Comments on: When to Change Machines

By: Virginia Vega

Virginia Vega — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:47:58 +0000

You have mentioned before …about using all your comps rooms etc…for your relatives aroung the holidays…Would I be able to book my family at a Casino with the extra comps I have???

By: Derelict

Derelict — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:57:17 +0000

I am certainly refreshed to hear this. I see people change games at multi-game machines all the time. I have dismissed it as purely recreational play. Or maybe I’m just a luddite who can’t switch between Loose Deuces and DDB on a dime.

I have trouble keeping the games straight in my head. I know 9/6 Jacks, NSU Deuces and Full-Pay Deuces. I simply cannot switch between them rapidly. I change games by playing stretches on the practice software without warnings enabled but with an automatic statistics window that pops up every 100 hands. I’ll do this until I do two or three stretches perfectly (even if I have to check a strategy card occasionally. To me, seeing the choices of closely-valued hands and stopping to check is far more important than knowing which one to choose cold. I would rather lose $200 knowing I’m playing well than see a mistake after I hit DRAW even if I’m up for the session. I despise making mistakes.)

Going back to my main game, Full-Pay Deuces, is easier. A few minutes with my iPhone app is usually enough to make me confident I will not be needlessly giving up what little edge I have.

I have noticed that learning multiple games has helped me be generally more accurate in all games, however, as long as I don’t play too fast.

By: Jack Stevens

Jack Stevens — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:47:16 +0000

Jean, May I ask a dumb question on the subject of “changing machines”? In the good old days (my words) when each VP machine only played one game and for whatever reason you felt your DBL DBL Bonus VP machine was not doing what you wanted, it was easy to walk around the bank of machines and find a DBL Bonus VP machine out of sight of your previous machine and convince yourself you were getting a fresh start on a different game. With todays multi-games on the same VP machine I have trouble convincing myself that pushing a button and changing from DBL DBL Bonus to DBL Bonus on the same machine is, in effect, giving me a fresh start. My question what are your thoughts on changing from one VP game to another on the same machine? Good, bad or indifferent?
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