How about the $100 triple play machine.
A dealt high pair will be a handpay, even if it just refunds the $1500 wagered.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "futrend" <futrend@...> wrote:
>
> I saw a $100 9/6 JoB machine in the high limit room at Caesars
> Palace. I asked personnel if the machines locks up for a hand pay
> and W2 evey time someone gets 3 of a kind. You actually only make
> $1,000 profit on that frequent hand! He said yes, they generate
> a W2 and a hand pay, but they are very efficient at servicing the
> client. I am curious if anyone has played at that level and how
> difficult that is. Not that I am even thinking along those lines,
> but I am curious.
> There are lower denomonation machines that my also cause frequent
> W2s. Any full coin hand over 50 coins would be a W2 on a $25
> machine. This maybe a silly question, but under the assumption
> someone is not hiding from the IRS, does anyone make a conscious
> decision to go down in denominations to avoid W2's. I thought in
> a positive situation advantage players would try to play as fast
> as possible without making any (or very few) mistakes and at the
> highest denomination that their bankroll could support.
> Does the stoppage for hand pays and W2s enter into the decision
> to play a smaller denomination machine? Or, is there sufficient
> financial incentive for a minimum of W2s to motivate one to play at
> a smaller denimination? I am assumming you are in a nice positive
> play and your bankroll is sufficient for any choice of denomination.
>
> Bob
>
