Hi Gang:
During our recent visit to Tunica, Hedy and I did the bulk of our play at the Roadhouse, which features 24 machines with five games that return over 99.9 per cent.
We did very little play at the Horseshoe next door (where we stayed in a beautiful suite, BTW) but we did have a lot of fun playing a game there called Build-A-Wheel poker.
It featured a wheel above the normal screen that was divided into eight sections. Two of the sections (or pieces of a pie) were filled in already when you began to play. One pre-filled section had a 4,000-coin bonus and the other had a random number, something like 1,365 or 1,335. Every time you were dealt 3-of-a-kind or better another section of the wheel filled in. When all eight sections were completed, the wheel would spin and you would get whatever bonus was in the section the wheel landed on.
The game offered denominations of a nickel or a quarter and you had to play either triple or five-play. The catch was you had to play five extra coins to be eligible for the bonus. Interestingly enough, you had to play the extra five coins if you played triple play OR five play. So, you were playing 20 coins for triple play or 30 coins for five play. We, of course, played five play to get the most for our money.
If you were dealt a full house or better (four-of-a-kind, straight flush or royal flush) the wheel would fill in the remaining blanks automatically and give you a spin. It featured 9/5 jacks or better and 9/6/4 DDB.
We played our favorite game ... DDB ... of course, and the first time we played Hedy got aces with a kicker for $500 before she filled in the wheel the first time then got a 975- coin bonus on her spin. We doubled our money the first time we played. The two other times we played we wound up losing, getting into a hole before the spin finally came and got us a piece of our losses back.
Strangely enough, I got our only dealt full house (aces full over sixes) with just one remaining piece of the wheel to be filled in. Not very good timing! I broke up the full house and just held the aces, but didn't get a fourth ace on any of the five hands.
It was a lot of fun to play and could be rather lucrative if you get a dealt full house or better at the right time. The bank of four machines (two back to back) is located next to the poker room.
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy
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