You sometimes mention machine malfunctions. I found a bad bank at one of my stops. These are newish bartop Game Kings, but not the latest. I'm accustomed to occasional bad buttons. You press the button and nothing happens, so you touch the screen instead.
But these were flickering buttons. Press the button and the HELD indicator flickers on and then off. Almost every machine at the bar had issues. I had to move on because those units would be quicksand for extended play. Every hand you have to wait to be sure your holds stay there.
I have run into the failure to stay held buttons recently on newer machines. They hold the card initially, but when you hit draw, the hold disappears. Most recently, I held 2 pair and one card didn’t stay held. I did get 2 pair back, but I may have lost a full house. Will never know. IMO none of the newer machines are made like tanks like the old ones were.
I am still varying my Clone strategy a bit on 9/6 JOB. My favorite is the most aggressive, but can land you in trouble on an ice cold machine. That one is go up one unit like from bet 5 to bet 6 anytime ( ignoring pushes ) you lose 3 hands without at least 2 pair. I always back my bets down accordingly too and back down further on the better hits. I have also tried waiting for 4, 5, or 6 losses before I up my bet. The slowest and most boring is to wait for a loss of 10 times your bet before advancing the bet. However, with a limited bankroll, it can be the safest. If I wasn’t able to bet up to 25 quarters and then change to halves or dollars on the same machine, I would never be able to play this way. I realize many casinos do not offer that option. When Mohegan Sun first opened over 25 years ago, the machines were letting you bet up to 80 quarters. Even back then, I would hit them pretty good, but head for the hills when I was up 40 bucks or so. I was smart then. Now I like to hit the big ones before I fold em. Usually, it is a big mistake to do that. More times than I can count I have been up 300, gave it all back and then some, then run out of time.
That’s an interesting one. Three hands (ignore pushes) sans 2P = +1 unit. The safest should be +1 when losses equal 10X bet. Unfortunately, my crappy quarter progressive is five quarter max. You’re probably break even by the time you quad.
It’s a decent strategy on dollar if I start at $3. I’d still be okay with a flush or FH soon after ten.
We are about to head up tonight for overnight. Dinner first, watch the news, maybe coffee before the lounge and bars close, then play once the drunks start leaving probably overnight. In fact on today’s news they got a drunk who was straddling the middle line on route two between Foxwods and Mohegan Sun. After the police stopped him, he started attacking the police. They got him subdued without too much injury to the police luckily.
I notice the late night crowds getting worse and worse. I wish the casino would enforce better. Too greedy I think as long as the idiots are losing money they are happy.
I may start with waiting for 3 losses. If no good go to 4 then 5 until I find the right pattern. Hope I don’t have to wait for ten. New observation on JOB. If 2 pairs are scarce all night as well as 3 of a kind, more quads will show to kind of even things out. It still makes me question the total randomness of these machines. The Mrs could verify this how many times I told her a certain event was going to come in and within five minutes or less it does. One more. If you hardly get any full houses all night, once they start, they tend to play catch up very quickly. Anyone can watch for the same patterns. I think you will find more often than not it happens. One last one we have all experienced. The machine will come close, but not let you get even. After coming close several times, it shoots straight down never to return during your session.
Anyone can watch for the same patterns. I think you will find more often than not it happens.
Yes, of course. There are patterns in the randomness. And there is randomness in the patterns. That's what happens in true randomness. And it's a beautiful and elegant thing that defies analysis. To expect NOT to have unusual "patterns" and occurrences, or conversely to expect to have certain hands come "on schedule" is totally flawed thinking that will cloud judgement and promote paranoia.
Or, to put it another way- Bizarro is perfectly normal.
There are patterns in the randomness. And there is randomness in the patterns. That's what happens in true randomness. And it's a beautiful and elegant thing that defies analysis. To expect NOT to have unusual "patterns" and occurrences, or conversely to expect to have certain hands come "on schedule" is totally flawed thinking that will cloud judgement and promote paranoia.
That's what I say to my wife when she looks ugly in a dress.
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