Pechanga: A Southern California Meet & Greet with Slotmassacre & John's World of Video Poker. 

Thank you, Yadira, for your kindness, winning attitude, and for sacrificing your time (plus the long commute that you made to be here at Pechanga). You’re an incredible player in your own right, fast, accurate, focused and disciplined. If I were putting together an all-star team, you would certainly be on it. I sincerely hope that we can play again sometime! Take care.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you for your friendship and enjoyable company, Paul. You’re a class-act all the way through. You’re one of the crew, as far as I’m concerned. I know, Andrew, really had a great time hanging with you and appreciated the shirt that you gave him. It’s always fun having you around. And I look forward to more video poker play time with you. Perhaps, you could bring your wife so that she and Nimfa can get to know each other. Thank you for making the extra effort in commuting the many hours it took in order to spend tine with us. You balanced out the event so well and it was great to have you there with us. Take care my friend!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Yes Paul thanks how you do it I been following both those guys.Mostly bonus poker learn how to play the correct hands I am up to sometimes two and half hour sessions I hit lots of quads and royals!it can be a grind sometimes but you just stay with it.playing this way also racks up the tier points!good luck to you.

@@billjones4986 Thanks Bill! It's like any sport or martial art. Discipline, practice, and dedication. Bruce Lee once said " I don't fear the man that knows a 1000 kicks, I fear the man that has done the same kick a 1000 times". Before, I would leave a lot of play to chance. Now I realize that there is a lot more in my control than I thought. Most importantly, isn't the game more fun now? Take care sir!

Paul, nice job on the quad aces holding just an ace. Sometimes you get quad aces, when you least expect it.

Thank you for all your kind remarks, Jim. And you’re absolutely correct that, John’s World of Video Poker, is all about my fellow video poker players and subscribers. I really truly love meeting with fellow players and playing the games with them. It’s so much fun to go on a journey with my “Subscriber’s World of Video Poker”. The list of friends that I have made and played video poker with since I started this channel 9 months ago is enormous. I know everyone on a first name basis and have countless memories. Thank you for your support and friendship with me and my channel. You’re the best!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you too, Gooch. Always appreciated!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Jules, for such a warm, enthusiastic, and complimentary salutation. Depending on at which time that you’re here at Pechanga, I may be able to swing by for a brief visit. Please give me an approximate time for when we can meet and I will see what I can do for it to fit my schedule. Thank you so much!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker amazing! If you’re in the area, we will be there 2pm for the rest of the day. Would be so nice to meet you!

Great to hear from you, Jules. Thank you for the timeline. I’m sure we’ll be able to connect today. Once I get a few things squared away, I’ll give you a heads-up after 2:00pm. Please stay in touch. Thank you!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

I am here now at Pechanga, Jules. It is 2:43pm

@@johnsworldofvideopoker great! We are back at the VP machines near Umi bar. I can meet you there at the bar!

Always fun hanging out with dedicated video poker players!😝🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Mike!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you so much. On to the next one!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Chuck. I’ll be launching another one this morning.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

That’s great, Lisa, and that is an excellent time to go! Keep me posted. I’ll be routing for you.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Sure thing. That would be great 🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Eric. It has sort of become my “theme music” so to speak!😂🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker I mean the intro music! Hope to see you in September.

🤣🤣🤣Oh…..THAT music! I like it too!😉🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you for your kind review of my video. Pechanga is a video poker player’s casino, and Pala, nearby, is as well. You’ll be spoiled from your visit and will find it difficult to re-acclimate to your own hometown casino afterwards. Pechanga is rated the #1 West Coast casino, and you’ll soon find out why. Don’t hesitate to reach out to me once you’re in town!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker Looking forward to meeting you and your wife, if she has time!

Sure thing! We can all meet that Friday afternoon at Pechanga. We’ll see you soon.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker Will send travel updates via Patreon and text. I will be driving down on Sat, Sep 3. Hope that's still okay...

Ce n'est pas un problème. That’s not a problem. We’ll make it for Saturday. See you soon!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you. I’m glad you enjoy the videos. And I appreciate your comments and viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you very much!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

The key to 8/5 Bonus Poker is to realize and embrace the fact the 2 pair hand is constantly replenishing the player’s bankroll due to its hit frequency. You’ll notice on the more volatile games (9/6 DDB, 9/6 TDB, 8/6 BPD, et al.) that the bankroll diminishes quite rapidly due to the, 2 pair & JoB hands, only paying even money. So when you’re on a run in 8/5 BP (and the 2 pair hands are running hot) you’re gaining ground, not losing ground. Over a long session, those 2 pair hands add up to quite a lot of money and accumulate or even exceed a 4 Aces payout. That translates to extra longevity of the bankroll, which means more 1, 2, 3, & 4 to the Royal draws coming through the session and some of those combinations will convert to big wins. The devilish thing about the DDB & TDB pay table is that the players are “blinded” by the Aces w/kicker hand payouts (which are rare) so the players don’t “see” that their bankroll is being quickly consumed by a lack of replenishment because the 2 pair hand doesn’t “pay”. There are no “thrill” payouts in Bonus Poker. The thrill in Bonus Poker comes from the knowledge that the 2 pair hand replenishes the bankroll “long enough” for the player to score those Royals. When you couple near perfect play with 8/5 Bonus Poker, an adequate bankroll, and high denomination coins, fortunes can be made. There are no guarantees, of course, but I’m working on hitting Royal Flush #39 on high denomination coin. Thank you for your comment, Billy.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Sheri. I will be there to collect my free play, on that you can be sure. See you then.🌎

Thank you, Suzie. You should visit Southern California, Temecula, and Pechanga one day.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker Oh Would love to, but heading to 80, probably not, but I adore watching bigkats poker, slotmassacre and gang and now you too! Keep doing. VP my casino game of choice 🥰❤️

Well, you just never know….Ma Kittle goes to Vegas & Atlantic City with Bigkats!🤣 Take care, and thank you for your comments and viewership. I’m happy to know that you like video poker as much as the rest of us!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Yes she does! Gotta love that lady! She's pretty hep on things! 🥰 Plus she's better looking than her ornery son,🤔🤔😂🤔

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That’s a fantastic video poker run! Thank you for sharing it. I’m sure if you and I were to meet and play video poker together, that it would be me learning from you. You have a very strong grasp of “the numbers” when it comes to video poker games, comps, paybacks, etc. I hang out with Skip quite a bit when he comes to town and I brought your name up to him again. He knows who you are from your comments on my channel and also from conversations with me. He most definitely wants you to flag him down in the casino if you ever see him out there in your area again. As always, I appreciate your insights, knowledge, and friendship towards me and the channel. Thank you, Mark!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker John, thank you for the kind comments. I am confident we would learn equally from each other. Yeah, knowing the numbers is one of my strengths, but sometimes I can lose the forest from the trees. I definitely want to meet Skip, but that property is currently not on my playlist. I wish they run more/better promos. Take care, Mark

Thank you, Mark. One of these days, I will “muscle-in” on Mr. C’s turf in Chicago. When I do, I’ll let you know, so that all 3 of us can meet and play video poker together!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Tony’🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, David. I’m working on putting out at least 3 to 4 more videos this month. Thank you for your loyal viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Bill. Yes, it took a world pandemic and lockdowns for “The Slotmassacre” to begin launching his own videos. And it only took my seeing just one of those videos for me to go on a “Quest” to find and meet this video poker Svengali. Once the lockdowns were over and Vegas re-opened, Andrew & I, (without knowing each other), were independently responding to all the overly-generous free play offers that the casinos were flooding the market with in order to revive their city. Slotmassacre was launching videos even in-between his video poker sessions while in Vegas. It took me 90 days of going back & forth to Vegas on all those offers, to finally track him down. Ground-zero for that meeting was at Caesars Palace in August of 2020. We became good friends after that, and since I was the 1st to hit a $100,000 Royal Flush jackpot, Andrew posted it on his RU-vid Channel in a big way on a video entitled, “Video Poker Legend” $15 in free play to a $100,000 Win. The relative “fame” that came from that video had players asking Andrew about me every chance they saw him. Many times players would see us playing video poker together in Vegas along with Bigkats Poker, Docs Gambling, and Curtis, and they would come-up and greet us. Over time, Andrew kept encouraging me to launch my own channel. He & I made my 1st video and launched it together in November of 2021. I’ve made all the rest on my own ever since (with occasional guidance from Andrew). He literally changed my life in a super big way. The imprint he made upon me has been enormous. And completely changed the trajectory of my life’s path. The whole experience has just been “unbelievable”. Slotmassacre is a World Changer!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

You’re absolutely correct! And that was silly of me to miss that because I actually know that is the correct hold. Had that J♦️ been a J♠️ or a J♣️, then the K♥️10♥️9♥️ would have “stood out” more strikingly in contrast due to the J being black rather than red. I have found on occasion that when there’s “too much red” or “too much black” (and I’m playing too quickly) that I miss hands that way! You’re so right on that call. It’s a 1/2 of 1% error, but still, the K♥️10♥️9♥️ is clearly the correct hold. Thank you for pointing that out and I appreciate your doing that!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you. Even though it occurred during the week, it felt like a “great weekend”!😂🙌🏻🙌🏻😂

@@johnsworldofvideopoker That's my favorite time to play/dine, less crowded.

Most definitely! My preferred play times are largely comprised “off peak hours”. Although sometimes, in the later part of the evening on a Saturday night, the energy level in the casino is high and adds an element of excitement that occasionally rounds out the video poker experience.😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

I’m sure you’ll do great. Practice on a simulator that “warns on mistakes, play low volatility games, like 9/6 JoB, or 8/5 BP, and use a 1,000 coin bankroll to help you “weather” the the volatility. You CAN do it. Please keep me updated when you hit your Royals!😉🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

I’m working on producing more content for the rest of this month to hit my goal of 6-8 videos this month. So I am getting busier. I’m sure we can meet and play at Pechanga probably in September, no problem.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Yes, He mentioned that to me, that he was “recognized” in the casino!🤣🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker that was me !

Oh, I’m sure it was and I’m glad to know it was you!😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you for saying so. It is definitely a project that is on the drawing board for sure.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

So far, my itinerary is based on what other players are up to. You can email me your itinerary at johnsworldofvideopoker and I’ll fit it into my schedule. You’re the 2nd person that I have on my calendar who’s going to the Chicago concert. I would have no problem meeting you at Pechanga if we coordinate a schedule around what you are doing.😁🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Cody!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

We’re scheduled to participate in the G2E event on October 10, 11, & 12, but we don’t have any specifics on that as of yet. Hopefully, I can make it out there for that as long as other commitments don’t prevent me from doing so. I am available for a meet and greet if that would be of interest to you.🌎

Wow! That’s an incredible hit off of an incredibly incorrect hold (73% Advantage forfeited to the casino) but it sure worked out for you! You don’t see suited KQJ dealt out very often, and I’m sure I would have taken that shot too. Tossing the 3 Jacks away (in favor of a 1 in 1,081 shot at the Royal) was a ballsy move on your part. I’m glad it worked out so well for you. Congratulations!😉🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker This has worked 2 out of the 3 times I've done it. I don't question success but I want to see if a pattern develops. The game inside the game. High risk/ high reward? I'll let you know.

We have to be careful with seeing “patterns” because there are none, due to the fact that’s there’s nothing but randomness going on. There’s approximately 2.6M possible hands. 1.4M favor the house and 1.2M favors the player. Because the cards are constantly being shuffled and come out randomly there’s no “detectable” pattern. The pay table probabilities tells us when “on average” something “should hit” but randomness rules the day, thank goodness, or we’d have to wait “on average” 43,000 hands for a Royal Flush to hit. But video poker is way better than that because “due to randomness” anything can happen, such as 3 Royals in a night, or 4 Aces hitting every 15 minutes all day long, or every Quad just happens to be 2,3,4’s & Aces. Those aren’t repeatable patterns, that’s randomness. Randomness can be totally bad (nothing but crap hands) or it can be totally good (nothing but Quads all night long and Royals) or it can be ho-hum. Your best bet is constant practice on a simulator and good bankroll management plus some “randomly good luck”. There are no patterns. Just focus on near perfect strategy and you’ll see a few miracles along the way.🌎

Thank you, Rina.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Great job hitting the Royal, Janis! I’m on pace to release another 3-4 videos by month end. To answer your question, I do get full RFB at Pechanga & occasionally stay there from time to time, but since it’s only 8 mikes away from where I live, it’s just as easy to go home. Pala is only 15 minutes away from Pechanga and is an excellent video poker venue to go to also. Anytime I hang with folks at the casinos, we generally bounce back & forth between Pala & Pechanga. They are both fun casinos with great video poker offerings. I’m completely at home in either casino. They’re great. It’s so fun to meet subscribers and play video poker with them. We have a blast. And with, Slotmassacre, in the mix, it’s off the charts fun. I’m living the dream with this set up. I’ll tell, Andrew, you said Hi! Take care!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Yes, it tough out there across the country with casinos screwing their own customers with horrendously bad pay tables. It makes no sense to play bad machines since it “rewards” casinos for mistreating their customers. I refuse to play bad pay tables. I’d rather practice on a simulator, save-up a decent bankroll, and visit Vegas once a quarter and play at a Vegas local’s casinos (Red Rock, South Point, Palace Station, etc.) where great pay tables abound. I feel bad for my fellow video poker players being tortured by bad pay tables across the nation.🥺🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker I agree with you belive the casinos know most people are to lazy to track down the best pay tables.The bad machines I noticed are at bars and near sports books.I kinda feel sorry for the bartenders etc that depend on tips as the place was busy and the small bad bank of machines were empty.Good video poker players are smart,guess unfortunately it’s just a few of us.

Where are some of the best places in Reno to play, Bill? On this side of the state line in the Sac area, the paytables are getting worse and worse. Or they aren't improving if they already suck. I think it's time to head that way and just play less often than play here a couple times a week.

@@JBlinky67 yes I agree the Indian casinos are not good far as pay tables go some are good if you play over dollar denom.I don’t go to downtown Reno can’t comment on that.Can’t go wrong with both peppermill and Atlantis there also only 5 min apart.Comps are good at both.grand sierra is ok mostly for the young crowd but I used to find some 9/6 J/b.I seen you in the chat I love talking video poker. ,

Mostly gaps when playing Bonus poker my favorite game as well.I only hold straights with no gaps this might be correct not 100 percent sure.

I’ll put some thought on that. That sounds like a good idea for my Patreon page which I’m revamping in order to make it more accessible for those who follow my channel. It will sort of be like a John’s World of Video Poker “inner circle” club. I’ll work on that. Thank you!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

There may be some exceptions and I need to look into that closely. But for the most part in 8/5 Bonus Poker, you’d be correct doing what you just said.🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

I checked it on the WinPoker app, as well as, checking it on a different app, and it shows that the J♦️K♠️ is the correct hold. The error difference between the 2 holds is very small 7/10’s of 1%. Check and make sure that you’re on the 8/5 BP game when analyzing the hand. Sometimes I forget that my WinPoker app is on another game & I’m analyzing a hand on the wrong game. Nonetheless, the difference between the 2 hands is minuscule. Plus, if the “right” cards don’t come out on the redraw to complete the hand, it’s a moor point regardless. Thank you for your comments and viewership!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

Thank you, Rick!🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

If I’m understanding you correctly, it sounds like you’re saying that Vegas is not the place to play right now because it sounds like the Royals are drying-up, is that right? By the way, which game do you play?

Whoops, Sorry about that! I should have added an exterior shot of Pala to establish a location for Bar Meets Grill. We bounce back & forth between, Pechanga & Pala, so much that we often feel they’re just extensions of each other.😂🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎

@@johnsworldofvideopoker Ok. I got it now! I used to go to Pala a lot too, and their VP was outstanding, but when they expanded they got really tight. So, wasn't worth the scary drive.

The video poker offerings and their great pay tables at Pala from $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, & $25 coin, are the best to be found anywhere in Southern California. And in some cases, beat the best of Vegas! Check the high limit and the bar tops, Sherrill. They’re awesome!😉🙌🏻🙌🏻🌎