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Well, I'm back to being Gold - for at least a year!!  Went to Empire with my sister in NY this past weekend for my nephew's graduation.  Now, I'm normally a nickel gal, but my sister plays dollars, and I wanted to hang out with her.  So, after securing a temporary loan from her, I'm doing nothing, nothing nothing.  She says "move to that machine, I got a RF on it"...then I got THIS...(unfortunately Empire only does DDB and not TDB)After the ticket spit out (they pay at the window) - she said - go over and sit at this other machine, and got THAT....MY FIRST W2G FOR VIDEO POKER!  The previous was for $1350 for Diamond Lotto at the Hard Rock!  Looking forward to my LV trip with Fuzzball and see if we can get one together!!

 'girls' sure know how to tease us guys, with a topic headline like this.  congrats, but, i gotta admit i was disapointed when i discovered you were talking about VP.

Well, I'm back to being Gold - for at least a year!!  Went to Empire with my sister in NY this past weekend for my nephew's graduation.  Now, I'm normally a nickel gal, but my sister plays dollars, and I wanted to hang out with her.  So, after securing a temporary loan from her, I'm doing nothing, nothing nothing.  She says "move to that machine, I got a RF on it"...then I got THIS...(unfortunately Empire only does DDB and not TDB)After the ticket spit out (they pay at the window) - she said - go over and sit at this other machine, and got THAT....MY FIRST W2G FOR VIDEO POKER!  The previous was for $1350 for Diamond Lotto at the Hard Rock!  Looking forward to my LV trip with Fuzzball and see if we can get one together!!




Nice hits!

But hate to be a downer, but those machines aren't real video poker. If your sister typically plays dollars there, she would be much better off driving to AC/Mohegan/Foxwoods to play. If that game pays more than 92% longterm, I'd be surprised.

Congrats on the two nice jackpots! I have never seen the game you are playing. Can you explain the match card?

But hate to be a downer, but those machines aren't real video poker. If
your sister typically plays dollars there, she would be much better
off driving to AC/Mohegan/Foxwoods to play. If that game pays more than
92% longterm, I'd be surprised.She plays there because it's close to her.  I guess I'm just Bob Dancer's dunces, because I play what I like to play.  They are real video poker, they just include a match card as an additional way to be paid.  Yes, say congrats and let's move on....

The match card is basically if you match the last # you get additional $s.

Congrats on the two nice jackpots! I have never seen the game you are playing. Can you explain the match card?



It's a gimmick to make sure your predetermined win is maintained. This is because "Vegas Style" VP is illegal in New York state-run racinos.

For example, lets say a player was supposed to win 2000 credits via Aces w/kicker like luvs did, but instead of just holding AA, they held 66AA instead with the Ace of hearts being the last card rendering quads impossible in a standard game. The machine then decides to award two pair for 5 credits, but the "match card" will appear as the Ace of hearts, and award 1995 credits for matching the "match card" to ensure that a 2000-credit win was awarded regardless of how the hand was played.

It's basically a glorified slot machine and total BS in my opinion as they often display attractive paytables like 9/6 DDB with a 5000 credit royal and help prey on the uninformed.

I kinda thought the subject matter would be different. Good for you Luvz.

vman, on a different thread i mentioned that we travel to western ny to see friends often and within that area are 4 casinos. two run by the indians and two state run racinos. i also mentioned that many residents who play are not aware of the differences, some actually get a litttle mad when you tell them, they are playing a machine which is the same as bingo. they do not understand the difference between class 2 and 3 machines. while i cannot get into the head of each player, i don't think they are upset by the reduced odds, but more that their trust/belief has been violated. no one likes to learn they have been mislead or believe they have been.  

Yup, Edog....but, $2000 is $2000 is $2000....