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The Bride Of Bulletman Part12
B-O-B: They are in-house, yes.
Frank: So what you’ve sensed could very well be true. You have been able through observation and that sixth sense of yours to actually pick the right machines. You could have a whole bank of joker-poker machines, all looking alike, all with the same payout scales, and one or two are programmed to hit like crazy and the others are programmed to be tight as hell. That’s because they are actually slot machines and not video poker machines.
B-O-B: I’ve always felt this. I’ve always felt that the machines weren’t exactly like the video-poker machines in Vegas.
Frank: They’re not. Or, at least, they don’t have to be.
Bulletman: So strategy decisions would be much more important for Vegas than for Atlantic City?
Frank: Machine selection would be of paramount importance in Atlantic City because you don’t know what you’re getting. In Vegas, you know what you’re getting—unless the casino is cheating. But what would be cheating in Vegas would be abiding by the rules in Atlantic City.
B-O-B: Other players have found this out too. The machines I like to play are heavily played. I have to get to them early and keep them all day because the regulars want them. So I guess without realizing it, people have sensed the same things I have.
Frank: So sum it up for me.
B-O-B: I enjoy going away and when I play my video-poker machines, I go away. It’s relaxing and thrilling simultaneously. I also like the solitariness of it. It’s just me. I teach sixth graders and I’m on the go all the time in the classroom. I’d say I answer some 400 questions a day. It’s a very intense job. I love it but this video-poker gives me a chance to get away and be…
Frank: A hermit?
B-O-B: Something like that. Playing video poker has
refreshed me. It makes me ready to deal with the tremendous activity of my regular life.
Frank: Well, I hope you have continued success and I appreciate the fact that you shared with my readers your ideas.
B-O-B: My pleasure.
Three weeks after this chapter was finished and in the hands of my publisher, Angela called me. She had gone on an overnight trip to Atlantic City. In a span of 12 hours she won_hold your breath—three progressive jackpots at three different locations in the same casino. As far as I know, this is an all-time record. bet sports
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The Bride Of Bulletman Part6
B-O-B: But as we started playing more and more, we started to be courted. Our weekend room rates fell to a $100, then $75, then $45, then fully comped.
Bu I let man: When we really started getting comped was when the casinos began with their computer tracking of machine players. B-O-B always puts in long hours at the machines. But before that, I was always hesitant to ask for comps. I felt funny about asking for something. It was a psychological thing. You've written about that in your books—to always ask for everything you can get.
Frank: I write that to remind myself because I used to have that problem of feeling funny about asking for a comp. I have to overcome that.
B-O-B: I don't have that problem.
Frank: When did you discover video poker?
B-O-B: I think I played them the way you would play the slots. I wasn't really that conscious of them. But when I won my first jackpot, I realized that I enjoyed this game more than slots. It just seemed easier to win at them. It's skill and knowing that every so often something will happen. At the casino where we go, I know the exact machines to play. Which areas they're found in. I know the exact machines. I only play the progressives in Atlantic City. I know that video-poker machines are supposed to be based on their payout scale but in Atlantic City I'm willing to swear that some machines are loose and some are tight—even the exact same machines. Playing so much has shown me which machines these are.
Frank: How long do you play for.
B-O-B: I'll play for ten straight hours at one machine in a carousel. I know everyone in the place. I know which machines are loose. I always play machines that have hit a lot. I prefer to play these because they keep hitting.
Frank: I think you've discovered the secret of the Atlantic City machines. They are very much like slot machines and their placement probably follows the placement philosophy of Mr. Handle [see Break the One-Armed Bandits1.]. So you know where to find the loose machines.
B-O-B: I am a joker poker player…
Bulletman: A joker-poker fanatic.
B-O-B: Exclusively. That's my game. And I only play the progressives. Now in joker poker, you want to get five of a kind. But to get this, you have to be willing to spend a long time playing. You need a big bankroll.
Frank: So you combine bankroll with machine selection and you stick to joker poker only?
B-O-B: That's right.
Frank: You play ten hours straight—how do you do that?
B-O-B: Right from breakfast to the machines and except for bathroom breaks when I have them hold my machine for me, I just play and play and play until it's time for dinner. After dinner I'll hit the machines again.
Bulletman: She combines a solid strategy with enough of a bankroll. She also plays fast. She is like lightning.
B-O-B: I also must say that I do have hunches.
Bulletman: The amount she's won, some of our friends jokingly say that she was born with a horseshoe, uh, around her neck.
B-O-B: Well, they don't say around my neck. It's a slightly more colorful expression.
Frank: I get the idea. Somewhat scatological. The point is.. .you're lucky.
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