Choy Sun Doa worth a punt or just Reel Power hype?
Choy Sun Doa confuses me a bit too, I've had a few slaps on it at the club near me and the free games barely show up 😅 Maybe I'm being dumb but isn't Reel Power meant to make hits more frequent with the 243 ways? Someone said the RTP can differ between venues, so does that mean my local one could just be tighter than the pub down the road?
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Reel Power gives you more ways, mate, but it never promised more hits, Choy Sun Doa sits at 5 out of 6 on the volatility scale, so dead spells are just part of the deal. Funny thing is, back on Queen of the Nile the free games felt like they came around every arvo session; this one makes you wait. And remember each venue sets its own RTP within the state minimum, so the club near you could be tighter than the pub down the road 😄
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Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question 🙈 but when yous say the feature is "part of the deal", does volatility mean the wins just come in big lumps every so often? Because I had like twenty minutes of nothing at my local club then the free games paid decent 🤔
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Dead right on the lumps, Darwin. High volatility means long quiet patches punctuated by the occasional decent hit. Your twenty minutes of nothing then a feature that paid is Choy Sun Doa doing exactly what it's built to do. And the RTP being set per venue means my club machine and a pub one down the road can genuinely play differently from each other. ah well, we grind on 😄
While we're all agreeing it's "built to do that", remember the RTP on these venue machines isn't fixed, your club and the pub down the road could be running different settings entirely. So before anyone swears the feature is looser at one venue, get a decent sample first. And if someone posts a big win story, I want the cashout screenshot, not the hype.
Servo's point about venue settings is the bit most punters sleep on. I've had sessions on Choy Sun Doa at a club over here in Perth where the free games turned up twice in an arvo, and other stretches where I copped nothing for the whole session on the same machine. Same cabinet, same Reel Power setup, felt like two different pokies.
My take: treat each machine as its own animal. I go in with a set spend per hit, and if the feature hasn't shown by the time that's gone, I'm up and moving. When the multipliers do land, picking the right free games option is where the money gets made. Banked one decent hit off it once and cashed out straight away instead of feeding it back. That discipline does more for the balance than chasing a looser venue ever will. 💸🎰
@Gramps_AllDay yeah same here, Choy Sun Doa at my local club can go dead silent for a whole session on $2 a spin then another arvo the free games stack twice in twenty minutes. Sample size matters more than any "hot machine" talk. I keep the session short when it's cold, that's the whole discipline bit 💸
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Servo's point about venue settings is the bit most punters sleep on. I've had sessions on Choy Sun Doa at a club over here in Perth where the free games turned up twice in an arvo, and other stretches where I copped noth…
@Gramps_AllDay spot on mate, my local RSL Choy Sun Doa is the exact same story. Dead for weeks then it coughs up the free games twice in one night 🔥💰 It's still my all-time favourite pokie though, when that retrigger hits it just pays. Granted I only ever chuck in A$20-30 on a Friday ah well
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Thanks Gramps_AllDay, that actually makes sense of my sessions 😅 So the same machine can just feel totally different depending on the venue's settings? Might explain why my club one seems tighter than the pub I tried near Ballarat. Guess I'll keep a rough note of how often the free games land at each before deciding if it's worth a proper slap 🙏
Thanks Gramps_AllDay, that actually makes sense of my sessions 😅 So the same machine can just feel totally different depending on the venue's settings? Might explain why my club one seems tighter than the pub I tried nea…
@FreoBlue yeah that's deadset the way it works, venue settings can make the same pokie feel like two different machines. I've copped the same on Choy Sun Doa, my local club one goes quiet for ages then BAM the free games hit and it's all gold 🤑 Interesting you found the pub near Ballarat looser, maybe give that one another go 🔥🎰
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@PaulSlots13 that quiet-then-BAM feeling is exactly why Choy Sun Doa is my pick too, best provider hands down when that retrigger lands 😱🔥 I got hammered at my local club last Friday then it spat out the free games and paid A$180 before I left ah well. FreoBlue if the pub one feels looser just enjoy it while it lasts lol 🤑
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@VegasDivaBonus A$180 before you left is the dream exit ngl 🔥 I had nearly the same vibe a couple Fridays back, got bashed around on Choy Sun Doa for an hour then the free games stacked and I walked out up instead of grumpy 😅
That quiet-then-BAM rhythm is exactly why I keep coming back to it. Some punters can't stand the dead stretches but to me that's the whole tension of the game - you're sitting there at $2 a spin thinking "come on mate" and then the golds start dropping and everything's loud again 🤑 Only pokie I'll defend to the death at my local.
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@VegasDivaBonus A$180 before you left is the dream exit ngl 🔥 I had nearly the same vibe a couple Fridays back, got bashed around on Choy Sun Doa for an hour then the free games stacked and I walked out up instead of gru…
Haha that quiet-then-BAM thing is so wild with Choy Sun Doa. I'm still trying to figure out if that’s just luck or something 😬
@PaulSlots13 that quiet-then-BAM feeling is exactly why Choy Sun Doa is my pick too, best provider hands down when that retrigger lands 😱🔥 I got hammered at my local club last Friday then it spat out the free games and p…
@VegasDivaBonus A$180 before you walked out is a decent night, no argument there. But quiet-then-BAM is just how high volatility pokies chew through your balance, it's not some special rhythm Aristocrat baked in for your benefit. The hour of getting hammered is the machine working exactly as designed, the free games are the offset that mostly never covers it.
For every retrigger that pays A$180 there's a punter at the next machine who fed it the same and got nothing. I've sat through plenty of those arvos myself. Long run you're still minus on Choy Sun Doa, same as any of them. Enjoy the wins when they land, just don't start believing the game owes you one after a quiet stretch.
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@VegasDivaBonus A$180 before you walked out is a decent night, no argument there. But quiet-then-BAM is just how high volatility pokies chew through your balance, it's not some special rhythm Aristocrat baked in for your…
@FruitWin fair dinkum on the maths but that BAM on Choy Sun Doa hits different 🔰 quiet hour A$40 down then free games stacked and it paid me back double 🤑 still my all-time favourite
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@VegasDivaBonus A$180 before you left is the dream exit ngl 🔥 I had nearly the same vibe a couple Fridays back, got bashed around on Choy Sun Doa for an hour then the free games stacked and I walked out up instead of gru…
@FreeSpinsKing walking out up instead of grumpy is the whole point of a session ngl 😅 that quiet hour is brutal but when the free games stack on Choy Sun Doa I forget every dollar I fed it 🔰 was nearly the same, dropped A$25 over the arvo then a retrigger saved the whole night 🤑
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@VegasDivaBonus A$180 before you walked out is a decent night, no argument there. But quiet-then-BAM is just how high volatility pokies chew through your balance, it's not some special rhythm Aristocrat baked in for your…
@FruitWin maybe so but who cares if its "designed", when the BAM lands on Choy Sun Doa it feels like a gift ngl 😅 paid for my carton more than once off one retrigger 🔰 call it maths if you want, ill call it a good Friday
@VegasDivaBonus A$180 before you walked out is a decent night, no argument there. But quiet-then-BAM is just how high volatility pokies chew through your balance, it's not some special rhythm Aristocrat baked in for your…
@FruitWin sure, the maths is brutal, but that BAM on Choy Sun Doa still feels like a gift every time 😅 dont care whats baked in, my Friday nights say otherwise 🤑