Losing Streaks

[pokeherguy]

I actually agree with JKOCK12 as far as lower denomination VP goes. It may not be fact as far as Nevada goes but from years of personal experience playing .25 VP the only thing I learned was the only difference was it took me longer to lose the same amount of money. The way it was explained to me by a maintinence tech at Tunica was as the denomination went down the casino take went up. I have no idea how Tunica compares to Nevada, Las Vegas or any other place for that matter as far as payback goes but have heard many people say thats its no Vegas. Another thing that chaps my butt is all the poker machines at Tunica are multi-denomination machines they have the choice of .50, 1.00, 2.00 it used to be the .50 players had thier machines and we had ours. Nothing bothers me more that to drop a few hundred dollars playing the max 1.00 bet and someone gets on the same machine playing .50 betting three and hits four aces. 

[cddenver]

Hi -
 
First, I'd like to say "hi" to everyone here - I just signed up, and this is my first posting...
 
Most of the replies suggest backing down on the denomination you're playing, and I agree completely.  Dry spells are part of the game - just the far end of normal play, and everyone has them.  Feels like you're in the middle of the desert looking for water, with none in sight.  Sometimes I wish that I could PAY the casino the price of a quad - just to SEE one (howling).
 
Try backing down to $1 or even $.50 play until you get back on track.  You mentioned that you've had some sessions recently where you've hit some winners early and then played them back in.  Next couple of times that happens, try bugging out with that money in your pocket to get back to a winning mindset.  That's a little trick I play on myself when I've had a run of losing sessions.  Good luck!
 

[shadowman]

The way it was explained to me by a maintinence tech at Tunica was as the denomination went down the casino take went up. 
 
This is pretty much true for slot machines ... and sometimes true for VP. The big difference is that with VP you KNOW the payback of the machine by looking at the paytable. You don't need to guess.
 
I have no idea how Tunica compares to Nevada, Las Vegas or any other place for that matter as far as payback goes but have heard many people say thats its no Vegas.
 
Part of that is because Mississippi limits the maximum payback of machines to <100%. For awhile they did allow some games on multiple game  machines to exceed 100%. I haven't been there for over 4 years so I have no idea if this is still allowed.
 
Another thing that chaps my butt is all the poker machines at Tunica are multi-denomination machines they have the choice of .50, 1.00, 2.00 it used to be the .50 players had thier machines and we had ours. Nothing bothers me more that to drop a few hundred dollars playing the max 1.00 bet and someone gets on the same machine playing .50 betting three and hits four aces. 
 
We all have our pet peeves. Even more disgusting is when they should hold just the Ace, Hold AJ, and still hit the Aces.

[shadowman]

Hi -
 
First, I'd like to say "hi" to everyone here - I just signed up, and this is my first posting...
 
Welcome aboard.

[BOOPSAHOY]

cddenver welcome to the site!

[pokeherguy]

I got a call earlier today, one of my freinds who plays VP also was going south as we say (Tunica) and wanted to know if I wanted to go. It did'nt take me long to say no but told him to call and let me know how it went. Thank goodness I stayed home he said he dropped $900 in about an hour and headed back home. Just like I said in an earlier post its almost a three hour ride each way so its tough to invest six hours and nine hundred dollars for an hours worth of play. He said he's down about $4,300 so far this year but he would make it up sooner or later. He has no wife or kids to answer to so he pretty much goes when he feels like it which is very often (about three times a week) think goodness I have responsabilities or I would probably do the same. I looked back last year (2005) and I got off to a rough start then also, just not like this.  

[shadowman]

He said he's down about $4,300 so far this year but he would make it up sooner or later.  
 
This sounds very dangerous. The type of remark by someone well on their way to bankruptcy.
 
Of course, if he only plays positive opportunities and uses expert strategies he is probably right, however, I'm not so sure there are opportunities like this available in Tunica.

[pokeherguy]

To tell you the truth I've said it before myself. We both have a long VP history that goes back to when they opened the first casino in Tunica, Ms. which was called Splash Casino, it was a test to see how well gambling in this remote area would go. After a few years the larger casinos came rolling in and the last one built was Grand Casino. The both of us started going to the Grand as soon as they were open for business and became our favorite place to play. I would'nt go as far as saying well on the way to bankruptcy but most surely a time of concern which may explain why he only dropped $900 last night. I have been down that much and up that much (4,300) myself many times. When you get up that much you expect to hit a cold streak just as when you get down that much you expect a hot streak. Every year no matter how much I play which of corse depends on how well its going for me as far as hitting jackpots goes I end up a little ahead or a little behind. Even though I am down quite a bit right now I expect myself to get some of my money back. Who knows with a couple of real good trips in a row I might get back to even.

[rascal]

Well, maybe I'm naive, but I cannot imagine anyone riding the road for six hours round trip to play one hour of VP, dropping $900 in the process. Sorry, but in my book that is someone with a problem.

[pokeherguy]

Rascal, don't take this wrong but maybe you are. Not all trips are like this but it is the chance you take when you are located in the sticks as we are. On a typical trip we are there for hours have a nice meal and play for a long time with a lot of money changing hands between the casino and us. I call a good trip when we can do this and come home even. I call it a very good trip when we can do this and come home a few thousand to the good.