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Originally Posted by anniemac
I was going to asked kinda the same question about play that was asked today. I was playing in one of the free tournaments yesterday and played $900+ and only hit a bonus round on the 'Squirrel' game once for around $15 and that was betting max on all games. My question is, does the tournament play differ from the moneyed play? Do the slots pay different if you are betting your own money? Sure did scare me off when I never got a bonus round on anything.
Just a thought.
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in my experience, the free tournament play seems pretty close to the "real" play. 99% i was playing "real" play but i played enough of the tournaments to get a feel that they are similar, though sometimes i feel that bonuses seem to come more often in free play but this may be an incorrect impression.
regarding squirrel's pike, IMHO i believe this is also a very high variance game even though the bonus at times seems to come very frequently. it's kind of deceptive because it can drain your bankroll just as quickly as the other games. if you look at it closely, squirrel's pike is kind of the predecessor to medieval moolah, just simpler.
my biggest recommendation to anyone is to play very low limits to minimize the "shock" of not getting a bonus round with such high variance, especially on supersuits. use the free play as a way of deciding if these type of games are right for you.
regarding supersuits, knowing the odds of hitting a bonus for a particular game doesn't mean a thing with these games, (1 in 150 in this case.) it is very common to go 300-500 spins without a bonus and then get one or two that pay back 30-50x your bet which is quite rough since you can't really win anything on the reels. however, if you can get a good bonus with retriggers, it is quite a blast. a good bonus on supersuits is 300-500x your bet, but you can see the dilemna in that even a very good bonus can be drained back quite quickly on this game. (and yes, you can go over 1000 spins without a bonus...trust me

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the positive side of this is that at any one time, one spin or bonus can make up for what seems like a terrible losing streak. think of it as "feast or famine."