The Casino Giveth, and the Casino...
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:51 am
For most of last Friday, I thought that the ending to that would be "Taketh Away", but a late rally saved me.
I am not a devotee of double double bonus. However, it is the highest return game on the machines I prefer to play at Casino Rama, so I decided to forgo deuces wild and deuces wild bonus, the games I normally play there, and give double double a try. I armed myself with a strategy from the wizard of odds site, and dived in.
I played 25c 10 line on a hot roll machine without, as is normal for me, activating the hot roll feature. I started with 1120 credits, 800 from $200 I inserted into the machine, plus $80 in downloaded earned slot play.
The game played fairly evenly for a bit, but then trended gradually downward. When I was down to around 300 credits, I hit the 4 aces with kicker on a four card draw to a single ace for 2000 credits - nice. Shortly thereafter, on a three card draw to a pair of fours, I drew the other two fours and a kicker for another 800 credits. I couldn't help thinking that another good day was in the offing.
But, I spent the next 45 minutes or so spiralling downward. Finally, those two nice quads were totally wiped out, and I was reaching into my wallet for another $200. And, not too long after that, it was another $200. And, then, yet another $200.
Sitting there with $800 in the machine, I was thinking that I was headed for a four digit loss. But, darned if it didn't turn around. The seemingly unending string of garbage deals did finally end, and some better stuff came along. There were a few dealt straights and flushes, and a full house. And, on my second draw to three aces, having whiffed the first time, I hit the 4 aces with kicker again. All in all, it seemed to take only a few minutes to climb out of that deep hole into slightly positive territory. And then, for icing on the cake, I scored a royal on a two card draw, and cashed out shortly thereafter at plus $1360.
My wife had a very tough time at the start as well. I kept hearing the phrase: "I can't keep money in the machine". At one point she was down at least $1000, but did ultimately bounce back with a couple of sets of aces on super aces, and deuces and deuces with an ace on deuces wild bonus, to finish slightly up by $11.
So, what looked as if it was going to be a really tough day at the casino, turned out OK. Sometimes, but unfortunately, not always, perseverance pays off.
I am not a devotee of double double bonus. However, it is the highest return game on the machines I prefer to play at Casino Rama, so I decided to forgo deuces wild and deuces wild bonus, the games I normally play there, and give double double a try. I armed myself with a strategy from the wizard of odds site, and dived in.
I played 25c 10 line on a hot roll machine without, as is normal for me, activating the hot roll feature. I started with 1120 credits, 800 from $200 I inserted into the machine, plus $80 in downloaded earned slot play.
The game played fairly evenly for a bit, but then trended gradually downward. When I was down to around 300 credits, I hit the 4 aces with kicker on a four card draw to a single ace for 2000 credits - nice. Shortly thereafter, on a three card draw to a pair of fours, I drew the other two fours and a kicker for another 800 credits. I couldn't help thinking that another good day was in the offing.
But, I spent the next 45 minutes or so spiralling downward. Finally, those two nice quads were totally wiped out, and I was reaching into my wallet for another $200. And, not too long after that, it was another $200. And, then, yet another $200.
Sitting there with $800 in the machine, I was thinking that I was headed for a four digit loss. But, darned if it didn't turn around. The seemingly unending string of garbage deals did finally end, and some better stuff came along. There were a few dealt straights and flushes, and a full house. And, on my second draw to three aces, having whiffed the first time, I hit the 4 aces with kicker again. All in all, it seemed to take only a few minutes to climb out of that deep hole into slightly positive territory. And then, for icing on the cake, I scored a royal on a two card draw, and cashed out shortly thereafter at plus $1360.
My wife had a very tough time at the start as well. I kept hearing the phrase: "I can't keep money in the machine". At one point she was down at least $1000, but did ultimately bounce back with a couple of sets of aces on super aces, and deuces and deuces with an ace on deuces wild bonus, to finish slightly up by $11.
So, what looked as if it was going to be a really tough day at the casino, turned out OK. Sometimes, but unfortunately, not always, perseverance pays off.
