Comps

BlackjackMan312

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Good Evening Everyone, Im Just wondering what is the common betting level you have noticed to receive the following comps and what Casinos or Chain of Casinos (I.E. MGM, Harrahs) will you receive those in.
I'm Kinda doing a servey here.

I have noticed that as a Green Players you seem to receive food/drink comps, small Cash comps.

I have noticed that as a black player, you tend to receive free rooms, entertaintment

I have noticed as a Purple Player, you tend to receive Airfare, Limo Service Etc...Do you think its possible to get any of these at the Black level?

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Thanks!
 

Jdesey

Member
my experience

I am only hours from Vegas.. so I am there alot

for whatever reason I started to get all kinds of comps from Harrahs so I play there (RIO, Ballys, Paris, etc..) and stay there exclusively.

I believe it is not just the average but also time in play. and I play alot when I am there... average of 14 hours per day!

I have received unlimited free rooms this year.. and that means the most to me cause Vegas has gotten bigtime expensive. some times the rate is over $300 and I am staying for free.

Food comps have been okay... but I still end up paying for about 1/2 of my meals
 

EasyRhino

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My understanding (all theoretical, mind you) is that airfare reimbursement is the closest comp to straight cash out there, so it's probably among the hardest to get.

I wonder at what level a player starts getting his own "deal", in the form of loss insurance, or a free chips when entering the casino.
 

Frankie

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EasyRhino said:
My understanding (all theoretical, mind you) is that airfare reimbursement is the closest comp to straight cash out there.
Your understanding is wrong. There are far better comps than airfare reimbursement. Straight cash (i.e., lots of it) and freeroll tournament invites can be 100 times more valuable than airfare reimbursement.
 

BlackjackMan312

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Frankie said:
Your understanding is wrong. There are far better comps than airfare reimbursement. Straight cash (i.e., lots of it) and freeroll tournament invites can be 100 times more valuable than airfare reimbursement.
What Level Betting do you usually get Airfare at? in my experience its usually Purple. Just wondering if anyone ever got it at black?
 

moo321

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Frankie said:
Your understanding is wrong. There are far better comps than airfare reimbursement. Straight cash (i.e., lots of it) and freeroll tournament invites can be 100 times more valuable than airfare reimbursement.
Why don't you re-read what he wrote.
 

shadroch

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BlackjackMan312 said:
What Level Betting do you usually get Airfare at? in my experience its usually Purple. Just wondering if anyone ever got it at black?

Please don't take this the wrong way,but the art of scamming casinos into giving one crazy comps for the amount actually played is not the fodder of public forums. I've gotten airfare and cash on much less than black play.
Casino Hosts are greedy suckers,appeal to their greed.
 

rdorange

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Airfare for green

I must be lucky. I have had airfare and rooms (one week at a time) comped from Harrah's in Laughlin. I've played Harrah's establishments from Vegas to N.O. and MS. I never played a black chip opening bet in my life. I have split and doubled into the hundreds, but never an opening bet. Harrah's establishments, with the exception of Laughlin, gives me the worst comps of any casino group. The other Casinos furnish free rooms, comp plays/cash plays, meals and entertainment.
 

Frankie

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rdorange said:
I must be lucky. I have had airfare and rooms (one week at a time) comped from Harrah's in Laughlin. I've played Harrah's establishments from Vegas to N.O. and MS. I never played a black chip opening bet in my life. I have split and doubled into the hundreds, but never an opening bet. Harrah's establishments, with the exception of Laughlin, gives me the worst comps of any casino group. The other Casinos furnish free rooms, comp plays/cash plays, meals and entertainment.
Harrah's is very aggressive in marketing some of their less well-known/visited properties. I rarely play at Harrah's any more (the Vegas games are terrible) but I still get mailers to Laughlin, Tahoe, New Orleans, San Diego and a bunch of other random places. Some of the deals are quite attractive: airfare comped up front, RFB obviously, and other incentives (gift certificates, gifts, cash, etc.). One deal I got to New Orleans, but couldn't use, was really amazing. Something like airfare, RFB, $500 in gift certificates, and a week long cruise in the Carribean. Didn't go. I'd rather just fly to Vegas and play better games. Sorry. (I'm not a counter, and the difference between a .19 DD game and a crappy HET 6D game over one weekend of play is worth far more than all of those comps for me).

Harrah's properties in AC also have pretty good tournaments, etc. -- but I haven't seen any good tournaments (maybe I'm not getting invited) in the Vegas properties. They do some nice giveaways at Caesar's LV -- $2500 Mastercard gift certificate last year -- but I'd rather have a really good tournament than the $2500 cash. (But oh yeah my wife had fun spending that gift card).
 

BlackjackMan312

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Frankie said:
Harrah's is very aggressive in marketing some of their less well-known/visited properties. I rarely play at Harrah's any more (the Vegas games are terrible)
Actually Ceasars on the higher limit tables $50 and up offer the best game on the strip based on a rules prespective. The Pen is about 80%, They have S17, DAS, Spilt up to 4 Hands, RSA, and Surrender, bringing house edge down to .28 for basic strategy player.
 

Frankie

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BlackjackMan312 said:
Actually Ceasars on the higher limit tables $50 and up offer the best game on the strip based on a rules prespective. The Pen is about 80%, They have S17, DAS, Spilt up to 4 Hands, RSA, and Surrender, bringing house edge down to .28 for basic strategy player.
Incorrect on two fronts. First of all, these games (only in the high limit pit) are usually $500 minimum. Sometimes in off hour they are $200, which is great for me. $500 too rich for me as a minimum. Second, they are not the best games on the Strip. Maybe best shoe game, yes. There many, many better games though. Even blackjack switch has a lower HA.
 

Kasi

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BlackjackMan312 said:
Actually Ceasars on the higher limit tables $50 and up offer the best game on the strip based on a rules prespective. The Pen is about 80%, They have S17, DAS, Spilt up to 4 Hands, RSA, and Surrender, bringing house edge down to .28 for basic strategy player.

Got back from a week in Vegas yesterday and found $5 min games, 24 hours a day, at a strip casino, multi-deck with S17, DA2, DAS, peek, RSA to 4 hands and late surrender. If the 3 $5 tables were full, I'd go to the $10 table lol. One of the $5 tables was a CSM. The other 2 were shoes where dealer physically shuffled the cards. I'm pretty sure mid-shoe entry was allowed.

I was pretty much blown away at that as I sure wasn't expecting it.

Another place, off strip, had a nice DD, DA2, DAS, H17, mid-shoe entry allowed, no surrender game, split to 4 hands but no RSA, with plentiful $5 tables all the time. When the spirit moved me I'd occasionally jump from $5 to $100. Okay twice I did lol. BJ both times lol.
 

EasyRhino

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Where at? The only reliable $5 table I can think of on the strip is Slotsafun, and I'm pretty darn sure they don't allow surrender. Or even know what that means.
 

glovesetc

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answer to comp plays

if you are in AC and want insurance or moneyback I was told once you have to deposit $100,000.00 k or up and they give you a 20% kickback if you play 4 hours or more in a day . A host told me that many years ago so no idea what it may be today or if they still have it . a mix of gren and black play will get you RFB , a suite , and airfare at Luxor and mandalay bay any day of the week . That I know from experience and if you stay 4-7 days and it is around the holidays they usually will give you a $2,500.00 to $5,000.00 gift certificate as well !!!! You need to buy in for 10k a day as well .:) :grin: ;) :cool: :cool2:
 

Kasi

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Frankie said:
There many, many better games though. Even blackjack switch has a lower HA.
What are the Vegas rules of BJS anyway?

Do player BJ's push or win against dealer 22?

Can u switch before dealer checks for BJ?

Is it S17 or H17?


What do u estimate the HA to be?
 
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