I wanted to relay an update on Super Draw 6.
I'm in Reno, and I made the 1/2 mi walk from Silver Legacy to Gold Dust West on Vine St.
I've never been to Gold Dust.
I walked around and found the triple play well marked Super Draw 6 single machine next to two Spin Poker machines. I started out playing 30 quarters 9/5 DDB. Fun, but dropped $200, not hitting any quads or bonus hands higher than $100.
I upped to 50c denom, 30 creds, again 9/5 DDB.
The quads & bonus six-card hands started flowing....
In this maybe 45 minute session: .
1 x 100 for two trips.
3 x 125 quads
1 x 125 SF
1 x 200 bonus quad 2
2 x 400 bonus quad w/kicker
I noticed that, while sticking to a basic DDB hold strategy, it was much funner to hold 3 SF open and 1-gap.
It was REALLY fun to get dealt trips.
Which is what I held on my visit-closing hand:
Held 333
drew the fourth 3 plus 88 on line one. 2000 cred payoff.
no improvement to trips on line 2
drew the fourth 3 but no kicker or pair on line 3 for 400 creds
as the credits rattled up the meter, I tried to figure out what I got.
when the meter stopped moving, up popped the familiar Call Attendant box, alternating with a big Jackpot $1207.50 box.
Cool!
Then I realized with no history here, and no proof of Social Security # on my person, it might become a hassle getting paid. No problem: everyone was very friendly. first responder took my Driver License, a debit card for some reason and I scrawled my Soc # on one of my blank pocket index cards. He did not reset the machine. Another attendant lady came by, plus a manager suit-type who, strangely, took a couple photos of the jackpot screen.
Everyone disappeared. First responder dude returned with a W-9 form for me to sign. He did not return my debit card. Chatted with him a bit and I asked him if he'd be returning with the posse for the handpay. He said no, explained they were making me a player card, and the others would return to pay me. I made a pal with my $10 tip to him. Then a long, maybe 15-minute wait but not annoying at all. Attendant lady comes with my debit cad (phew), and player card and explains a few promo coupons, pin is my Y-o-B, and there's $5 loaded on the card as a sign-up bonus. Manager suit was with her, but she sent him off to retrieve the W-2G's that they forgot to bring.
I signed their W-2G when he got back, took my copy and accepted the exactly $1207 and fifty cents hand-pay, (no rounding up here!) I tipped the attendant lady $20. (my usual tip would be $10, maybe $15). They didn't ask me to play off the hand. But I did, loaded my freeplay successfully and cashed out at a nice round number.
Before the handpay, I had a pleasant chat with attendant lady, who said yeah, there was a couple in "recently" who were playing Super Draw 6 a lot and trying to explain their strategy to her. Was that you BillC?
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