--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, GURU PERF <guruperf@...> wrote:
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> If you cash out under the circumstances Mickey was talking about, I >guess zeroing out and then playing would work, but unless you hit on >the next spin, your subsequent losses won't be recorded.
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On banking type slot games, where I'm playing to collect bonuses, I'm not concerned with subsequent losses not being recorded after I pull the card. What I don't want recorded is the bonus win on the end.
If I do my homework I can always assign an average cost to spin off a play. In the Cherry Pie situation I described I was looking at collecting an expected 130+ coin bonus for filling up the Pie. Let's say the Pie is 4 cherries to go and the average cost per cherry is 20 coins. Per the average I'm looking at showing a 60 coin loss to pop in three cherries. Once I pop in the third cherry I stop playing and pull the card. And if I ran into the situation you described I would also hit the cashout button and start over.
I'm not concerned about the expected 20 coin loss to pop in the fourth cherry not being recorded. What I don't want recorded is the 130+ coin bonus I get for popping the fourth cherry in. In this situation I'm looking at putting an additional 10 to 20 coins in the basket while filling up the Pie, so my expection is to collect a 140 to 150 coin bonus on the end. So in this situation I'm looking at showing an average 60 coin loss per play, but in actuality, booking a 60 to 70 coin win.
I've been in many situations where the house had good video poker.... and advantage slots. I played them both. In retrospect, I was sandwiching slot play around my video poker play. Were I active in Nevada today I would look for these same type of situations.
