How Much is Enough?

[BobDancer]

[QUOTE=spxChromeYou paying MS tax playing in New Orleans
[/QUOTE]No. Of course not. Although there is a 6% tax on Louisiana W2Gs --- some or all of it is refundable if you file a Louisiana tax return.The reason I brought up Harrah's New Orleans is that they are the same company as Horseshoe Tunica --- and may have the same or similar policies. If you want to pick up airfare reimbursement in Harrah's NOLA, you need to have two hours of carded play first. I always play more than that when I go, but I know of others who have wanted to stiff them from time to time and they had to abide by the policy.It's inconvenient if you are in a hurry, but it's not a big deal financially. You can slowly play a penny machine, 1 coin at a time, until your two hours are up. If you run unlucky, you're down $1. Bring a book along to read.Of course the casino is hoping you play much more on bigger machines, but it's not required. Do this too often and your future offers are slashed to zero.If you play their $1 NSU Triple Play/Five Play/Ten Play machines, your offers aren't much bigger.

[alpax]

You can slowly play a penny machine, 1 coin at a time, until your two hours are up. If you run unlucky, you're down $1. Bring a book along to read.


That is no longer possible these days. These penny machines are being replaced with ones that require a minimum 20, 30, or 40 cent bets. The number of lines you can choose has been slowly shifted out.

[FloridaPhil]

[quote=alpax]These penny machines are being replaced with ones that require a minimum 20, 30, or 40 cent bets.[/quote]Hate to bring this up, but you could play Cheap Strategy quarter Deuces Wild for .25 a hand and possibly hit a $1,000 jackpot.  Just saying.....    

[alpax]

[quote=alpax]These penny machines are being replaced with ones that require a minimum 20, 30, or 40 cent bets.Hate to bring this up, but you could play Cheap Strategy quarter Deuces Wild for .25 a hand and possibly hit a $1,000 jackpot.  Just saying.....     

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I would do the Cheap Strategy instead if it is available. Why waste time in addition to spending time making an effort to get over another state. I am aware that the counter argument is that it will cost money to have this "fun". Most of us likely do not put in the $200k coin in in a single day to get the high ADT rating needed to get the same amount of appearance money as Mr. Dancer does.

It is good advice to people who have the money to play or have a need to be in a specific area.

Quarter video poker is not good in many areas except Nevada, Colorado, Michigan, and Missouri.

The quarter DW will probably be the 25-16-13-4-3-3-2-1.

[BobDancer]

[QUOTE=BobDancer]
You can slowly play a penny machine, 1 coin at a time, until your two hours are up. If you run unlucky, you're down $1. Bring a book along to read.


That is no longer possible these days. These penny machines are being replaced with ones that require a minimum 20, 30, or 40 cent bets. The number of lines you can choose has been slowly shifted out.[/QUOTE]Are you talking about penny video poker machines or penny slot machines? If you're only playing a penny a hand and one hand every five minutes, for the 12 cents an hour you are playing it doesn't much matter if it's a 95% video poker machine or a 90% slot machine.

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   What's interesting is that I never asked for any comped rooms before.  








 your most recent post states' we don't need free stuff', yet the post above implies you were unaware and grateful you could ask and receive a comp room. comped rooms are free stuff.

[alpax]

[QUOTE=alpax] [QUOTE=BobDancer]
You can slowly play a penny machine, 1 coin at a time, until your two hours are up. If you run unlucky, you're down $1. Bring a book along to read.


That is no longer possible these days. These penny machines are being replaced with ones that require a minimum 20, 30, or 40 cent bets. The number of lines you can choose has been slowly shifted out.[/QUOTE]Are you talking about penny video poker machines or penny slot machines? If you're only playing a penny a hand and one hand every five minutes, for the 12 cents an hour you are playing it doesn't much matter if it's a 95% video poker machine or a 90% slot machine.[/QUOTE]

I originally thought you meant penny slot machine. I forgot penny video poker machines exist in multiline 50/100 play. And you can just play one line on those too.

[FloridaPhil]

[quote=notes1]your most recent post states' we don't need free stuff', yet the post
above implies you were unaware and grateful you could ask and receive a
comp room. comped rooms are free stuff.[/quote]If given the choice between playing 98.9% video poker for three days and being stuck in the Beau Rivage's 95.9% hell with a free room, I would take the better odds.  Mississippi is losing their casino business because they are living in the past and don't think East Coast players have any other choice. Guess again...  We love the Beau Rivage hotel and staff.  We are just tired of having the management attempt to recoup their financial shortcomings on the backs of video poker players.  If we ever go back we'll pay for the room and play somewhere else.  Hopefully someone in Biloxi will step up and stop the shell game they are playing.

[WVRadar]

[quote=notes1]your most recent post states' we don't need free stuff', yet the post
above implies you were unaware and grateful you could ask and receive a
comp room. comped rooms are free stuff.If given the choice between playing 98.9% video poker for three days and being stuck in the Beau Rivage's 95.9% hell with a free room, I would take the better odds.  Mississippi is losing their casino business because they are living in the past and don't think East Coast players have any other choice. Guess again...  We love the Beau Rivage hotel and staff.  We are just tired of having the management attempt to recoup their financial shortcomings on the backs of video poker players.  If we ever go back we'll pay for the room and play somewhere else.  Hopefully someone in Biloxi will step up and stop the shell game they are playing. [IMG]smileys/smiley5.gif" align="absmiddle" alt="Confused[/IMG]









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Video poker players definitely take a hit when it comes to comps. Recently spent 3 days at the Rocky Gap Casino in Maryland. On Wednesday and Thursday it took $3 of play to earn a point, and on Friday it was jacked up to $5. Didn't play any slots, so I'm not sure if they were the same. Most casinos I frequent make video poker players play twice as much money through the machine to get the same comp value as slots.

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agree 100% that a free room does not compensate for poor paytables. but, one needs to consider the entire package. cherokee has many poor paytable options but when i add in the free room, free food and getting more free slot play than any other casino, in my mind it helps compensate for reduced paytables. also, as opposed to most every other casino i go to, the free play offers i get start at midnight. as a result, i actually get 2 days of offers for one session of play. if one has to buy an airplane ticket, rent a car and pay for a hotel room just to gain a 1 or 2% better paytable and you are a low limit player, i don't believe it is worth. especially, when there is no guarantee that some small increase in payouts will happen when you play.