Video Poker is an enigma I'll never fully understand...

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olds442jetaway
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Re: Video Poker is an enigma I'll never fully understand...

Post by olds442jetaway »

I guess it is seeing things happen over and over again that are millions or even billions to one. Such is the nature of the beast.

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Post by FAA »

See, I think that I will follow your strategy and play more dollar BP as well. Delighted with Saturday’s quad Aces hit. We can definitely have a majority of profitable sessions if we simply maintain excellent discipline. I recently had a 3.5 hour session disaster. We can’t play anything close to that on these. I figure that an hour will suffice at most. Accept the outcome and walk.

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Post by seemoreroyals »

FAA, it seems like every casino has one or two hidden vp gems that provide better odds than the rest. The 98% and above payback machines (before benefits from use of players card added) are getting harder to find. Some scoff at low volatility such as BP or JOB but I have better luck on them than on anything else. I do like to play a little higher volatility especially if I get ahead to keep it interesting. In general, I can't seem to stay on the same machine more than about 30 minutes at a time. I find that frequent breaks seem to help me concentrate more while I am playing.

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Post by olds442jetaway »

My favorite and one and only like it machine at Mohega Sun got shut diwn with Covid. It is the dollar machine that on the spin poker games pays just under 99 percent and the best part is it pays 800 for bet one for the Royal and 940 on Joker Kings. I didn’t have that much trouble getting it as most people don’t like spin poker. Often times I would just play one line. Also it doesn’t pay points you can spend and most peple don’t like that. However, at 500 coin in just to get one spendable point worth a dollar atMohegan Sun, I wasn’t too worried about it. Another plus about that machine is f I earn 30 status points in a day, I get 100 in free play. On triple status point days, I would only have to run 5,000 through it to get the 100 in free play. Not so bad as that adds almost a full 2 percent to my return long term. Long term that brings my return with perfect play n Bonus Deuces wild from 98.8 percent to 100.8 percent. That might be enough for even BD to play this machine. That doesn’t even count the normal free play they give you which is usually on the conservative side 1/3 of one percent of coin in. Hope it goes back in service if we ever get rid of Covid. Like you said, these good machines are getting very hard to find.

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Post by FAA »

See, in my case, AC provides many strong pay back machines. BP and JOB generally keep me solvent and satisfied. I simply have to cut short my play on them. Your thirty minute pattern actually works in your favor. I believe that you generally have squeezed most of the machine's gains after that much time. Then it seems to become a steep drop.

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Post by FAA »

Olds, now it's really a waste of time to hit MS for me. Plus the poor weather to come. I wondered why you played so much Bonus Deuces. I do think my formula is the low volatility games in small doses. Catch a little quarter JOB in late afternoon for entertainment after hopefully +$100. I was so depressed and inconsolable after my post Christmas financial suicide session. The very next trip recouped a nice chunk of the loss. I am definitely rid of marathon dollar play mentality. Neighbor RF. Well, so what? He was supremely lucky, nothing more. Curiosity killed the cat.

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Post by Webman »

FlushorBust and others, there are plenty of posts discussing the virus. Let's take that discussion to the Anything and Everything area rather than this topic. Thanks.

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Post by Webman »

Cleaning out off-topic posts. Please take any political discussion to the Anything and Everything area of the forum so the other areas can stay on their intended subject. Thanks.

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Post by advantage playe »

ca mon Webman , we never go off topic , right everybody ! LOL !!!

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Post by FlushorBust »

Wait...what were we talking about again? Lolol

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