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I define VP gurus more by what they don't tell you than what they do
tell you. Want to know how to get a free hat or mug? Read Player's
Edge. Want to know how to get a 3% or 4% edge against the house.
Well, that never gets published. Your VP gurus are great at teaching
you how to squeak every last drop out of a 99.73% game along with
cashback, bounceback and a rinky-dink promotion that brings the whole
thing up to 100.2% for a short period of time. And when that
promotion comes along that gives a big fat edge they don't have time
to publish it because they're to busy torching the play.
Here's a prime example of your VP gurus looking out for you. Ever
hear of a Bally Gamemaker game called "draw till u win?" NO? Well,
it's probably because the game has only been around for a short
period of time. NINE YEARS!!! Not one word ever published on it.
Of the 6,000 members of this site I put the over/under on those who
have played it at 40. So let the trailer trash be the first to tell
you about the game:
I was working the Pioneer/Laughlin installation of the Acres
Gaming "double time" system, along with every other hustler in the
state (It was at the time of the biker shootout) when a friend, a
well bankrolled and knowledgeable VP pro who knew I made the rounds
asked me to be on the lookout for a game called "draw till u win" on
Bally Gamemakers. He wouldn't tell me anything else about the game.
Just call him if I find it. So I called another friend and asked him
if he ever heard of the game and what the payback percentage was.
"Yes, he said, "it comes in at 103.2%
"What?!!"
"That's right, 103.2%.
"Quarters or dollars?" I asked.
"Theres still quarters around but the dollars went fast"
"Do you have the strategy?"
"Sorry, I'm sworn not to give it away"
So in my daily meanderings I'm checking every Gamemaker I come
across. Lo and Behold!! I find one in the Vegas Club. Okay, so
let's sit down and figure this puppy out. It's a 6/5/4 Double Bonus
payscale. Well that's a pretty crappy payscale. Maybe 92%. Must be
something else to it. So I'm playing along and wind up with this
hand after the draw: 6c-7c-8c-9c-Qh. The straight-flush cards go
into autohold. The draw button is lit, so I hit it and cath another
queen. The draw button is lit again so I hit it again and catch some
card that didn't fit. I hit the draw button again and catch a flush
and am promptly rewarded with 25 credits. Wow! This is pretty
neat!!! So, I'm thinking if I would have caught a straight flush card
I would have been payed 250 credits. So I'm playing along and wind
up with 4 low cards to a gutshot straight-flush and it happens
again. I get to draw until I win. Boom!!! I make the straight
flush!! I like this game I'm thinking. Hey, wait a minute! If I
wind up with four low cards to say an open end straight-flush theres
not that many pay cards. You either make a straight, flush or
straight flush. Fifteen cards and two of them are straight flush
cards. I like those odds. And what if I discarded one of those
paycards on the draw? That makes the draw till u win feature even
stronger. So then I'm playing along and am dealt the Ace of Hearts
with four trash cards. I hold the Ace and catch the King, Queen, Ten
of Hearts along with a trash card. The machine goes into autohold
with the royal cards. Wow!!! I get to draw till I win with royal
cards too?!!! First card is trash, second card is trash, BOOM, out
jumps the Jack of Hearts and the machine locks up. Hey, you people
get my thousand dollars over here now!! Whaddya think I got all day?
It's easy to make money in Nevada!!
Next move? Calculate the strategy. To be continued....
