I play a joker game where the Joker Royal pays 400 for 1. When it comes down to holding a midrange card with the Joker the Ten is the first choice followed by the Jack.
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Fortunately the file was all outside the building, just in cabanas and fake palm trees around the pool, but it was quite spectacular, with huge flames as the fake palms burned, huge billowing black smoke, and guests evacuated from the casino and rooms. Some ran in fear from the pool area.
Interestingly, apparently there are balcony rooms that face the pool, and people often toss cigarette butts down into the pool area. This could well have been the cause of the blaze as still-lit cigarette butts landed on flammable fake trees or cabanas.
Some guests had to change rooms after the fire, and some sprinkler systems may have gone off in some rooms. The news showed a man complaining about the fact that hotel employees had packed up all the items from his room for him while he was out and moved them, and lost some items.
This could have been really a lot worse if the hotel's structure had caught fire. Those flames were really large and dangerous.
I was at Vegas World when the Stratosphere Tower caught on fire during construction and had to evacuate from the 19th floor. (The hotel never had damage in that case either). But from that experience I can tell you that it takes a long long time to climb down stairs from such a high floor (elevators will not work). And just like in this Cosmopolitan fire, confusion ensued at the fire exits by both tourists and casino employees,who don't know which way to direct you. Some stairs may not go all the way to the ground, but only to a lower floor (such as 3), where you must go down a hallway to get out. In the Stratosphere case, some stairways emptied into the middle of the casino instead of outside. Thankfully there wasn't a blaze in a casino!
It took me years to accept rooms on a high floor (something I probably shouldn't do). Hotel fires do happen, and it is probably best to always check the map on the door of your room to know which stairs are the real fire exits. Also pay attention to fire alarms, they could be real. In the event of a fire (even one in a seemingly non-adjacent area like a pool), leave quickly and with calm determination, and don't bother to take any belongings. Most likely your hotel will be evacuated even if it is a non-adjacent area, so head for the stairs, because once the alarms start the elevator will stop. If you are not sure if an alarm is real or false, call the front desk to check.
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If you want to play at other casinos there, the Tunica Roadhouse (also owned by Caesars) and the Gold Strike (owned by MGM) are right next door to the Horseshoe Tunica.
http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/gold-strike-tunica http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/gold-strike-tunica
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My wife and I are headed to Horseshoe Tunica to play on August 22nd. Does anybody know the current state of quality for video poker at this casino?
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If you want to play at other casinos there, the Tunica Roadhouse (also owned by Caesars) and the Gold Strike (owned by MGM) are right next door to the Horseshoe Tunica.
http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/gold-strike-tunica
http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/tunica-roadhouse-casino-hotel
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My wife and I are headed to Horseshoe Tunica to play on August 22nd. Does anybody know the current state of quality for video poker at this casino?
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You are going to get a royal about 1/40000. It will be sequential (or reverse sequential) 1/60. therefore the probability of sequential is 1/2400000 (without strategy changes). Assuming a 25 cent game you will gain 7200 bets ($9000) when you get the royal. This is a gain of 7200/2400000=0.003=0.3%. This alone will bring the game to over 100%. Add a little extra for strategy changes and you might get the figure that you quote Kiki.
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Note: That is 50000 coins for a 5 coin play. I also assume that is an either way (reversible) sequential royal. With proper strategy the sequential comes up about every 1.88+ million hands. I know that 9-6DDB has a 0.47% extra (per Frugal VP) with that as the game used to be available in my (Chicago) area. (I saw this game hit for $50,000 but sadly it was not me!) This game also had a progressive on the normal royal and that house also had 10-7DB with a progressive. In theory the regular progressive had to be about 1200 coins higher on the DDB to make it a better EV than the DB game. (Obviously the DDB had a lot higher variance.)
On Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:40 AM, "tikithecat73lakeworth@yahoo.com [vpFREE]" <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
It says on VPFree2 (a site that is an essential tool for VP players) that the Aces and Eights at Circus Circus in Las Vegas has a 100.25% return. Yet, Winpoker has a 99.78%
return for the same paytable. This is for the base game without the royal progressive.
Does the 10K on a sequential royal make that much of a difference?
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It says on VPFree2 (a site that is an essential tool for VP players) that the Aces and Eights at Circus Circus in Las Vegas has a 100.25% return. Yet, Winpoker has a 99.78%
return for the same paytable. This is for the base game without the royal progressive.
Does the 10K on a sequential royal make that much of a difference?
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I agree with misscraps with her comments on "A walk on the wild side".
The west side of the strip, between Bellagio and NYNY, is quite changed. Boardwalk is gone, replaced by all sorts of high rises (Aria, Vdara and Cosmopolitan) and a cool "new" tram between Bellagio and Monte Carlo. The interior of NYNY has lost a lot of the sort of Central Park feel (IMHO). All of the "trees" are gone and it looks more like an ordinary casino.
Chocolate plays a big role now on the south end of the strip. I wonder how much gets melted as people walk in the heat of summer. Not only is there an M & M store, there is a Hershey's store as well <smile>.
Thanks for the tour, misscraps!
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I was staying at Harrah's this weekend, because I actually was going to a slot tournament at the Wynn, but I didn't have a hotel room at the Wynn, so I stayed at Harrah's and took an offer there. By the way the Wynn is really a beautiful place. It's VP is no worse than at Caesar's properties, and we've been getting good weekly cashback offers as locals, plus food and show comps (Showstoppers is great, and Le Riv is also excellent.) (The tournament was very good too, with great breakfast and lunch food, food better than at any other tournament I can remember, and I actually won $2500 -- best I've ever gotten at many over-populated Caesars tourneys is $200!)
But back to my walk.... Actually I rode my scooter, because I knew it was going to be too much of a walk for me with my bad knees. I decided to go from the Wynn all the way down to the MGM. I haven't been on the strip for such a long walk in a very long time.
I was surprised to see how many families were on the strip, with baby strollers and small children. They seem to be having a good time, but if I had small children I would have some doubts about taking them down the strip, where people in costume also include some men and women wearing barely any costume. I was really shocked to see several women with their breasts exposed except for tiny pasties. And of course there are the hucksters still handing out small cards with scantily dressed women pictures. And the drunks, homeless, and odd people.
It was a Friday night, so the strip was extremely crowded, and I felt that any recession is over. It was really an interesting walk for people watching – – with the tourists wearing everything from formal attire to bathing suits. Also the number of street performers and costume-wearers has greatly increased. They were quite interesting to see too -- not only the beefcake men and women in scanty attire, but also all manner of costumes including superheroes, minions, man who let you pose with his large stuffed tiger and giraffe, people with deformed babies sticking out of their chests, Michael Jackson and Kiss Band impersonators, and more. Strangely I didn't spot Elvis but I am sure he/they are there somewhere.
As for the homeless/beggars - there was the usual guy with the "why lie, I just want a beer" but others with more creative signs including "My wife had a sex change operation and ran away with my girlfriend." Also two people sleeping on the street. No sign of the usual police bicycle patrol (didn't there used to be police mounted on horseback? but I guess that was years ago). Pan handlers selling water and other items seemed to be more prolific than I remember from a couple years ago. I don't know if the law changes that now allow costumed characters have also allowed others to sell products, or if the police are just less vigilant. There was even a guy doing something like the three card monte.
Street performers included a painter in a big booth, a couple of trumpet players who were not very good, dancers, and so on.
I noticed a number of younger people on the street. Perhaps they were underaged, so they were forced to walk and tour the outside of casinos instead of inside. A lot of people seemed to be going or coming from the M&Ms shop (near MGM) according to their comments and logo shopping bags. It seemed to be the main final destination for families. The kids really seemed to love the costumed people too.
As I rolled along (in my scooter....love it!), I was able to view some well-remembered landmarks on the strip I hadn't seen in awhile. The TI front is really different. There is a huge Gilley's restaurant on one side and the pretty shopfronts that were in the back of the lake (that looked like a quaint Caribbean port/village) have become one big Senior Frog's. Together they really destroy what was a picturesque front of TI with their big ugly signs and paint and structures. The two ships remain in the slightly smaller lake. One of them is undergoing refurbishment, so maybe eventually they will bring back the pirate show (one can hope). On the corner of Spring Mountain there is now a big drugstore (sorry, I can't remember the brand, CVS?).
Some sort of construction is going on at the Fashion Show Mall. I was on the other side of the street, so I don't know what is happening there.
The small carts that used to be around Harrah's Carnival Court are gone, and the Link has really changed that area. It is now quite convenient to walk from Harrah's directly into the Link. Unfortunately for wheelchairs and scooters, it takes a bit of hunting to find the ramped egress out of the Link in the Flamingo direction.
I went into the new shops in front of Bally's -- all small stores selling souvenirs, food, sunglasses, And snacks. I was struck by the fact that for pedestrians heading that way, you barely can see Bally's once you are in the maze of shops. There is no longer an easy-to-spot walkway into Bally's. People might just easily walk into the shops and walk out again and miss the casino. I wonder if Bally's will discover they have created a way to actually lessen the foot-traffic into the casino instead of increase it. But perhaps Bally's is planning to add some sort of direct entrance near the Paris side, because there is construction going on after you pass the stores. If so, it is about time!
As I passed Paris I realized that the Sugar Factory is no more, replaced by some other sugary restaurant. Walkers passing Planet Hollywood should take the escalator up, because if you miss it, you find yourself on a winding ramp that takes longer to walk yet still brings you up right next to PH. I zoomed up it, of course, unfazed on my scooter (woo hoo -- love that scooter). On my return I went through the Miracle Mile shops (darn that hallway is long), and noticed that place is really really busy.
Then came a bunch of older Vegas type souvenir stores. I somehow thought they were all torn down. The Hawaiian Marketplace didn't seem to have many stalls, and none that I saw seemed in any way Hawaiian -- just more places to buy souvenirs, sunglasses, and snacks. I think that is where I found the Turkish Ice Cream stand. They don't use eggs! (Ice cream with eggs is better.)
At any rate, walking the strip is quite interesting and entertaining. I am sure it is also a pickpocket heaven, because I saw many women swinging handbags in a careless way, lots of people crowded together, and many many distractions to look at (and google at!) -- perfect grounds for pickpockets. Still, with caution, and good walking shoes (or a scooter), I highly recommend taking a trip on the wild side if you haven't done it lately.
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