Shockwave Video Wi
I played full pay 12/8 shockwave for several years at a casino in the Quad Cities. They ran 2x pts every Monday night, which was worth 1% cb, so it was a decent play, especially factoring in drawings. I started out on $1 5-coin, but eventually built my bankroll up and played $1 20-coin in their high limit room. However, the machines also had $2 and $5 denominations. Even though I typically played $1, I always checked the other denominations before starting to play, not really expecting to find anything. One night, not only did I find machine left in Shockwave mode, but it was the $5 denomination. 20 coins bet. With 4 hands remaining. I almost fell off my chair! I was licking my chops at the thought of scooping up a $80k quad. Alas, no success. But then the story gets even stranger. I checked the next machine over, and that machine was also left in Shockwave mode on $5 with max coins bet. This one with 9 hands remaining! At this point, I was starting to suspect I was being set up on a TV prank show. I played it off anyway of course. Damn, a loser again. Net -987 on the 13 hands (after $13 in cashback).
Thus, I claim to be the biggest loser in history at Shockwave vulturing. I have found 3 others throughout the years, but also never a successful conversion.
Not looking for your sympathy though; I've been very successful at Shockwave over the years :) I managed a $2 20-coin Shockwave once, had a 3-Shockwave day once, and had a 2-royals & a Shockwave in one night. Although, anyone whose played any significant amount of Shockwave knows that with the good comes the bad; many sessions down a Shockwave-worth in 4 hrs.
Yeah. You'd first have to be in a location with a bunch of machines and regular players that are obviously not that bright. There's a lot of machines here and I don't even bother. I haven't even looked since I discovered that it's even possible to do this.
How often is a machine even being played vs idle? I'd guess it sits completely idle at least 90% of the time.
Maybe it just goes when there are credits in the machine. Just a thought.. don't really know the answer.
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Shockwave Poker – Full-Pay – (Normal Mode) Payback: 95.24 Percent, Variance: 19.8 | |||||||
Hand | 1 Coin | 2 Coins | 3 Coins | 4 Coins | 5 Coins | ||
ROYAL FLUSH | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | 4000 | ||
STRAIGHT FLUSH | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | ||
4 OF A KIND | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | 125 | ||
FULL HOUSE | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | ||
FLUSH | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 40 | ||
STRAIGHT | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | ||
3 OF A KIND | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | ||
2 PAIR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
JACKS OR BETTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Hand | Pay 5 Coins | Occurs Every | % Return | ||||
ROYAL FLUSH | 4000 | 45,814.0 | 1.75 | ||||
STRAIGHT FLUSH | 500 | 7,468.8 | 1.34 | ||||
4 OF A KIND | 125 | 438.1 | 5.71 | ||||
FULL HOUSE | 60 | 89.9 | 13.35 | ||||
FLUSH | 40 | 58.7 | 13.63 | ||||
STRAIGHT | 25 | 67.9 | 7.36 | ||||
3 OF A KIND | 15 | 14.2 | 21.12 | ||||
2 PAIR | 5 | 8.2 | 12.23 | ||||
JACKS OR BETTER | 5 | 5.3 | 18.75 | ||||
NO WIN | 0 | 1.7 | 0 |
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Shockwave Poker – Full-Pay – (Shockwave Mode) Payback: 290.00 Percent, Variance: 1,683.1 | |||||||
Hand | 1 Coin | 2 Coins | 3 Coins | 4 Coins | 5 Coins | ||
ROYAL FLUSH | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | |||
STRAIGHT FLUSH | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | ||
4 OF A KIND | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | 4000 | ||
FULL HOUSE | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 Australian online casino reviews. | ||
FLUSH | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 40 | ||
STRAIGHT | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | ||
3 OF A KIND | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | ||
2 PAIR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
JACKS OR BETTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Hand | Pay 5 Coins | Occurs Every | % Return | ||||
ROYAL FLUSH | 4000 | 49,854.6 | 1.60 | ||||
STRAIGHT FLUSH | 500 | 9,253.2 | 1.08 | ||||
4 OF A KIND | 4000 | 382.3 | 209.33 | ||||
FULL HOUSE | 60 | 146.6 | 8.18 | ||||
FLUSH | 40 | 100.2 | 7.98 | ||||
STRAIGHT | 25 | 98.9 | 5.06 | ||||
3 OF A KIND | 15 | 12.0 | 25.05 | ||||
2 PAIR | 5 | 10.4 | 9.64 | ||||
JACKS OR BETTER | 5 | 4.5 | 22.07 | ||||
NO WIN | 0 | 1.8 | 0 |
Shockwave Poker – Full-Pay – (Combined) Payback: 99.59 Percent, Variance: 22.6 | |||||||
Hand | 1 Coin | 2 Coins | 3 Coins | 4 Coins | 5 Coins | ||
ROYAL FLUSH | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | 4000 | ||
STRAIGHT FLUSH | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | ||
4 OF A KIND | 44 | 88 | 132 | 176 | 220 | ||
FULL HOUSE | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | ||
FLUSH | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 40 | ||
STRAIGHT | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | ||
3 OF A KIND | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | ||
2 PAIR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
JACKS OR BETTER | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Hand | Pay 5 Coins | Occurs Every | % Return | ||||
ROYAL FLUSH | 4000 | 46,237.4 | 1.73 | ||||
STRAIGHT FLUSH | 500 | 7,909.5 | 1.26 | ||||
4 OF A KIND | 125 | 435.6 | 10.10 | ||||
FULL HOUSE | 60 | 89.5 | 13.41 | ||||
FLUSH | 40 | 59.3 | 13.49 | ||||
STRAIGHT | 25 | 68.6 | 7.29 | ||||
3 OF A KIND | 15 | 14.1 | 21.27 | ||||
2 PAIR | 5 | 8.1 | 12.30 | ||||
JACKS OR BETTER | 5 | 5.3 | 18.74 | ||||
NO WIN | 0 | 1.7 | 0 |