Nice run John! I had a great session this morning myself! Playing $5 coin 7/5 BP hit 4 Aces first, then a straight flush, then not even 20 hands later while waiting for my hand pay 4 to the Royal popped up 10d, Jd, Qd, Kd (same exact hand you got!) I was hoping for another SF when the Ad showed itself for a $23,900 progressive Royal! What a nice surprise that was! The machine was definitely rolling! I chased it a bit last weekend and got chewed up, so this was a nice redemption! I played over 4 hours on $800.
Holy Moly!!! What a great run and a great story!!! Especially, since you lasted for long, had hand pay hits along the way, and ended with (of all things) a progressive Royal Flush for $20,000 with an extra $3,900 to boot. Where were you playing? So well done. Stud!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker Thank you John! I don't want to give too much away, but it was at Hard Rock. I like to play early in the morning to avoid the crowds, loud music, and smoke. The funny part is they were coming through to empty the cash boxes and made me cash out and leave the HL room. When they were done I came back and it all happened in under 60 minutes! Before that it was just a straight up grind. Much like you talked about in the video. I was never up or down more than $400. The 2 pair and pairs kept me in it. This video was a dead ringer for my session today. Grinded it out and was rewarded with 3 hand pays and a progressive. 👏👏👏 I've learned much from @johnsworldofvideopoker and @Slotmassacre
So glad to see this video, the Powers of the Universe have granted you the blessing of winning, mine unfortunately has been the lesson of just keep trying, hasn’t been kind to me for awhile, but one can’t win if they don’t play!
Thank you, Yes, the negative variance in video poker eventually comes to visit us all, at one point or another; so I know what you mean. If the doldrums last too long, I’ll play less in the casino, and instead will play more on the simulator at home. Eventually, I’ll go back and find that things have gotten better. Thanks for your comments and for watching.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker Thanks John , went today and played 500.00 and didn’t hit one quad, I get the message loud and clear, hiatus from there for awhile
Hey John, went to Wind Creek in PA last week. Hit the Royal Flush, but on 25 cents. But Hey a win is a win. One of these days, I’m going to head to the High Limit Room, and take my Chances. Enjoy your Videos. 👍👍
Awesome job! Royals are exciting at all denominations. Keep us posted. Thank you for sharing your story. I grew up in Maryland, and used to go to Hershey Park, Pa. as a kid. Please stay in touch. Thank you!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Yes, I saw that “in the moment” but was playing too fast to catch it. I’ve got to slow down. But, Yes, that was a silly error for me to make. Speed kills in this game. Thank you, for watching and commenting!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Thank you, Bill. The machine was just on fire and kept rolling and rolling. No wonder it finally ended with a sweet Royal! Thanks for watching and commenting!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopokerI have developed a bad habit,played TDB to long on dat four of my Reno trip.altho I got 18 quads I did not get a kicker,Did play bonus poker and some ddb.I still lost but not a lot,should have gone Home a winner.any tips for me?less TDB and maybe up the denom on bonus poker?
Thank you, Richard. Yes, I’ve taken big wins many times to: furnish my entire house, pay-off cars, put a pool resort and outdoor kitchen in my backyard, and the occasional jumbo payment on the mortgage to reduce the principal. Hopefully, there’s more to come to pay off the house completely. It’s definitely like walking a tightrope. Patience and perseverance are the keys to winning. Thank you for your comments.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
That amount of play on 175 is a freakin win in my book. 4 or sets of quads during that session was rad. I consider time/hands played as dues to be in position to covert all them shots at a royal or one of them other goodies on double/triple games. Ur absolutely right about all that 100%! The down side to VP for me is I can only play about an hour before I start to go cross eyed 😂. Anyway awesome to watch.
Yes, I was fortunate to get a lot of mileage out of that run, even though it didn’t convert this time around. Sooner or later, though, something will “pop” and will make up for all the break even or losing sessions. So much fun! Thanks for watching and commenting!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Greetings from Torrance! Well done sir! To get this much play from free money is just incredible! I did a rough calculation of how many hands a minute I play. One hand roughly every 3 seconds is 20 a minute. 60 minutes is 1200 hands. I have had sessions like this that literally wore me out (sore shoulders). But its a good pain! I'm really happy that you are still taking money away from Pechanga. Every time you do is just inspiration for Mom and I. Thanks again and stay cool out there!
Hi, Paul. Yes, sore shoulders, neck, wrists, back, and all of the above simultaneously!😂 Such is the life of true blue video poker players! I’m glad to hear your Mom is getting back to Pechanga again! I’ll bet she’s happier now too. Best wishes to you, your Mom, and family. I hope to run into you two again some time. Take care. Hi, to your Mom.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Yes, those few machines on that row seem to be quite favorable overall. I run into subscribers all the time at Pechanga. If you ever happen to see me there, by all means, come on over and say hi! Thank you for your comments and good luck at Pechanga.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
It’s hit or miss trying to film at Pechanga. On this session I was focused on playing to win, so I wasn’t filming at the time. Sometimes, they let me film, and then there are other times that they don’t. Go figure on the one time that I wasn’t filming the machine was rolling well for 4.5 hours straight going back and forth between the $2 & $5 coin denominations. Whew! I’m so glad, after that long battle, that the Royal decided to show-up on the $5 coin denomination for $20,000, instead of showing-up on the $2 coin denomination for only $8,000! And, Yes, I was frustrated not to be able to film it, because I could have yielded 15-20 videos off of that perfect session, along with its happy ending. One of these days, I’m bound to catch another session like that on film. Thanks for your comments and viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Yes, great pay tables at Pechanga and even better at Pala (on $1 denominations & above). Both casinos are excellent in terms of their video poker offerings. Thank you for your comments!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hey John! My husband and I with my brother and sister-in-law will be at Pala on Thursday, July 11. We are meeting Becky and I think Lucky Legion and his wife are coming as well. It would be awesome if you could make it over there too.!!
Hi, Misty, Thank you. It’s always a pleasure meeting friends of the channel. I may be able to make it, but it wouldn’t be there until 8:30pm, if that works for you. If not, I’m sure that Becky may be there on one of these upcoming weekends where my availability is better. I’ll stay in touch with, Becky, and we’ll see how it goes. So nice of you. Thank you!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
That’s a lot of play so good for you. I did notice a few errors in this session, much more than the others, so I think you were getting a little tired. Also given the worse pay table at 50 cent, I would have stayed at $1 all the way. I know you like coining up and down but given the worse pay table I don’t like going lower.
Yes, I was playing way too fast, and hanging with friends at the same time, and I tend to get distracted easily under those conditions. I haven’t really kept up with simulator practice lately either. Also, with nearly 2.6M possible hands, mistakes are going to be made by everyone, no matter what. It’s just “part” of the game. What I’m really after is what I’ve always called, “sloppy near perfect” play (which lately, I’ve been sloppy, sloppy, sloppy, near perfect play😂).Ultimately, I’m just really waiting for 2, 3, or 4 to the Royal cards to “show-up” and convert to big wins on larger coin denominations. Since the game is random in nature (where anything can happen, at any time), I’m relying more on that aspect of the game, than on any other one factor, to score big wins. Still, you’re correct, some of my errors were simple ones that could have and should have been avoided. I will work on that. Thank you for your comments, Henry.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Yes, I knew that holding the suited King & 10 was the correct play, but 2 to the Royal is a very long shot (1 in 16,215) to hit it. My bankroll was running very low, so instead, I took a short term strategy approach by holding just the face card to improve my chances of hitting a JoB hand of 2 Kings, which I did hit. So, even though it was the incorrect “long term strategy”, in this instance, the short term strategy approach allowed me to hit 2 Kings. Sometimes, I’ll ignore long term strategy if the bankroll is getting close to depletion. It isn’t correct play, but that is why I did that. There will be other sessions where I do have a “more than adequate” bankroll, and under those circumstances, I won’t take shortcuts, but rather, I’ll stick to the long term strategy. Thank you, for your comments and for watching!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
If it’s going well on House money, I try to go to a higher coin denomination, if it’s not going that well, I drop back down to a lower coin denomination. Hopefully, a good hit happens to come along while I’m on a higher coin denomination. Thanks for watching!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Yes, I do, but usually only when I have to keep “coining-down” to preserve the bankroll. I have hit 6 Royal Flushes on the 25¢ coin denomination, which represents approximately 13% of all the Royals that I have ever hit. All coin denominations of play are fun and exciting to me. Thank you for commenting and viewing my channel!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Yes, he’s very busy running his business, and keeping-up with all the sports teams that his kids participate in, which unfortunately leaves less time for filming and editing content. It’s hard to believe that, he and I, met during the pandemic, 4 years ago, this August. We have played and done a lot together, all over Vegas, Reno, and Southern California, during the first 2 years. Those early days, were the good old days; and if it weren’t for him, I never would have started a channel. We had such a blast setting up “our crew” of players during that time. He, and his family, have visited my home before, and we have played at all my local casinos together. I miss him, as much as you do!🥹🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Sorry John, two pair converts to a full house once out of every 23.5 hands, not once in 98 hands. There are 47 cards remaining in the deck and there are two cards that can make that full house.
At 7:10 in my video, I actually said, “A pair hits on average, 1 out of 98 times played” which is true. I think because I said this (after hitting a full house holding 2 pair) that it confused you. So we’re both actually right. You are correct with your statement, as I am correct, with my statement. I should have made both statements in the video, since my overall point was to stress the “value” of hitting a lot of full houses in a session to keep the bankroll alive. Thank you, for adding your comment about the 2 pair conversions to the full house as 1 out of every 23.5 hands which is very good information to know. Thank you, Michael.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Nice run John!
I had a great session this morning myself! Playing $5 coin 7/5 BP hit 4 Aces first, then a straight flush, then not even 20 hands later while waiting for my hand pay 4 to the Royal popped up 10d, Jd, Qd, Kd (same exact hand you got!) I was hoping for another SF when the Ad showed itself for a $23,900 progressive Royal! What a nice surprise that was! The machine was definitely rolling! I chased it a bit last weekend and got chewed up, so this was a nice redemption! I played over 4 hours on $800.
Holy Moly!!! What a great run and a great story!!! Especially, since you lasted for long, had hand pay hits along the way, and ended with (of all things) a progressive Royal Flush for $20,000 with an extra $3,900 to boot. Where were you playing? So well done. Stud!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker Thank you John! I don't want to give too much away, but it was at Hard Rock.
I like to play early in the morning to avoid the crowds, loud music, and smoke. The funny part is they were coming through to empty the cash boxes and made me cash out and leave the HL room. When they were done I came back and it all happened in under 60 minutes! Before that it was just a straight up grind. Much like you talked about in the video. I was never up or down more than $400. The 2 pair and pairs kept me in it. This video was a dead ringer for my session today. Grinded it out and was rewarded with 3 hand pays and a progressive. 👏👏👏
I've learned much from @johnsworldofvideopoker and @Slotmassacre
@tul9033 Great job and excellent descriptions of how it all went down! Congratulations, and thank you for all the details!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Great video… great instructor. They don’t call John “The Professor” for nothing!!!
Thank you so much, Senator!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
So glad to see this video, the Powers of the Universe have granted you the blessing of winning, mine unfortunately has been the lesson of just keep trying, hasn’t been kind to me for awhile, but one can’t win if they don’t play!
Thank you, Yes, the negative variance in video poker eventually comes to visit us all, at one point or another; so I know what you mean. If the doldrums last too long, I’ll play less in the casino, and instead will play more on the simulator at home. Eventually, I’ll go back and find that things have gotten better. Thanks for your comments and for watching.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker Thanks John , went today and played 500.00 and didn’t hit one quad, I get the message loud and clear, hiatus from there for awhile
Hi John! Congrats on the Aces and the BIG Royal flush at Pechanga. Thank you for the video!
Thank you, Debbie! I hope to see you down this way again some time. Take care and happy Royal hunting to you!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Wow John! Congratulations!
Thank you, Becky!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hey John, went to Wind Creek in PA last week. Hit the Royal Flush, but on 25 cents. But Hey a win is a win. One of these days, I’m going to head to the High Limit Room, and take my Chances. Enjoy your Videos. 👍👍
Awesome job! Royals are exciting at all denominations. Keep us posted. Thank you for sharing your story. I grew up in Maryland, and used to go to Hershey Park, Pa. as a kid. Please stay in touch. Thank you!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
John non-paying pair over a flush draw at 6:40? Have I been playing that wrong?
I go for the flush. But not the straight
Yes, I saw that “in the moment” but was playing too fast to catch it. I’ve got to slow down. But, Yes, that was a silly error for me to make. Speed kills in this game. Thank you, for watching and commenting!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Like that royal!it can pay to grind out bonus poker!
Thank you, Bill. The machine was just on fire and kept rolling and rolling. No wonder it finally ended with a sweet Royal! Thanks for watching and commenting!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopokerI have developed a bad habit,played TDB to long on dat four of my Reno trip.altho I got 18 quads I did not get a kicker,Did play bonus poker and some ddb.I still lost but not a lot,should have gone Home a winner.any tips for me?less TDB and maybe up the denom on bonus poker?
Thanks for the video.
Nothing wrong with cashing and buying something you want although I rarely do it hahah
Thank you, Richard. Yes, I’ve taken big wins many times to: furnish my entire house, pay-off cars, put a pool resort and outdoor kitchen in my backyard, and the occasional jumbo payment on the mortgage to reduce the principal. Hopefully, there’s more to come to pay off the house completely. It’s definitely like walking a tightrope. Patience and perseverance are the keys to winning. Thank you for your comments.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
That amount of play on 175 is a freakin win in my book. 4 or sets of quads during that session was rad. I consider time/hands played as dues to be in position to covert all them shots at a royal or one of them other goodies on double/triple games. Ur absolutely right about all that 100%! The down side to VP for me is I can only play about an hour before I start to go cross eyed 😂. Anyway awesome to watch.
Yes, I was fortunate to get a lot of mileage out of that run, even though it didn’t convert this time around. Sooner or later, though, something will “pop” and will make up for all the break even or losing sessions. So much fun! Thanks for watching and commenting!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Congratulations John. Worked hard for those nice hits.
Thank you, Michael.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Congratulations on the Aces and the Royal. You rode that free money a long way. Enjoyed the video John. Continued good luck!
Thank you, Linda, as always!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hello John ! Nice to see you again. Miss you!
Hi, Teresa! Thank you so much!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Great video - congrats on the 4 Ace and Royal hits. Your commentary gives off a relaxed and engaging vibe - I look forward to future videos.
Thank you so much for that. Such a nice thing to say! Thanks for watching and commenting.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Nice quads John, congrats🤑🤑
Thank you!🙌🏻🌎
Very nice John. What a pleasant surprise ending to this video!
Congrats….
Thank you, Tony!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎😎
Greetings from Torrance! Well done sir! To get this much play from free money is just incredible! I did a rough calculation of how many hands a minute I play. One hand roughly every 3 seconds is 20 a minute. 60 minutes is 1200 hands. I have had sessions like this that literally wore me out (sore shoulders). But its a good pain! I'm really happy that you are still taking money away from Pechanga. Every time you do is just inspiration for Mom and I. Thanks again and stay cool out there!
Hi, Paul. Yes, sore shoulders, neck, wrists, back, and all of the above simultaneously!😂 Such is the life of true blue video poker players! I’m glad to hear your Mom is getting back to Pechanga again! I’ll bet she’s happier now too. Best wishes to you, your Mom, and family. I hope to run into you two again some time. Take care. Hi, to your Mom.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Congrats on the quad 4s, John. Good session.
Thank you.
Good to see you
Thank you, Roy.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hi John good luck
Hi Bill, Thank you!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
I've played that end machine at Pechanga a number of times. Glad it came through for you! Congrats🤑 I'll be there next Sunday - Tuesday.
Yes, those few machines on that row seem to be quite favorable overall. I run into subscribers all the time at Pechanga. If you ever happen to see me there, by all means, come on over and say hi! Thank you for your comments and good luck at Pechanga.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Well done, Professor.
Thank you, so much!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Congrats John! ACE$ & Royals, a VP's best friend!
Thank you. Aces are a player’s best friend!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
wow. Congrats!
Hi, Susie, thank you! Best of luck to you too!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Not a winning session, but several shots at the Royal....good luck next time John.
Thank you, so much, Kevin!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
That Pechanga footage would make a nice video.
It’s hit or miss trying to film at Pechanga. On this session I was focused on playing to win, so I wasn’t filming at the time. Sometimes, they let me film, and then there are other times that they don’t. Go figure on the one time that I wasn’t filming the machine was rolling well for 4.5 hours straight going back and forth between the $2 & $5 coin denominations. Whew! I’m so glad, after that long battle, that the Royal decided to show-up on the $5 coin denomination for $20,000, instead of showing-up on the $2 coin denomination for only $8,000! And, Yes, I was frustrated not to be able to film it, because I could have yielded 15-20 videos off of that perfect session, along with its happy ending. One of these days, I’m bound to catch another session like that on film. Thanks for your comments and viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Yeah bro!
You got it!!
I love to play the low stakes Bonus and Bonus Deluxe over there at pechanga.
Really fun.
Can grind it out all day.
Yes, great pay tables at Pechanga and even better at Pala (on $1 denominations & above). Both casinos are excellent in terms of their video poker offerings. Thank you for your comments!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hey John! My husband and I with my brother and sister-in-law will be at Pala on Thursday, July 11. We are meeting Becky and I think Lucky Legion and his wife are coming as well. It would be awesome if you could make it over there too.!!
Hi, Misty, Thank you. It’s always a pleasure meeting friends of the channel. I may be able to make it, but it wouldn’t be there until 8:30pm, if that works for you. If not, I’m sure that Becky may be there on one of these upcoming weekends where my availability is better. I’ll stay in touch with, Becky, and we’ll see how it goes. So nice of you. Thank you!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
@@johnsworldofvideopoker sounds like fun to me!
That’s a lot of play so good for you. I did notice a few errors in this session, much more than the others, so I think you were getting a little tired. Also given the worse pay table at 50 cent, I would have stayed at $1 all the way. I know you like coining up and down but given the worse pay table I don’t like going lower.
Yes, I was playing way too fast, and hanging with friends at the same time, and I tend to get distracted easily under those conditions. I haven’t really kept up with simulator practice lately either. Also, with nearly 2.6M possible hands, mistakes are going to be made by everyone, no matter what. It’s just “part” of the game. What I’m really after is what I’ve always called, “sloppy near perfect” play (which lately, I’ve been sloppy, sloppy, sloppy, near perfect play😂).Ultimately, I’m just really waiting for 2, 3, or 4 to the Royal cards to “show-up” and convert to big wins on larger coin denominations. Since the game is random in nature (where anything can happen, at any time), I’m relying more on that aspect of the game, than on any other one factor, to score big wins. Still, you’re correct, some of my errors were simple ones that could have and should have been avoided. I will work on that. Thank you for your comments, Henry.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Hey John how come you didn’t hold both the 10 and K suited @16:28? Was that intentional or you missed the 10?
Yes, I knew that holding the suited King & 10 was the correct play, but 2 to the Royal is a very long shot (1 in 16,215) to hit it. My bankroll was running very low, so instead, I took a short term strategy approach by holding just the face card to improve my chances of hitting a JoB hand of 2 Kings, which I did hit. So, even though it was the incorrect “long term strategy”, in this instance, the short term strategy approach allowed me to hit 2 Kings. Sometimes, I’ll ignore long term strategy if the bankroll is getting close to depletion. It isn’t correct play, but that is why I did that. There will be other sessions where I do have a “more than adequate” bankroll, and under those circumstances, I won’t take shortcuts, but rather, I’ll stick to the long term strategy. Thank you, for your comments and for watching!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Play slower
@johngarneau-r5p Yes, I’ll be much more aware that in all my future videos. Thank you for your comments and viewership.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
He plays 50 cents max so 2.50 then shows a 2k hit for $5 or max $25 .👍
If it’s going well on House money, I try to go to a higher coin denomination, if it’s not going that well, I drop back down to a lower coin denomination. Hopefully, a good hit happens to come along while I’m on a higher coin denomination. Thanks for watching!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Still after 5 years I’ve never hit a royal other than deuces wild.
Yes, the droughts can come and go. Hopefully, when the drought ends, you get flooded with Royals! It works that way too, sometimes. Keep at it!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
John do you ever play 25 cent denomination?
Yes, I do, but usually only when I have to keep “coining-down” to preserve the bankroll. I have hit 6 Royal Flushes on the 25¢ coin denomination, which represents approximately 13% of all the Royals that I have ever hit. All coin denominations of play are fun and exciting to me. Thank you for commenting and viewing my channel!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Do you know what happened to Andrew aka 'slotmassacre'?
Yes, he’s very busy running his business, and keeping-up with all the sports teams that his kids participate in, which unfortunately leaves less time for filming and editing content. It’s hard to believe that, he and I, met during the pandemic, 4 years ago, this August. We have played and done a lot together, all over Vegas, Reno, and Southern California, during the first 2 years. Those early days, were the good old days; and if it weren’t for him, I never would have started a channel. We had such a blast setting up “our crew” of players during that time. He, and his family, have visited my home before, and we have played at all my local casinos together. I miss him, as much as you do!🥹🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Sorry John, two pair converts to a full house once out of every 23.5 hands, not once in 98 hands. There are 47 cards remaining in the deck and there are two cards that can make that full house.
At 7:10 in my video, I actually said, “A pair hits on average, 1 out of 98 times played” which is true. I think because I said this (after hitting a full house holding 2 pair) that it confused you. So we’re both actually right. You are correct with your statement, as I am correct, with my statement. I should have made both statements in the video, since my overall point was to stress the “value” of hitting a lot of full houses in a session to keep the bankroll alive. Thank you, for adding your comment about the 2 pair conversions to the full house as 1 out of every 23.5 hands which is very good information to know. Thank you, Michael.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎
Four out of 47. There are four cards to make full house out of 47 when having two pairs. Make it about 9%