#ulog (55) The Low-end Gambling Life -- Aug. 8, 2018
This Steemit ulog is a series of posts based on my day-to-day gambling activities. Basically, I summarize my results and possibly add notes or observations based on what happened on a given day at casinos. You the reader, should feel free to ask any questions or provide any feedback in the comments.
Next-day delays in posting are common due to having no stable schedules in my line of work.
Category Definitions
I split my results into categories based on the type of game and opportunity to make a profit. These categories are:
Core video poker: These are video poker games/machines that either has a player edge built-in, or which flips the edge from the house's favor into the player's favor when a promotion is applied. If the game has a progressive on the royal flush and/or other hands, the edge is based on the jackpot(s) being at its reset value. In the absence of any other extraordinary opportunities to capitalize on, I expect to spend most of my gambling time on core video poker games.
Other video poker: All other video poker games that are not part of my normal repertoire (e.g. progressive video poker games with excessively high jackpots).
Slot opportunities: Slot machines where I know of or perceive an edge in the player's favor. This edge will always be a temporary one except under the most extraordinary of circumstances. Depending on the opportunity, a slot session could be over in just seconds or take several hours to complete.
Other gambles: Everything else. It could be results from trying out a new slot machine, or playing other games such as video keno.
Summary Of The Day's Results
Core video poker: Played two single-line machines, both at $1.25/hand, for a combined total of about 3 hours, 55 minutes and finished at -$90.
Other video poker: 1 opportunity, went 0 for 1. Spent about 5 minutes and finished at -$2.75.
Slot opportunities: 1 opportunity, went 0 for 1. Spent about 5 minutes and finished at -$6.10.
Other gambles: none
Total: -$99.85 for the day
Notes/Observations For The Day
I got up really early and got to the casino before 7 am in order to take my shot at a casino promotion that was due to award prizes at some point within the following 6 hours. I was hoping that the promotion would pay off early when there were fewer people around, so as to increase my chances of receiving the largest prize. Unfortunately that did not happen, and so I was stuck playing video poker for an extended period of time until the promo went off. During that extra time on the machine between when I would have normally ended my video poker session versus when the promotion paid off, I dropped over $200. Oh well... I expect that Thursday's results will have a much greater impact on my bottom line than Wednesday's.