Thursday, February 02, 2006
Big Kahuna - Classic Slots Game - Ladder 5-Coin Session #4
For my fourth session of 5-coin Ladder, I chose to play the Big Kahuna slot machine. Big Kahuna is one of the classics slots games. Now it can be found in an online slots edition.
I played Big Kahuna according to John Patrick's 5 coin method. That meant I played 5 lines as a constant, but changed up my betting from 1 to 5 coins.
This was a quick session. It lasted 5 pulls. I lost all five pulls. So I never bet 5 coins, going from 3 to 2 to 1 and busting out.
I only lost a minimal amount, so I'm still way ahead for the day.
I've started to figure out something about slots money management.
Money management is basically damage control. It certainly isn't going to ensure you win. But money management is going to limit the damage when you're losing.
In that way, money management isn't such a bad thing. If you are the type of gambler who doesn't know when to stop, then you could do worse than follow a system laid down by a man like John Patrick.
Money management systems keep you in the game, so maybe you can hit a jackpot somewhere along the way.
In my experience, you aren't going to win small consistenly enough to clear a profit. In my experience, you are either going to lose a session, or you are going to win $50 to $100 on one lucky pull. If you get really, really lucky, you'll get a big jackpot.
So after 30-odd sessions using John Patrick's systems, my impression is it has some value. That is, if you are the type that doesn't know when to quit, having an arbitrary cutoff point is a good thing.
It's all luck, after that.
Just my two cents worth, folks.
Starting Money: $177.30 Ending Money: $172,30
LOSING SESSION
I played Big Kahuna according to John Patrick's 5 coin method. That meant I played 5 lines as a constant, but changed up my betting from 1 to 5 coins.
This was a quick session. It lasted 5 pulls. I lost all five pulls. So I never bet 5 coins, going from 3 to 2 to 1 and busting out.
I only lost a minimal amount, so I'm still way ahead for the day.
I've started to figure out something about slots money management.
Money management is basically damage control. It certainly isn't going to ensure you win. But money management is going to limit the damage when you're losing.
In that way, money management isn't such a bad thing. If you are the type of gambler who doesn't know when to stop, then you could do worse than follow a system laid down by a man like John Patrick.
Money management systems keep you in the game, so maybe you can hit a jackpot somewhere along the way.
In my experience, you aren't going to win small consistenly enough to clear a profit. In my experience, you are either going to lose a session, or you are going to win $50 to $100 on one lucky pull. If you get really, really lucky, you'll get a big jackpot.
So after 30-odd sessions using John Patrick's systems, my impression is it has some value. That is, if you are the type that doesn't know when to quit, having an arbitrary cutoff point is a good thing.
It's all luck, after that.
Just my two cents worth, folks.
Starting Money: $177.30 Ending Money: $172,30
LOSING SESSION
