Our monthly trips from Boston includes GVR. Offers are $50-$100 FP plus room plus point multiplier. We have been playing less and less the 100% games as point multipliers narrows the ev difference; not to mention trying to keep a low profile. We use our points and never ask for a food comp. We get relatively lot of points which may be the result of point multipliers. And their always having food specials.
Action is $30K/day with ~95% on FPVP and ~5% slots. Nice joint to end the trip and there's a short cut to/from the rental care return.
IMO, East Coast gamblers should take advantage of games other than FPJB while in mecca (FPDB, FPDDB, NSUD, and FPSuperDB are the strategy cards we carry).
At some joints, Mgmt flags FPJB and cuts theo; while giving other FPVP relatively decent theo. (That was happening at Mohegan before the VP debacle).
Not saying the case at Stations. Saw "pro's" playing FPJB during the point system change maybe 6 months ago. Queen wrote about on the board and in her articles/blog.
The transition appeared to make FPJB positive.
Our other casinos are now Main Street Station and Laughlin Aquarius. We always rent a car as cost is reasonable and drives gets us away from the machines.
Have a great trip(s).
Dave in Boston
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "St. Tropez97" <st.tropez97@...> wrote:
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> Since you wrote that you won't be staying downtown, I think that leaves Sam's Town and Gold Coast as the only two Boyd casinos in LV that have $1 9/6 JoB.
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> I don't know much about comps at Sam's Town, but Gold Coast should be one of the easier places to get a comp from a host. There's usually a host in the Emerald Services room, but you need to dip an Emerald card to unlock the door. Sometimes there's also a host available to everyone at a desk in the high limit room.
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> Gold Coast usually has a few point multiplier days each week with 5x or 7x points.
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> Stations is tight with comps for video poker players, especially Red Rock. Don't know about South Point but I wouldn't be too hopeful there.
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> YMMV on all of the above.
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "lfcmja@" <lfcmja@> wrote:
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> > Hi,
> > I'm east coast so dollar 9/6 jacks is my game
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> > According to VPFree2 Database :
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> > Boyd Properties give .167% comp on less than 100% games
> > Station gives .3%
> > Both give discretionary comps.
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> > On just a day trip I'm playing and I've given them approx. $12,000-15,000 worth of play when I decide to take a meal break.
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> > At Boyd I've earned approx. $20-25 comp
> > At Station its approx. $36-45.
> >
> > Do I use my pts. and limit myself within that range or do I save the pts.and go to the card desk or a host and say I'd like to get a food comp for what ever the name restaurant ?
> >
> > How do either of these tactics affect mailings if I'm thinking of staying there on my next LV trip?
> >
> > BTW I would probably finish my initial day of play in one of these casinos with approx. $20K +.
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "lfcmja@" <lfcmja@> wrote:
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> > If you don't mind how does this scenario play out at South Pt. which has .3% comp ?
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