DJ GOOF wrote:
> I know I should just look at a couple web sites and could prob
> find my answer but I am lazy LOL
>
> What should the the paytable read for NSUD and what would the
> actually machine game name be for the 99.7% versions
nudge replied:
NSUD paytable is available right on the vpFREE home page, the group
that you are already a member of. On the home page, click on links,
then paytables, the vpFREE's paytable. But, since you are lazy,
NLOL, on the right of the paytable under 5 coins there will be a
series of numbers printed vertically in descending order, highest to
lowest ranking hand. Most probably , on the screen, the actual name
of this game will read " D-E-U-C-E-S W-I-L-D". Hope this helps.
Fortunately Nudge, in his notoriously dry and frequently
misinterpreted wit, didn't offer to sound that last gem out for us.
As he suggests, casinos make no effort to differentiate the best
paytables from the worst in the face plate/screen names.
I'm often as "lazy" as you, particularly in the odd-ball hours that
the three of us are browsing here. A direct link to the vpFREE
paytable summary is:
http://members.cox.net/vpfree/CDER.htm
The 99.73% variant is listed as:
1-2-3-4-4-10-16-25-200-800 ... 99.73% - NSUD
These are, of course, one coin equivalent payouts for the full pay
values (multiple by 5 for a 5 coin machine). Actual single coin pays
(and anything less than a "max coin" wager) will actually reflect a RF
payout of something akin to 300 per coin wagered and typically only
advance to 800 with 5 coins wagered (4000 payout).
Unfortunately for those of us out on the East Coast, the intrepid soul
who introduced Deuces to Atlantic City apparently was from Denver.
(check out the paytable listing for that reference ;). You guys out
in the heartland surprisingly fare much better in that regard (leaving
my wife one more reason to long for our native Midwest since Deuces is
her true joy).
For the sake of a "noob", GOOF, I'll note that vp is notoriously
rampant with obscure acronyms -- but shorthand references come in very
handy vs. spieling out a bunch of paytable numbers to refer to a game.
The "NSUD" at the end of the vpFREE reference stands for "Not So Ugly
Deuces".
By way of explanation, at one time the two most prevalent Deuces
paytables were the "Full Pay (FP) 100.76% version and a 98.91% version
referred alternately as Illinois or Airport(LV) Deuces, where they
frequently pop up. As you might expect, those in the know turned
their nose up at the latter, muttering "Ugly" under their breath.
Ugly Deuces soon became the more common reference to the 98.91% variant.
Apparently, seeing the "Ugly" machines sitting idle, some casino
apparently decided to compromise in favor of the player and nudged up
the SF/5K pays, yielding a much more attractive theo 99.72%. Skip
Hughes (a fellow self-admitted "grumpy old man"; I recently betrayed
my own age spots here) coined the NSUD moniker for this improvement on
the less attractive version.
Of course, paraphrasing, ugly is in the eye of the beholder. Many
back here in the east wish that Denver dude had actually been raised
in the civil environs of Chicago (hah -- in my book a kinder, gentler
version of New York ;).
- Harry
(returning back to bed before the alarm buzzes in 15 min. so that the
wife hopefully isn't aware I've been "prowling" again)