Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
I've had sessions playing 8/5 Bonus or Aces and Faces when I was lucky to get one full house. That's why I am just as happy on 7/5 machines. Sorry math guys.

However I will play 8/5 over 7/5 when available.
I'm sure you've also had long sessions where you hit many full houses and flushes, but don't hit quads or better.

Or perhaps you've had sessions where you set a stop-loss of a certain amount, and the extra money you would have won in the additional flush/full house payout would have been the credits that would have hit something big. So those extra payouts also give you "free hands" when you are playing to a stop-loss point.

This disdain for good flush/full house paytables is the reason we are seeing such a degradation with every passing year. Even knowledgeable VP players like Alan find ways to reason to themselves that paytables aren't so important.