Harrah's Joliet 4-7-24

[onemoretry]

He was playing Bonus Poker. I cringed.

You would have really cringed over one I had a few years ago. I was playing 25c 10 line JOB at Harrahs Tahoe and was dealt, you guessed it, four aces with one of the kicker cards!

[Karl_EDT]

Thanks OTA and olds.

I have said before that sufficient bankroll is key. Unless a player catches lightning in a bottle early in a session, you'll sink fast playing TDB. But, when it hits, it's a good feeling. While I was playing Dream Card, a guy was playing Super Times Pay 3 play and was dealt trip aces. He drew the 4th ace and a 3. He was playing Bonus Poker. I cringed. I did congratulate him just the same though.

These are very nice hits ted well done! you would have probably cringed a lot watching me in years past. I used to choose play Bonus Poker quite a bit myself when I was a regular player mainly because of what you touched upon, I did not have the sufficent bankroll to tolerate the huge downswings that usually come in triple duble bonus poker. Unless I was willing to drop down from 1 dollar credits to 25 cents or 5-10 cent credits, I opted for the stable 99.1% offered by 8/5 BP to extend my playing sessions and theoretically, show more coin-in.

As a question not just to ted but to everyone here, what exactly do you players consider a sufficient large enough bankroll to be able to survive the gameswings in these games that ted plays? I used to choose 1$ credits, 3-5-10 line 99.1% 8/5 BP or sometimes even 9/6 Bonus Poker deluxe which is 99.5% I believe. My bankroll for a 3 day weekend visit would usually be 3000-4000 USD. If found myself losing really bad early because of cold machines I would drop to 50 cents. I typically avoided gimmicky games until or unless I had a big royal or dealt 4oak early in playing.

[Tedlark]

Thanks karl.

As for my opinion on bankroll, it's like ammunition. You want to have enough. Depending on what I set out to do on a casino outing I set my bankroll on that. Meaning, if I stop in for a quick visit like I recently did at Bally's Casino in Chicago just to check it out, I had a grand. For longer visits I plan bankroll accordingly. I usually have access to a reserve but I don't like to call on that unless in times of war.

Good luck to you.

[onemoretry]

As a question not just to ted but to everyone here, what exactly do you players consider a sufficient large enough bankroll to be able to survive the gameswings in these games that ted plays?

I normally play much lower variance games (JOB, bonus poker, or deuces wild bonus), 5 line 50c, 10 line 25c, or 50 line 5c. For a two to three hour session, I normally bankroll myself with $1600. To play 10 line $1 triple double bonus (which I never intend to do), I think I would want at least $4000.

[Tedlark]

As a question not just to ted but to everyone here, what exactly do you players consider a sufficient large enough bankroll to be able to survive the gameswings in these games that ted plays?

I normally play much lower variance games (JOB, bonus poker, or deuces wild bonus), 5 line 50c, 10 line 25c, or 50 line 5c. For a two to three hour session, I normally bankroll myself with $1600. To play 10 line $1 triple double bonus (which I never intend to do), I think I would want at least $4000.

Normally I am a .25 denom player who will venture into .50 territory. I have played at the $1 level before and this outing I decided to start at $1 and see what happened. I was nearing my loss threshold and was getting ready to drop down in denom and I'm glad I held out. After things started rolling, I decided to keep denom right where it was, except when I went to .25 denom Dream Card. At .25 denom, 10 play Dream Card is $25.00 a pop so a player would need to be really careful there.

[wildman49]

nice trip TED

[Tedlark]

OMT - ouch on your story. But, playbthe games you like and are comfortable with.

Wild man- thanks and good luck to you too.

[FAA]

To thine own self be true. - Psalm 23:3 and Hamlet.

[Tedlark]

To thine own self be true. - Psalm 23:3 and Hamlet.

Usually works for me...

[FAA]

Yeah, and I’ve strayed from it. Fight above your weight and you will get pummeled.