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The Slot Expert's Guide to Winning at Slots and Video Poker2 July 2001
I spent a long weekend in Tunica a few weeks ago and I noticed that the casinos had installed a number of multi-denomination machines. This week's tip deals with multi-denomination machines. A multi-denomination machine is the ultimate Game Maker. Not only do you get to play a number of different games at one machine, you can also play a number of different denominations. You choose nickels when you play an Aussie-style, multi-coin/multi-line game, move up to quarters for a traditional 3-reel game, and maybe switch to half dollars to play video poker. You can play all of those games and denominations and never have to switch machines once. One thing to be aware of when you play video poker on a multi-denomination machine is that different denominations may have different paytables. For example, a machine might have 9/6 Jacks when you have each credit worth $1, but only 8/5 Jacks when each credit is worth less. Here are two tips for multi-denomination machines: 1. If you want to play video poker, make sure that you know which denomination was chosen before you check the paytables. Otherwise, you may sit down to play a machine that pays its dollar players well, only to discover that quarter players--you--are not paid as well. 2. Also make sure you know what denomination is active before you hit the bet 1 or bet max buttons. You don't want to put $10 in a machine thinking that you'll get a lot of nickel video poker play out of it, only to discover that half your session stake was eaten by one hand because the machine was set for dollar play. Multi-denomination machines give the slot player a lot of flexibility in one machine. But with that flexibility comes the potential for making a mistake. This week's tip: Be careful when playing multi-denomination machines. Send your slot and video poker questions to John Robison, Slot Expert, at slotexpert@home.com. For more information about slots and video poker, we recommend: The Slot Expert's Guide to Playing Slots by John RobisonBreak the One-Armed Bandits! by Frank Scoblete Victory at Video Poker and Video Craps, Keno and Blackjack! by Frank Scoblete Slot Conquest Audio Cassette Tape (60 minutes) with Frank Scoblete Winning Strategies at Slots & Video Poker! Video tape hosted by Academy Award Winner James Coburn, Written by Frank Scoblete The Slot Machine Answer Book by John Grochowski The Video Poker Answer Book by John Grochowski This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Recent Articles
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