Incredible hit on Ultimate X TDB

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trumpforprez16
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Incredible hit on Ultimate X TDB

Post by trumpforprez16 »

It had been a rough few days at Spirit Mountain in Oregon...then this on a $10 bet on ten cent tdb ux. There were four 8x multpliers. This is about my 5th biggest vp jackpot. (Click img for clearer view)

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I wonder the math odds on hitting this dealt plus four 8x multipliers? I figured one in a million but maybe much higher. It's hard enough to be dealt 4s w/k but much harder to get good multipliers with it.

I should add that this machine seemed 'hot' because just before this I hit aaaa /k, four aces x3 and 3333/k with 3x mulitplier. Even after this jackpot I won $400 more quickly before quitting. These new continuous shuffle algorithms produce streaks. Machine next to this? Pure garbage. One was gobbling up cash, the other giving out.

What's funny is I had just complained to the VIP host that I "wouldn't be back" because of how lousy VP had been. Hmm. But I do think this was just random luck. Someone I spoke with said they hit a jackpot or two playing same game, TDB UX, so probably same machine as there are only two if them.

When a machine is 'dead' it seems to stay that way. You'd like to think the RNG rewards persistence and skilled play, but instead it seems you have to find the 'hot' machines instead.

I also have noted on other machines the desert of dud hands that occur that are so bad I'm thinking if lowering my bet to one credit when these wierd dear zones happen.

In any event, I'm happy with this hit and it really made my day. Hard to complain about VP when you hit that.

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Post by olds442jetaway »

Super hit. I can only survive one way nowdays. As I’ve posted many times it is Martingale Clone. I bet really small hoping time and different machines or different games within the same machine will over time bail me out. So far it is working. For how long who knows. Big downside for most people is sessions of 8 to 12 hours and sonetimes a few more hours the next day are needed at least for me before a really good hand comes along. When it does, by then a have a pretty big bet in.

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Post by Tedlark »

trumpforprez16 wrote:
Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:29 am
It had been a rough few days at Spirit Mountain in Oregon...then this on a $10 bet on ten cent tdb ux. T

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What's funny is I had just complained to the VIP host that I "wouldn't be back" because of how lousy VP had been. Hmm. But I do think this was just random luck. Someone I spoke with said they hit a jackpot or two playing same game, TDB UX, so probably same machine as there are only two if them.
Hmm, I bet the VIP host went in back and flipped the switch on your machine so that you would be back.

Kidding, kidding.

Congrats on the nice hits.

Come Back Kid
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Post by Come Back Kid »

Lol Ted...Awesome hit Trumpforprez!!!! Congratulations... :up:

tech58
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Post by tech58 »

Adding the Trumper to my list of people put off by a perceived streakiness that has puzzled many of us.
Too many people have noticed this to simply dismiss it as "conspiracy theory" or within predicted randomness.

People have or are considering giving up the game due to a "change in flow". Real or not? I am not sure.
But something is going on that may be extremely important to our game!!

The 2016 change in the RNG method seems to be somehow involved. No idea how, or if, but recent reprogramming of machines to this up-date has changed the "flow" as noticed by 20-30 veteran players at my home casino and by several others on this site in various parts of the country.

Stating again, i have no knowledge of, nor reason to believe, anything has changed in the machines "as manufactured", it would take someone way smarter than i am to detect this.

Am hoping that these high intelligence veterans that lurk in these threads will take an interest.
As for the nay-sayers who have written off this idea as "conspiracy theory" previously,don't bother again. I for one will not pay anymore attention to that than i did before!

trumpforprez16
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Post by trumpforprez16 »

I have an update and will post photos when I get a chance.

After this I hit about ten jackpots, incl one for $12,000 and many more huge huge hits. Half occurred on the previously 'dud' machine, and later on Bonus Streak UX which I hadn't played yet.

It was the best run on VP I've ever had, incl getting four Aces dealt and Four Fours with kicker dealt again.

All on .25 cents after I hit the first on .10 cents I raised my bet and never lowered it. All on TDB except one on Duces. $25 bet.

I've taken a break here at my peak profits, figuring the streak will end.

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Post by Vman96 »

And hits like these are why people play "Ultimate Crack"! I mean Ultimate X. :P Congrats!

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Post by pokerpokerpoker »

Great hit, Trump. MAGA.

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Post by rsactuary »

To try and put numbers around it, let's start with how often you will be dealt that kind of hand or better. (Better is defined as equal or higher paying, not rank.... so I'm not including SF or quad As no kicker here).

Ways to get dealt 4 2s, 3s, 4,s with a kicker = 9
Ways to get dealt 4 As with kicker = 3
Ways to get a dealt royal flush = 4

So that's a total of 16 hands out of 2,598,600. Or once every 162,435 hands.

Then you have to figure out the probability of getting the multipliers that you got. That's too tricky for me, so you're on your own from there.

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Post by onemoretry »

I believe there are, in fact, 36 ways to get dealt 4 2s, 3s 4s, with a kicker, and 12 ways to get dealt 4 aces with kicker. I do agree with the 4 ways to be dealt a royal flush number.

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