Favorite Casino?

#21
shadroch said:
Have you tried booking your offers? The Las Vegas Advisor forum is full of threads about people booking their offers, booking airfare and then getting an email from V/P a few days before the trip rescinding the offers and offering casino rates.
My understanding is they drew the line around $200/$250 a hand for BJ players.
Sounds like grounds for a class-action lawsuit. Offering one thing to encourage people to book a trip but giving something else when they got there.
 

Machinist

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#23
My vote is anyone of the stinking joints that is willing to let me take their money from them. The more I can get from them the more I like them.
I have about six off the top of my head that i really really liked for time periods of 3 months to 2 years.....
4 winds,grand vic elgin,motorcity,greektown, those were 4 of the best.....they are toilets in my mind now....
Anytime your rated in the top 1% of players in a casino........well let's just say things are good!

Machinist
 

sagefr0g

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#24
fondest memories for me would be the now defunct SeaEscape,
s17das,lsr 6deck pen circa 75% (variable),
they had some wild promo's on a monthly basis, can't remember exactly, something like pay for $100 worth of chips and receive $150 worth of chips, that could be played virtually like regular chips.
then on certain nights, errhh maybe tuesday & wednesdays they'd give you either a $25 match play chip or two $25 match play chips.
she was an ole ship, kinda of worn, but it was really enjoyable, shows, movies and meal with really low admission ticket for the cruise to no where, days and nights.
 

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#27
The best place I have gambled in is probably Circus Circus in Reno. My husband and I both had a great time won some money and had about $150 in food comps.

The rooms there were also very nice and cheap I think we paid $39 a night. This was quite a few years ago.

In Las Vegas I did pretty good playing Black Jack at Tropicana.
 

Dyepaintball12

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#28
Machinist said:
My vote is anyone of the stinking joints that is willing to let me take their money from them. The more I can get from them the more I like them.
I have about six off the top of my head that i really really liked for time periods of 3 months to 2 years.....
4 winds,grand vic elgin,motorcity,greektown, those were 4 of the best.....they are toilets in my mind now....
Anytime your rated in the top 1% of players in a casino........well let's just say things are good!

Machinist
Oh they're not just toilets in your mind!
 

21gunsalute

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#29
CathyRas said:
The best place I have gambled in is probably Circus Circus in Reno. My husband and I both had a great time won some money and had about $150 in food comps.

The rooms there were also very nice and cheap I think we paid $39 a night. This was quite a few years ago.
Really? Circus Circus has bad rules. The food comp sounds allright, except I assume then you have to use it for Circus Circus food, which was pretty bad the last time I was there. And one can do much better than $39 a night in Reno. You can get nice rooms at the Sands for about half that price.
 
#30
Machinist said:
My vote is anyone of the stinking joints that is willing to let me take their money from them. The more I can get from them the more I like them.
I have about six off the top of my head that i really really liked for time periods of 3 months to 2 years.....
4 winds,grand vic elgin,motorcity,greektown, those were 4 of the best.....they are toilets in my mind now....
Anytime your rated in the top 1% of players in a casino........well let's just say things are good!

Machinist
If you're rated in the top 1% of all players in a casino, your play will be getting a lot of attention. You can immediately go from being treated like a king to being treated like scum if they know you're counting. If you want to keep those great comps in the long term, don't take so much money from them (take money from their competition instead).
 
#31
The room was superior at Circus Circus and we even had a suite one time with a jacuzzi in the room. It was very cheap.


The last time I was there was at least 5 years ago but probably more like 7 years. At that time I found the Black Jack to be very good way better than Harrah's.

Another pretty good place was Atlantis which is not downtown. They had a really good pizza place. But I doubt if I will being to Reno anytime soon, if ever.

I heard Circus Circus in Vegas is a dump. But I have not ever been there.

We also stayed at Silver Legacy but I don't recall how much the room was and they have a Great Buffet called Sterlings (I think) I still get emails from them for rooms
 

Billy C1

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#32
alwayssplitaces said:
If you're rated in the top 1% of all players in a casino, your play will be getting a lot of attention. You can immediately go from being treated like a king to being treated like scum if they know you're counting. If you want to keep those great comps in the long term, don't take so much money from them (take money from their competition instead).
I'm having a problem wrapping my head around the idea that any casino would tell players they are in the top 1% of players. Does the 1% stand for action given, skill level or what?

BillyC1
 

Machinist

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#34
Whoops!!! Sorry guys....I should have clarified.about the 1%..all my action was through machines....
and as some one alluded to , when the casino finds out what you really are up to.... the whole charade comes crashing down extremly quick. Poof everything is gone in a heartbeat.
And from that point forward the store is just a toilet to me....There is always another one to be found.

Machinist
 

Brock Windsor

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#35
Machinist said:
Whoops!!! Sorry guys....I should have clarified.about the 1%..all my action was through machines....
and as some one alluded to , when the casino finds out what you really are up to.... the whole charade comes crashing down extremly quick. Poof everything is gone in a heartbeat.
And from that point forward the store is just a toilet to me....There is always another one to be found.

Machinist
Do you mind answering, are these machines CSM's or are you playing VP/Slot progressives?
-BW
 
#36
Canterbury Park in Minnesota.

No smoking throughout the entire building.

Dealers keep their own tokes.

Unfortunately a couple years ago they went to H17, which is common in most Minnesota casinos. At least they got rid of the antes.
 

Machinist

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#37
Brock Windsor said:
Do you mind answering, are these machines CSM's or are you playing VP/Slot progressives?
-BW
BW...yes at the time in question, it was slots, vp prog, vbj and vp for some dandy promotions.

Machinist
 
#38
CathyRas said:
The room was superior at Circus Circus and we even had a suite one time with a jacuzzi in the room. It was very cheap.


The last time I was there was at least 5 years ago but probably more like 7 years. At that time I found the Black Jack to be very good way better than Harrah's.

Another pretty good place was Atlantis which is not downtown. They had a really good pizza place. But I doubt if I will being to Reno anytime soon, if ever.

I heard Circus Circus in Vegas is a dump. But I have not ever been there.

We also stayed at Silver Legacy but I don't recall how much the room was and they have a Great Buffet called Sterlings (I think) I still get emails from them for rooms
Yes the Eldorado/AgLeg has the best buffet in downtown Reno. Also a decent game if you can get away with it.

It's been a while since I've been in Reno too, but the best BJ now is probably at the Western Village, and the Atlantis is good too. Boomtown used to be the best, was in a category by itself as well as the infamous truckstop in Sparks! Circle Jerkus will let you get away with counting but it's a relatively poor game, tends to be slow and crowded. I also hear they treat their employees worse than any place in town, so bad they can't get an American to deal cards there.

The place in Reno to avoid: Cal-Neva. Lots of crazy, lowlife and illegal behavior in there. And the patrons are no bargain either.
 

Blue Efficacy

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#39
JohnGalt1 said:
Canterbury Park in Minnesota.

No smoking throughout the entire building.

Dealers keep their own tokes.

Unfortunately a couple years ago they went to H17, which is common in most Minnesota casinos. At least they got rid of the antes.
Personally i like the casino down the road much better.

But if you like the dealers keeping their own tokes (which in my experience leads to more transparently fake "friendliness" and toke hustling) and non-smoking (they have non-smoking pits at the 2 major Indian casinos in area) better than a beatable game, good for you!

Enjoy your 1.75 deck cuts :laugh:
 

mjbballar23

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#40
Blue Efficacy said:
Personally i like the casino down the road much better.

But if you like the dealers keeping their own tokes (which in my experience leads to more transparently fake "friendliness" and toke hustling) and non-smoking (they have non-smoking pits at the 2 major Indian casinos in area) better than a beatable game, good for you!

Enjoy your 1.75 deck cuts :laugh:
Its actually improved last i checked.
 
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