--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
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> Here's the Jakes Jacks that I played at Gold River (later River Palms) in Laughlin from 1997 until 2002. I can't remember if the SF had a meter. There were a couple of slant top banks on the casino floor and a bartop bank in the room where the bandstand is above and behind the bar.
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> The game was a combination of Bonus Poker and Double Double Jackpot (without kickers). At least that's the best way I can describe the game.
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> PAYSCALE
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> RF.............800+ .5% meter
> SF............. 50
> Four Jacks......80+ .25% meter
> Four A,K,Q's....40+ .25% meter
> Four 2-Tens.....25+ .25% meter
> FH.............. 7
> FL.............. 5
> ST.............. 3
> 2P.............. 2
> HP.............. 1
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> Until about 2000 or so I got .33% cashback Saturday thru Wednesday. .666% on Thursdays and 1% on Fridays. Plus I got a mailer every month that had four 2-day hotel packages. I pretty much only played the Jakes Jacks when the Royal was up....or if I found a quad meter out of whack.
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> Most of the time the FPDW was the better play. And for awile they had the Williams early surrender video blackjack that came in about 100.4%.
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I put my share of time in on progressives and though I didn't keep maticulous records I feel like I came in right about where I was supposed to on royals. In towns like Laughlin I liked to just mosey around and make money, whether it was at video poker or advantage slots. I just put my time in every day and whatever happened happened. I was always playing with an edge. I had winning days and losing days and it all came out in the wash....in the long run. Here's a couple of sucdess stories at Gold River:
I was coming up the River Walk one day and ran into a bust out hustler in front of the Pioneer. He told me one of the Jakes Jacks slant tops at Gold River had a $3400 royal. I always gave the bustouts a $20 spiff for letting me know where a royal was up....if I could get a seat....plus a $100 tip if I got the royal.
I didn't figure to get a seat but we got there and a couple of seats were open. I hit the royal in about ten minutes. Everybody hit their cashout buttons and left....headed to another play I guess.
Another time I found the Jakes Jacks bartop royal up. It was at night, the band was playing. I was playing along and looking up at the band here and there. They were pretty good. So onetime I hit the deal/draw button and looked up at the band at the same time. When I looked back down I had a dealt royal locked in.
