John Cummings
TUG Lifetime Member
Last night my wife and I decided to visit Pechanga Casino in Temecula, California with our daughter and SIL.
Pechanga is a luxury mega casino resort located in the city of Temecula, California. It is the largest casino west of Foxwoods in Connecticut and much larger than any in Las Vegas. There are 5,000 slot/VP machines and 212 table games. They have 12 restaurants, luxury hotel, large theater, nightclubs, etc. Pechanga is located about 25 minutes from Lawrence Welk timeshare resort.
We normally do not go to Pechanga even though it is just 15 minutes from our house. In the past, the machines were tight and they had lousy Video Poker. We go to Harrah's Rincon and some other local ones as well as some in Palm Springs.
Well now to the reason for the post. As many of you Video Poker players know, full pay Video Poker machines have become a rare commodity, especially full pay Jacks or Better 9/6 ( JOB ) machines. Well, much to my surprise, Pechanga has a bunch of the new Game King machines that have 25-30 Slot/Video Poker/Keno games. These machines are quarter and 50 cents denomination. There are about 12 Video Poker games on the machines with about half of them being full pay quarter games. The Jacks or Better are full pay 9/6 machines and yes Doug, they do pay 2:1 for 2 pairs. The full pay Jacks or Better machines are the best ones to play in order to win a Royal Flush. That is because your bank roll will last longer giving more chances to win the Royal Flush which is what it is all about. My only disappointment was the Joker Poker because it is the Atlantic City version which is a lousy game. I played for about 5 hours straight, not winning a Royal, but I was up $150.00 when I quit so it was good. They also have a lot of new loose penny machines in that same area. The guy sitting next to me won a $2700 jackpot on Video Keno. We will be visiting Pechanga a lot more now.
Next week, we are going to Agua Caliente casino/resort in Rancho Mirage, CA ( Palm Springs area ) for 3 nights for my wife's birthday.
Pechanga is a luxury mega casino resort located in the city of Temecula, California. It is the largest casino west of Foxwoods in Connecticut and much larger than any in Las Vegas. There are 5,000 slot/VP machines and 212 table games. They have 12 restaurants, luxury hotel, large theater, nightclubs, etc. Pechanga is located about 25 minutes from Lawrence Welk timeshare resort.
We normally do not go to Pechanga even though it is just 15 minutes from our house. In the past, the machines were tight and they had lousy Video Poker. We go to Harrah's Rincon and some other local ones as well as some in Palm Springs.
Well now to the reason for the post. As many of you Video Poker players know, full pay Video Poker machines have become a rare commodity, especially full pay Jacks or Better 9/6 ( JOB ) machines. Well, much to my surprise, Pechanga has a bunch of the new Game King machines that have 25-30 Slot/Video Poker/Keno games. These machines are quarter and 50 cents denomination. There are about 12 Video Poker games on the machines with about half of them being full pay quarter games. The Jacks or Better are full pay 9/6 machines and yes Doug, they do pay 2:1 for 2 pairs. The full pay Jacks or Better machines are the best ones to play in order to win a Royal Flush. That is because your bank roll will last longer giving more chances to win the Royal Flush which is what it is all about. My only disappointment was the Joker Poker because it is the Atlantic City version which is a lousy game. I played for about 5 hours straight, not winning a Royal, but I was up $150.00 when I quit so it was good. They also have a lot of new loose penny machines in that same area. The guy sitting next to me won a $2700 jackpot on Video Keno. We will be visiting Pechanga a lot more now.
Next week, we are going to Agua Caliente casino/resort in Rancho Mirage, CA ( Palm Springs area ) for 3 nights for my wife's birthday.
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