"...> After adding the slot club and the progressives for the various royals,
> can't this be considered an intelligent play?..."
Most of the time no but sometimes it is. What are the 4 royals at nowadays? I remember when the dealt royal was hit and it was mentioned on this board. Maybe three years ago?
Here in New England - Mohegan Sun eliminated points on all VP > 98% making the FPPickem basically a 100% total E.V.play. Not much action on them. Used to be common to see 2 at-a-time $1 machine type action. I'd walk by the $10 carousel and be amazed at the high roller action.
The definition of "intelligent" play has been discussed on the VPNewEngland daughter board a bit as there's now nothing in NewEngland that is over 100%. The few slow meter progressives
have a base E.V. of 96%.
Here's one definition of intelligence:
"revealing or reflecting good judgment or sound thought : skillful"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligent?show=0&t=1314365051
Orleans progressive is sometimes an intelligent play even without point multipliers. I first met Elliot Shapiro banging away on them. Told me it's "well over a penny a hand" back in the day.
Said his minimum was a "penny a hand."
So was that an intelligent play for Elliot? (when he was on his own gambling bankroll:-). That penny costs 1.25 cents today. Next time we met, he wasn't allowed to play progressives. He was on the 25 cent FPDW.
I think I know what Bob means by "intelligent play." A lot of the advantage is in the points et al nowadays. Hope the airfares come down a little more. Want an "intelligent play."
Dave in Boston
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Luke Fuller <kungalooosh@...> wrote:
>
> Bob states - about Orleans - that, "Without the multipliers, there are no
> intelligent plays there." The word 'intelligent' can be subjective. But,
> I'd like to know if the following game at Orleans is 'intelligent' or not.
>
> They have quarter triple-play Double Bonus machines, which have separate
> progressives royals on each hand (top, bottom, and middle) and another
> progressive for a dealt royal. The pay schedule for this game is 9/7/5,
> which - according to the Wizard of Odds - makes the return 0.991065 (without
> any progressives).
>
> After adding the slot club and the progressives for the various royals,
> can't this be considered an intelligent play?
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:47 AM, vpFREE Administrator
> <vpfreeadmin@...>wrote:
>
> > Bob Dancer's LV Advisor Column - 23 AUG 2011
> >
> > "Being Restricted"
> >
> > http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/bob_dancer/2011/0823.cfm
>
>
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