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Plinko the game that dominates my game on stakes and I chose the opposite from you by going HIGH with Rows 16, aiming to be able to get 1000x and got this a few times ago but this won't always get even for 1000 bets didn't give 1000x just under than that, and I will continue to choose this in futures.
So you set the rows and risk and let it go on auto bet, I assume.
Since, I usually only wager 1$ per time I don't go for high risk, since I believe statistically I could not manage to get up to 1000 tries before running out of money.
I could also try to go for a low risk configuration and elevate the wager some time to see how it goes.