How I learned my lesson
June 21st, 2011 at 2:45:21 PM
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My first Royal Flush:
My second Royal Flush, one week later:
My second Royal Flush, one week later:
June 21st, 2011 at 2:50:31 PM
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Congrats on both, especially the second one. I think this is one lesson you'll remember.
June 21st, 2011 at 2:51:17 PM
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Oh, please excuse the crap payout tables.
June 21st, 2011 at 5:23:18 PM
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Oh, I get it. On the first one you must have had fewer than all coins being played and therefore received less or else you were at a far worse machine.
Anyway, thats good luck to have had two Royal Flushes. What is it, one every forty thousand spins or one every four thousand spins or something?
Anyway, thats good luck to have had two Royal Flushes. What is it, one every forty thousand spins or one every four thousand spins or something?
June 22nd, 2011 at 5:27:02 PM
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Congratulations on both wins. I note on the first that you were down to only 5 units and betting them one at a time when the royal hit. It's as if the machine knew you were getting ready leave...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo da Vinci
June 22nd, 2011 at 6:26:21 PM
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August 11th, 2011 at 6:32:24 PM
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Although you should always play full coin, there's absolutely no guarantee that you would have hit the Royal in game #1 if you had. Sure, it can be a "lesson learned" but it's nothing to berate yourself over.
Joseph Kulas
August 11th, 2011 at 7:59:08 PM
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This kills me. Everybody except me gets Royal Flushes! I've had one Royal in my life, and that was nearly 20 years ago! Granted, I don't play tons, but at twice a month for 3-4 hours a time each month for 20 years, you'd think I'd have hit more than one!
"Bite my Glorious Golden Ass!" - Bender Bending Rodriguez
August 11th, 2011 at 8:31:36 PM
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Quote: Toes14This kills me. Everybody except me gets Royal Flushes!
I haven't either, though I've hit 4 deuces in DW twice. First time was a single line machine at the Sahara and I was playing one coin (I know, but I didn't then). Second time was on a ten line machine at the Rampart playing max coin, but at $0.10 denomination.
Of course I play a lot less than you do...
Donald Trump is a fucking criminal
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:15:09 AM
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Some of us out here haven't had one yet.....Boo Hooooo!
August 22nd, 2011 at 8:51:58 AM
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The only one I've ever hit was on Bodog when I was playing in practice mode, dang it.
December 23rd, 2011 at 8:38:30 AM
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I got a hole in one while golfing in 2009; odds were 1 in 32,000. So, the odds on a royal flush are similarly 1 in 40,000???
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:04:50 AM
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I like to say I've gotten a hole in one twice. While it is true that I sunk my tee shots on par 3 holes, they both came after plunking the original tee shots in the water. That's a heck of a way to get a par.
I find golf is a lot like blackjack- it's always someone else's fault when things go wrong.
I find golf is a lot like blackjack- it's always someone else's fault when things go wrong.
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth. - Mahatma Ghandi
December 28th, 2011 at 10:59:24 AM
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I have seen one Royal in my life, On Pick'Em Poker even. Still waiting for one on JoB or something
December 28th, 2011 at 3:06:56 PM
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Last February (2010), on my trip to Vegas, I hit two Royals in a few days. The first was on 8-5 BP $.25 at Casino Royale, holding 2 cards. I was actually only playing to get a Four-of-a-Kind in their old bonus coin promotion. I was going to get up as soon as I hit quads, but got the Royal first and had to continue playing to hit the quads.
A couple days later, over at the Palms, on 9-6 $.25 JoB, I hit another Royal Flush, this time holding 4. I was going to get up when I was up $50, but just ordered a drink, which took FOREVER to get to me, and ended up being on my last $5 when I hit the Royal. The drink was pretty good, I recall.
I hadn't hit another Royal until October, at HSI, I finally hit one on $.50 9-6 JoB. I held 4 that time as well, and the machine locked up quickly. It wasn't 30 seconds and personnel was already over getting the hand pay ready to go. While they were getting that, I nearly got another, as I held 4 to the Royal, and hit the straight in the other suit of the same color.
A couple days later, over at the Palms, on 9-6 $.25 JoB, I hit another Royal Flush, this time holding 4. I was going to get up when I was up $50, but just ordered a drink, which took FOREVER to get to me, and ended up being on my last $5 when I hit the Royal. The drink was pretty good, I recall.
I hadn't hit another Royal until October, at HSI, I finally hit one on $.50 9-6 JoB. I held 4 that time as well, and the machine locked up quickly. It wasn't 30 seconds and personnel was already over getting the hand pay ready to go. While they were getting that, I nearly got another, as I held 4 to the Royal, and hit the straight in the other suit of the same color.
"One out of every four people are [morons]"- Kyle, South Park
January 9th, 2012 at 2:04:02 PM
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I got a good sweat like that this weekend..
Hit a 5c Royal (holding JUST the Ah) on Friday night...
Sunday I was playing a $ 9/6JoB with a $4500 royal..was dealt AKQJc5c....really was painful, but I wasn't feeling that luck would be on my side TWICE in one weekend (ESPECIALLY since it was a pat $30...if it had've been only a pair or a straight, I'd of went for it)...then again, if I went for it and hit it for $4500, I would have immediately projectile vomitted
Hit a 5c Royal (holding JUST the Ah) on Friday night...
Sunday I was playing a $ 9/6JoB with a $4500 royal..was dealt AKQJc5c....really was painful, but I wasn't feeling that luck would be on my side TWICE in one weekend (ESPECIALLY since it was a pat $30...if it had've been only a pair or a straight, I'd of went for it)...then again, if I went for it and hit it for $4500, I would have immediately projectile vomitted
Gambling calls to me...like this ~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nap37mNSmQ
January 9th, 2012 at 3:26:50 PM
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Quote: TIMSPEEDI got a good sweat like that this weekend..
Hit a 5c Royal (holding JUST the Ah) on Friday night...
Sunday I was playing a $ 9/6JoB with a $4500 royal..was dealt AKQJc5c....really was painful, but I wasn't feeling that luck would be on my side TWICE in one weekend (ESPECIALLY since it was a pat $30...if it had've been only a pair or a straight, I'd of went for it)...then again, if I went for it and hit it for $4500, I would have immediately projectile vomitted
I'm pretty sure the machine did not know you had already hit a royal on Friday, so it would have to deny you on Sunday. The proper play was to go for the royal. Especially with the "fat" progressive. There were 47 cards left in the deck. One would hit the royal. 7 would give you the same flush payout you held. 3 would give you a straight, and 12 would pay you even money for the JoB pair. That means you had a 17% chance of improving or staying the same, and ~ a 49% chance of at least getting your money back or doing better.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo da Vinci
January 9th, 2012 at 3:56:21 PM
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You know the correct strategy is to drop the pat flush with four to a royal, right?Quote: TIMSPEEDI got a good sweat like that this weekend..
Hit a 5c Royal (holding JUST the Ah) on Friday night...
Sunday I was playing a $ 9/6JoB with a $4500 royal..was dealt AKQJc5c....really was painful, but I wasn't feeling that luck would be on my side TWICE in one weekend (ESPECIALLY since it was a pat $30...if it had've been only a pair or a straight, I'd of went for it)...then again, if I went for it and hit it for $4500, I would have immediately projectile vomitted
"Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe." -Rig Veda 10.34.4
January 11th, 2012 at 5:00:43 PM
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I hit a royal this past Saturday night, first in about 170-thousand hands. Now, I'm afraid to play again fearing I will put it all back-- and more.
Regarding playing with less than full coin in:
It makes no difference in the big scheme of things if you have full coin in or not. Royals and jackpots come when they come.
I was at Caesars a few years back when a lady was down to her last quarter playing the 25-cent wheel of fortune and got the three jackpot symbols. There was no consoling her -- she was a wreck because she won "only" 10K vs the two million. But had she taken the time to put in the extra money, she never would have hit the 10K.
that's life.
Regarding playing with less than full coin in:
It makes no difference in the big scheme of things if you have full coin in or not. Royals and jackpots come when they come.
I was at Caesars a few years back when a lady was down to her last quarter playing the 25-cent wheel of fortune and got the three jackpot symbols. There was no consoling her -- she was a wreck because she won "only" 10K vs the two million. But had she taken the time to put in the extra money, she never would have hit the 10K.
that's life.
January 11th, 2012 at 5:31:20 PM
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Great point Alan. A few months ago I hit a $2 Triple Star machine on a 2 credit play for $5400. Last week, same bank of machines I hit the exact same winner but only had played a single credit. Half the jackpot. I spent all of about 2 seconds in recrimination mode. Win is a win... ;-)
January 13th, 2012 at 9:43:58 AM
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Quote: teddysYou know the correct strategy is to drop the pat flush with four to a royal, right?
Yes, I know the correct play...I know I made the incorrect play..but it was tough...
EDIT: I'd say luck made up for it (sorta)..I hit 8888 the very next hand for $125.
Then I went back to the bar and played 25c STP and hit 8888 x10 for 1250 quarters...although that $4500 royal would have made me poop.
Gambling calls to me...like this ~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nap37mNSmQ
