Advantage Slots

It’s probably obvious, but I’ll say it anyway: Grand Phoenix and Grand Tiger play the same way. Below is a look at Grand Phoenix:

But what the heck makes it an advantage? A lot is going on in the photo above. For this game, we need those yellow symbols with the coins above them. If there aren’t at least two coins above each symbol, they’re not active and don’t carry over to the next spin.

In the example above, they happen to be in column four, which isn’t ideal because they also act as wilds and can pay off small to medium even if you don’t get the bonus. Remember, most slots operate left to right, which is why the left side of the board carries more weight in the advantage game.

Because of that, if they aren’t in columns one through three, I’d want at least two symbols like we have above. I’d play this for one spin and hope more yellow symbols are added. If none arrives, the play is over and you lose one bet.

In the first three columns, I’d play one or more, such as in the next example in column three:

OK, so we have one here with three coins above instead of two. What does that mean? It means you play it for at least two spins and hopefully add more of those yellow symbols, which reset the counter and add back the maximum number of three coins for each symbol.

If any of this sounds confusing, don’t worry. One, knowing how the sausage is made isn’t as important as knowing what a minimum play is. Two, you’ll naturally pick up on things as you play. Three, I’ll link to some of my videos at the end of this as well.

How about the example below:

All right, so this must be a dream find, right? There are six symbols and better yet, they have the maximum number of coins above them. Well, folks, Mama’s wrong again.

Unfortunately, that’s the board from the previous bonus. Anytime you find one like that or this (below), your next spin will wipe away whatever was there in the previous spin:

As you can see, there are four yellow symbols and two large red coins, equalling six and indicating a bonus was hit the previous spin. The next spin will clear the board and offer no advantage. That means five active yellow symbols without red coins would be the best possible find.

Once you understand the basics of how the game works, it’s a simple one to remember. It’s also a game where you need to insert your voucher to check the different bets and denominations, so you’re likely to find plays on it frequently enough because grinders are sometimes lazy and don’t like the inconvenience of doing that.

To recap: At least one yellow symbol — with at least two small yellow coins above it — in columns one, two, or three. Or at least two yellow symbols — with at least two small yellow coins above them — anywhere on the board.

There’s also another version of this game, and to keep things simple I’d suggest playing it the same way:

It has the same name and look, but you can see two additional figures in the example above: $6 and $4. I wouldn’t overthink it, but if you want to tighten up ever so slightly with this version, I won’t fault you.

Here are the aforementioned tutorial videos: