Renovation at Terribles

[keno60]

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the ying-yang of life in vegas and my flamingo treks, up the terribles bonus poker, down the tuscany bonus poker. now i can give more play to terribles again and use up my comps at the tuscany. its sad to me because i really enjoyed my terribles, tuscany and ellis isle excursions.

[dewey089]

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Just ride the bus a little bit further and head to Sam's Town and Eastside Cannery. VP free says Eastside Cannery has full pay VP, even a JOB that pays more than any I've seen anywhere. I'm going to check that out next trip. If these machines actually exist, and are still there when I visit, I'll have a new happy place.

[dewey089]

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I can think of four banks of machines in the "new" section of Hard Rock LV with 25c 8/5 BP. There are probably more in the "old" section. Two banks that are probably the easiest to find are outside the Dragon Salon high limit room. See it on their property map: Property Map | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas

Thanks LV Local. We may have confused you in this post because Steve is talking about Hard Rock Tampa. He lives down here and knows I'm here now.

Say, you seem pretty savy on VP in VEgas. Can you verify that the 10/7DB and the 100% JOB and the 10/6 DDB exist close to Marilyn's Lounge at the Eastside Cannery on Boulder. VP Free says they are there. I feel fairly certain that these are new as the only full pay I could find last year was in the classic section and did not earn any points and would not generate free offer mailings. If you know, or if you are up that way, give them a look and let us know what you find.

[keno60]

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Just ride the bus a little bit further and head to Sam's Town and Eastside Cannery. VP free says Eastside Cannery has full pay VP, even a JOB that pays more than any I've seen anywhere. I'm going to check that out next trip. If these machines actually exist, and are still there when I visit, I'll have a new happy place.

I plan on trying that in March. Thanks

[dewey089]

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Great, Keno. I won't go that early if I go this spring and that will give me a heads up on the VP at Eastside Cannery. I had given that up for gone.

[LVLocal]

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Thanks LV Local. We may have confused you in this post because Steve is talking about Hard Rock Tampa. He lives down here and knows I'm here now.

Dewey, I will be very surprised if Steve was writing about the Hard Rock Tampa instead of the Hard Rock LV. Everything he wrote exactly describes the Hard Rock LV...the 25c 8/5 Bonus Poker in the new section, the Multi-Strike STP with 8/5 BP, near the airport.

Maybe Steve can let us know which Hard Rock he was writing about.

[LVLocal]

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Can you verify that the 10/7DB and the 100% JOB and the 10/6 DDB exist close to Marilyn's Lounge at the Eastside Cannery on Boulder. VP Free says they are there. I feel fairly certain that these are new as the only full pay I could find last year was in the classic section and did not earn any points and would not generate free offer mailings. If you know, or if you are up that way, give them a look and let us know what you find.

Dewey, I will be happy to check for those machines at the Eastside Cannery if I'm in the area. I haven't been to that casino in over a year, but I see that those machines were added about seven months ago according to the vpFREE2 comments: http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/eastside-cannery-hotel-casino/comments

Too bad they take $4 coin-in to earn one point and are excluded from multipliers.

[dewey089]

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I guess you are right. I had it wrong. Makes sense too because I was talking about Terribles and they are in the same location.
Thanks. I thought it odd that he'd capture the thread that way. And we had quite a conversation as well. I'm disappointed because there won't be any 8/5 bonus down here in Florida. Thanks LV local.

Thanks for the help at Eastside Cannery. I know they are low on comps, but I'm thinking that they might generate some mailings and that is more important to me than the comps in dollars. So I don't mind seeding them to see what happens.

[SteveBourieOLD]

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I'll look for the 8/5 the next time. I'd play that in quarters. VP Free just says they are scattered around the casino, so if you are there anytime soon, send me a good landmark for where to find those games.
I can't play Multistrike, which my friend Catherine says, is the crack cocaine of video poker. I like watching her play and having her explain how strategy changes as the game progesses, but I could never memorize that complicated strategy she uses. I'm lucky just to remember the plain strategy for Bonus. This winter I'm once again practicing my tutor to prepare for the Deuces Wild games at Sam's Town whenever I get to go to Vegas again. I've lost a lot of what I knew. Of course, I can look up hands. My buddy says a talk with his host suggests that Sams Town comps are triggered by 6 hours a day of play, even if the play is slow, so I don't mind taking time to look up the hard plays there. So far, I'm not getting much from them in comps and I've given them decent enough play, about the same play gets me two free nights twice a year at the Orleans, but all I get from Terribles can't beat the ACG coupon deal.
I know I am going to pay for rooms at Eastside Cannery on my next trip so I can do laundry and get free wifi. I'll play live poker there, but VP at Sam's Town. I like the 202 bus service going down Flamingo right from the Eastside Cannery. I have not used their pool yet. Sam's Town pool is cool with an early opening and good music. Terrible's pool is really delightful, a hidden off strip wonder.


Again, a good deal at Terribles would put me an easy bus ride to Sam's Town for their morning live poker tournament and some Deuces. So I'm tempted to stay there as well for a couple days at the beginning or at the end of a future trip just for the convenience of being close to the airport for a free shuttle to Terribles there and a free 108 ride back with no tip expected.

And I'm happy there is no resort fee at Tampa Hard Rock. Good for them.

Dewey:

Unfortunately, I had a bad trip and couldn't win at video poker. I'll have to get them next time!

The quarter 8/5 bonus poker at the Hard Rock is located in the new casino between the roulette table and the cashier cage. There is a bank of eight multi-denomination machines which also offer Illinois Deuces for quarters.

The Hard Rock had sent me a very good offer of two free nights (with no resort fee), plus $15 in free play and a $20 food credit. So, even though I lost, I had a nice time and I believe that the value of the offer was around $200.

[dewey089]

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I'm sorry you lost money. Maybe next trip will be more lucky.
I'm also sorry I'm an idiot.
For a while we were talking about very different Hard Rock casinos. Thanks to LV local that got cleared up or I'd have been looking for 8/5 Bonus in Tampa. Duh!!!!!!!

In Vegas I generally only play one 8/5, that is the progressive at the Vue bar at the D. The three progressive lines ups the EV and they will give me at least a 2 for 1 deal which brings the price of the nights down to about $20 or less. I like that because I can piggy back that booking to the Four Queens booking and have 7 nights with an effortless check in check out, almost like doing it in the same casino. I always have more time than money when I go, so I target my play for the best EV and some room offers or comps.

I put most of my VP money in the 10/7DB progressives at the Four Queens. Nothing fancy about the rooms, but they give me weekends of 3 nights in a row. I like that. Some trips I get three in one month and another three in the next month, maybe as part of a free slot tournament.
I like the Four Queens. I have heard from a buddy who knows that they are struggling there to stay afloat. I hope they do. I'll miss them if they go. I was hoping that soon Binions would reopen rooms again, but that looks less likely I guess.
I'm trying not to only take 2 nights in a row comps as the check in and check out makes me a bit crazy. Maybe I'll do it for an Orleans weekend as I have two free nights coming there if I make it before the end of April, but the rest of the time I'm trying for at least 3 in a row and hopefully 5. the price of weeday rooms can still be had at a decent rate.
At the Orleans I only play triple play nickle progressives that are 9/7 DB and I try to do that on senior Tuesdays.

The rest of my VP is short term, coupled with earning some comp, like the buffet Boyd offers with play. Sometimes if I am up money, I'll gamble more than just the minimum at the Gold Coast or Sam's Town for the buffet. I keep hoping that Sam's will send me some offers of value. So far, not too much. I love their full pay Deuces and one machine near that Dunkin Doughnuts also has 10/7 DB so I can switch between them. I did recently hear that playing 6 hours a day makes a difference in mailings even the play is perhaps more slow than I usually go. I may try that strategy next trip.

But it seems like you got great comps at the Hard Rock. The rooms there must be nice, certainly nicer than my usual basic digs.
My strategy needs to be different because I am there for 23-25 days at a stretch, getting the most out of the air fare, and I can't gamble VP for that total length of time. I can play live low limit poker. I can't lose too much doing that.
Also I am always solo so the room quality matters little to me. It is nice to have some wifi (Gold Spike or Eastside Cannery) a laundry for mid trip (Super 8 or Eastside Cannery) and a major luxury is Turner Classic movies for the day that I just collapse from too many all night poker games (Super 8 or Gold Spike and maybe Eastside Cannery but I'm not sure) The Plaza used to give TCM but then they used to have a live poker room with good food comps too.

I am heading up to Ocala tomorrow again for the lowest live poker game perhaps in America. 1-3 spread limit with old folks from the Villages. I mix in 1-1 no limit. The players are terrible so the odds ought to be in my favor. But after two trips I'm behind $24 and there is no free coffee, let alone beer.

Well, glad to have you back Steve. The weather is beautiful here and that is more than I think you can say for Vegas lately. Better luck next trip.

[keno60]

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Just read your comment on the 4 queens in trouble! I hope not, I have been expanding my relationship with them over the last 3 trips and they have treated me well.

[keno60]

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Has anybody eaten the buffet since the renovation? Specify whether breakfast, lunch, brunch, or dinner.

[keno60]

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I noticed that Terribles has a French Deuces Wild, which replaces the pancakes for french toast for $3.99 with card in the cafe.

[keno60]

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Has anybody checked out the buffet? Is anybody interested? I will try to check it out when I am there for1 night on March 3.

[LVLocal]

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Can you verify that the 10/7DB and the 100% JOB and the 10/6 DDB exist close to Marilyn's Lounge at the Eastside Cannery on Boulder. VP Free says they are there. I feel fairly certain that these are new as the only full pay I could find last year was in the classic section and did not earn any points and would not generate free offer mailings. If you know, or if you are up that way, give them a look and let us know what you find.

Dewey, I went to the Eastside Cannery and confirmed that the 25c 10/7 DB, 100% JOB and 10/6/40 DDB are still there near Marilyn's. I did find a few other changes which I reported to vpFREE2. They are listed now: http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/eastside-cannery-hotel-casino