Bizarro World 2024!
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Re: Bizarro World 2024!
I would have if it were a true “ short coin “. In this case It jest happened to be at the beginning of a Martingale Clone cycle. Unfortunately, at that time the machine was ready to go into a dud cycle, quite the opposite of near the end of the day when I started playing with the Mrs card In any Deuces Wild game, if you go into a cycle where no Deuces are dealt or at most one, you are pretty much finished 90 percent of the time. You really need those Deuces on the deal in hopes of a great draw. Normally, I wouldn’t go back up there on a Saturday, but later, I have to enter a drawing for people with recent jackpots and there is also a decent giveaway that my daughter would like. Just be there a few hours. My poor Elantra. It’s a 2019, and it has racked up 112,000 mostly casino miles already.
.I would buy another one tomorrow if I had to. At risk of jinxing it, O visits to the dealer, only regular oil changes, cabin and engine air filter , and one set of spark plugs I did myself. Wiper blades and tires of course too.
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An MC short is still a short to me regardless of player intent. Results are results; they talk. Rationalizations walk. I understood the context. Glad you can compartmentalize the distress away.
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Another Marathon, but the ending was ok. Pic attached. Couple of days off now needed. Next trip will be with the Mrs in a few days. Double Royal arrived just in time.
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Kwwp the streak of positive results going.
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Calls for double congrats congrats...
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Thanks all. This hit was far from free, but it put me above water for the trip. I really don’t like to play this machine much because the Straight Flush only pays 10 for one and not 13 like the dollar one at the other end of the casino. Luckily, both pay 800 for bet one on the Royal.
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Am I the only one who notices that nothing in this thread makes sense?
Statistically you got hosed on the hit. IIRC, top middle and bottom middle are the only positions that can yield 2 royals drawing 1 card. Any other reel always yields 3. The dead center position would have paid $5000.
For that to happen, you probably would have needed your wife's card in the machine.
olds442jetaway wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:15 amNormally, I wouldn’t go back up there on a Saturday, but later, I have to enter a drawing for people with recent jackpots and there is also a decent giveaway that my daughter would like. Just be there a few hours.
I went back and found the post where you mentioned the reconfig of the 1.2% house edge dollar Deuces Bonus. The date was Dec 14 in the 2023 thread. So now that you have your dream machine, I might have expected you to ... play it. But no, instead you play the 3.2% HE Deuces Triple Spin, and the 2.6% HE quarter Deuces Bonus Spin:olds442jetaway wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:24 pmAnother Marathon, but the ending was ok. Pic attached. Couple of days off now needed. Next trip will be with the Mrs in a few days. Double Royal arrived just in time.
olds442jetaway wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:42 pmI really don’t like to play this machine much because the Straight Flush only pays 10 for one and not 13 like the dollar one at the other end of the casino.
Mmmkay.This hit was far from free, but it put me above water for the trip.
Statistically you got hosed on the hit. IIRC, top middle and bottom middle are the only positions that can yield 2 royals drawing 1 card. Any other reel always yields 3. The dead center position would have paid $5000.
For that to happen, you probably would have needed your wife's card in the machine.

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The return over time for the same amount bet is the same on spin poker as a single line game assuming the paytables are the same. My machine had nailed me for 1500 bucks and I was over my limit. That’s why I went to the quarter game. Same bet pattern with the clone. I would have busted on the dollar machine given the same pattern the quarter one had last night. Not that it matters because in the short run anything can happen, but no nickel or dime games played yesterday. The name of my game is to manage money without busting and hope for the best. Since I subscribe to the theory that a long run can be longer than one’s lifetime, at any given moment I don’t worry all that much about a bad pay table. Of course I prefer a good one. The Marathon was not planned, but after I got slammed on my favorite machine I went into survival mode and hoping for either Dealt quad Deuces or a Royal. I actually started both machines at 3 lines betting one a line. Ten times is still too steep of a bet increase. Meaning a net loss of ten times of your current bet level. You can see where it took me. Even on quarters I was up to betting over 10 bucks a deal. My dollar machine would have called for 45 bucks a deal. I would have been out like a light.
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They said I would lose in the long run, so I only play in the short run!olds442jetaway wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 6:14 pmSince I subscribe to the theory that a long run can be longer than one’s lifetime, at any given moment I don’t worry all that much about a bad pay table.

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I find your obsession with my posts interesting to say the least! I am sure that I am not the only one that feels that way. That said, I may still from time to time respond with an intelligent answer. This is a Recreation Forum. If I thought I could make a living playing VP or even approximate a decent part time job take home pay, I would post somewhere else. I am much more concerned with what is happening in world events and actually to our Country as a whole right now.