In a message dated 12/20/06 7:43:28 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
larsonsm@yahoo.com writes:
There are 1 or 2 50-play $1 machines in the high limit area with 8/5
BP. You do have the option of playing only 1 hand at a time. The next
choice is 10 hands.
*****
I thought all 50-plays could be incremented one hand at a time using the
touch screen buttons?
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In a message dated 12/20/06 7:43:28 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
larsonsm@... writes:> There are 1 or 2 50-play $1 machines in the high limit area with
8/5
> BP. You do have the option of playing only 1 hand at a time.
The next
> choice is 10 hands.
>
>
*****
I thought all 50-plays could be incremented one hand at a time
using the
touch screen buttons?
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That's correct! You can play 1, 2, 3, or up to 50 hands as you wish.
And you can also set it to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 coins per hand.
This is also true on 100-Play machines.
What larsonsm meant above is that there are buttons available with
pre-selected or pre-programmed number of hands ready for you to
choose if you don't want to go through the 1 hand increment.
gilbert
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, GRAYTLEEGRAY@... wrote:
gilbert_616 wrote:
That's correct! You can play 1, 2, 3, or up to 50 hands as you wish.
And you can also set it to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 coins per hand.
This is also true on 100-Play machines.
What larsonsm meant above is that there are buttons available with
pre-selected or pre-programmed number of hands ready for you to
choose if you don't want to go through the 1 hand increment.
And I believe the Max Bet button is still conveniently located in its
usual place adjacent to the Deal/Draw button -- ensuring the
precarious "thrill", once you settle into the groove, of a wager you'd
never dream of intentionally making.
Of course, there are stories of those who inadvertantly trigger the
touch screen "Double" option when hitting a royal on a $1 or higher
machine ... and proceed without offering up their first born in
exchange for a "do over" from a floor manager. I've never heard one
of these stories that doesn't have a thrilling, successful outcome.
(Guess I'd be a little sheepish myself to own up to tossing $4K away
in a single inadvertant swipe of the screen.)
- Harry
Well, Harry, I have TWO stories to tell about "accidental" strong
plays, both anecdotal events from my own VP playing history. One
turned out to be a great success story, the second a diaster. The
only thing they had in common was that they were both purely
unintentional plays.
My plays were NOT made on 50 play machines, but rather on 50 COIN
options, not nearly so fraught with "bankrolluptcy!"
They both occured during a stay at the Silver Legacy in Reno, a few
years ago. I had been banging away fruitlessly at the FPDW prog., in
the upstairs alcove, helplessly watching the disappearance of my
Bennies. When the 4th Bennie disappeared into the greedy bill
acceptor, and I realized that 4 Ducks would no longer even make me
even for the session, with great exasperation, I hit the "Change
Game" icon, and switched to 9/6JOB.
I wish that I could excuse what I proceeded to do by claiming
ignorance of the facts, but truthfully, I knew full well that
hitting the Max. Play button insured playing 50 coins on these
machines. However, being in the semi-hypnotic Max.Play mode that
comes from repeatedly hitting that button for a couple of hours, I
did just that.
As a reward for my sharp playing, up came a garbage hand, a throw-
away. What the late, great Lenny Frome dubbed "Razgu". I stared at
the hand with great disgust, silently cursing my stupidity, before
hitting the Draw button. Unbelieveably, I drew a PAT Straight Flush!!
Yes. $625 undeserved dollars! I cashed out my ticket quickly and
went upstairs for a needed nap.
The second event occured the next afternoon. I was walking around
the SL looking for a new bank of machines to try. All morning I had
been struggling while playing FPJW and FPDW, and going deeper and
deeper into a hole.
A group of workmen, were on ladders, cleaning lighting fixtures, in
the area that I was scouting. One of men who was acting as
a "ladder holder" noticed me checking out the pay tables.
"Psst"..., he said, out of the side of his mouth, much like the
proverbial 'Joe, the Tout', "Try this one". He gestured to a M/G M/D
Game King directly in front of me. "No thanks", I said, politely,
plopping down at another machine on the same bank.
Once again I pulled up 9/6JOB. Conscious of the workmen's eyes
observing me, I inadvertently hit the $1.00 denom., followed of
course by Max. Bet. On the deal up came..........NOTHING. After the
draw, I still had nothing. I was so unnerved by the quick loss of
half of my Bennie, that, without thinking, I repeated the act! With
the same result. Never, before or since, have I ever lost $100
playing two hands of VP.
After these two unusual events, I posted a message on vpFREE/RENO,
cautioning people to beware of these tricky machines, unless they
carefully "set" the Deal Button to play only 5 coins at time.
Of course, the option to play 50 coins, at a higher denom. is only
available on the under 100% games on the menu. FPDW, FPJW and
10/7DB options only permit the play of 5 QUARTERS.
Regards,
~Babe~
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- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter" <harry.porter@...>wrote:
And I believe the Max Bet button is still conveniently
located in its usual place adjacent to the Deal/Draw button --
ensuring the precarious "thrill", once you settle into the groove,
of a wager you'd never dream of intentionally making.
......I've never heard one of these stories that doesn't have a
thrilling, successful outcome.........................
- Harry
Babe wrote: My plays were NOT made on 50 play machines, but rather on 50
COIN
options, not nearly so fraught with "bankrolluptcy!"
Babe, your post was the first one I saw that used the term
"bankrolluptcy". I like that and may use it in my writings. Is it an
original word, or if not, do you remember where you first saw it? If
it's your word, you may just find yourself credited in my next book! I
know that thrill doesn't compare with you being named as Time Magazine's
Person of the Year, but it's better than a lot of things that have
happened during your gambling career.
Bob Dancer
For a 3-day free trial of Video Poker for Winners, the best video poker
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Hi Bob,
I just now made that word up. I never saw it any place else.
I'm pleased that you think that it's clever.
You did know, of course, that the NY Times fired me for some
unjustified cause! (- :
Just kidding. It's REALLY a product of own imagination. Feel free
to use it.
~Babe~
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Dancer" <bob.dancer@...> wrote:
Babe, your post was the first one I saw that used the
term "bankrolluptcy". I like that and may use it in my writings. Is
it an original word, or if not, do you remember where you first saw
it? If it's your word, you may just find yourself credited in my
next book! I know that thrill doesn't compare with you being named
as Time Magazine's Person of the Year, but it's better than a lot of
things that have happened during your gambling career.
Bob Dancer
--- "jackessiebabe" wrote:
Well, Harry, I have TWO stories to tell about "accidental" strong
plays, both anecdotal events from my own VP playing history. One
turned out to be a great success story, the second a diaster. The
only thing they had in common was that they were both purely
unintentional plays.My plays were NOT made on 50 play machines, but rather on 50 COIN
options, not nearly so fraught with "bankrolluptcy!"
<snip>
Regards,
~Babe~"Harry Porter" wrote:
>>>>>>>>And I believe the Max Bet button is still conveniently
located in its usual place adjacent to the Deal/Draw button --
ensuring the precarious "thrill", once you settle into the groove,
of a wager you'd never dream of intentionally making.......I've never heard one of these stories that doesn't have a
thrilling, successful outcome.........................
- Harry
I don't think too many folks share the LOSING stories of OOPS I HIT
the WRONG BUTTON. Thanks Babe for breaking the ice. I'll chime in with
a story about my brother, an infrequent VP junket player.
My brother salts away money for about a year before he has enough to
bankroll a 4 or 5 day trip. He is better at sticking to 25c denom than
me. So last time we met up at the Peppermill Reno, couple years ago,
his flight got in before mine, and he wandered around looking for the
machines I had steered him towards. As fate would have it, brother
was gung-ho to slap a Benjamin into the $1 coin DDBs in the High Limit
Area. But he didn't know exactly where they were, this being his first
visit to Pepps.
So, he's in the High Limit area and he finally just sticks the $100
into A machine, any old machine, this one was 9/6 JOB (I THINK) and
hits the PLAY max CREDITS button. Before holding the cards, he checks
the credits counter. It's at zero. He is quite confused until he
notices the sign on the machine that he has stumbled onto the $100
denom machine. Now he's flat out panicked, $100 being about 1/5 of
his daily bankroll, and this is his first bet of the day. A one
credit, $100 deal of Kxxxx, almost "razgu".
No happy ending to this anecdote: he holds the K, draws no
improvement and he flees the area lighter in the wallet by $100.
I can't believe he even told me the story. I think it was in
confidence I wouldn't repeat it. (Oops) He was embarassed. He was
obviously rusty as he made about 5 basic machine selection mistakes. TILT!
~Mark
Oh, P.S. to Babe: congrats on Bob D. graciously stealing your gambling
term. Such an honor. <sarcasm here>
Years ago, I was playing a $1 MG machine. I liked the full pay Kings or
Better Joker Wild.
I had run out of credits and fed in another bill. It refused to take it,
even after several attempts. I tried another bill. Finally, it gave me 100
credits.
I hit Play Max and was pleased to see 4444x pop up. I held the 4444 and hit
deal, hoping for the joker to appear. No such luck - I drew a K and it
counted up 400 credits. Whaaaaaaaa?
While I was futzing around trying to get the bill acceptor to take my money,
the machine had gone into its demo mode where it cycles through the
available games. I hadn't noticed that I was now playing Double Double
Bonus.
Here's the kicker (no pun intended) - I'm pretty sure the 5th card, which I
threw away in my futile quest to draw the joker, was a 2 or 3.
So while I thought I was going to get $100 for the quad, I actually got $400
but apparently could have had $800.
To this day, I don't know whether to consider this a $300 bonus or a $400
screwup.
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On 12/20/06, jackessiebabe <jackessiebabe@yahoo.com> wrote:
Well, Harry, I have TWO stories to tell about "accidental" strong
plays, both anecdotal events from my own VP playing history. One
turned out to be a great success story, the second a diaster.
King Fish wrote:
Years ago, I was playing a $1 MG machine. I liked the full pay Kings
or Better Joker Wild.I hit Play Max and was pleased to see 4444x pop up. I held the 4444
and hit deal, hoping for the joker to appear. No such luck - I drew
a K and it counted up 400 credits. Whaaaaaaaa?While I was futzing around trying to get the bill acceptor to take my
money, the machine had gone into its demo mode where it cycles
through the available games. I hadn't noticed that I was now playing
Double Double Bonus.Here's the kicker (no pun intended) - I'm pretty sure the 5th card,
which I threw away in my futile quest to draw the joker, was a 2 or
3.So while I thought I was going to get $100 for the quad, I actually
got $400 but apparently could have had $800. To this day, I don't
know whether to consider this a $300 bonus or a $400 screwup.
Magic 
-- bet this one replayed through your mind for an hour after
you laid down to sleep, bittersweet experience that it was.
You bring back a fond, parallel reminiscence. Mine involved $1 Jacks
and a commotion behind me just after putting in my bill. I was
distracted for 2 or 3 minutes, during which my machine also cycled
into 9/5 DDB.
I turned around and ratched away for five minutes at the buttons,
blithely unaware I was only getting an even money return on high pairs.
(I do the quick double-punch at the Deal button after a win that cuts
off the credit count and immediately moved on to a new deal.)
I was dealt 3 threes and completed the quad on the draw plus deuce
kicker! Punch-Punch and the damn machine wasn't doing anything! WTF
... I take a sharp glance at the meter for fear that my 125 cr. didn't
register and am immensely puzzled as to why the machine was signalling
for a handpay ($500 win threshold).
I started to laugh my ass off when I finally pieced together what had
happened and the $675 surplus payout sat glowingly in my pocket the
rest of the day
(Screw the EV hit of my theo play ... I just don't look to provoke a
repeat mistake.)
- Harry
I got excited when I saw Bob Dancer mention that Babe was Time Magazine's person of the
year. She comes across in her messages here as such an interesting personality, I just knew
she'd ba a good looking woman. I rushed to get a copy of Time, and eagerly looked at the
cover...
Let me tell ya - she may be smart, witty, articulate, and personable, but she's one homely
guy!
Bob in San Antonio
If
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Dancer" <bob.dancer@...> wrote:
it's your word, you may just find yourself credited in my next book! I
know that thrill doesn't compare with you being named as Time Magazine's
Person of the Year, but it's better than a lot of things that have
happened during your gambling career.Bob Dancer
Aw shucks, Bob, you've gone and made me blush now.
I'd much rather be "smart, witty, articulate, and personable" than
good looking. So thanks a bunch for the great compliment!
Happy Holidays,
~Babe~
P.S. I told that stupid photographer that I should get my hair done
BEFORE he snapped the cover shot, but he didn't listen. ( -:
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <bobappic@...> wrote:
I got excited when I saw Bob Dancer mention that Babe was Time
Magazine's person of the year. She comes across in her messages
here as such an interesting personality, I just knew she'd be a good
looking woman. I rushed to get a copy of Time, and eagerly looked
at the cover...
Let me tell ya - she may be smart, witty, articulate, and
personable, but she's one homely guy!
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Dancer" <bob.dancer@> wrote:
I know that thrill doesn't compare with you being named as Time
Magazine's Person of the Year.......
Bob Dancer
I couldn't agree more re: those personal chaeracteristics. But - I just looked at the Time
cover again - that photographer really should have listened to you!
OK, OK - I'll stop now and we can get back to VP.
Happy holidays to you and all our feelow button pushers.
Bob In San Antonio
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jackessiebabe" <jackessiebabe@...> wrote:
I'd much rather be "smart, witty, articulate, and personable" than
good looking. So thanks a bunch for the great compliment!Happy Holidays,
~Babe~P.S. I told that stupid photographer that I should get my hair done
BEFORE he snapped the cover shot, but he didn't listen. ( -:==============================================
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <bobappic@> wrote:
I got excited when I saw Bob Dancer mention that Babe was Time
Magazine's person of the year. She comes across in her messages
here as such an interesting personality, I just knew she'd be a good
looking woman. I rushed to get a copy of Time, and eagerly looked
at the cover...Let me tell ya - she may be smart, witty, articulate, and
personable, but she's one homely guy!Bob in San Antonio
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Dancer" <bob.dancer@> wrote:
I know that thrill doesn't compare with you being named as Time
Magazine's Person of the Year.......
Bob Dancer