Comments on: The Royal Road

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:03:16 +0000

That you hit a royal from one ace at the Hilton made me smile. My first was just the same way in the same place. I held the ace of hearts and it turned into something beautiful 🙂 Loving these stories.

By: Gerda Sisson

Gerda Sisson — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:26:25 +0000

VP is a game of skill and lots of LUCK . I’ve had a few Royals holding just one card . Obviously there was no skill involved when the Royal hit . It also helped that Jean and Brad played as a team . Often when I’m down or just plain have one of those bad streaks and my husband plays well or the other way around , I play well and he doesn’t , our bankroll does not suffer as it would if we played alone .I believe that certainly adds a lot to Jean and Brad’s success .

By: mary i

mary i — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:50:59 +0000

the amount of royals you’ve hit are unreal…even taking out the 100 play one that brad hit. actually, you were and continue to be very lucky!

By: joel hendricks

joel hendricks — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:15:08 +0000

Amen Kevin!!
People think I’m lying when I tell them I’ve won over 70 royals!
So what!
I’m still so far left on the bell curve I can’t hear it ringing!
They say these casinos can’t “adjust” these machines, but I’m beginning to wonder if that’s true.

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:28:30 +0000

Funny thing–I know a lot of players, myself included, who in the mid-90s, when great opportunities abounded, stepped up in denomination–and got their bankrolls blasted out of existence as a result. Doesn’t matter if the game returns 104% if you ain’t got the money to play it. I wonder if you would have stuck with it if you had lost that first $3000 bankroll–or three or four such bankrolls. Bob D wasn’t doing you any favors talking you into that dollar play unless your bankroll was $20K or more. Your early VP years appear to have been a successful stroll through a minefield; many, many others weren’t so successful. The bottom line is that of all the skilled VP players I knew in the mid-90s, regardless of how well they played, they survived if they hit royals and busted out if they didn’t. Finish two or three royals short of expectation in a month, or two consecutive months, and you’re back to working at WalMart.
I agree about the thrill of hitting royals but for me, I’m usually stuck so far when the damn things finally show up that the primary feeling I experience is one of relief (whee! I’m not minus $800 any more!). It’s not even, strictly speaking, a matter of bankroll: do you have enough faith in the process to continue bashing away when you’ve lost, say, 60% of that bankroll? When you’re down not one royal, but three? Or five?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:44:25 +0000

great read on your royal history!