---Nancy wrote:
Medium speed is not too bad if you turbo the rack up of credits
after a winning hand.
BY holding down the Deal/Draw button after the drawn hand comes in...
I do this every hand, win or lose. Occasionally I let a quad make some
noise, but I am NOT the type who needs to showoff to my neighbors.
Quite the opposite, I'd rather they not know I'm 'hitting'. Altho I DO
tend to pull out my index card and scribble down the quad in my stat
column.
BTW, the machines I really like are the new ones that you can control
both the speed and the VOLUME level. Nice! Found those at the EW in
Laughlin.
Are you talking about the Big Black, boxy machines with a mini- hood
over the display?
When these oversize machines first showed up at Peppermill, I really
liked them - big flat deck for you drink, your optional ash tray. The
card display was different and yes- I really liked the speed AND
volume controls on the upper left and right touchscreen.
The Pepps offering on the main aisle across from the restroom near the
Sports bar has 9/6 25c DDB Prog ONLY. I've done dozens of 15-45min
sessions on this bank since Oct '07. I've developed two somewhat
minor complaints:
The buttons are still set kinda tight, meaning it takes just a wee
more finger pressure to hold a card than the standard slant tops or
uprights. Over hundreds of hands, it takes it's toll on your finger
muscles. They are also spaced just a tad too far apart. probably 1/16 in.
The other minor complaint is the Font of the Card display: It's kind
of squared off and makes that immediate recognition of what the card
is difficult- it takes a second look, which, again, when you play fast
is costly to your play rate.
To me, this is offset by the incredible SPEED at the top setting, and
by the great ergonomics of the flat surface, the hooded screen, the
chair and foot rest, etc.
Pepps now has more of these new type machines in the New gaming area
that was the removed Food Court. They are Multi-Game (MG) and the vp
has short paytables. I tried playing "Triple Trouble". It's a Bonus VP
poker game, only 1-1 for 2 pair, and the little upper right part of
the screen has three devil heads. When all 3 pop up, you get 3 TIMES
the Paytable payoff! That lasts for more than one hand, might be 3: I
can't recall the duration - but your credits get used up at the same
rate during this Bonus period. So, back in April I played about 30
minutes and got a total of 3 of those bonus periods. It was NOT
frequent enough to overcome the drain of the poor paytable. I've never
seen discussion of this game on vpFree - might search after I post this.
But anyhow- those are the same big box machine type.
The old Food court area also has a lot of these big-boxers set up with
slots only.
The techs were just installing these type at Harrah's St Louis when I
was there last month, but hadn't opened them up to players yet.
I haven't seen them anywhere else in Reno.
~MARK