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Should you and if so, at what point do you alter your strategy on a progressive machine?  I played a machine this weekend that the pot for a royal was 2 1/2 the normal payoff.  How would you later your strategy?
Does anyone know which casinos in Las Vegas have full pay deuces wild machines?
thanks

Yes, you alter the strategy for any comination of 2-4 to a RF. Of course, the exact manner in which you vary the strategy is dependent on the paytable being played.
 
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[QUOTE=pidge]Should you and if so, at what point do you alter your strategy on a progressive machine?  I played a machine this weekend that the pot for a royal was 2 1/2 the normal payoff.  How would you later your strategy?   Consider yourself lucky to get to play it at that level if it was full pay. Saw the same thing at the Palms recently.  But weekday 3:00 am could not get 1 of 10 seats. The goodies mostly go to the locals.

  Consider yourself lucky to get to play it at that level if it was full pay. Saw the same thing at the Palms recently.  But weekday 3:00 am could not get 1 of 10 seats. The goodies mostly go to the locals.
 
As they should ...

  I figured you would jump on that remark.  Posted it just for you. Had another royal at Palms ($1125) but gave back all but $450 for the trip. Can't complain about that........But I am, anyway. Didn't get my share of deuces this time.

To be honest it can sometimes be difficult for locals to find a machine when progressives start getting up there.

[QUOTE=jm002546]  Consider yourself lucky to get to play it at that level if it was full pay. Saw the same thing at the Palms recently.  But weekday 3:00 am could not get 1 of 10 seats. The goodies mostly go to the locals.
 
As they should ... [/QUOTE]  Is that why the Optimums are always full even though they're non-progressives? Some of them do have Keno on them though!

When I play in the mornings I can almost always find seats on Optimum machines. Sometimes entire banks are empty. Some of that has to do with reduced slot club benefits for playing these machines.

 As I once posted, I prefer to play after midnight since those are my "normal" working hours and a good bunch of the crowd has thinned by then. Still, I find it tough to find certain machines open that I'd been wanting to play or had my eye on from a previous trip. I'll have to try the real early-bird thing to see if that works for me. Thanks. 

Any recommendations for where FPDW is available in Atlantic City?
Have only played Jack or Better there.
Thanks.
Louis Eagle Warrior