Vegas Results

[CowboyKO]

Well, my first Vegas trip ended in the black for me which was encouraging. Played downtown exclusively but was coming off the flu so I did not have the energy to hammer out that much playing time at the tables as I would have liked. I put in about six hours and came out 83 units ahead overall. Most of my time was spent at DD at the Fitz, 4 Queens, Fremont, and Lady Luck. Penetration at all these places seemed to be dealer dependent with the Fitz offering the best overall avg. pen at about 65-70%. Penetration at 4 Queens was consistently poor with around 50% or even less. Fremont was somewhat better with about 60% as was Lady Luck, although one dealer at the LL would shuffle up when my max bets came out. Result for each venue: Fitz +35 units, 4 Queens +11 units, Fremont +8 units, and LL -3 units. I only spent a short but profitable time playing SD at the Horseshoe where I ended up +32 units.

I have an upcoming trip to Reno and would like to know if you guys would recommend any nice places to stay. Unfortunately the saying "don't let the bed bugs bite" was all too true when I decided to stay at the cheapest hotel possible when I went to Vegas.

Good Luck to all.
CKO

 

[Automatic Monkey]

I stay at the Wells Ave. Motel 6 when I go to Reno, just out of cheapness and habit. I'll be playing enough to get comped a room when I go next time, but Reno is a scary place and I think I'd rather be sleeping someplace the casino doesn't know about if I get busted for counting. Remember they can chase you away from BJ only, throw you out of the casino, or throw you off the premises entirely which includes the hotel. Motel 6 is always clean and convenient, and they don't charge for local or 800 phone calls.

 

[count running]

Places to stay in Reno

In Reno I like the Sands. Cheap (and I mean CHEAP) room rates, and walkable to all of downtown. The rooms are truely nice, and the gym/spa is free to guests (and with a phenomenal view). Decent low-roller BJ.

Don't miss the $0.99 breakfast (served all day) at the Cal-Neva, and the free internet access and cup o' joe at the little cyber cafe on S. Victoria (the main drag) just across the river from the casinos. Man I love Reno!

Best places to play right now (IMHO) are S*enna, A*lantis, Circ-Circ. Doomtown has become unbearably sweaty, and dealers like to pref. shuffle on you. Also avoid H*rrah's, El Blurado, Sliver Legacy.

RC

 

[CowboyKO]

Re: Places to stay in Reno

How is the heat at the joints in Sparks? It appears that the condtions there are generally better with the exception of maybe the S*enna in Reno. Thanks for the responses.
CKO

 

[Running Count]

Re: Places to stay in Reno

The S*enna is not in Sparks -- it's in downtown Reno. The Sparks places are a mixed bag. Baldeenies and Rail Spity are dumps where even low red action is enough to bring down the house. They notice anyone under 50, not a trucker or local, betting more than $10 a hand. The Nugg has dropped its single-deck pit and now offers mostly 2D with decent pen. I hardly ever play there anymore.

If you don't have a car, stay in downtown and play in downtown (except maybe a trip down Virginia to Atlanpermill.

Have fun,

RC

p.s. Thanks, Admin, for hooking me back up.

 

[maple]

Re: Places to stay in Reno

Stay at Boomtown, very friendly, no heat 5-25, generous with comps,
have never paid for a meal there yet, just have to ask, they give you
a meal comp.
free room offers come in the mail
every 2 months, we've stayed there free about 4 times, getting 4 nights
free as we both get offers and book them back to back.
Stayed at Atlantis once and liked it then went out to this Boowtown and
signed up for a players card and the room offers started coming and we've never looked back and they have all only single-deck. Boomtown
is about 7 minutes west of Reno towards Sacramento.