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free play question

#1

I have $300 in free play at the Wynn. What is the best game to play

and at what denomination if i just want to only run the $300 free play
through?

If I want the $300, and am not looking for a spectacular win...
Playing 0.25/0.50 or 5-10-play nickels (1.25-2.50/hand) doesn't take
very long.

1) I play Jacks (even 6/5) and Bonus for the 2-pair; e.g. if I'm going
to play a short session and don't expect to see a quad...
  Sometimes Bonus pays better than Jacks. I haven't been to the Wynn
in 2 years, so don't know what's available.
  The penalty for playing 8/5 Jacks vs. 9/6 Jacks might be -$5 to -$20
(Theoretically it would be 2% x $300 = $6).

2) I use a press strategy. Play a hand at 0.25. If it wins, play
next hand at 0.50. If that wins, play next hand at 1.00. If a hand
loses, go down.

3) I've had good luck lately with 100-play nickels. Play 10 hands
($2.50). If it returns less than half, go down to 5 hands ($1.25)
until winning more than $1.25.
  Alternate 5 & 10 hands.

The return will be less than treating the free play as real money, and
playing the way you normally would (i.e. sacrificing $6-12 for a 2-4%
penalty),
however, the variance will be lower (e.g. if your goal is to have
maximum chance of cashing out $250-275 from $300).

Mitchell

P.S. Sometimes I do a press strategy on Video Blackjack. Ideally 3/2
BJ with double-down, split (only 2 hands), and surrender.

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#2

One option might be playing the Blackjack multihand machines at Wynn. I played them last week and use the closed in Martingale strategy written about by Basil Nestor in Casino Player magazine. I did well. There are 25 cent, 50 cent and dollar Blackjack machines on the property. All machines have seven spots, and you can play up to 70 units.

James Thompson

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#3

James wrote: One option might be playing the Blackjack multihand machines at Wynn. I played them last week and use the closed in Martingale strategy written about by Basil Nestor in Casino Player magazine. I did well. There are 25 cent, 50 cent and dollar Blackjack machines on the property. All machines have seven spots, and you can play up to 70 units.
Martingales are bad news --- closed end or not; the RS version or not. You usually do well. But when you do poorly you do VERY poorly. They do not change the basic math of the game. Bob

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