Thought you guys would like to see what we play in Detroit when I
go on a video poker romp around town.
Terrence "VP Pappy" Murphy, Midwest Casino Guide
"You can lead a gambler to a casino, but you can't make him
think."
--VP Pappy
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As posted on vpFree_Detroit (some changes)
This retirement thing is going to put me in the poor house one of
these days...but not today.
Spent yesterday in Detroit at all three casinos. I hadn't been to
Motor City Casino in a long time so I just had to check them out.
While I was there, I lost a hundred playing 9/6 JB on Spin Poker.
Got $75 ahead, but wanted $100 profit, got greedy, stayed too long
and lost it all. It doesn't take much of a losing streak at 45
quarters a shot to break you.
"Life is short and unfortunately...so are winning streaks."
--VP Pappy
I then played their Pick-a-Pair which is almost like Pick'Em
Poker. The pay schedule is:
(99.24%)
10000 RF
1000 SF
500 4
90 FH
75 FL
55 ST
25 3
15 2P
10 9s +
I lost the first hundred that I put in, but won it back on my
next hundred when I hit a quad. Cashed out $25 ahead, but still down
$75 for the day. Lost another hundred playing a progressive 9/6/5 DB
game. Rats!
Next, it was over to MGM Casino where I won $55 at the bar
playing dollar Pick'Em. Then lost a hundred playing a progressive
9/7/5 DB.
"Losing is the evidence that we have tried to win."
--VP Pappy
Greektown was my last stop. I won $100 back playing Bonus Deuces
in the poker room when I hit 5 Aces. Played dollar Pick'em and lost
two-hundred there. Played at the dollar progressive bar (Bonus Poker
at 99.6%) and won $125 when I hit a $175 quad.
Lost a hundred on quarter Deuces wild, (NSUD) another hundred
playing 9/6 JB and yet another hundred at dollar Pick'Em again. A
sane man probably would have left after this, but the voices in my
head kept telling me to stay, so I took a beer break, sat at a slot
machine, closed my eyes and played for a while. Lost another $50
there. Damn voices! Don't believe everything you hear.
Went back to play my last $100 in dollar Pick'Em and hit a $600
quad to get me a little ahead for the day. Yea team! Was going to
leave, but played another hundred at the bar again and promptly lost
it. That's it. I'm done for the day...well, almost.
As I started to leave, I put a twenty in a five-times slot
machine, closed my eyes to rest them for a while before the long
drive home and was rudely awakened when the machine started to make
noise. When I looked up, I had hit the five-times/five-times/triple
bar symbols for 1500 quarters. Thank you very much, I'll take it and
I'm outta here.
"Definition of a slot machine: A casino owner's piggy bank."
--VP Pappy
Terrence "VP Pappy" Murphy