A Trip to Bizarro World!

The lighter side... playing for entertainment, less concerned about "the math."
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Re: A Trip to Bizarro World!

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olds442jetaway wrote:
Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:04 pm
OTABILL, you must have ESP and Santa’s Elves performed their magic for the animals. I couldn’t believe it myself this Royal hit late last night after a long gradual betting Clone climb to bet 21 quarters. To top it off, in Hearts as well. Getting closer to even for the :) year. It would be nice, but I am not asking nor do I expect another one. This one was a ten hour marathon with just a couple of stretch breaks and a quick bite in the lounge. I did have some seed money from the same trip. After an hour of quadless JOB at first, I switched to Joker Kings and hit 4 straight flushes and some quads in a couple of hours. The rest of the night and early morning was spent going for the quad Deuces, never expecting this.
No ESP, just wanted to send good vibes. :)

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Post by olds442jetaway »

This is the short version of why Mohegan Sun is called Bizarro World. I went up with the Mrs Tuesday night planning to be extra careful. JOB dollars failed leaving me 200 in the red. Deuces quarters failed too and another 3 hours and 300 more dollars later in the red further. I decided to switch to nickels and just play for fun and in less than two hours all heck breaks loose. Well, you will see the results in the pics. All money back to just about even. Insane.
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Post by Come Back Kid »

Very nice!!!

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Post by FAA »

Throwing yet more money at the problem after -$500 is inconceivable from either a time or money perspective. Somehow you were made whole this time.

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Post by Tedlark »

FAA wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:46 pm
Throwing yet more money at the problem after -$500 is inconceivable from either a time or money perspective.
Aren't many of us here, including you, also guilty of this? The mirror has many faces.....

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Post by olds442jetaway »

I have discovered something interesting about this triple spin poker game. After many sessions, I have found that even on this 96 percent game, with all 3 games played and all 9 lines per game, that I can last quite a while with the minimum bet per line while waiting for something good to be dealt or nearly dealt resulting in good hits on multiple lines. At that point, I have found it is a good idea to cash out and try a different but the same All Star 2 machine. Unlike my steep Martingale Clone which can either bust your budget or result in a real windfall, the above appears to just be a slow decline in bankroll until a nice hit or hits. Of course I would prefer a better paytable on multiline games , but it is just not offered on multiline games with the exception of 2 games in the Bizarro high limit room that offer 98.44 beginning at the quarter level for Joker Kings. It also is 940 for just a quarter bet on the Royal. Anyway, for now I am going to try and stick with the nickels as I have already given back two nice chunks of my recent windfall and see what happens. It has been a while since I have been dealt quad Deuces which comes along at about the same frequency as a normal drawn Royal. Next time I am dealt the Deuces, if I am playing this game, it return 5,400 nickels for a nickel bet on all 27 lines. I still plan on using the clone on the All Star, but to not increase my bet to 2 nickels per line until the machine has eaten somewhere between 60 and 100 bucks at the bet one level. If I go to 2 per line, that would be a pretty hefty bet at 2.70 so I will just have to wait and see how it goes.

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Post by dinghy »

olds442jetaway wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 1:59 am
After many sessions, I have found that even on this 96 percent game, with all 3 games played and all 9 lines per game, that I can last quite a while with the minimum bet per line while waiting for something good to be dealt or nearly dealt resulting in good hits on multiple lines.
You're now a 3 game / 9 line specialist?

That's great, but did I miss the jackpot pics? I only recall either non-max games/lines or single line jackpots.

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Post by olds442jetaway »

There are about 5 pics above. Luckily, all star 2 pays the correct Royal amount for bet one. I will be going easy with nickels at least 10 sessions till I sort this game out some more. Even a 5cents a line it is a 1.35 bet. 2.70 at 2 per line. The windfall hits are before the nickel ones. I hate to give back money and it always happens to e after windfalls. No pics on my last session. Phone died and charger in the car. Ugh!! The big hits are back a few pages. As to Specialist….. more like a trial and not too many errors experiment

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Post by dinghy »

olds442jetaway wrote:
Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:02 pm
There are about 5 pics above.
Beautiful pics. But they're neither 3 games nor 9 lines. I thought the crux of your discovery was that you have to play 3 games/9 lines to get the winning results.
No pics on my last session. Phone died and charger in the car.
Bummer. Those pics probably would have been 3/9ers.

To my understanding, it's extraordinarily difficult (bordering on impossible) to achieve an edge at 96% multi line. But if anyone can do it, you can. :up:

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Post by olds442jetaway »

I hope to have some more pics tomorrow night. The Bizarro Ascend Brunch is tomorrow. Probably an early exit though. Snow on the way. The above pics were the same game, just not all the lines. The only way I can beat these machines if I even can long term is to hit and run with a very mild Clone progression. They will certainly beat you up over time flat betting. My hopes rest on hitting quad deuces a bit earlier than the norm and of course the Royal. A big decision could be if I am getting beat up at bet one per line and bet two per line. Should I dare go for bet 3 per line at a 4.05? Have to wait and see tomorrow. A single quad Deuces hit at bet one nickel only pays 10 bucks.

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