Hollywood Joliet 4/25/15

[Tedlark]

  I spritzed on some Givenchy and took my positive mental attitude out for a late night drive and we ended up at Hollywood Casino in Joliet, IL. Downloaded my freeplay and after adding my $500.00 seed money the results were:    Then:  Followed by:  Then:  And:  I took this picture for our resident Harvard scribe:  I left this machine and I went over to a penny slot "Spartacus" and won almost $300.00 so I went back to the machine I hit the above on. About 10 minutes in I hit the below and it wasn't included in picture of the cashout ticket:    I left a little after 4:30 am this morning and my positive mental attitude and I had a very nice drive back home.   Edited to add: I hit small aces 3 times too as well as small 2's/3's/4's a couple times as well.

[Casino Knight]

That's what happens when you live a clean and happy life.

Good on ya!

[kvangild]

Nice hits Tedlark.

[TIMSPEED]

Nice!
But $12.50 per whack on 96% payback...hit and run!

[olds442jetaway]

WTG

[Tedlark]

  Thanks gang.    Tim, I'm not complaining...

[DaBurglar]

That's what happens when you live a clean and happy life.

Good on ya!What about all the rest of us who also live "Clean and happy", yet consistently LOSE at Video Poker?    What is it that is allowing Tedlark to WIN significant amounts, seemingly each and every time he "Spur of the moment" decides to jaunt off to one of the many casinos he lives within driving distance?    Please do not say it is his use of Givenchy  .......     (and why on earth is it necessary to begin each one of these "REPORTS" with the inclusion of his use of some overwhelming fragrance?    One of the last things I really care about when I play in a casino is wearing some fragrance.....the place already stinks from booze and the ubiquitous, overwhelming SMOKE from people intent on killing themselves and everyone around them!   Mixing in some common cologne only makes it more sickening.)Ted, how do you account for the fact that the VAST majority of people who play video poker wind up on the NEGATIVE side of the equation in terms of overall NET Win/Loss, and here you somehow.....SOMEHOW, seemingly win EVERY time you go to these casinos you live nearby?????   Or.....can we all be safe in assuming that you are only telling us the GOOD news, or plus side of your experiences, and that, in fact, you also have numerous NEGATIVE trips/sessions/whatever-you-want-to-define-playing-video-poker-as  in your experience?     Don't you ever lose for the entire session/trip/whatever?   Is it still 80% or are you now down to "70%" of trips are profitable?     How is it that you win so much when no one else even comes close to such success (again, unless you are simply omitting all the DOWN side)????    And if you have been doing this for a long time, walking out of the casino on a regular basis with several thousand dollars of their money, how do you continue to receive so much "free" play/stuff/offers  etc etc ?    In this day and age, anyone who wins significantly and consistently tends to find themselves cutoff, if not banned outright.Before you accuse me of jealousy, please try to answer these legit questions and concerns......and if you can manage to address them completely, honestly and convincingly......THEN (and only then)  I actually might admit to being honestly and legitimately ENVIOUS (in a positive sense, in that it motivates me to want to be JUST like YOU and achieve such astonishing success!)       Envy can, in the proper context and with the proper motive, be a positive force.....

[Tedlark]

DaBurglar I can try and get log in times from the casinos so that you can see when I made trips to the casino.

ALL Illinois casinos are smoke free so a player really shouldn't smell cigarette smoke in an Illinois casino.

DaBurglar I am good at EVERYTHING.

Lastly, I will not accuse you of jealousy because I think you've done a good job of proving that yourself.


Edited to add: It's the Yin and Yang thing DaBurglar. If I am a winner then you must be the loser to offset me?

[DaBurglar]

DaBurglar I can try and get log in times from the casinos so that you can see when I made trips to the casino.

ALL Illinois casinos are smoke free so a player really shouldn't smell cigarette smoke in an Illinois casino.

DaBurglar I am good at EVERYTHING.

Lastly, I will not accuse you of jealousy because I think you've done a good job of proving that yourself.


Edited to add: It's the Yin and Yang thing DaBurglar. If I am a winner then you must be the loser to offset me?you did not answer a single thing I asked regarding your results.....that can only mean I am correct in my theory that you are in fact just like the rest of us and that you are merely showing us the HITS you receive, while failing to mention or account for all the losses.    No big deal Ted, that just means you are the same as every other video poker player out there, and that the YIN AND YANG you chose to mention applies to you too within your own life.HAving never been to an Illinois casino and being unfamiliar with their smoke free governmental intrusion into everyone's freedom, then I apologize for saying your givenchy would make a sickening mixture with smoke......instead I'll just say it is probably sickening all by itself, in that, just as in other areas of life where someone decides to douse themselves with fragrance in a setting where fragrance really is not called for, I can only wonder at how many people you must have offended or annoyed sitting down in that smoke free casino and emanating givenchy proceeded to play video poker.......man that's just offensive.     

[Webman]

I'm going to leave this topic open for now, however please note that if the seeming hostility on both sides continues, it will be shut down. Many people have grown tired of this feud, myself included.Tedlark, you need not respond to everything DaBurglar posts in other topics, and DaBurglar, you need not respond to everything Tedlark posts. One would think we could simply celebrate a nice day out without getting into the same tired argument that has played out endlessly here.