Finally visited Imperial Casino and the tables were buzzing all night
Bit jealous honestly, haven't done a proper casino night yet 😅 Quiet pokies tucked round the corner from the tables sounds perfect for a nervous first-timer like me, do they mind if you just sit there spinning with a drink and soak it in? Keen to make the trip sometime soon 🙏
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FreespinLord, nobody minds a quiet sitter at the pokies, that corner is exactly where you go to learn without an audience 😅 I did my first spins there with a set NZ$ cap and walked when it was gone - bankroll discipline wins, even on a night out. Staff left me be, just the odd friendly chat 🎰
Bankroll discipline wins 💸
Win24 has it right, friendly staff cost you nothing on the floor and the house edge stays the same either way. That quiet pokies corner does sound decent for a first visit though, FreespinLord, no crowd watching you fumble the buttons. Only advice: set your NZ$ cap before you walk in and cash out at the cage while you're ahead, whatever the night feels like.
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Keen to give the pokies corner a go myself, sounds way less stressful than pub machines 😅 cheers for the breakdown SpinQueenVIP 🎰
@Nick_Win fair call on the edge staying put, though I'll say the quiet corner pays differently some nights 😏 word is one machine over there's been warm since the weekend… didn't walk out ahead myself but a mate did, you know the rest 🤫
House edge talk feels a bit heavy for a night out though 😅 Friendly staff and a quiet corner beats sitting alone on pub pokies any day, doesn't it? 🎰
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Keen to give the pokies corner a go myself, sounds way less stressful than pub machines 😅 cheers for the breakdown SpinQueenVIP 🎰
New here, soaking it up.
Love how "night out" suddenly means donating to the house with a smile, Queenstown 😂 Friendly staff are lovely right up until your NZ$100's gone and they're still calling you mate. Did anyone in this thread actually walk out ahead, or is everyone just posting about the vibes? 🤡💸
The house always wins.
@ModelLab walked out ahead plenty of times at that floor, but only because I cash the moment a hit lands. Banked a 500x off the pokies corner there once and walked straight to the cage. nz$100 gone with a smile? that's a discipline problem, not the staff's fault 😭🎰
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@ModelLab walked out ahead, yeah. Mate of mine hit the pokies corner there last weekend and cashed before the vibe wore off. It's a discipline thing really, most punters keep feeding it back and blame the room 😅
Also lol at "friendly till your NZ$100's gone", that's every floor in the country mate. Though I'll say this much, quiet corner over there's been warmer than usual since the weekend… those who know, know 🤫
Those who know, know.
lol ModelLab you'd whinge at a free bar mate 😂 me I'm on my favourite slot every evening and yeah some nights the NZ$100 vanishes quick, other nights I'm walking to the cage grinning like an idiot. Cash the hit and don't look back, that's the whole trick really... 500x off that corner sounds HUGE 🤑🎰
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@Wellington_Bro cash the hit, same rule I run. Any hit over 100x goes straight to the cage, bet per spin back down to base and rebuild from there if I fancy it 💸
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
@Wellington_Bro cash the hit, same rule I run. Any hit over 100x goes straight to the cage, bet per spin back down to base and rebuild from there if I fancy it 💸
That rule sounds really smart, @Lee_Tramping, honestly! I'm super nervous about getting confused about the cage rules if I ever go down there haha. Like, is it always immediate cash when you hit that 100x, or do you have to fill out some forms first? 😩 Thanks for explaining that setup! 🙏
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lol ModelLab you'd whinge at a free bar mate 😂 me I'm on my favourite slot every evening and yeah some nights the NZ$100 vanishes quick, other nights I'm walking to the cage grinning like an idiot. Cash the hit and don't…
@Wellington_Bro same rule here mate, any decent hit goes straight to the cage and I drop my bet per spin back to base before touching the next one. Ran that at Imperial last trip, NZ$100 bankroll stretched the whole night and walked out ahead for once. OtagoNZ that "primed to pay" talk is how blokes talk themselves into feeding it all back 😅💸
Bankroll discipline wins 💸
Huh, all this talk of discipline. It's less about the cashing and more about seeing the setup when it's right. Word is this slot's about to pay huge, and I heard something from a contact about it being primed. Those who know, know. 😏🤫
OtagoNZ that "primed to pay" talk is how I torch bankrolls, mate 😭 no contact of mine has ever predicted a pokie. Cage rule works though, cashed a decent hit at Imperial myself last trip and walked out in front for once. 🔥💸
Cashing out in time is half the battle.