Harrah’s Resort February: Machines 0
I played a lot of machines this trip to Atlantic City for a few reasons. I caught a cold about halfway through my weekend and didn’t want to get others sick and also wasn’t in the mood to be around people. I also didn’t do too well at the tables, so I decided to stay away.
I played a myriad of penny, nickle, quarter and dollar slot machines along with nickle, quarter, dollar and five dollar video poker. I had a pretty good run at all of the machines and made up just about everything I lost at the tables.
The first night of machines started with some drinks and video poker at the bar. As usual, I was drinking Grey Goose and club soda. The pay tables at the bars aren’t very good, but after 3 drinks I only lost $4 plus $10 for a tip. Not too shabby.
After losing $200 at 3 card poker I wandered back to the the machines and decided to try a game I’m not too familiar with – Anything But 6.
Evidently there is a strategy when getting to the bonus game, but I was not in condition to figure that out. The Goose was loose! A very nice young lady decided to give me some advice, but I never got another bonus to try. That was a fun $100 down the tube.
After the loss I regrouped at went to look for my friend who was still rocking on the 3 card poker table. The night ended with a little more losing and a burger.
The next morning I was hungover and it started off very similarly. A disgusting looking cheeseburger with a fried egg.
While this looks nasty, it did the trick and the hangover was gone. The two latte’s didn’t hurt either. Before the burger I won back some of my losses from the previous night. I was lucky enough to get four 7’s playing my favorite $1 9/6 Jacks or Better machines.
I walked away up about $150 and decided to wander off to play some pennies. I found a 40 coin/line machine. I have no idea what I was doing, but the idea was to get 2x, 3x, 4x and/or 5x.
I inserted $20 and after a while I was up a little but got bored and moved on. After breakfast I hit the tables for a while. Nothing special there so I hopped back to video poker. I played a little more video poker and had a net positive.
I then went to one of my favorite nickle machines – “X-Treme Reels.” After about 2 minutes I hit 7-7-7 times 5 times 2. I don’t know exactly what it paid, but I walked away up $500!
The only other machine I would play was at the X-Bar later on that afternoon. I watched some college hoops and had a couple more Grey Goose and soda while playing video poker. Again a small loss and tip, but a couple more drinks. When the bartender doesn’t change glasses the fruit tends to build up…lame.
My final day brought some good and bad. I caught a nasty cold and that slowed me down as the day progressed. The good news is that I found one of the 25 cent 9/6 Jacks or Better video poker machines that have alluded for about a year.
I don’t play quarters too often, but it’s nice to know where the machines are in case I want to slow things down. I placed twenty bucks in and won a few bucks after hitting my second straight flush! Here’s my first.
The highlight of my day was when I found a new favorite nickle (or penny) slot called Time Machine.
This game had everything I like in a nickle slot. Bright lights. Loud noises. Fun bonuses. Surprises and most importantly MONEY!
The bonuses are random occurrences and happen in the past, present and future. The first bonus I received was a dinosaur attack which yielded me 4 wild stripes which turned my $20 into $500+!
After another 4 of a kind at $1 Bonus Poker, I shut myself down and got some medicine and headed back to the room.
It was a great weekend with the machines. I had great wins on the low limit slots and enough nice hits on video poker to keep the money rolling. The machines made up for a few bad sessions of 3 card poker. Sometimes it happens the other way around. Almost even is always good. Another successful trip.
