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For me it is easily Quick Quads Poker. Even the rare times I might get 30 deals at it I would be lucky to have even One shot at getting a Quick Quad. I rarely get even a sniff of the four cards to start one and when that rare instance does appear 99.9% of the time it will not pan out. I just cringe when the little spinning wheel lands on Quick Quads!!
Honorable mention for worst is Super Times Pay. UGH! I have gone 20 hands when the multiplier never made even One appearance.
What is your Least Favorite game in the Host Competition?
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I agree that I am not generally happy getting Quick Quads or Super Times Pay since these are two of the lower-scoring games, but the worst game is clearly the unenhanced Ten Play. Crazy, like you, I often get very few multipliers on the 9-7 Triple Double Bonus Super Times Pay game. But, of course, none of us ever get multipliers on the lower-paying 9-6 Triple Double Bonus Ten-Play game; so, I have to rate it as "Least Favorite."
Here is how my experience stacks up on the Host Competition selections, going from worst to first:
1. Ten Play 49.3 coins per hand.
2. Super Times Pay 54.3
3. Super Triple Play 56.0
4. Quick Quads 61.1 You need to play a more complicated strategy to take full advantage, and I have also been a little luckier with this game than one might expect.
5. Double Super Times Pay 68.8 (no longer available as of the last 3 months or so)
6. Powerhouse Plus 91.8 (along with the next game, I have been fairly unlucky with the small sample size that I have been able to play in the 3 months it has been available. I also think that this game is less exciting than Powerhouse without the "Plus", due to the lack of multipliers)
7. Major Multipliers 92.1
8. Spin Deluxe 97.2
9. Max Action 97.4 This includes a 46,000+ game when I was dealt aces without a kicker around the 5th week of Host Competition that allowed me to win it the only time I have done so.
10. Super Draw 6 99.2 (I really enjoy this game because a fairly complicated strategy here is critical to success in the longer run)
11. Ultimate X 101.3 Yes, over the 5+ years that I have played these games, I am actually in a positive position with this game.
12. Powerhouse 104.2 This number is unrealistically high due to one time being dealt Quad Aces plus Kicker for 80,000 coins when I was awarded only 15 hands. I did not win the Host Competition that week. With my relative success with this game, I was sad to see this game be retired 3 months ago. Even though a lot of us like certain games based on past success, luck has a lot to do with what happened in the past ... and what will happen in the future. But clearly in the Host Competition you are better off when awarded a higher number of hands ... AND one of the now 6 games that require an investment of 100 coins per hand.
Here is how my experience stacks up on the Host Competition selections, going from worst to first:
1. Ten Play 49.3 coins per hand.
2. Super Times Pay 54.3
3. Super Triple Play 56.0
4. Quick Quads 61.1 You need to play a more complicated strategy to take full advantage, and I have also been a little luckier with this game than one might expect.
5. Double Super Times Pay 68.8 (no longer available as of the last 3 months or so)
6. Powerhouse Plus 91.8 (along with the next game, I have been fairly unlucky with the small sample size that I have been able to play in the 3 months it has been available. I also think that this game is less exciting than Powerhouse without the "Plus", due to the lack of multipliers)
7. Major Multipliers 92.1
8. Spin Deluxe 97.2
9. Max Action 97.4 This includes a 46,000+ game when I was dealt aces without a kicker around the 5th week of Host Competition that allowed me to win it the only time I have done so.
10. Super Draw 6 99.2 (I really enjoy this game because a fairly complicated strategy here is critical to success in the longer run)
11. Ultimate X 101.3 Yes, over the 5+ years that I have played these games, I am actually in a positive position with this game.
12. Powerhouse 104.2 This number is unrealistically high due to one time being dealt Quad Aces plus Kicker for 80,000 coins when I was awarded only 15 hands. I did not win the Host Competition that week. With my relative success with this game, I was sad to see this game be retired 3 months ago. Even though a lot of us like certain games based on past success, luck has a lot to do with what happened in the past ... and what will happen in the future. But clearly in the Host Competition you are better off when awarded a higher number of hands ... AND one of the now 6 games that require an investment of 100 coins per hand.
