I had a modest budget of $600 for the weekend's VP play. I went to
the Palms to redeem my free play and to have dinner. Well, I lost
$300 in the .25 Joker so fast I thought the Joker had been taken
hostage by terrorists. TWO quads in three hours (and they're
supposed to come up every 104 hands, I believe). Then $200 in
FPDW .25 went away equally quickly. Disgusted, resigned to a weekend
of watching Annika Whatsherface not make the cut at the PGA, I put
the last $100 in a $1 10/7 DB. I was playing my LAST FIVE credits,
and made trip fives...then a straight...then a full house...then
quad fives...then quad fours!!! $650 and a return from the dead! I
went to dinner with a song in my heart, tap in my shoes, and money
in my pocket.
I lost it all back in four hours after dinner.
I took the next day off, puttering around the house (showing no
external signs of my ordeal except when I strangled an unlucky
Jehovah's Witness). I had $100 of bounceback scattered around town
that HAD to be redeemed that day. So I went and played fetch...then
over to Fiesta Henderson. Joker .25....quad. Quad. Quad. Straight
flush. Cash out up $140. It's time to play deuces!! The machine
behaved like a trained seal, and gave me the ducks twice for a net
win of $500. The dead have once again arisen!
Net win = $40
Aging = One year subtracted from lifespan
God, this is the swingiest game on earth! It just goes to show you
that a trip bankroll of $1000 for a three-day weekend is by NO means
excessive!
(Oh, and BTW all coin-in was chalked up during 3X or 5X point times
so net comp value was about 0.75% on about 17K of play; about $125
in comps were earned. The rewards for survival!)