My Journey on Video Poker

[Tedlark]

A tank of gas, or two...

[onemoretry]

   A tank of gas, or two... I'm not so sure about that, particularly the two. I filled the tank on my van a couple of days ago, and it cost about $85! Granted, that's Canadian dollars, but the exchange rate is not so large as to bring that anywhere close to $50 US.

[DAAnMAAn]

   A tank of gas, or two...

I drive a 2016 Kia Soul Plus Package. $50 is about 1.65 tanks or about 16.6 gallons at $3 a gallon. My tank is about 12 gallons, but never run it to empty before fill up. So for sake of simplicity, it's a tank and a half to two tanks....but who's counting lol
Cheers

[DAAnMAAn]

Just one of those sessions when nothing happens and can’t hit the side of a barn. Despite a good amount of play, probably two deuces cycles, nothing came my way. -$550 and give back a lot of gallons of gas back to the vp gods.
Cheers

[onemoretry]

I drive a 2016 Kia Soul Plus Package. $50 is about 1.65 tanks or about 16.6 gallons at $3 a gallon. My tank is about 12 gallons, but never run it to empty before fill up. So for sake of simplicity, it's a tank and a half to two tanks....but who's counting lol
Cheers Yes, a "tank of gas" is a rather imprecise statement. My Honda Odyssey has a 21 us gallon tank, and the recent fill was the equivalent of 18 us gallons, at about $3.75us per gallon - $50 wouldn't cover it. Anyway, who really cares?

I believe you play mostly at Aliente. The vpFREE2 listing for it includes some multiline 25c bonus poker machines, but I don't believe you've mentioned playing on them at all. Have you ever considered playing them rather than the multiline deuces?

[DAAnMAAn]

I’ve considered it; however, the variance reducer of the wild cards and hitting a lot more hands with the wild cards is one reason I stick to the deuces. I don’t have to bring that big of a bankroll with me to play .25c 5 play deuces than .25c 5 play bonus poker. Also, I like having a chance for a jackpot hit with the deuces, while, bonus poker 4 aces pays 400 coins, deuces pays a 1,000 coin.
Lastly, although I’ve taken some losses, the results have overall been very positive and that is the most important thing. Going on 3 positive
Months with the deuces. And even with last nights frustrating
Loss and an attempt at .25c 5 play double bonus (9/7/5 version and lost the $500 btw), still up this month a whopping $17 dollars. lol
Cheers!

[FloridaPhil]

[quote=DAAnMAAn] I don’t have to bring that big of a bankroll with me to play .25c 5 play deuces than .25c 5 play bonus poker.[/quote]Deuces rocks.  My wife plays nothing but single line quarter Deuces Wild. She'll always tries to find the best pay tables, but will play 97% games if she has to.  Her annual cost to play VP is so low it's ridiculous.  She's not paying anyone's bills, that's for sure.  I would do the same myself, but I get bored playing the same game all the time.   If I need a little money, I switch over to Deuces and it usually pays off.  The next time you hit one of those days where quads go on hiatus, switch over to Deuces and give it a try.  You may be surprised...

[DAAnMAAn]

Another battle of .25c 5 play deuces tonight and I was able to hit the ducks this time. Was it enough? Yes, but once again, by a nose. +$21 this time around.
On another note, I will have to concur with Phil...After playing by almost soley for a few years double double bonus, I can say the variance is surely less stomachs renching grinding the deuces versus DDB. Of course hitting the aces with kicker is sort of a kick in the pants on deuces wild, all The extra hits one gets with the wild card will make up for it on the long run. At least, I tell myself that to feel better
Cheers

[FloridaPhil]

[quote=DAAnMAAn]Of course hitting the aces with kicker is sort of a kick in the pants on
deuces wild[/quote]Sadly yes.  It happens more often in Deuces because you are holding the kicker.  The worst for me is hitting quad deuces in Bonus Poker. 

[onemoretry]

To be clear, when I asked about playing multiline bonus poker, I was referring to regular 8/5 bonus poker, not double double. Bonus poker does have a lower variance than deuces wild.