u/Noyan_Bey

I'll start first. It was when I watched the news about Stephen Paddock shooting up Las Vegas. I read up on him more and got sidetracked into being intrigued at how well he did at Video Poker.

So on my next trip to the local casino, I tried it out myself and became even more interested in it. Just gradually liked it more and more until I reached the point I could literally play it all day. For real.

Looking back now as more information came forward over the years, I don't know if he did well in VP in the end or not. There's so many conflicting accounts and stories either supporting or disputing that narrative.

The guy really is a total mystery.

Ok do anyways, your turn?

I know it usually takes $10 instead of $5 to earn points on VP, but I was just wondering if JoB is still good for building up tier points since it's such low volatility and better RTP compared to other versions of VP?

I don't know if it's just me, but today I was reminded of just how much I absolutely despise slots after my wife pushed me to play them with her today since it's her birthday. Slots are her sole preference.

Me on the other hand...I prefer video poker. I dunno, there's just something calming and more fun about it. I genuinely enjoy it more than anything else in a casino. It's honestly hard for me to explain. I'm not even a big math person tbh, I'm just ok at it. But even when I'm losing, I still find joy and comfort in video poker and have a better sense of when to stop playing or keep going. I've tried to get my wife into it, but she finds it so boring.

I wish there was anything else except slots that she would enjoy when wanting to play together, because more than anything else in a casino, I tilt and get frustrated with slots the most.

And I mean badly.

I mean in what I feel is a dangerous way for myself and others.

I start cursing at and banging on the machine, getting pissed at shitty bonuses or bonuses that just won't come no matter what we do - There's just absolutely no control when it comes to slots, and more concerning is I feel like I lose more and more control of myself. Even worse, I get envious and completely enraged when I see someone else win on a slot machine that we've already wasted so much money and time on - To the point that I'm unknowingly giving them a "death stare" until my wife shakes me out of it and I realize how uncomfortable I'm making her and the other person I'm staring at, much to my shame.

It's honestly a miracle I haven't got us kicked out of a casino yet the few times we have played slots together.

It's like slots just bring out the very worst of me. The worst of someone I loath and despise. I really don't want to be that person, but I have such a difficult time explaining this to her, much less to anyone else. I hate slots so much and I feel like the feeling is more than mutual since I've never even come close to the kind of big wins I see on this sub. Not even by a mile.

And of course at the end us playing today, we're both frustrated and tired - And much more broke. Just completely miserable at the end of our session. Even on the worse days of playing video poker, I'm down only around a couple hundred bucks. Same with her if she plays by herself. But us playing slots together? A whopping -$1500 today...And that's on the low end. Worse times have been -$2500 and even -$3000. All because we wound up chasing loses in the end.

I don't know how else I can get her to understand that I'm completely emotionally and mentally unable to play slots. She thinks I should be able to handle it because I still gamble when I play video poker, but it's not the same. It's absolutely not the same. I just can't do it. I can't. And so I was just wondering if there's anyone else on this sub who feels this way? Who is fine gambling on other things, but just completely breaks down when it comes to exclusively slot machines?

Like I feel I suffer a genuine mental break when it comes to those godforsaken things... 😪

On Double Double Bonus version of video poker, is the volatility and RTP still better compared to slots? Even old school slots?

And if so, does the same still hold true for even something like Triple Double poker as well?