November Contest: Triple Play Draw Poker

[Webman]

It's time for the 2009 Turkey Tourney featuring Triple Play Draw Poker.
Triple
Play is the original multi-hand video poker game (introduced in 1997)
and is still one of the most popular. The game allows you to play three
hands at once with bets of up to five coins per hand. The first five
cards are dealt face up. You choose which cards to hold, and those
cards are automatically held in all three hands. After hitting the draw
button, you get three different draws from three different decks. 
During the contest, the member with the highest points wins 3 nights at the beautiful MGM Signature Condominiums in Las Vegas! VideoPoker.com merchandise packages will also be sent to the top five runners up.

As an added incentive, we'll also send a package to the top 5 members
with the highest "improved hand" bonus score during a 200 hand session.
If your hand improves after the deal, the total score for that hand
will count towards the bonus. For example, if you don't get dealt a Royal Flush but manage to complete one on the draw, you'll receive 4,000 points towards your "most improved" bonus score.

Merchandise packages will include a button-down shirt or T-shirt, a
golf cap, and some other goodies. You can preview some of these items
at the VideoPoker.com store.
The
contest starts today, November 23, and ends on Monday night, November
30th at midnight. You can enter the contest at any time by visiting the
home page, or if you’re ready to get started now, simply click here.
Sincerely,
Mike Fields
Fellow Video Poker Enthusiast

[Webman]

Just to clarify the Bonus Scoring system this time around...Bonus points are earned when a hand score improves after the draw.If you are dealt a royal flush in DDB, you will of course get 12,000 points towards your best overall score. But this would be zero bonus points.If you are dealt 4 to the royal flush in DDB, then you hit a royal flush on the draw, you would get 4,000 points added to your bonus score.Other examples:You are dealt a hand worth 5 points.You draw 1 card and end up with 5 points on line 1, 25 points on line 2, and 5 points on line 3.Your Bonus Score would increase by 25 points, the value of the hand that was improved.

[BVUGrad2003]

Just to clarify the Bonus Scoring system this time around...Bonus points are earned when a hand score improves after the draw.If you are dealt a royal flush in DDB, you will of course get 12,000 points towards your best overall score. But this would be zero bonus points.If you are dealt 4 to the royal flush in DDB, then you hit a royal flush on the draw, you would get 4,000 points added to your bonus score.Other examples:You are dealt a hand worth 5 points.You draw 1 card and end up with 5 points on line 1, 25 points on line 2, and 5 points on line 3.Your Bonus Score would increase by 25 points, the value of the hand that was improved.
So the point value of the hand has to improve, not just the quality of the hand? if I have a high pair on DDB, and draw a 2nd pair, I still win 5 credits, the quality of the hand has improved, but I don't get those points added to my bonus score. Correct?

[Webman]

Correct.

[BillyJoe]

WebMan, can non-Gold use the Chat function during a contest?

[lblmhgo]

Hey Webman, I am having a problem in the contest. One of the right banner ads, every time it comes up my game freezes and I get booted. It is the one that has a grey background with a palm tree and ocean & sand in a bubble. this is the only ad that bothers my play. Please remove it.

[Webman]

lblmhgo, do you happen to know the company that the ad is for? If so I can submit it to our ad team and they will be able to remove it.billyjoe, non-gold members can view the chat during a contest, but they are not able to send messages in it.

[lblmhgo]

OK, webman I got booted again by this ad. It says- will the flight you want be cheaper next week.
Bing predicts when the fares are the cheapest.
That's all i could get of it.

[BugladyPA]

The game won't load 9 out of 10 times - just freezes at 1%.  Never had problems like this in past.  

[Webman]

Does hitting "refresh" get the game to load for you?