4 spins, 2 royals!!!

After breakfast this morning my playing partner was playing thru some free play on both our accounts. (He handles all our machine play now). So playing on his card, he hits a $1 royal for four grand. While waiting for attendant to return with ID and social and W2, he moves to the next machine inserts my card and on third spin is dealt a royal, but only for a quarter, $1000. I asked why he was only playing a quarter and he said he always plays a quarter on my card to avoid hand pay. I knew that, BUT, in this case I was sitting right there. No need to. Lol. But still a good day for our non blackjack totals. :-)

Our only other 2 royals of the year occurred back in February, 3 days a part. It's funny how these things go.

Sounds like business is good! I sent you a pm btw.

Wow nice hits!

Congratulations, kewlj!

Whenever I play video poker, I always start out betting one credit on the first draw, then work up from there. I usually just play $40 in a quarter machine and I like to make my money last. I will up my bets to five credits if the machine is in a paying mood. The last Royal I hit was at Harrah's Philadelphia, and wouldn't you know, it came on my first draw: a whopping 25 cent bet. Oh well, a win's a win.

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Congratulations, kewlj!

Whenever I play video poker, I always start out betting one credit on the first draw, then work up from there. I usually just play $40 in a quarter machine and I like to make my money last. I will up my bets to five credits if the machine is in a paying mood. The last Royal I hit was at Harrah's Philadelphia, and wouldn't you know, it came on my first draw: a whopping 25 cent bet. Oh well, a win's a win.

Oh my! Pabo, you have to play 5 credits! The whole thing is about hitting a royal and getting that 4000 credits. Hitting a royal and getting 250 credit... yuk! I don't even want to think about the extra advantage you are giving the house by doing this.

Ha! Yeah, kewlj I was kicking myself in the butt that night. But, video poker is a recreational activity for me, as is baccarat, so I don't put much money into it. I do it mainly for the mental challenge of trying to play perfect strategy. Damn tough to do that. Too many adjustments to make depending on the pay table.

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I don't even want to think about the extra advantage you are giving the house by doing this.

It's less than most people assume. ~1.25%, slightly more than 1 full house or 1 flush unit. At my home casinos, playing one quarter is a better move than 5 nickels since quarters are available for full pay, but all nickel games are sub 98%.

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So playing on his card, he hits a $1 royal for four grand. While waiting for attendant to return with ID and social and W2, he moves to the next machine inserts my card and on third spin is dealt a royal, but only for a quarter, $1000.

Our only other 2 royals of the year occurred back in February, 3 days a part. It's funny how these things go.

I am on the Hit a Royal about once every 5 years schedule. At least so far.......

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I don't know how I missed this, good stuff, KewlJ!!!