Playing DoubleDown Stud at the Taj, when the game was first introduced. I was dealt A-Q-J-K of Spades, and up popped the 10 after I doubled down my bet. The music starts playing, and the slot attendants come running - er, well, walking over. When they see what I'd hit they get on their radios and next thing I know, there are about 4 or 5 suits surrounding me as well. Turns out they'd never seen the DDS machine hit for a Royal before, and everyone wanted a look.
Took a while for them to bring me a check for the entire 20K, and I even got comped to a dinner in the Chinese restaurant. What made it especially memorable was that on the long drive down from Long Island, I'd mentioned to the bride that we should really start thinking about getting a new car, and we were thinking about how we'd budget for that while paying for the second kid's college tuition.
Thank you Taj, and the VP gods!
Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. -Yogi Berra
There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. -Robert Heinlein
From: "bobbartop@yahoo.com [vpFREE]" <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 12:17 AM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: What is most memorable hit, not counting first royal?
My most memorable hit? It was online, in my bedroom. I played a $100 for $100 match bonus, and was down to my last $23. I had been playing 4-lined JoB for 25-cents, so it was do or die time. I jacked up the denom to $1, essentially my last hand. BAM! Pat royal, times 4. Woohoo! Took a moment to register in my brain. I'm thinking, oh great, $4000, because I had been playing for quarters. I look at the balance, oh wait a minute, it says $16000. Holy crapsicle! I start yelling, and my big dog comes running in to see what my problem is. And I'm afraid she is going to knock the wires out of the computer and I haven't even set the hand. Anyway, all turned out ok, and I got paid. lol This was over ten years ago, in online gambling's prime, before they passed the so-called "port security act" and ruined everything. After that, I had to get dressed every day and go outside.
-BB
---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <whitejeeps@...> wrote :
My most memorable, was a Royal on 6 coin quarter progressive. Bank of 12. I started playing
about 6:30 am, getting an early start before local teams showed. This is so far back the machines
only took quarters. My plan, start packing quarters in a machine. Plopping a jacket on next
machine and coining up next door machine for my wife, who was taking her time getting ready.
She really didn't want to play that early. I played for about 1 hour. The "pros" were just coming
in and setting $200 cans of quarters on machines and playing briskly. Just as my wife rounded
corner the royal popped up for me. $6043.00. That hit me just right. Once the jackpot hit,
all 11 machines started spitting quarters in hole in flat top. Players finding buckets to take .25
to cashier. All those regular locals, as should be, don't spend one cent more if not advantage play.
Since I wasn't part of gang some players actually expressed anger when they missed hit.
Physically slamming around showing anger. So distasteful, pros who can't take the heat.
That was memorable ...... Jeep
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