Misscraps wrote,
"I probably had 3 Aces dealt (playing DDB) at
least 10 times and never got the 4th Ace on any line. Same thing for 2s,
3s, but also for the rest of the numbers, over and over again. Frustrating
to the point of saying, what the heck is the matter with these machines.
5-play also often shows the same lack of quads."
I am not Frank and I'm sure he will have a solid reply to you - but whenever I see this happening I try to remind myself that:
- each hand is separate whether it is a single line game, triple play, five play, ten play etc. You just have more "chances" with more hands
- you already have three of the card, so you have a 47-1 chance that you will get the other one on each hand.
- when I think about it being 47-1 it doesn't seem so odd, especially in the short term, that I don't get the 4th card as much as I would like.
- I also think that we tend to forget the times when we get dealt four of a kind, or draw it when holding one Ace, or two 3's, etc. Those get overshadowed by the frustration of seeing three of them in front of you - all glowing on ten hands, it seems like it *has* to happen. The key word being "seems".
Recently I watched two different players hold four to the Royal playing ten hands. Most exciting was the gentleman who was playing a $5 limit....neither of them got the 4th card, even with ten chances. Oh well, so it goes.
Valerie
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