#ulog The Low-end Gambling Life -- June 15, 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: none
Other video poker: 1 opportunity, went 1 for 1. Spent about 5 minutes and finished at +$8.
Slot opportunities: 7 opportunities, went 2 for 7. Spent about 55 minutes and finished at +$109.78.
Other gambles: Spent about a half hour checking a new slot machine that I had played previously (at the beginning of the month) and done well on, in an effort to figure out more information about the game's mechanics. This time I did poorly and finished at -$54.10.
Total: +$63.68 for the day
Notes/Observations For The Day
Sometimes there is no substitute for spending time and money to do one's own research on a machine to see if there's a potential player's edge to be found. After two sessions on the new slot machine (mentioned in other gambles), I'm fairly confident that there's no potential edge to be found and I don't intend on playing it again.