Slots Adventures

checking in today at English Harbour i see that i’m slipping in that big slots tournament, but i figure i’ll just wait until thanksgiving and then take a couple of more spins.  by then i should be out of the money spots, but within one winner of getting back in.  heck, there are over 10,000 players in the tournament, so top 250 is pretty good

english harbour ought to be completely satisfied with the response to the tournament.  i know that there have to be a ton of new players at the casino now that they’re running these tournaments on the slots and different table games.

there’s a new slot tournament starting today, this one is on the mermaid’s quest slot machine.  i thought i had played this before, but now i’m not so sure.  when i clicked on the machine it loaded up like the newer video slots at EH do, and sure enough, it is a new video slot. 

the tournament is one of those where all the prize money sits at the top of the leaderboard.  only the top 10 finishers get anything, but with a buy-in of $0, i don’t think there’s room for compaining   the prize pool is a mix of $250 in bonus money and $277.50 in cash.  the cash part can grow as players rebuy into the tourney.  that’s something i can consider for the big Reel Deal tourney.  hmmph, never gave that much thought before.  

anyway, the slot has 9 paylines, so you’re not paying for 20 or more paylines each spin.  and, it has two features.  there’s a bonus feature, that i haven’t unlocked yet , and a free spins feature. 

the bonus feature is unlocked by the mermaid symbols with the word “bonus” written across the bottom.  that makes her easy enough to see.  and the free spins round is unlocked by the king neptune scatter symbol.  the bonus symbol does have to land on a payline, it’s not like a scatter symbol that can land just anywhere.

oh, oh, oh, i did unlock the bonus round, see . . .

on the bonus screen i was taken through three levels of a pick’em game.  i chose a treasure chest to open, and then the mermaid took me down deeper into the sea to reveal another batch of treasure chests.  i opened one of those, and then she took me deeper into the sea to reveal another batch of treasure chests.  and i opened one of those.  then the game ended. 

it was a pretty interesting set-up, with the character moving from one section of a make believe world to another.  i liked it.  it was neat. 

here’s a shot of the paytables.

well, after hitting the bonus round twice, and the free spins round, i’m at about $200 remaining, and well out of the money.  but, i’ve had my fill for the day.  i’ll probably be back to play tomorrow and use a big coin size, hoping for a quick winner to bolt me up into the running.