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Vegasvpplayer wrote:
> I always have trouble understanding casino talk.
> Does a second $2 royal earn a $5000 bonus?
Yes.
> Does a $1 second royal earn a $4000 bonus or just
> a $1000 bonus to arrive at the $5000 max?
$4000 bonus.
Just my opinion according to their rules:
http://static.boydgaming.net/suncoast10/media/downloads/Happy-Hour-Week-Rules2011.pdf
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mickeyska" <mbrown4341@...> wrote:
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> Several of us will be on the strip this new Years Eve at Harrahs.
> (Stupid, I know. But hey, we are out of towners) Do the casinos shut
> their doors for a certain length of time on the eve? To not let in the fallen
> ones for an amount of time close to midnight or after?
> What is there to see on the strip within a 36 hour window. I have heard
> that the Bellagio fountains have some new songs. Is there a conservatory
> there also? Need some free sights to see as there are very few VP plays
> in the area. Or our there some? (Where?) Need casinos that have easy
> room comps with good VP plays. We do like 'M', 'Red Rock'.
In the past some of the LV Blvd casinos wouldn't allow anyone to enter during a few hours New Years Eve, unless you were a hotel guest at that casino. Haven't heard what they will do this year.
Yes, the Bellagio has a Conservatory with an elaborate Christmas exhibit. You might also like the two newest casinos, Aria and the Cosmopolitan. It's hard to know what you and your friends would enjoy doing, but the Las Vegas Advisor and LVRJ websites have a lot of info.
Both the Palms and Gold Coast aren't too far away and have decent video poker. It would be a long walk from LV Blvd but many people do it.
I'd be interested in hearing about your trip when you get back.
> Hello, I was wondering if anybody knew where I can
> find or buy the optimal strategy for Triple Bonus (Kings or
> Better) 99.59%. I looked on vpgenius and I did not find
> anything.
"saviorianz" <saviorian@...> wrote:
> Here is a link to the paytable =
http://www.vpfree2.com/video-poker/pay-table/triple-bonus
You can create and analyze a custom paytable on vpgenius.com.
Or you can buy VP Strategy Master at
http://www.zamzone.com/tomski/VPSM.asp
One of the games VPSM offers is KOB Triple Bonus.
I sure hated to see Sigma fade away from the video poker scene. They had games like Flush Attack, House a Rockin' and The Maxx, highly exploitable games. But, from what I know, it's no wonder they faded away. It got to where slot techs could not get parts for the machines. They had to start cannibalizing. So a bank of 10 Flush Attacks would be reduced to 8, then eventually to 6....and eventually to nothing. Damn Sigma!
Come to think of it, I don't think I ever seen a multi-game video poker platform from Sigma either, which is a no-no in today's competitive market. Sigma just plain and simple got out-competed.
I was disappointed in his answer. Especially after he wrote "I was
probably unlucky," I was hoping he'd say "nothing." He didn't specify
what he meant by the game getting tougher. Assuming he was just
unlucky and he still has enough expected value to keep playing, that
he will lose that value is an example of the cost of the mentality of
changing video poker machines because they're "running bad." What
will he do 2 years from now if his system does well next year?
>LVA Question of the Day - 23 DEC 2011
>
>Q: Fezzik got his butt kicked in his football picks this
>year. What is he going to do next year to adjust?
>
>Read the answer here:
>
>http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm
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>http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm</a>
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Jean Scott's Frugal Vegas LVA BLOG - 23 DEC 2011
"Continuing Survey of Las Vegas Hospitals"
http://jscott.lvablog.com/?p=1742
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According to Danial Fabrizio, "the public" is having a pretty good year in the NFL, batting right at 50%, about 2% above the norm.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Bartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
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> Why are most video poker machines made by IGT and Bally, whereas I have seen very few made by other manufacturers? For instance, I was just looking at the website of Konami. Konami's slots seem to be gaining fast in popularity, I see them everywhere. But it doesn't look like they even make a video poker type machine. WHY?
>
>
I think it's market domination more than anything else. And fading memory tells me that I once used to play a Konami video poker progressive in the skywalk of the Cal-Neva/Reno.
I read a book a long long time ago called Video Poker Mania by Dwight Crevelts, an ex Bally's employee. His video poker advice was along the lines of the Lenny Frome royal buster strategy. But he also gave his take on video poker history which went something like this:
The random-number-generator was initially developed for nuclear physicists who had to get sub-atomic particles to clash in order to explode a nuclear device. The wee little particles travel at random but do not naturally run into each other.
In the 1970's a programmer for Bally's came up with the idea of applying the RNG to a deck of cards and the video poker machine was developed. The first machines went into Sam's Town in 1976. They were 9/6 Two-Pair-or-Better. Initally they were a success as people lined up to take their turns playing the machines. But enthusiasm waned because of the big drop. Then some brainstormer thought up Jacks or Better which raised the paback--this brought the action on the machines way back up.
But Bally's execs made what I think will go down as the worst business decision ever made in the history of video poker. For some reason they didn't think much of the game. They thought the money was in slots. Si Redd, a Bally's employee, and his crowd had other ideas. Si's crowd agreed with Bally's to break away and form a new company. It's gone under various names over the years but the one that stuck was IGT. There was a 20 year non-compete clause involved.
The poor Bally's execs had to suffer through 20 years of watching the explosive growth of video poker before they could get in the game. ROTFLMAO!!!
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "carter561@..." <carter561@...> wrote:
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> I just want to throw out my exceptionally lousy stats for the last >year, perhaps to see if anyone can top them, perhaps just to let the >newbies see just how long the streaks can get...
What's a Royal? Just kidding. I'm fairly new to VP in the last 5 years or so. Still haven't hit one in over 300,000 hands. I've watched the folks on my bank hit them many a time, and several of them didn't even have a clue as to how to play. My only royals have been on Win Poker, and they come at the average rate. Maye I'll try taking a good luck charm with me next time! LOL
Kurt
Who can tell me anything about Joker Pick'em? It is available on some new Bally GameMakers. I cannot find anything on strategy and/or return % figures. Here's the best table I have found.
10,000 Royal
2000 Five of a Kind
1000 Wild Royal
500 Straight Flush
100 Quads
60 Full House
50 Flush
40 Straight
20 Trips
10 Two Pair
10 Jacks or better
thanks
-BB
LVA Question of the Day - 23 DEC 2011
Q: Fezzik got his butt kicked in his football picks this
year. What is he going to do next year to adjust?
Read the answer here:
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm
<a href="http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm">
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm</a>
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