Double or not playing VP???

**SlotMonster** · 10th August 2007, 10:22 AM

I played VP (All Aces) few times. And I used "Double" game,
There is 5 cards showed to player. One card is open and if player pick up card better than was open - he will double. If not - he will lost his winnings.
But why on earth sometimes first card - the greatest card from these 5 cards??? If it happends - player cannot win in any case! It's unfair practice not giving player even insignificant chance to win (or at leat save his winnings picking up the same card as was open - King vs. King, for example)!

Opinions?

**tencardcharlie** · 10th August 2007, 10:38 AM

What casino had this crazy rules? King vs. King should be a tie! (and ace beats king)

**thetic** · 10th August 2007, 10:56 AM

1. Agree with point on tie losing being unheard of (but this is not what you were saying though if I read it correctly!)

2. Don't agree with your comment on it being unfair when 1st card is highest. If truly random this will sometimes be the case. By the same token you will have times when the 1st card is the lowest and you can not lose whatever you pick...

**ergopro** · 10th August 2007, 11:02 AM

Unless you're ready to double only the big hits, there's no use doing it IMHO...it's not profitable in the long run...
I thought it was told in one thread that at least in micro casinos, it doesn't matter which card you pick- it's being predetermined at the moment you hit the double button either you win, tie or lose.

**SlotsWizard** · 10th August 2007, 12:06 PM

With MG it is predetermined, which is somewhat unfortunate but it probably doesn't affect as much as we'd like to think.

Mathematically everything works out 50/50, even though the dealer's card might be a King and the player choices are 2, 3, 4, 5. But I 100% agree that they could do a much better job of presenting it - since it's predetermined anyway, why not at least pretend that the player had a chance by sticking an Ace under one of the 3 cards that were not selected?

The good news is that there was nothing you could have done. The bad news is that you will never have control over it. It's a virtual coin toss and the outcome is decided before you even see the up-card on your screen.

Personally, I disable the double feature in every game that I can, but sometimes, especially if my balance is low, I will turn it back on and try to double even-money wins on single-hand VP, or wins less than my original bet in multi-hand VP.