These recent threads regarding VP software brought a question to mind.
Has anyone ever gotten a royal when using their software? I've been
using the Frugal VP program for quite a while and never got a royal. I
don't think I've put in the required 40,000 + hands yet but I was
wondering if anyone's gotten one on their software.
Better for it to show up in the casino anyway of course!!
Steve
Unfortunately for the past several months all my royals and quad aces
have been on Frugal Cideo Poker or Winpoker. Not in the casino where
it counts
These recent threads regarding VP software brought a question to
mind.
Has anyone ever gotten a royal when using their software? I've been
using the Frugal VP program for quite a while and never got a royal.
I
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <brainstem2001@y...> wrote:
don't think I've put in the required 40,000 + hands yet but I was
wondering if anyone's gotten one on their software.Better for it to show up in the casino anyway of course!!
Steve
Steve asked: Has anyone ever gotten a royal when using their software?
On WinPoker when playing personally, I never check to see if I
have the royal. I set it up for "no draw", which corrects my play and
doesn't finish the draw. When I'm practicing, I seeing whether or not I
know the correct play. How it actually comes out this particular time is
irrelevant to me. Even more so, I usually set the computer so it only
deals hands with a difference between the top play and the second best
play is .02 coins --- excluding ties. This helps me with the confusing
hands. A dealt royal (where the difference between the best play and
second best play is over 3,900 coins) doesn't come close to making the
cut.
An amusing story: A few years ago I was teaching a class at
Fiesta Rancho and Scotch Henderson was running the projector. To
demonstrate how the "With Fixed Cards" feature worked, we had Scotch
enter in Kh Qh Jh Th and let the fifth card rotate (with Auto Hold
turned on). With a 1-in-47 chance at connecting, I figured on average
he'd try it 30 times or so before connecting. On this particular day, it
must have taken 150 tries and five straight flushes. When it finally
happened, everyone cheered, Scotch stood up and took a bow, and I
resolved never to use this technique to demonstrate that particular
feature again.
Another interesting story: Sometimes we demonstrate the "Auto
Play Auto Hold" feature in class, and let the computer play by itself.
If we set it to play at maximum speed so we can get a feel for the
swings in 2,000 hands, the hands go much too fast to see. But when
royals happen (every 20 or so 2,000-hand-sessions), we can see the score
spike. On occasion (every 400 sessions or so), we'll see that we hit two
royals. We didn't actually get to LOOK AT the royals, but we know they
were there.
Bob Dancer
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Steve wrote:
These recent threads regarding VP software brought a question to mind.
Has anyone ever gotten a royal when using their software? I've been
using the Frugal VP program for quite a while and never got a royal.
I don't think I've put in the required 40,000 + hands yet but I was
wondering if anyone's gotten one on their software.Better for it to show up in the casino anyway of course!!
Very early on in my winpoker practice I sent off a tongue-in-cheek
post to the Yahoo! winpoker support group suggesting that the software
was actually a shill in the pay of the casinos. I had extraordinary
results, even before factoring two royal hits. This had to be an
inducement to cash your paychecks and promptly hit the casino where,
presumably, your pay would be quickly doubled, right? 
Practice results have since averaged out.
- Harry
Bob Dancer wrote:
On WinPoker when playing personally, I never check to see if I
have the royal. I set it up for "no draw", which corrects my play
and doesn't finish the draw. When I'm practicing, I seeing whether
or not I know the correct play. How it actually comes out this
particular time is irrelevant to me.
I theorize that a player makes the switch from "standard" winpoker
practice to the "No Draw" Advanced mode at the point when their focus
shifts from short term results to the long term. Think of it as a
more mature player's astigmatism.
However, it could simply be that the player tires of racking up
valueless credits and says, "Who the f*** cares what the result is?!"
- H.
I hit 3 in about 30 minutes on Frugal and thought they were coming too
easy, but haven't hit one in a long time now.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <brainstem2001@y...> wrote:
Has anyone ever gotten a royal when using their software?
Harry posited: I theorize that a player makes the switch from
"standard" WinPoker
practice to the "No Draw" Advanced mode at the point when their focus
shifts from short term results to the long term. Think of it as a
more mature player's astigmatism.
However, it could simply be that the player tires of racking up
valueless credits and says, "Who the f*** cares what the result is?!"
And you don't think these are the same thing?
Bob Dancer
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or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.
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Steve: Have had many royals, even had a dealt one on a 10
play...PS a woman I know who plays for high stakes had a
real dealt royal at the Bellagio on a 1$ five play, she took
a picture of it on her phone...your time will come, when you
LEAST expect it..keep playing..
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There's no such thing as "required" 40000 hands. Royal flushes don't
come in as clockwork. You're as likely (or unlikely) to hit one after
40000 hands are you are hitting one on your first hand.
Last week-end I had the feeling that I was hitting few straight
flushes, and I decided to practice on a 50-play simulation to try to
see them happen. After about 250 deals, I had not seen a single one,
which was low but not unreasonably so. I was about to stop, and *poof*
I was dealt a straight flush.
JBQ
On 1/17/06, Steve <brainstem2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
I don't think I've put in the required 40,000 + hands yet but I was
wondering if anyone's gotten one on their software.
According to other recent threads, crank it up to 10-play and you
should get one every 4400 hands. 
I fall into the want to see credits go up(and down), but I never look
at the results. Oh the credits are higher, I must have recently
received a royal. whooo-Hooo?!? Then I open the menu with the Royal
received at hand XXXXX to see how long it took me to realize I had
gotten the royal(s).
dipy911
Has anyone ever gotten a royal when using their software? I
don't think I've put in the required 40,000 + hands yet but I was
wondering if anyone's gotten one on their software.
Steve
I had the fun experience while playing 10 play in WinPoker of getting
a drawn royal. I just sat and stared a while, it was so pretty. If I
ever get one on real life, I may never move.
Trish---
These recent threads regarding VP software brought a question to
mind.
Has anyone ever gotten a royal when using their software? I've been
using the Frugal VP program for quite a while and never got a
royal. I
In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <brainstem2001@y...> wrote:
don't think I've put in the required 40,000 + hands yet but I was
wondering if anyone's gotten one on their software.Better for it to show up in the casino anyway of course!!
Steve
I'll bet that you DO move, Trish. I think that you would jump up, very
quickly, shouting, "I got it! I got it!
I hope that we all have the pleasure of reading about this occurence
soon!
-Babe-
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "trish5170" <trish5170@y...> wrote:
I had the fun experience while playing 10 play in WinPoker of getting
a drawn royal. I just sat and stared a while, it was so pretty. If I
ever get one on real life, I may never move.
Trish---
This of course is true. The word "required" was a poor choice on my
part.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Jean-Baptiste Queru <jbqueru@g...> wrote:
There's no such thing as "required" 40000 hands. Royal flushes don't
come in as clockwork. You're as likely (or unlikely) to hit one after
40000 hands are you are hitting one on your first hand.Last week-end I had the feeling that I was hitting few straight
flushes, and I decided to practice on a 50-play simulation to try to
see them happen. After about 250 deals, I had not seen a single one,
which was low but not unreasonably so. I was about to stop, and *poof*
I was dealt a straight flush.JBQ
On 1/17/06, Steve <brainstem2001@y...> wrote:
> I don't think I've put in the required 40,000 + hands yet but I was
> wondering if anyone's gotten one on their software.
What's interesting (?) is that I've actually gotten royals twice in
the casinos, but never on the software (even though I believe I've
played more hands on the software).
Trust me, I'm not complaining!!
Steve: Have had many royals, even had a dealt one on a 10
play...PS a woman I know who plays for high stakes had a
real dealt royal at the Bellagio on a 1$ five play, she took
a picture of it on her phone...your time will come, when you
LEAST expect it..keep playing..vpFREE Links: http://members.cox.net/vpfree/Links.htm
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Clearly the primary purpose of software is to hone the skill of the
player so the credits, and therefore the royal, are rather
meaningless in and of themselves.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Porter" <harry.porter@v...>
wrote:
Bob Dancer wrote:
> On WinPoker when playing personally, I never check to see if I
> have the royal. I set it up for "no draw", which corrects my play
> and doesn't finish the draw. When I'm practicing, I seeing
whether
> or not I know the correct play. How it actually comes out this
> particular time is irrelevant to me.I theorize that a player makes the switch from "standard" winpoker
practice to the "No Draw" Advanced mode at the point when their
focus
shifts from short term results to the long term. Think of it as a
more mature player's astigmatism.However, it could simply be that the player tires of racking up
valueless credits and says, "Who the f*** cares what the result
is?!"
- H.
Yep.....the only royal I've ever seen has been on my trial version of WinPoker. I was kinda bummed, my royal cycle started over and because of a PRACTICE royal.
The folks on ACVPP cheered me up though, they told me that practice royals don't count towards your allotment of royal's. Kinda like food eaten while standing over the sink doesn't contain any calories. <g>
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From: Steve
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:51 AM
Subject: [vpFREE] Royals in VP Software
These recent threads regarding VP software brought a question to mind.
Has anyone ever gotten a royal when using their software? I've been
using the Frugal VP program for quite a while and never got a royal. I
don't think I've put in the required 40,000 + hands yet but I was
wondering if anyone's gotten one on their software.
Better for it to show up in the casino anyway of course!!
Steve
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "jackessiebabe" <jackessiebabe@y...>
wrote:
I'll bet that you DO move, Trish. I think that you would jump up,
very
quickly, shouting, "I got it! I got it!
When I got my first royal I just sat and stared at the screen while it
flashed "CALL ATTENDANT, CALL ATTENDANT" for about 5 minutes. I'm
serious. Finally, I asked the bartender to call an attendant.
It has been so long, I'll probably be in shock when it happens again!
Patty
As reported earlier I hit a $20K Royal playing on my
wife's card at Casino Royalke almost three years ago.
I had told my wife that when I hit my next royal I was
going to jump up and down, scream, etc. so they would
not know I was an AP but I just sat their dumfounded
until I remembered to turn on the change light.
>
> I'll bet that you DO move, Trish. I think that you
would jump up,
very
> quickly, shouting, "I got it! I got it!
>When I got my first royal I just sat and stared at
the screen while it
flashed "CALL ATTENDANT,
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