Being smart players here we can all agree with you.
HOWEVER,
that is not how casinos look at it. In poker everyone at the table, even Doyle Brunson, is playing at negative expectation games due to the rake.
In progressive VP and Piggy Bank type games sharks like us will ONLY play them when they are over 100%. Casinos simply don't like to feed us. I have been told this by 2 mid level management types who are personal friends. Mostly it is just spite and there is not a thing any of us can do about it-unless we can buy a small casino of our own!
Take my word for it-the days of Piggy Banking games and high meter progressives have gone the way of the Hacienda's prime rib buffet and they ain't comin' back either.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "DesmondT" <dtongpo@...> wrote:
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> Would the comparison between progressive VP machines and live poker tables be appropriate?
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> In poker, the money generally flows from bad players to smart players and the casino takes a cut (rake).
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> In progressive VP, the same thing generally happens and the casino's cut is built into the paytables and added onto by bad play and strategy changes. Why wouldn't casinos encourage this? They don't 86 Daniel Negreanu or Doyle Brunson from live poker tables. In fact, they encourage their play.
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> With non-progressive VP, smart players take their edge against the casinos. With progressive VP, smart players take their edge against other gamblers and the casinos get their money from both groups.
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> Seems like a no-brainer to me to put in more progressives.
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