They're purging, we're running...
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Great post
vinylweatherman.
All of what you said, I feel, has some validity to it.
While it's easy to recognize your last hand of BJ (as you said, it's still on the screen for an extended period of time), how do you approach slots (to know that the "PlayTech purge cycle has indeed taken place)? Or do you simply assume that when you look to see if the last BJ hand you played has been refreshed (clean slate), it would apply to all the games?
I have also found that there is a noticeable advantage in wagering small, not in absolute terms of course, but in relative terms of return against stake.
Agreed. I would look no further than to the wonderful runs I've had at Thunderstruck off of the .09 cent minimum bets placed per spin. Wonderful luck. Increasing from cents and into the dollars, I've generally found the game to run cold (especially in the Free Spins sessions). True or not true, I'm not sure, because someone like
Simmo! has done quite well off of large bets (at least, I assume so).
But I think that I've done MUCH better at BJ, alternating between $2-4 bets (sometimes increasing to $6). If the game isn't in "lock down" mode (no greater indicator than by dropping down 30-40 units within 10-15 minutes of beginning to know that you're in for a REAL doozy), I do feel that I can gradually build-up a decent amount of credit in a 2-3 hour sit. I'm not sure why, but recently, ONLY
Capital Casino doesn't seem to destroy me instantly on increased bets exceeding $10. I've been running into too many of those lose 10 in-a-row (w/3 pushes) streaks as soon as I increase my bets.
...not necessarily winning, but you at least feel you have a fair chance with out dealer 21's and BJ every time on your 20's...
Yes, I recognize that things AREN'T going to be good when THAT happens all too frequently. When the dealers 6's aren't busting, my alarms are going off.
Sidenote: I can't tell you the amount of times where there's a push on BJ's (single-hand BJ), and the very next hand either you or the dealer will get a BJ.
Clearly 3 and 1/2 hours of play with only 1 or 2 free spins is well outside statistical expectation. These games will do 800 to 1000 spins per hour or more on autoplay, 4 hours would be 4000 spins with one or two bonus rounds of free spins. Does indeed make Thunderstruck 1000 for 3 rams look good!
WAY OUT of statistical expectation. I wasn't even going to mention that at first, because it sounds
WAY TOO out-of-the-box out of what to expect from these games. I don't want to come off as some kind of liar, believe you me.
I was alternating between
Mermaids Millions &
Tomb Raider, and whenever I dropped down $25 on one game, I'd leave and go the next game. I did run into quite a few treasure chests/aztec treasures to keep me going, but I've never gone more than say + 850 spins... and that was at
Thunderstruck (which I'd "historically" view as streakier than
Tomb Raider... as I'm still new to
Mermaids Millions). My guess is that I went about 1,200 spins (give or take a hundred) on each game without hitting the Free Spin feature.
I assumed that "generally", the most you can go without getting a free spin on those two games, was about +550-600 (as a WORST case scenario). Hahaha (trying not to cry), well, WORST case is much higher I see.
vinylweatherman, have you considered that once you make a substantial (above $500) withdraw, that most casinos will throw you in "lock down" mode on your next deposit (or next few deposits)?
When I first played Phoenician it was frigid for 3 weeks, but then warmed up to be the only Casino Action casino I have ever had a net positive result with.
Well, it has scared-me-off from making any deposits there for the next while. I'm sounding tautologous (in accordance to my views...) about casinos with instant withdrawals, but they just seem to play EXTREMELY tighter (and not-so-random) after a decent withdrawal was made. Truth or not, I'll never know.
This is due to a server clearout cycle, this will NOT clear any unresolved bets that might be remaining, but will clear the memory of resolved last plays. This may have something to do with the Playcheck purge cycle of 21 days. I have found that after this process a clean slate is granted and a game that seems to have been locked down into a permanent bad mood will perk up to more normal play.
If you recognize that you're thrust into the F**K-ME-Mode, do you withdraw, and wait for the "purge cycle" to end? If so, has this worked to your benefit?
Well, lots of great points (theories) made there
vinylweatherman.
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I managed to cash in 1,200.
