I stopped by the dollar progressive bar at Don and Mike's. The meter
was at $4750. I saw one woman playing 3 coins and the meter went up
a penny for the hand. I only watched a couple of hands but I would
geuss it's $0.02 for a full coin bet, or 0.4%. There was only the
one lady playing short coin at noon on Monday.
Don and Mike's at Majestic
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<John.G.Zaroff@d...> wrote:
I stopped by the dollar progressive bar at Don and Mike's. The
meter
was at $4750. I saw one woman playing 3 coins and the meter went
up
a penny for the hand. I only watched a couple of hands but I
would
geuss it's $0.02 for a full coin bet, or 0.4%. There was only the
one lady playing short coin at noon on Monday.
Played a little hooky, this afternoon and found myself at MS
progreesive bar. Alone at the bar while I played, the progressive
was advancing at 1 penny per $5 hand except at every 4th hand the
meter would advance by 2 pennies. I guess this means a rate
of .25%. Does all this make sense? First time I have given any
attention to the rate at which a progressive advances.
Progressive was at about $6300 this afternoon. I was quite happy to
be playing what I calculated at the time to be a game at a .5% (JB)
advantage, but my analysis this evening shows I wasn't aggressive
enough in pursuit of the royal.
Some conclusions after a short talk to a host: Based on our 12K
action that day host was willing to comp Koko Taylor or Trump Hotel,
but not both. We didn't take either. Based on a typically nebulous
conversation with a host, I'm guessing our play was worth maybe $80
in comps or .66%.
I'm unsure how long comps remain active, but comp accounts that can't
be banked have some pretty bad disadvantages. It forces you to be a
pig or waste comps.
The new buffet has improved, but is still far from the quality of
Harrah's.