--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, coachvee@... wrote:
>
> Hi Gang:
> Hedy and I flew in from New Orleans this morning and had one of our better
> trips in a long time thanks to a machine that was on fire Sunday and
> Hedy's Hail Mary Hit on Yom Kippur!
> Our stay began quietly on Saturday when we played evenly for most of the
> day before losing a few hundred just before retiring for the night. We had
> picked up a free NCL cruise certificate earlier, so the day couldn't be
> considered a total loss.
> Sunday morning after breakfast Hedy sat down at one of the three $1 9/6
> DDB progressive machines in the video poker area and immediately started to
> rack up the quads. She hit fives a couple of times then kings and queens,
> and kept calling over to me to announce her latest hit as her credits
> skyrocketed. I was having a miserable time of it, so I finally gave up, pulled up
> a chair next to her and rooted her on. Then, all hell broke loose.
> She got deuces with a kicker for $800, threes with a kicker (dealt!) for
> another $800 then got DEALT aces. Unfortunately, she didn't get a kicker
> dealt with them and missed on the draw, but another $800 was added to her
> bankroll. At this point, we figured we had something special going with this
> machine so we decided to double-team it.
> Well, after two separate sessions playing this machine for a total of
> about seven hours, we hit 25 quads, including aces three times (alas, none with
> a kicker!), deuces, threes twice and fours, all with kickers. Hedy also had
> three other dealt quads besides the threes and aces.
> During one amazing stretch, we hit quad kings five times in a row!
> We finally cashed out a ticket for $4,700 without benefit of a handpay.
> This was truly a "machine on drugs" as our friend Judie Mac used to say, and
> it was one of the most enjoyable video poker rides Hedy and I have ever
> taken!
> The next day, we tried the same machine but, predictably, all was not
> coming up roses for the second straight day. A couple of thousand went back as
> we tried various games and machines but Hedy was determined to keep trying
> the "miracle machine." The progressive was just under $4,300 when she fed a
> couple of benjies into it and started to play. Nothing special was
> happening for awhile but then she got quad 10's and a small wave of optimism came
> over us. Then, about 10 minutes later, she was dealt the Q-A-10-K of clubs.
> Mike Sea, our friend from AC, was playing at an adjacent machine and the
> three of us held our breath and leaned over the machine as Hedy held the four
> royal cards and slowly hit the draw button. BINGO!! Jack of clubs!! We
> must have screamed pretty loudly because a crowd formed pretty quickly and we
> couldn't believe that this same machine that was so hot on Sunday had just
> given us a $4,298 progressive royal on Monday!
> After the appropriate celebration, we stopped playing and later hooked up
> with Mike and Alicia for a wonderful dinner at Gordon Biersch.
> It was a trip to remember, for a number of reasons, but mostly we will
> never forget the "machine on drugs!"
> Regards,
> CoachVee & Hedy
>
>
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