Hi Gang:
The streakiness of video poker never ceases to amaze Hedy and me as we
continue our life-long battle to separate the casinos from their money using
video poker as our vehicle of choice.
We ended 2009 on an unbelievable run, putting together nine straight
winning trips, resulting in several thousands of dollars in profits which
allowed us to end the year in the black.
My hip replacement surgery sidelined us for the entire month of December,
but when we got back into our program in mid-January the VP Gods rained
down their wrath and we were beaten and battered week after week, conjuring up
all the old suspicions and doubts: e.g. Did Harrah's do something to gaffe
their machines? Will we ever hit another royal? Are we playing the proper
strategy? Is somebody putting the old maleuke (sp?) on us?
Well, after taking our lumps in January and February, the pendulum has
once again swung in our favor and we've now won, or broken even, four trips in
as row, including our dalliances on the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas.
Our latest success came this past weekend at Harrah's AC.
It began Friday afternoon when Hedy, while playing $1 9/6 DDB, cried out
that she had just been DEALT quad fours and a kicker for $800! I looked over
and noticed that the money had indeed been credited to her but that the
word "held" did not appear over any of the cards on her screen. Only then did
we realize that she hadn't been DEALT the hand but she had gotten it on a
redraw! We have one lifetime royal on a redraw (Hedy got one while playing
five-play 9/6 JOB in quarters at Caesars Palace a number of years ago) but
this was the first time we had gotten a low quad and a kicker on a full
redraw.
Friday turned out to be a small-loss day but Saturday morning we really
kicked it into gear. Hedy started things by getting aces with a kicker for a
$2,000 handpay, then hit aces without for $800 and treys for $400. She also
was dealt a king-high straight flush during that session.
I got deuces with a kicker for $800, then switched to the $2 level and hit
two quick $500 quads. After getting my machine up to about $2,200, I
finally cashed out $2,000 and Hedy cashed out $1,000. We decided to take it easy
since we had a nice profit for the trip, so we went upstairs and watched a
movie, Crazy Heart, until it was time to go to a party the Harrah's hosts
were staging in the ballroom.
After the movie, we had about an hour to kill, so we decided to have some
fun with Ultimate X. We put in $80, started to play triple-play 8/5 DDB
(ugh!) at the 10-cent level and took turns playing. The machine kept us going
with a quad here and there and after about 45 minutes we had about $40 left
of our original stake.
It was my turn to play and suddenly I was dealt quad eights.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a multiplier on any of the three lines, but the $75 gave us
a little more ammunition to keep on truckin'. A few minutes earlier I had
remarked to Hedy that I was due to hit aces (she hit them twice) and when
I was down to $43 the strangest thing happened ... I was dealt four aces
and a nine! I had a 3X multiplier on the first line and nothing on the second
and third, but it sure was a thrill to be drawing for the kicker on all
three lines. Then, something even stranger happened. I discarded the nine,
hit the draw button and got a kicker on ALL THREE LINES!!
Yep, 6,000 credits on the bottom line and 2,000 on the second and third,
adding up to 10,000 dimes ... or a cool $1,000!
We both had this look of amazement on our faces, enjoyed a hardy laugh and
cashed out our $1,043 ticket. It was an unbelievable ending to a very
memorable weekend.
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy
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"Ultimate" Trip Report
Hi Coach -- Congrats on your good luck! I'm heading to Harrah's on Wednesday -- where was this $1 vp machine? I usually play the ones by the TR center but haven't done much. I did get a dealt quad my last trip on a $1 machine at a carousel near the penny slots, that's the extent of my winnings lately! Glad you and Hedy are doing so well. I am hoping to have better luck in Vegas in a few weeks.
Carol
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From: coachvee@aol.com
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Sent: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 2:15 pm
Subject: [vpFREE] "Ultimate" Trip Report
Hi Gang:
The streakiness of video poker never ceases to amaze Hedy and me as we
continue our life-long battle to separate the casinos from their money using
video poker as our vehicle of choice.
We ended 2009 on an unbelievable run, putting together nine straight
winning trips, resulting in several thousands of dollars in profits which
allowed us to end the year in the black.
My hip replacement surgery sidelined us for the entire month of December,
but when we got back into our program in mid-January the VP Gods rained
down their wrath and we were beaten and battered week after week, conjuring up
all the old suspicions and doubts: e.g. Did Harrah's do something to gaffe
their machines? Will we ever hit another royal? Are we playing the proper
strategy? Is somebody putting the old maleuke (sp?) on us?
Well, after taking our lumps in January and February, the pendulum has
once again swung in our favor and we've now won, or broken even, four trips in
as row, including our dalliances on the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas.
Our latest success came this past weekend at Harrah's AC.
It began Friday afternoon when Hedy, while playing $1 9/6 DDB, cried out
that she had just been DEALT quad fours and a kicker for $800! I looked over
and noticed that the money had indeed been credited to her but that the
word "held" did not appear over any of the cards on her screen. Only then did
we realize that she hadn't been DEALT the hand but she had gotten it on a
redraw! We have one lifetime royal on a redraw (Hedy got one while playing
five-play 9/6 JOB in quarters at Caesars Palace a number of years ago) but
this was the first time we had gotten a low quad and a kicker on a full
redraw.
Friday turned out to be a small-loss day but Saturday morning we really
kicked it into gear. Hedy started things by getting aces with a kicker for a
$2,000 handpay, then hit aces without for $800 and treys for $400. She also
was dealt a king-high straight flush during that session.
I got deuces with a kicker for $800, then switched to the $2 level and hit
two quick $500 quads. After getting my machine up to about $2,200, I
finally cashed out $2,000 and Hedy cashed out $1,000. We decided to take it easy
since we had a nice profit for the trip, so we went upstairs and watched a
movie, Crazy Heart, until it was time to go to a party the Harrah's hosts
were staging in the ballroom.
After the movie, we had about an hour to kill, so we decided to have some
fun with Ultimate X. We put in $80, started to play triple-play 8/5 DDB
(ugh!) at the 10-cent level and took turns playing. The machine kept us going
with a quad here and there and after about 45 minutes we had about $40 left
of our original stake.
It was my turn to play and suddenly I was dealt quad eights.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a multiplier on any of the three lines, but the $75 gave us
a little more ammunition to keep on truckin'. A few minutes earlier I had
remarked to Hedy that I was due to hit aces (she hit them twice) and when
I was down to $43 the strangest thing happened ... I was dealt four aces
and a nine! I had a 3X multiplier on the first line and nothing on the second
and third, but it sure was a thrill to be drawing for the kicker on all
three lines. Then, something even stranger happened. I discarded the nine,
hit the draw button and got a kicker on ALL THREE LINES!!
Yep, 6,000 credits on the bottom line and 2,000 on the second and third,
adding up to 10,000 dimes ... or a cool $1,000!
We both had this look of amazement on our faces, enjoyed a hardy laugh and
cashed out our $1,043 ticket. It was an unbelievable ending to a very
memorable weekend.
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy
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