[vpFREE] Palms

 

I don't know what they are doing there with the remodeling -- the high roller area is now gone, with some of the machines sitting out in the area near Little Buddah, and some empty spots where machines were.

Gudarnos is now closed. Little Buddah to close in another week or so (note to Palms, why not stagger your remodeling? Nutty)

Palms buffet has added more selections, but quality remains the same as always, variable quality. Salad bar had no lettuce, just cheaper green stuff, whatever it is, plus premixed salads. Even spinach had dressing on it. Why not leave the greens undressed and let us put dressing on if we want it?

Thursday buffet line at 4 pm was huge because of senior 1/2 price discount. Being over 50 was good for a $4 movie ticket though, which was good. They also have some low cost senior tournaments and other benefits on Thursday.

Back to buffet -- Thursday beef tasted terrible, burnt. Dinner rolls fresh. Saturday beef was fine, dinner rolls stale. This is an example of what I mean by variable quality. Chicken was delicious both days, fried shrimp overlooked. Also no line on Saturday for dinner at 4 pm, which now was suppose to be a seafood buffet that costs more than sun-Thursday buffet, but I noticed hardly any difference in choices.

You'd think since Gudarnos is closed, the Mexican section of buffet would be bigger, but it remains the same. The taco bar has corn tacos only, why no flour tortillas? There seems to be a lot of Thai food now, added to the Chinese food. The Chinese food always seems pretty much the same, not too flavorful.

Wine is free for lunch and dinner which may make the buffet more palatable, and discounts are good, depending on your player card level. They have nice apples and bananas which is good, but no melons or fruit salad. Today there were strawberries too.

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[vpFREE] Re Tahoe and 7* trips

 

Depending on which property you go to the $500 trip food credit may go into your total comp credit with any unused potions remaining, or may only be available for the trip. At Biloxi and Hammond it was added to our comp credits. At Biloxi we could use part for spa or food or anything. At Hammond we were able to divide part as a credit at the hotel we were in (since Hammond Ind doesn't have it's own hotel), the rest given to us as a Total Rewards card we could use anywhere if any was left.

In Atlantic City the trip credit was only good for food, no spa, and therefore was not put into our comp account, and I'm assuming this remains true now (went last year). Don't know about Tahoe, but I'm guessing maybe it just goes into your comp account.

The best bet is to call and speak to a host there, and find out for sure. Tahoe has several good hosts including Jeff Bryan.

A host can also tell u about the Tahoe Star boat cruise. I'm guessing again, but I think it may be too late in the year for it, it runs in the summer.

The Limo from Reno takes about 1 1/2 hours and they do stock it with some booze, soft drinks, and a few snacks like potato chips. We normally tip $20, but If you feel like tipping less (or more) you certainly can.

Hosts are very good in Tahoe, and if you go on a non-7 star trip, they may reimburse some or all your airfare without taking RCs if your play is high. Presumably they might be able to reimburse spa or food if you run out of comps and have good play.

One nice thing about Tahoe is the view of the Lake. I recommend asking for a Lakeview suite at Harvey's, which are terrific, rather than the 7 star suites at Harrahs with butler but lesser views.

The American River cafe is very good for breakfast and lunch. Harrahs buffet food too, but sometimes not open for breakfast. Best steakhouse meal is Harrahs on top floor. Sage Room in Harvey's also good, but no view (though they do have table side making of some salads, deserts, steak diane). Third best is the one on top of Harvey's. Chinese restaurant in Harrahs was bad to mediocre and they do not know how to cook Peking duck, shrimp with lobster sauce, or wonton soup....so don't bother.

Best thing is if you play well you'll get good offers for the next time, including coupon books with free play, extra "reel rewards" coupons (but they are low in value), and sometimes very good offers for free play/chips, playup offers, jewelry shopping, etx, in addition to things like tournaments and concerts.

Snow is possible any time of year, even July, so you might get some in Oct. we've arrived in March to clear warm weather, only to have clouds and snow blow in the next night, and blow away the next, so Oct. could be like that. Mountain sports like skiing often are available nearby. If you don't ski u can ride the Heavenly lift (walking distance) to have a great view of lake.

Hotel is next to several other casinos in walking distance and one has a movie theater. In room movies and Internet are free for 7 star members.

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RE: [vpFREE] Re: Video Poker Formula For Slots?

 


hollywood casino in columbus has no good playable video poker. Mostly slot machines and poor paytables on the VP.


To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
From: staywarm@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:24:32 +0000
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Video Poker Formula For Slots?

I think you would be hard pressed to find a slot with 95% return. But if you did you would also have a tough time getting 5% in promotions and multiplyers.

I don't believe it would be possible but a good question!

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vpplayer88" <vpplayer88@...> wrote:
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> I'm curious about something.
>
> The formula that some people seem to use to gain an edge on video poker is cash back, promotions, multiple points days, bounce back cash and/or free play to bring negative games positive.
>
> While slots return much less on the game, all of those things, especially the multiple points days and free play are much more generous for slot players.
>
> Are there any people out there that can find a 95% slot machine and turn it positive with really good promotions and multipliers or is it simply impossible?
>



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[vpFREE] Re: Video Poker Formula For Slots?

 

I think you would be hard pressed to find a slot with 95% return. But if you did you would also have a tough time getting 5% in promotions and multiplyers.

I don't believe it would be possible but a good question!

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vpplayer88" <vpplayer88@...> wrote:
>
> I'm curious about something.
>
> The formula that some people seem to use to gain an edge on video poker is cash back, promotions, multiple points days, bounce back cash and/or free play to bring negative games positive.
>
> While slots return much less on the game, all of those things, especially the multiple points days and free play are much more generous for slot players.
>
> Are there any people out there that can find a 95% slot machine and turn it positive with really good promotions and multipliers or is it simply impossible?
>

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[vpFREE] casino in calgary, canada

 

I am going to Calgary. Can anyone update me on the availability at the casinos there for JOB 9/6 or any other playable game? Thank you in advance for the assistance.

Paul

Paul Bedo

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[vpFREE] Re: Discretionary Comp Question

 



--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mckenztf" <tfmckenzie@...> wrote:
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> I don't have any experience with Stations. At Main Street Station and the Cal, you could certainly see a host and they give you a pretty generous meal comp.

McK,
Thank you for your reply. I should have been more specific in my initial postings by saying that I am not looking to stay downtown.
Hoping to hear from other bd. members.

Larry F.

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[vpFREE] LVA Question of the Day - 13 OCT 2012

LVA Question of the Day - 13 OCT 2012

Q: I watched Olate Dogs work their way to the top spot on
"America's Got Talent." The father has been performing with
his dogs for 40+ years. Some of his dogs are rescues and he
donates some of his receipts to shelters. Back in the '90s,
I saw a dog act at Excalibur. Some of the dogs were rescues
and a portion of each day's ticket sales were donated to
shelters. Could this have been Olate Dogs?

Read the answer here:

http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/qod.cfm

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[vpFREE] Re: Discretionary Comp Question

 

I don't have any experience with Stations. At Main Street Station and the Cal, you could certainly see a host and they give you a pretty generous meal comp. At MSS, the folks in the slot club can give you a comp to the buffet for pretty minimal play. The advantage of a buffet pass there is that it includes a line pass, and the lines there can get pretty long. You'll definitely get good mailers from Boyd.

I haven't had as much success getting meals comped at Orleans and Gold Cost, but I don't play at nearly your levels. There's no $1 job at Orleans.

If you go to Main Street Station, the only $1 JOB machines I know of that give 1 point for $1 coin-in are the bartops. The 9/6 slant-tops are on machines that also offer 10/7 Bonus, so unless something has changed, they take $3 coin-in for one point.

>
> 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.
>

> 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 +.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry Feldman
>

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[vpFREE] Boyd Pumpkin Patch game pieces

 

You can earn game pieces on Fri + Sat until middle of Nov. There are six sets of four. Completing a set of four gets you cash prizes from $2500 down to $2500. Good luck getting a complete set for any amount :-(

The six sets are labelled in the rules as A thru F. From the game pieces I've received, each group has a "rare" piece. They are:

A ($2500). The Orleans
B ($1500). California
C ($1000). Blue Chip
D ($500). SC Prime
E ($250). St. Tropez
F ($50). Gold Coast Bowling

I hope everybody(especially me!) gets ALL of the above pieces.

G'luck all,
Gamb00ler

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