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My husband was playing VP in an off-Strip Vegas casino the other day. Guy

next to him was playing keno, no card. When asked why he didn't have a
players card, Keno Boy replied,"I do have one, but the machine doesn't hit
as often when I use it!"

Just another piece of evidence why you have to pay absolute attention to
these knowledgeable locals for their expert gaming advice. I remember a
couple years back when my wife had popped a royal on a one card draw and
while waiting for the hand pay she was warmly congratulated by a woman
passing by her machine. This local expert was particularly impressed that
the royal was in spades, as she proclaimed that everyone should know that
spades is the toughest of the four suits in which to land the big one. As
my eyes partially glazed over, I look up at her and in a weak Johnny Carson
emulation, I replied, gee, I did not know that.
                                                 Nudge

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From: "tikithecat73lakeworth" Subject: [vpFREE] Re: For California Whales

#22

From OP:

My husband was playing VP in an off-Strip Vegas casino

the other day. Guy next to him was playing keno, no card.
When asked why he didn't have a players card, Keno Boy
replied, "I do have one, but the machine doesn't hit as
often when I use it!"

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In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@.wrote:

I see many people deliberately alternating between having
their card in and not, I assume for the same reason.

Or perhaps they are engaging in card pulling when they are
dealt a pat or potential good hand.

~Babe~

#23

From OP:

My husband was playing VP in an off-Strip Vegas casino

the other day. Guy next to him was playing keno, no card.
When asked why he didn't have a players card, Keno Boy
replied, "I do have one, but the machine doesn't hit as
often when I use it!"

In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@.wrote:

I see many people deliberately alternating between having
their card in and not, I assume for the same reason.

Or perhaps they are engaging in card pulling when they are
dealt a pat or potential good hand.

~Babe~

I see that, too. But this is a deliberate pattern of playing many
hands without the card in and then inserting it for a while and so on.

#24

That only works if you also rub your hand in circles on the screen.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@...> wrote:

I see that, too. But this is a deliberate pattern of playing many
hands without the card in and then inserting it for a while and so on.

#25

Rubbing the screen is the cover play for card pulling (also some machines go into special programmer modes). It's in Dancer's "Million Dollar Video Poker" somewhere, I think, around the "Hoiya! Hoiya!" play.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bobbartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@> wrote:
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> I see that, too. But this is a deliberate pattern of playing many
> hands without the card in and then inserting it for a while and so on.
>

That only works if you also rub your hand in circles on the screen.

#26

I see that, too. But this is a deliberate pattern of playing many
hands without the card in and then inserting it for a while and so on.

That only works if you also rub your hand in circles on the screen.

I've seen that, too. One man I was sitting next to kept pointing at
the cards he meant to discard, perhaps to tell the right cards to come
in, but he didn't realize it was a touch screen. He often stood pat
on such hands as 3 of a kind.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@...> wrote:

#27

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>> I see that, too. But this is a deliberate pattern of playing many
>> hands without the card in and then inserting it for a while and so on.
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>That only works if you also rub your hand in circles on the screen.

I've seen that, too. One man I was sitting next to kept pointing at
the cards he meant to discard, perhaps to tell the right cards to come
in, but he didn't realize it was a touch screen. He often stood pat
on such hands as 3 of a kind.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@...> wrote:

>--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@> wrote:

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And if ever the "Multi-touch" feature comes around to the slot and video machines, these people may even try to flip those cards drawn and change them to Royal Flushes all the time. :>

But, casinos will have no fear. I am sure places like Pala casino already has a plan to introduce something like an "Auto Lock" instead of "Auto Hold" where the vp machine will automatically Hold-and-Lock (cannot unHold) all junk cards (non-winning hands) drawn initially so that the only winning hands will come from Dealt hands. :> :>