I am a bus trip person. Started playing JOB 9/6 and PKM @ Greektown.
Started first three times playing .25 single coin, because of limited
bankroll. Played mosty JOB because of lower variance. Yesterday
played 5 coin .25. Hit a JOB machine that was a sewer. Switched to PKM
at multiple machines and ended up tapped out.
Should I have stayed with the JOB machine until tapped or switched to
PKM and played just a single machine?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
Ed
--- In vpFREE_Detroit@yahoogroups.com, "snowbird010339"
<snowbird0103@h...> wrote:
I am a bus trip person. Started playing JOB 9/6 and PKM @
Greektown.
Started first three times playing .25 single coin, because of
limited
bankroll. Played mosty JOB because of lower variance. Yesterday
played 5 coin .25. Hit a JOB machine that was a sewer. Switched to
PKM
at multiple machines and ended up tapped out.
Should I have stayed with the JOB machine until tapped or switched
to
PKM and played just a single machine?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
Ed
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Ed,
Once at Windsor Casino, I walked by the dollar banks of Pick'Em
Poker and noticed people gathered around a machine pointing and
laughing at the screen. A woman was sitting there waiting for payout
and looked rather perplexed. I looked at the screen and there stood
a royal flush. I couldn't figure out why the glum face and why
people were laughing at her. Then I noticed that her winnings
amounted to $250, not the $6,000 that a royal on this game payed.
You guessed it, she had only played one coin. I ask her why did
you only play one coin and she said, "I was trying to save money and
make it last longer, and besides, I never thought I'd ever hit a
royal flush."
"WARNING! DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!"
My advice is if you don't have enough money to play full coin,
don't play video poker--play the slots instead.
Terrence "VP Pappy" Murphy
"There is nothing worse than being a gambler and having no money
to gamble with."
--VP Pappy
PS: Pick'Em pays 99.9%, JB pays 99.5% (long term) Take your pick.
And it don't matter if you play one machine or one hundred. It's all
the same to that rascal randomness.
VP Pappy,
Your point is well taken. But should the women have gotten $1000 in
PKM for short coin? JOB short coin is tough to take if you hit the RF.
I was playing short pay(total ignorance at the time)in Biloxi and hit
the RF for $62.50 instead of the $1000. The sad part was that if I
played full coin I would have been tapped out and never hit the RF.
Something for me to ponder none the less.
Thanks for your comments.
Ed
Ed,
Once at Windsor Casino, I walked by the dollar banks of Pick'Em
Poker and noticed people gathered around a machine pointing and
laughing at the screen. A woman was sitting there waiting for
payout
and looked rather perplexed. I looked at the screen and there stood
a royal flush. I couldn't figure out why the glum face and why
people were laughing at her. Then I noticed that her winnings
amounted to $250, not the $6,000 that a royal on this game payed.You guessed it, she had only played one coin. I ask her why did
you only play one coin and she said, "I was trying to save money
and
make it last longer, and besides, I never thought I'd ever hit a
royal flush.""WARNING! DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!"
My advice is if you don't have enough money to play full coin,
don't play video poker--play the slots instead.Terrence "VP Pappy" Murphy
"There is nothing worse than being a gambler and having no money
to gamble with."
--VP PappyPS: Pick'Em pays 99.9%, JB pays 99.5% (long term) Take your
pick.
And it don't matter if you play one machine or one hundred. It's
all
the same to that rascal randomness.
--- In vpFREE_Detroit@yahoogroups.com, "snowbird010339"
<snowbird0103@h...> wrote:
VP Pappy,
Your point is well taken. But should the women have gotten $1000 in
PKM for short coin? JOB short coin is tough to take if you hit the
RF.
I was playing short pay(total ignorance at the time)in Biloxi and
hit
the RF for $62.50 instead of the $1000. The sad part was that if I
played full coin I would have been tapped out and never hit the RF.
Something for me to ponder none the less.
Thanks for your comments.
Ed
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Ed,
That was a test, and you passed. Congratulations.
You're right on that $1,000 for a royal with one coin in on dollar
Pick'Em. It must been one of the other games on the GameMaker
machine. I probably just assumed that it was on pick'em since that
is all I ever play on those machines. Well, the point is still the
same.
If you don't have enough money to play full-coin video poker, find a
two-coin slot machine that pays exactly twice what the first coin
pays and play one coin only. That way you have turned it into a one-
coin machine. Play slow to make your money last and take advantage
of any free drinks or anything else that you are entitled to. Not a
bad plan for someone short of cash yet still wanting to play
something.
TM & VP
"Never gamble with someone who's nick-name is the same shape as
their body."
--VP Pappy
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vppappy wrote:
If you don't have enough money to play full-coin video poker, find a
two-coin slot machine that pays exactly twice what the first coin
pays and play one coin only.
I'll echo BS' comments: Short-coin 9/6 Jacks returns 98.2% ER
(assuming that strategy isn't altered to reflect the short pay royal).
Why would you opt for a slot with a likely payback in the 91%
neighborhood?
- Harry
--- In vpFREE_Detroit@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter"
<harry.porter@v...> wrote:
vppappy wrote:
> If you don't have enough money to play full-coin video poker,
find a
> two-coin slot machine that pays exactly twice what the first coin
> pays and play one coin only.I'll echo BS' comments: Short-coin 9/6 Jacks returns 98.2% ER
(assuming that strategy isn't altered to reflect the short pay
royal).
Why would you opt for a slot with a likely payback in the 91%
neighborhood?- Harry
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I guess you guys are right when you look at it that way, although
in all the years I've been playing vp I've never played one coin
only, ever. The thought never occured to me when I was low on money.
I was always afraid I'd hit a quad or a royal like that woman I saw.
If I was down to my last couple of bucks, I would still rather
play a couple of hands full-coin, rather than a hundred one coin.
Years ago, while playing at Windsor Casino, I played down to my
last cent and left broke. When I got in line at the toll gate to the
tunnel, it suddenly occued to me that I didn't have any money. I
started scrambling in the gloove box for odd coins and found a few.
I found a few more in my sport coat hanging in the back. With horns
blowing and people yelling behind me, I found some more in my golf
bag. Eventually, I came up with most of it, but still had to get out
and ask the cars behind me for the rest. Very embarrassing, but the
other people did give me the rast and I got through.
About playing that slot machine over playing one coin in a vp
machine...never mind.
TM
"I didn't lose. I just won less than I wanted."
--VP Pappy