This morning, while playing Pick Em, I was dealt Jh Th and had to
choose between Tc and Ah. Because the 3-card Royal would have
included an Ace, I took the high pair. The next two cards were Kh
and Qh.
I'm in Vegas at the moment and don't have Bob Dancer's PE book
handy.
Bob, as I recall, you said in the book that no one except the Bally's
programmers knows whether there really are two different pairs of
cards "behind" PE's two visible 3rd cards. I also recall you
recommending that a player choose to believe whichever theory is most
comforting to that player. Today I choose to BELIEVE that the Kh and
Qh would not have appeared if I had selected the Ah.
Nevertheless, I prefer KNOWLEDGE over BELIEF when the facts are
available. Question (for Bob or anyone who knows): Has Bally's ever
revealed whether the choice of the 3rd card in PE affects what 4th
and 5th cards will appear?
If this matters, the machine that I was playing is a rather old coin
dropper.
Thanks.
The GMan