Tried to find out today "What paytable?" They sent me to a Slot Tech
and he said he couldn't give out that info! They are trying to keep it
fair for everyone. What I did discover is 240 max entrants 30 players
per round and 16 rounds. One disturbing fact though, the Slot Tech
said,"The Double UP feature will be turned on." Some "Person" wrote in
and asked for it, at least that is what the ST said? That's going to
be anoying as hell and slow down the play quite a bit. I mean, to
cancell out the Double UP screen at each win and go to the next hand,
what a pain! It seemed that no one knew or cared about what the game
was? They all answered," Its Double Bonus Video Poker." I kind of
expected this so it wasn't a complete shock. Are there Chip Sets or
something along those lines for these Slot Tech to change or turn on
to set the machines for the Tournament play, maybe each chip or
program is installed by the "Return" assigned to it? The return quoted
and the game particulars didn't match?
Only good news was that the first Tournament will be the same as the
next, and the next. So at least I will be able to prastice for the
next two. This one will have to be a LUCK play.
VP Tournament Horseshoe Bossier
Annajam complained about the Double Up feature being turned on during a
slot tournament.
Speaking only for myself, I would LOVE that rule. I suspect many players
would use the technique described in the original post, which was to
always answer "No" to the "Do you want to double?" question. That's a
"roll over and die" approach. Strong tournament players wouldn't use
that technique.
Your purpose in a tournament varies on the rules. Sometimes it's to get
to the next round. Sometimes one round counts for everything. Sometimes
you get to drop a score. Sometimes it's something else.
But let's say that you're near the end of a round and your score is
nothing special. You end up with a 250-point quad --- but you figure
that you need 2,000 more points to place. Successfully doubling three
times (a 1 in 8 chance) is MUCH more likely than hitting any other
combination that will give you that many points. You're going to fail at
this 7 out of 8 times, but if the prize is $1,000, collecting this 1 out
of 8 times is worth an equity of $125 that you would never have received
if you hadn't thought of this strategem.
You should work out a lot of these "what if" scenarios in your mind
before the tournament starts. During the event itself, things are
frequently happening at too fast a rate to think clearly on the fly. If
you haven't already imagined and dissected a particular situation,
you're likely to make a second-best decision.
Each rule variation gives the expert another opportunity to succeed. The
exact pay schedule during the tournament is likely the LEAST important
part of the rules.
Bob Dancer
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