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The Problem:

 

I will be playing and I will hold (or attempt to hold) first card from the left and or maybe first and second card from the left along with maybe the 4th or 5th card. As soon as i hit the frist and second button (to hold) the screen goes "return to game". Meaning I lost the cards I was attempting to hold and actually loose the complete game. The screen goes from showing 5 cards cards as stated above to "return to game" screen. When I go to return to game it shows my 5 original cards including the ones I was holding (still showing hold on the cards) but I am into a new game now. So the net result is I loose that one "play/deal".

 

I really think I am doing something (without realizing it) at the start of the hold with my left hand (fingers). The problem only happens when I hold starting from the left-never from the right,  but I don't know what and even if I am doing something off beat why does the machine react as it does.

 

I have probably done a poor job explaining-----not that it matters but I play only DB VP.

 

The faster I play the more frequent it happens. I may play for 40 hours (total) without it happening then it will happen several times within a few hours.

 

Anyone want to take a shot as to what I may be doing to cause this. Surely I am not the

only person this ever happens to-----even if it is user error.

 

It happens when you think you are in the middle of hand, when you are actually at the end of the hand. I figured out that this usually happens to me after I discard all five cards. Since I threw away all 5 cards, when the 5 new cards appear it can feel like a new deal. So then you go to hold a card and it goes to the menu. Why? Because you already threw all 5 cards away and you're looking at the draw cards instead of the initial deal. This is user error of course, but I think the machines could have been designed to be more obvious about what is happening.

 

Hope this helps. I can't say for sure this is what you are experiencing but it happened to me enough to give you one good possibility. The appearance of it is exactly what you describe.

 

It all depends on the type of machine. But yes, on many machines the left hold button becomes "more games" and the next one over controls the speed (IIRC).