Very good point about the short pay nickel multi-play games. That's
exactly what we've run into. In the past we've only stayed in places
on the strip, so 9/6 nickel multi-play double bonus is what my wife
has been playing. Depending on which strip casino we're staying in, I
usually play quarter single line 7/5 or 8/5 bonus poker.
This time we'll be staying at Red Rock, so I'm practicing 10/7 double
bonus and hoping my wife will find better nickel multiline DB pay
tables there. Maybe the 9/7 that you mentioned.
That's another good reason for me to stick with single-line quarters.
Thanks for your comments.
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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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