Fruit Machine Chat

Forgot to mention this yesterday. I was at a mate's in Birmingham last weekend and found a new poker game called Red Hot Poker or something on the Inde in his local.

There were a lot of games on it I didn't recognise (not got an Inde near me usually) but this one reminded me of Texas Hold 'Em (also on there) except there's no dealer to piss you off on the river. You get dealt five cards and answer questions for more until you've made a decent hand, and get awarded the prize shown on the ladder. Seemed pretty good, I had a few quid out of it anyway.

Anybody ever won more than a £1 out of this? I can usually get through a few hands but it always seems to kick me out with a pair for £1. Also have had an occurrence when the £1 doesn't come down to the 'no hand' and i just kept getting no hands. Surely this can't be right or fair?

Best I've had is £3, this was after six successful hands. Why do they make it so painfull???