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[bigboy]

It sounds like the real winning part of this deal for the casino, would be that comps wil only accrue for that initial buy-in amount. Is that how this will be set-up??

[vpguy3]

In the end, whatever the setup, it appears to me the casinos are looking for a way to dilute paytables without actually lowering the paytables. Those of us who know how to shop paytables will now need to figure how this "twist" impacts a 9/6 JOB or NSUD or whatever. Get out the calculators because I am sure the game developers did.
Big boy also makes a good point; how will "coin-in" be impacted?

[bicyclecardplayer]

Yes bigboy the comp points will be awarded for the initial buy-in only.  Apparently also you can use XPC (extra play cash) as well.

[gr8bowlr]

I tried the machines at palace station this week.  I dropped $200 in about 45 minutes.  Couldn't get anything to draw to, much less get a pair.  Some of the games give you extra bonus hands if you play them, from 50 hands to 75 or 100.  The pay tables were tweeked to compensate, most of them were 8/5 or less.  Not a good game I think.  I don't think it will fly because of the pay tables.  Maybe it was the time of day I played.  It was fairly early in the morning so not too many people were in there playing.  But like I said just couldn't get anything to draw to.

[pacificblue6]

I just came back from LV and played this new game at GVR $100.00 for 100 free plays.  It sounded like a good deal, you can cash out anytime you are in the positive, but if your in the negative you keep on playing off the free play. In the beginning, I got ahead around $35 winning small hands just waiting for my 4 of a kind, but it never came and I was quickly down in the negative by my 50 play.  By the time I reached nearly 100, I was in the negative by -140 and lost.  In my opinion, I wouldn't play this new game again and now know why hardly anyone else in the casino was playing these new games.

[Mr. Aces]

The pay tables are all pretty good and about the same as regular play.
 
I love Double Double Bonus and know that my $20 or $40 goes waaaaay too fast more often than not.  This fixed number of hands lets me hang in there until I get a quad or two or hopefully a kicker combo.  DDBP is all about having the bullets long enough to hit some good combos.  At least with this session stuff, I know I'm going to keep getting shots at my aces of other goodies!
 
Heard one guy at Sunset last week hit a dollar royal 15 hands in to a 75 hand session.  He had to make a choice.  1).  keep playing his remaining 160 hands which could have theoretically cost him 160 x $5 or $800 if he hit nothing else.  Or 2).  Take the $4045 he had in positive credits, put another hundred in and start again with 175 new hands and $3945 (minus tip) in his pocket.  He chose # 2, I hear.  Pretty cool. 
 
I'll snoop around and see if we can find a demo or web site for this game.  Way cool. 

[maxbet6969]

I agree with you on that I watched this game in play and it's a house game for sure, but I'll get back to you when i play it, oh yes I'll give it a try once

[chuck arl]

I've now played the game a few times, for dollars, and what it boils down to is a game to create play only!! It is like running your own v.p. tournament. You wait for that big hand to come along to save the day, and it usually doesn't happen. A good consistent session with a marginal plus or minus result is acceptable to me as it's the nature of the game. Having said that, your reward for that play is nothing!!---CWA---

[bicyclecardplayer]

The pay tables are all pretty good and about the same as regular play.
 
I love Double Double Bonus and know that my $20 or $40 goes waaaaay too fast more often than not.  This fixed number of hands lets me hang in there until I get a quad or two or hopefully a kicker combo.  DDBP is all about having the bullets long enough to hit some good combos.  At least with this session stuff, I know I'm going to keep getting shots at my aces of other goodies!
 
Heard one guy at Sunset last week hit a dollar royal 15 hands in to a 75 hand session.  He had to make a choice.  1).  keep playing his remaining 160 hands which could have theoretically cost him 160 x $5 or $800 if he hit nothing else.  Or 2).  Take the $4045 he had in positive credits, put another hundred in and start again with 175 new hands and $3945 (minus tip) in his pocket.  He chose # 2, I hear.  Pretty cool. 
 
I'll snoop around and see if we can find a demo or web site for this game.  Way cool. 
 
We have 2 machines in our break room and I realized you really do have to wait for a premium hand; otherwise you are guaranteed a losing session.  That would explain why the other games offer so many bonus hands.  I am very afraid to play these machines for real money, so I will stick with the fake ones for now. 

[maxbet6969]

I played that sorry ass game  and it was a rip off, you buy in for $20 and get 150 hands, if you win you still have to use your credits to play, that don't seem right, if you already payed for the hands then why should it cost you double to play them, I will not ever put my money in that game ever and i'm glad it only cost me $20. Lesson learned don't wasted your time.