Vegas

[mjsuax13]

Golden Nugget keeps giving me free rooms 2-3 days at a time. Can’t stop sending emails. My dad is in town this week and we are going.

[Jayvegas420]

Nugget has the nicest pool...well, with the exception of Stadium Swim.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

4 queens
...free parking, $15 daily room credit & NO RESORT FEE!

Not bad, Jay. You've stayed at 4 Queens?

I was just at the Gold Nugg. Love the pool. A little too loud, but very nice.

[mjsuax13]

Nugget has the nicest pool...well, with the exception of Stadium Swim.

Stadium Swim loaded with riff raff most days.

[Debi]

Where will you be playing poker?

[Jayvegas420]

Ive been off the poker for several years now.
I only play Keno now.
....& I'll dabble in the odd BINGO call.

[stevenash]

I only play Keno now.

I've been known to play a few four spot cards while waiting for breakfast.

5-10-11-21

[Jayvegas420]

Those are good Keno numbers
...terrible Bingo numbers, but good for Keno

[stevenash]

I see Circa was just voted best downtown resort.
I've yet to see the pool but I've heard it's usually jam packed.

[INVEGA MAN]

I got free rooms at PARK MGM for 3 days in August. I've stayed at abut 90%of the hotels in Vegas!! Cant wait to check it out!! I will be playing my futures in College and Pro football!!

[Jayvegas420]

Its basically the same as Monte Carlo except you cant smoke & no poker

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Jay, props on the long-running Vegas thread. SBR needs more guys like you.

Open-ended question: *How does one make $$ in Vegas nowadays.

I'll give me own retort on that:
1) Coupon books. If you pick up a few coupon books, I'm sure you can carve out $200+ in EV with little risk.

2) Downtown deals. Bobbyfk told me that Downtown casinos give $50 in Free Play just by presenting your Airplane Ticket.

3) As for Gaming? Good Luck:
*Poker at 20% rake.
*Blackjack rules are now terrible.
*Sports Betting: sharp #s and inflated juice.

[Jayvegas420]

Yeah, with 6/5 BJ & triple zero roulette...the pits are terrible.
20%poker rake makes it nearly impossible to stay ahead.
Slots are never the right call.
I guess just keep picking winners in the sports book & you'll be alright.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Yeah, with 6/5 BJ & triple zero roulette...the pits are terrible.
20%poker rake makes it nearly impossible to stay ahead.
Slots are never the right call.
I guess just keep picking winners in the sports book & you'll be alright.

Jay, that's not much to shoot at.

[stevenash]

Yeah, with 6/5 BJ & triple zero roulette...the pits are terrible.
20%poker rake makes it nearly impossible to stay ahead.
Slots are never the right call.
I guess just keep picking winners in the sports book & you'll be alright.

Yep.

What was written forty years ago remains the same.
You'll have a fighting chance of turning a profit in craps by just playing the front or back lines (pass and don't) and by staying away from the exotics.

Same goes with blackjack, play single and double decked games if possible, and be card aware (like paying attention the aces and ten count cards) don't play at tables that only pay 6:5 for naturals, find a table that pays 3:2
Avoid at all costs tables that allow the dealer to hit a soft seventeen and pay attention to the split/re-split and double down table rules.

Baccarat if you keep it simple one can turn a profit.
I stay far away from the roulette tables.

Personally, I find all these changes in favor of the house downright insulting.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Yep.

What was written forty years ago remains the same.
You'll have a fighting chance of turning a profit in craps by just playing the front or back lines (pass and don't) and by staying away from the exotics.

Same goes with blackjack, play single and double decked games if possible, and be card aware (like paying attention the aces and ten count cards) don't play at tables that only pay 6:5 for naturals, find a table that pays 3:2
Avoid at all costs tables that allow the dealer to hit a soft seventeen and pay attention to the split/re-split and double down table rules.

Baccarat if you keep it simple one can turn a profit.
I stay far away from the roulette tables.

Personally, I find all these changes in favor of the house downright insulting.

That's it. The casinos view the players as Fools.

Why give a Fair Shake? People will play anyway. What about 30-cent lines in Sports?

[Jayvegas420]

The secret to beating the house is to play one game & one game only.
The Kitty Glitter machine.
This puppy pays out like wildfire.
Its like printing money

[19th Hole]

Go Get 'Em Jay!!

[Jayvegas420]

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[ChuckyTheGoat]

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Holy shit, Jay is sharp.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Yep.

What was written forty years ago remains the same.
You'll have a fighting chance of turning a profit in craps by just playing the front or back lines (pass and don't) and by staying away from the exotics.

Same goes with blackjack, play single and double decked games if possible, and be card aware (like paying attention the aces and ten count cards) don't play at tables that only pay 6:5 for naturals, find a table that pays 3:2
Avoid at all costs tables that allow the dealer to hit a soft seventeen and pay attention to the split/re-split and double down table rules.

Baccarat if you keep it simple one can turn a profit.
I stay far away from the roulette tables.

Personally, I find all these changes in favor of the house downright insulting.

I was in Vegas a couple weeks ago and the tables on the strip are awful. Continuous shuffle decks, 6:5 almost everywhere but high limit and I found nowhere that stood on soft 17. They’re printing money and they know it. Plus the rooms on the weekend are sky high. I’m trying to book rooms for a few Raider games and the prices are ridiculous. It’s becoming a huge turnoff, how they are fleecing customers but people will keep paying it.

Oh, I forgot, all these games have overpriced side games to it. Queen of hearts, rolling 20s, a bunch of made up side bet shit. You are just dumping money with these side hustles. My mom used to say, anything the house gives you, can’t be good.

[Jayvegas420]

Dont forget triple zero roulette which in some cases is hidden

[Jayvegas420]

[ChuckyTheGoat]

I was in Vegas a couple weeks ago and the tables on the strip are awful. Continuous shuffle decks, 6:5 almost everywhere but high limit and I found nowhere that stood on soft 17. They’re printing money and they know it. Plus the rooms on the weekend are sky high. I’m trying to book rooms for a few Raider games and the prices are ridiculous. It’s becoming a huge turnoff, how they are fleecing customers but people will keep paying it.

Oh, I forgot, all these games have overpriced side games to it. Queen of hearts, rolling 20s, a bunch of made up side bet shit. You are just dumping money with these side hustles. My mom used to say, anything the house gives you, can’t be good.

Mac, you're spot-on. I was in Vegas this summer. Have to question how a guy can make money.

1) Table games: very difficult. To your point, House has ratcheted back all the rules.

2) Poker: tough b/c of the rake.

3) Sports: MAYBE. But one can now (probably) do that in his home state.

Vegas has (sadly) become more of a sewer.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Mac, you're spot-on. I was in Vegas this summer. Have to question how a guy can make money.

1) Table games: very difficult. To your point, House has ratcheted back all the rules.

2) Poker: tough b/c of the rake.

3) Sports: MAYBE. But one can now (probably) do that in his home state.

Vegas has (sadly) become more of a sewer.

I walk right pass the poker room. Talk about armed robbery. They are raking you over the coals the minute you sit down.
Plus all the mergers and acquisitions have made it nearly impossible to walk the strip. They’ve torn down the small boutique casinos, so it takes you 45 minutes to walk from one to another in the heat. I’m taking an Uber from Ceasar’s to the Venetian. Or maybe I’m just too old to walk. Haha

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It's a bit of messing about to embed shorts now as Youtube changed the share URL for them.

If you saved the short to a playlist and then click it you get the normal link that can be embedded

[CanuckG]

Mac, you're spot-on. I was in Vegas this summer. Have to question how a guy can make money.

1) Table games: very difficult. To your point, House has ratcheted back all the rules.

2) Poker: tough b/c of the rake.

3) Sports: MAYBE. But one can now (probably) do that in his home state.

Vegas has (sadly) become more of a sewer.

Golden Nugget 1/3 uncapped game is printing money. So many recs/drunks in that game if your hourly isn't $75/hr you're running bad or also a rec.

[kyhawk]

Number 1 scam of long hauling scam is a old wives tale in every city.

The strip is 3 miles long. Period. On a straight line.

I drove a cab there for 10 years and never long hauled

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Golden Nugget 1/3 uncapped game is printing money. So many recs/drunks in that game if your hourly isn't $75/hr you're running bad or also a rec.

That's a good tip. I'll try that one.

I actually think this is a weakness in my game. I'm very comfortable playing my own game. But I'm not overly exploitative. I try to stay balanced. I also have a bad habit of testing the Spewy guy when he happens to HAVE IT.

[Jayvegas420]

Im gonna see the Wacko Jacko show at Mandalay Bay.
Also about to book 2 tix to THE SPHERE.
.......you gotta see the sphere!

[Mac4Lyfe]

Im gonna see the Wacko Jacko show at Mandalay Bay.
Also about to book 2 tix to THE SPHERE.
.......you gotta see the sphere!

You’ll love the MJ show. Well worth price. The sphere on the other hand is a must do but no way is it worth more than about $40. Pure money grab.

[Debi]

You’ll love the MJ show. Well worth price. The sphere on the other hand is a must do but no way is it worth more than about $40. Pure money grab.

We enjoyed The Sphere show a lot, but some of the other stuff it was just too crowded to enjoy.

[Jayvegas420]

$140 CAD per ticket at the Sphere.
Some sort of Planet Earth show.

[Mac4Lyfe]

We enjoyed The Sphere show a lot, but some of the other stuff it was just too crowded to enjoy.

It’s a good show but no way in hell is it worth~$600 for a family of 4. $40 a tix would be a fair value. I’d rather take $140 x4 to the crap table.

[Mac4Lyfe]

$140 CAD per ticket at the Sphere.
Some sort of Planet Earth show.

$140 CAD is a bit more reasonable than USD. I wonder if you Americans can pay in CAD/CDN?