Slots Adventures

today is the day i’m going to be taking some spins in this slots tournament being held on the Reel Deal machine at English Harbour.  santa was super-nice to me, and i see the week being filled with a mix of chores and distractions, so i thought no better time than the present to get in a little gaming before i miss my chance at this main event slot tournament.

i checked out the leaderboard, and the player in first place took their $500 in starting credits, and spun it into $135,000.  second place is miles away, but still miles ahead of say, me, with just under $80,000 in credits.  so, those guys are the top two out of the 14,567 players involved. 

i’m going to start out playing $.50 per coin, and activating all 20 of the paylines, so if i do hit something, it’ll make a difference.  i’m kindof playing this, well, not to win, but losing won’t hurt my feelings today.  it’s not like i just came off of a poker tournament and the idea of busting out again bothers me. 

i’m thinking of it as i’m going to have to take some chances, and get lucky while i’m doing it, to get anywhere near the top in this event.  still, i’m not going whole hog for twenty seconds.  i’d like to get some spins in, at least the 20 warm-up spins, before busting out.

so, here goes . . .

well, sitting with $467 in credits, i’m also sitting at 278th in the tournament.  that, is in the money!   

but, being in the “go for the gold” mode, i didn’t let that stop me.  and, i kept taking spins at $10 each and kept losing.  and ran from being sure of getting $10 in bonus money just for signing up and spinning a little to being dangerously close to busting out. but i said i wasn’t going to be afraid to bust out this time!

and, before that happened, i caught 3 scatter symbols, which unlocks a free spin session (and is a winner in its own right.  i think they gave me $125 for hitting it).  and, now that the free spins have finished, i’m up to $622.  it’s still the same $10 in bonus money if i hold on to this position in the tournament - but, it’s more than i started with credits-wise. 

so, even if another, say, three thousand players rebuy or sign up fresh, they’ll have to do some winning to pass me out!

i’m shutting her down at this point.  we’ll see, maybe i’ll be back to take a stab at hitting the big one, maybe not.  but for now, ITM is a nice place to sit