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>
> Thanks for your views.
>
> I guess I have both objectives; to play the full day without losing
my
> daily bankroll and to end up with the best result I can.
>
> The last few trips to Vegas my wife has done better on multi-play
> nickels than I've done on single play quarters. Like you said the
> swings do seem to be smaller for her because she tends to hit good
> hands more often with the multi-play games. She also got dealt 4
aces
> on double bonus twice on the same day last trip, so her winnings
ended
> up good too.
>
> I guess what got me thinking about this was that ever since I
started
> playing quarters I haven't hit a Royal. When I used to play
> multi-play nickels, I think I hit a Royal on every Vegas trip. I've
> come close with some dealt 4 card royals on single line quarters,
but
> didn't hit it on the draw. Exciting though to get close. I thought
> maybe because of our relatively low daily bankroll, that the lower
> number of hands I see using quarters might be a factor.
>
> Your fourth point is key though. I switched to quarter single play
> because of the exciting possibility of a big score with a Royal.
The
> thrill of that possibility has me enjoying single line more, so
that's
> what I'll stick with. Thanks for your help.
I also doubt that your wife is playing paytables that are as good as
the ones you find in your single-line quarter play. Multiline VP is
almost always short-pay these days, and denominations below .25 are
often BRUTALLY short-pay. I can't think of anyplace in Vegas where
she could be playing FULLPAY (10/7) Double Bonus for nickels on a
multiline game, but there are dozens of places where you could be
playing 10/7 .25 on a single-line.
So the difference is much more stark: you pay a heavy penalty for
playing that $1.25/hand on short-pay nickel multiline instead of
fullpay single-line. To illustrate: playing 9/7 DB (which would
actually be a pretty decent game, on a relative basis, for nickels)
returns about 99%; playing 10/7 DB is essentially breakeven
(100.15%). If you play a modest 600 hands/hour, then the 9/7 DB loses
$7.50/hr while the 10/7 breaks even. If the nickel paytable is 9/6,
then the loss is $15/hr.
The shorter wait for a big hand is what makes multi-line games so
much fun; the casinos have perceived that, and penalize players by
raping the paytables on multi-liners. If you are playing short-pay
multi-line games when a fullpay single-line alternative is available
for the same amount of coin-in per hand, then you are paying heavily
for that fun.
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