What is your VP session like?

[cddenver]

This thread made me think of something *I* wanted to ask about - so, everyone who's already responded to "session" views has to do it again...
 
Who stays on one machine for a session, or moves around?  I mean moving from machine to machine in a single bank.  I prefer parking myself on one machine.  That's because I don't see any benefit to moving, and it also does "tweak" me if I move to the next machine and see someone hit something big on the machine I was playing...not trying to start a discussion on "lucky" machines - all the machines in a bank with the same games and pay tables have to be running the same software.  If I really feel the need to move, I'll go find something on the other side of the casino, play there for a while, and go back later.

[pokeherguy]

I just happen to be one of the players who does jump from machine to machine. I play $1 and $2 VP and if I lose $100 on a machine I move to the next one. Wrong or right it became a habit of mine. That also may explain why I have been married 3 times if she ain't treating me right I'm moving on I figure sooner or later I'll find the right one. I consider it to be a terrible night when I never hit quad anything ($250) and am out the door in around an hour with nothing but change in my pockets. A bad night is when a hit a few  $250 quads and I play for a few hours and walk out with nothing but change in my pockets. A good night is when I am hitting $250 quads and maybe a couple of $600 quad 2's,3's or 4's and I play until I am ready to go and leave with close to what I came with, for some reason this type of night is the most rare for me. A very good night is when I am hitting a little of everything and it really appears that I actually know what I'm doing, these nights I play until I am ready to go and leave with a nice chunk of change. These type of nights make up for all the terrible and bad nights.

[MikeA]

With one exception, I'll say that I stick with one machine.  The exception is when I find a machine whose buttons stick or that don't register when you first hit them, or there's a glare on the screen or the screen is fuzzy!  It has to be pretty slim pickin's for me to stay on a malfunctioning machine.  Other than that though, I generally don't move around.

[details]

I play SA only which is a high var. game. I find playing short term, moving around works for me.  Keeping a tally clicker with me and limiting to a certain count for how many master hands I play. Then at the end of an session I note any hits over 5-Ks. This data is kept in diary.

[cddenver]

A very good night is when I am hitting a little of everything and it really appears that I actually know what I'm doing, these nights I play until I am ready to go and leave with a nice chunk of change. These type of nights make up for all the terrible and bad nights.
 
I like those nights too, but they're pretty rare.  Here in CO the casinos close at 2 AM, and it's nice when you have a good run about midnight - simply not enough time to play it back in before they kick you out the door.
 

[shadowman]

Who stays on one machine for a session, or moves around? 
 
I do both. Since it doesn't matter I base moving on how I feel. When I'm only going to be in a casino for a couple of hours I usually stay at one machine. If I'm going to be there longer I typically move around, although I usually will move to another bank if possible. I find that moving around keeps me fresher and more alert. Finally, I will move for physical and environmental reasons. Sticky buttons, smoky, etc.

[rascal]

I move only for mechanical, environmental, or denomination reasons.  If the machine has mechanical problems or someone sits down next to me and immediately farts, then I take it as a sign from God and I move. I also move when I am going up the denom ladder and need to move to a higher area. Some of my best casinos have all of my denoms on the same machine, but some don't. I also get up and go somewhere else when I need to make a serious bankroll decision. I never make these decisions in front of a flashing machine.

[oej719]

Farting does break the old concentration. I usually turn the tables and use it as an advantage. When someone loud or otherwise annoying sits close by and I am at a good machine I try real hard to let one go. Soon I see them cash out and move one. LOL 
 Caution must be used here cause straining can cause other problems!!!.
 
P.S. sometimes it works and sometimes it backfires. Just another gamble.
 

[bigboy]

Better than farting is the trick that i saw someone pull a couple years ago. To get rid of a drunken pest who was stumbling around the machines in the row, this lady faked a violent coughing jag(spit and phelgm airborne). It worked(all of us cleared out of that row). It was definitely the nastiest thing i've seen in a casino.

[cddenver]

Geez, I thought that asking about moving from machine to machine would lead to more polite conversation - "is this dinner talk?".  Can we just go back to something nice like bashing R.S.?
 
I can beat you all on grossness - once had a drunk woman who was playing the machine next to me vomit all over my leg.  *THAT* clears out a bank of machines PDQ.