" I had a machine play very cold for hours, then like a switch was turned on the 4 of a kinds, straight flushes, and full houses started pouring out."
Because that machine went into a randomly generated "good streak" - which occurs in random patterns. No one knows when it might start, or end.
So, even though I know one machine is identical to another, I might switch machines in the hopes of encountering one that starts out faster into a "good streak".
Frank had some good discussions on the list a while back talking about this....his advice was to stand up; announce loudly that you were going to change machines, then sit back down again at the same machine.
Even in live poker those random streaks of good hands would seem to all go to a certain seat at the table for a while. Then people would say, "Play your rush - play every hand". Not the most sound advice but I will say at those time it seemed like you almost could play "every hand" when the cards are coming like that in your favor.
Valerie
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