Wow, TWO $5 Royals on the SAME machine, that's absolutely BEYOND fathomable.
Take that $40k and pad your bankroll.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, misscraps@... wrote:
>
> Just back from Lake Tahoe. We had an invitation for a very nice slot
> tournament, guaranteed $50,000 top prize (plus other places and a few bonus
> prizes and 5 drawings for $1000 each) - kicker was that there were guaranteed
> only 100 players. Between my husband and myself that was a 1 in 50 shot at
> the big bucks. But we are generally unlucky in tournaments and drawings,
> but still, we figured it was worth a shot.
>
> Nope, didn't win the tournament $. But as I walked into the high roller
> room at Harrah's Tahoe, thinking I might play the 3/5 play $1 machines (my
> usual poison), etc., I noticed the $5 progressive was over $27,000. This
> seemed high to me (usual payout for $5 royal is $20,000). Later someone told
> me that this progressive often is high, sometimes even $40,000! But it
> seemed high to me, so I decided to give it a short shot. For a change, instead
> of plopping into the nearest seat, I decided to circle the bank and let
> whatever tiny amount of ESP I have lead me to a seat. (Mind you, I don't
> believe in ESP, but, it couldn't hurt). One seat "drew me" more than the
> others. So I sat down. Now for the hard part, there were several different
> VP games to choose from. Again, I felt a slight draw toward Deuces Wild -
> Bad Harrah's Deuces Wild.
>
> Now, I normally don't play $5 VP -- too rich for my blood. Usually I
> stick to 3/5 play or single line $1 VP. But once in a blue moon I'll take a
> flyer for $500 or $1000 or so and try one, usually opting for Deuces Wild,
> since it seems it bit less volatile than DDB, more interesting than JB, and
> you have a decent shot at maybe 4 Deuces and a big payoff of $5000. Even a
> wild royal isn't too bad, landing you $625, and keeping you going for
> awhile.
>
> So I start playing, and am getting a few decent hands - four of a kinds, a
> wild royal, and within about 15 minutes, up comes 4 to the Heart Royal.
> For a change, instead of just hitting the draw, I sit for a second strongly
> visualizing the Ace of Hearts, and BAM!!! It comes up!!! $27,000 - my
> biggest win ever!!!
>
> And it seems even more unbelievable to me because during the last month or
> two I'd been playing hours and hours and hours of 5 play $1 DB and Deuces
> at the Palms, and never even had 4 to the Royal dealt to me on the bottom
> line, let alone a Royal. And I'd played for maybe 8-10 hours at the Gold
> Coast on Single Line $2 (and a little $5) with 4 to the royal annoyingly
> being the final result over and over, but no royal. Now in about 10-15 minutes,
> up comes a royal! Finally! It had been a couple of months with no royals
> at all, despite a lot of play. (Which is the beginning of why volitility
> comes into the story - more on this later...)
>
> Well, the story doesn't end there. I took a check for some of the
> winnings, and played with some, switching over to 5 play DDB. And now the losing
> began - a lot of nothing and hours and hours of play. Argh! But I was
> determined to go home with at least $20,000. The tournament ended, and we did
> nothing, but at the Awards Banquet my husband won the second chance
> drawing for $1000. Well, being a gambler (and addict, I'll admit), I thought,
> hmmm, I'll just gamble a little more with the grand, but nothing else. To be
> conservative, and just for fun in the last couple hours, I played a little
> penny Lord of the Rings. Oh well, I'm even, but nothing is happening, so
> I head toward the high roller area, again thinking of trying that darn 5
> play DDB.
>
> But I spot that $5 Progressive -- now up to about $20900 (it had been hit
> after me, on the same machine I'd hit, and was a pretty fast progressive, so
> it was up a bit again). Hmmm, maybe a few hundred through it, I think,
> (got to go to bed in an hour to get up early for the plane ride home...). So
> I circle the machines, and sit down at a different one than before that
> "calls me." I start to play DDB (my favorite game, though often a loser). I
> get quad sixes, I'm up a little. Hmmm, maybe Deuces Wild (bad Harrah's
> Deuces Wild, mind you, I think), just a little. So I start to play, and up
> comes a wild royal or two, and quickly I'm ahead $1000. Not bad. I'm
> visualizing 4 Deuces with all my might, but not even 3 of them show --- when up
> come 3 to the Club Royal, and I'm thinking about wild royals, and then --
> BAM - 2 more Royal Cards - ANOTHER ROYAL!!!
>
> Thankfully I'm tired, because I take my check, play another ten minutes,
> and leave. Unbelievable to me I've had my biggest single win ever and my
> biggest trip/session win ever!
>
> So you never know! But it does make me wonder about just how "random"
> those 5 plays are. I've noticed before that they don't seem as "random" as
> single line (or even 3 play on the same machine). I've noticed some oddities
> such as higher frequencies of hands dealt (before the draw) that have AQ
> of hearts than KQ hearts, both of which are way more frequent than JQ or JA
> of hearts. Or is it just volatility in gambling that I am seeing? Maybe
> we really don't realize just how much volatility there really is. I think
> of Royals as coming every 40,000 hands or so - but that is on the average,
> and in reality you could have hundreds of thousands, or maybe even a million
> hands (or more), and no royals, and then get two back to back, or three in
> 1000 hands, or whatever. All I can say is that it did seem odd to play
> perhaps 50 hours of 5 play (or more) without a royal, and in a total of about
> 1-2 hours of single line get 2 royals. Maybe I'm better off to risk $25
> on a single line $5 machine rather than a total of $25 on a 5 line $1
> machine in the first place? Although I'd thought somehow there would be less
> volatility with a multi-line game than a single line. I don't know. I just
> know I'm confused, but very very very happy about my big winning weekend.
> ------------
>
> Now a few words about Lake Tahoe. One thing to remember, if you go, is
> that snow can come at any time there, it even snowed once in July! One
> Harrah's worker welcomed me to "our never ending winter." Yes, it was snowing
> on our trip. But the Lake is always beautiful, even in the foggy snow. We
> like to stay at Harvey's, rather than Harrah's, because it has some
> terrific suites with fantastic lake views, better than the touted "7 Star" Summit
> floor of Harrah's. Fortunately there is a tunnel between the two
> properties, so you don't have to brave the weather. Each property has a Diamond
> Lounge, and some very good restaurants, including a high-end restaurant at the
> top of the tower with a great lake view. The Harrah's buffet and coffee
> shop are excellent.
>
> Also I must commend the Harrah's employees at Tahoe, who are the best I've
> run into. If you don't find a cocktail waitress, the slot personnel will
> come over and get you a cocktail if need be. The service in the high
> roller lounge was swift, friendly, and excellent. They even offered to take a
> photo of me with the jackpot. They reset your machine while you wait for
> your W2G so you can keep playing. Everywhere the service was fantastic. The
> VIP services call you when you check in to see if you need anything, the
> host checks in with you, (and calls you back if you phone them prior to
> arrival!), the limos to the airport are excellent (most equipped with small
> bottles of booze and soda and snacks for your 1 1/2 hour ride to or from Reno,
> NV), and the mailed offers are quite good (such as this very good limited
> invite tournament, even though our play there hasn't been very big in the
> past). There was even some sort of hospitality person who comes by to ask
> how you are doing and is everything okay (that's their whole job - checking
> to see if players are getting great service). Nothing can beat the view
> of Lake Tahoe (summer or winter), but the Harrah's service was truly a
> delight.
>
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> So that's the story of my big win and winning weekend. It sure made up
> for a lot of losing! Here's wishing all of you the big turnaround jackpot!
>
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