. And that's all it is... luck.

Hitting jackpots will not save a life, cure cancer, end heart disease, end the starvation of children, or bring about world peace. Any day of the week I'd rather save a life, cure cancer, end heart disease, end starvation of children or bring about world peace than hit jackpots. (Are you listening Rob?)

Is this the same jackpot, Alan-photographed twice? The second is not clear but both machines clearly have a diamond, diamond, spade, heart, and club in the same order on the cards. I just can't tell the denoms of the cards.

[Alan Mendelson]

No. They're different. In the first I held one ace. In the second I held three aces. On the 25cent win all four aces were dealt and auto held.

[slingshot]

No. They're different. In the first I held one ace. In the second I held three aces. On the 25cent win all four aces were dealt and auto held.

Something's wrong with my computer. I only see two photos and both with more that one Ace held.

[slingshot]

When looking at the two pics in your post on Royal Aces bonus, I saw 2 different pics with what you're referring to.

[quahaug]

Good for you Alan, and I must admit, I'm not at all jealous or in emotional pain! Sorry.

[Alan Mendelson]

When looking at the two pics in your post on Royal Aces bonus, I saw 2 different pics with what you're referring to.

In the post about Royal Aces Bonus two photos are posted: the 25-cent with all four aces held, and one of the $1 (hit early Sunday morning) with one ace held. On this thread, just above in post #643 is the photo with quad aces with three aces dealt to me, and the photo of my in front of the screen with the three aces dealt.

Really, sling, you need an explanation for something this simple as counting the number of aces held but you can figure out Rob's ARTT, SRTT, STFU and every other combination of letters he uses? Do you really not see the difference in the photos or did your buddy Rob ask you to challenge the authenticity of my photos?

My tolerance is waning rapidly.

[slingshot]

In the post about Royal Aces Bonus two photos are posted: the 25-cent with all four aces held, and one of the $1 (hit early Sunday morning) with one ace held. On this thread, just above in post #643 is the photo with quad aces with three aces dealt to me, and the photo of my in front of the screen with the three aces dealt.

Really, sling, you need an explanation for something this simple as counting the number of aces held but you can figure out Rob's ARTT, SRTT, STFU and every other combination of letters he uses? Do you really not see the difference in the photos or did your buddy Rob ask you to challenge the authenticity of my photos?

My tolerance is waning rapidly.

Reading your post you seem to indicate two DIFFERENT wins, but now I understand it's two pics of the same win. So why didn't you just answer my question the first time? This IS the same jackpot photoed twice. Get over it.

[Alan Mendelson]

Reading your post you seem to indicate two DIFFERENT wins, but now I understand it's two pics of the same win. So why didn't you just answer my question the first time? This IS the same jackpot photoed twice. Get over it.

Let's see if I understand you now:

I have hit quad aces three times on Royal Aces Bonus in about the last week. There is ONE photo of the dealt quad aces at 25-cents. There is one photo of the quad aces when only one ace was dealt to me. And yes, there are two photos of the quad aces (one jackpot) when three aces were dealt to me.

In the case of the quad aces when three aces were dealt to me one photo shows me in front of the machine, and the second photo is a tight shot of the screen.

Sorry if I misunderstood you.

[slingshot]

Let's see if I understand you now:

I have hit quad aces three times on Royal Aces Bonus in about the last week. There is ONE photo of the dealt quad aces at 25-cents. There is one photo of the quad aces when only one ace was dealt to me. And yes, there are two photos of the quad aces (one jackpot) when three aces were dealt to me.

In the case of the quad aces when three aces were dealt to me one photo shows me in front of the machine, and the second photo is a tight shot of the screen.

Sorry if I misunderstood you.

Got it. Congrats, by the way. I haven't seen the game here in Shreveport, but will keep an eye out.

[Dan Druff]

Alan, the first image filename is 20140224_224147. That means you took it at 10:41pm on Feb 24, 2014.

The second filename is 20140224_224200, meaning you took it at 10:42pm on Feb 24, 2014.

You took them 13 seconds apart.

Correct?

BTW, did you take these with an iPhone? If so, it looks like the identical naming convention to Rob's more recent photos, making it highly likely he took that one picture on January 15th instead of early Feb like he claimed.

[Alan Mendelson]

I have a Samsung GalaxyS and yes they were taken right after each other. The photo of me was taken by the slot attendant who was waiting for a supervisor for verification and then payment. I'm not sure it was exactly 13 seconds, but if you say so I believe you.

[Rob.Singer]

Hitting jackpots always seems to irritate a few....even you. Sling had a valid point that he had to explain three times before you chose to try and understand it.

A "strong" player is one who isn't controlled by the casinos. These casinos count on weak players to keep on coming in to the same place, often, because casinos know such people have no plan, they have no willpower, they have no discipline whatsoever, and they will always JUMP at their every mailed command. A strong player becomes a "super" player when they have the ability to reverse all of the above, they follow intelligent strategies that never promote addiction and the predictability to play at the same place over and over, they are able to stay out of the trap of giving away parts of their handpays to people who are paid to make them look more foolish that the problem gamblers and habitual casino rats they know they are, and most of all, they treat their family like they are equally important at least ONCE in a while..

Who takes your pictures? Some of them are worse than mine.

[Alan Mendelson]

Rob: I take the photos of the screens.

The photo of me was taken by the slot attendant.

As for the rest of your post: what the F--- are you talking about?

[dannyj]

I have kind of a random question for anyone. When playing on a machine that that has an adjustable dealing/drawing speed, which do you prefer? I usually play at the second variable. Rob, I noticed on one of your earlier pics you were playing at the slowest speed. Is that your preference?

[Alan Mendelson]

I have kind of a random question for anyone. When playing on a machine that that has an adjustable dealing/drawing speed, which do you prefer? I usually play at the second variable. Rob, I noticed on one of your earlier pics you were playing at the slowest speed. Is that your preference?

Generally I take the middle speed. Most machines have three speeds.

I should note that the speed you choose for the "displaying of cards" has nothing to do with the speed at which you play the game or that you make your decisions about what to play. I've been "stuck" on machines that have the fastest speed "set" but that does not alter the time I take to decide which cards to hold. I am not a fast decision-maker.

[Dan Druff]

Generally I take the middle speed. Most machines have three speeds.

I should note that the speed you choose for the "displaying of cards" has nothing to do with the speed at which you play the game or that you make your decisions about what to play. I've been "stuck" on machines that have the fastest speed "set" but that does not alter the time I take to decide which cards to hold. I am not a fast decision-maker.

I also run them at middle speed.

Slow speed is painful and you just want the damn cards to speed up and show themselves.

Fast speed is too quick. It doesn't feel like cards are dealing, but rather just appearing in front of you.

I like seeing the effect of cards being "dealt", but not to take very long to actually do so. Medium speed is perfect for that.

And I am a fairly fast player. I go through about 500 hands per hour.

[Rob.Singer]

I have kind of a random question for anyone. When playing on a machine that that has an adjustable dealing/drawing speed, which do you prefer? I usually play at the second variable. Rob, I noticed on one of your earlier pics you were playing at the slowest speed. Is that your preference?

Yes I play slowly because that's my preference. My strategies require constant thought and mathematical monitoring, and unlike many players, I'm not trying to pile up the points as fast as possible. My goal is to pile up the money.