May - shit or bust time
Golden Tiger, 3rd May. £50 deposit, no bonus.
Spent £9 of this on the Sure Win Cup, but won nothing. Decided to wait until Wednesday (the day Ariana got launched) before playing
the other £41. As always with a newly released slot, I'm playing it cautious and min betting.
Good thing too, because I didn't start well at all. I had to wait until my 142nd spin before getting my first win of 4x bet (£1).
Bloody hell. Ariana is playing so badly it should be renamed Raging Mermo
After 245 spins, my biggest win is £1.80 and I am 7 spins from a bustout. The next spin finally gets me my first win of 10x bet
or better (£6.75). A bit of breathing room, but it was short-lived, as I soon find myself only 5 spins away from a bustout.
307 spins played. Chip and a chair time. And this month looks like it's gonna start the same way the last two months did. Sigh.
But the next spin gives me hope....
Pic 1 - My first full screen on Ariana - 125x bet
A full hour and 714 spins has passed since Pic 1. And I am now down to £10. Not good, but at least the lowish variance has finally started
to kick in. On the next spin, I get free spins which marks the start of an 8 minute spell that completes the comeback.
Pic 2 - Never has getting 4 wild reels felt so ordinary. To put in into context, all my other 4 wild reel wins (on TDK and BSG)
paid at least 900x bet. This weighs in at...82.4x bet. Yuck. Never mind though, I got breathing room again.
5 minutes later....
Pic 3 - Another full screen of the coral reef (or whatever it actually is) - 125x bet
And 3 minutes later comes the clincher and the biggest win of the session...
Pic 4 - Full screen of sea plant (or whatever it actually is) - 175x bet
After that, I played down to £100. And once I got there, I didn't hesitate to cashout. It was only a small double up on my deposit,
but given that I was only 5 spins away from what looked like a certain bustout, I was more than happy with this result. It's been ages
since I had one of those last-ditch rescues and it sure felt good. Especially as I wanted to start the month on a good note.
Hopefully this comeback was going to be a good omen for the month ahead. Because if May goes the same way as March and April,
then I was done for the rest of the year.
Next time.....a 3-part IR special. And it happened during the first half of the month too
