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GSR was 4 times comp day at Atlantis

Before it became Grand Sierra, Reno Hilton was burned by people going for
discretionary comps. All the hosts from the RH days are gone but their
supervisor is still there. I would guess that most larger casinos track
discretionaries which exploded after the Frugal Gambler books came out. I rarely
use it unless they tell me upfront that I'm getting it. Discretionary comps
do help your pocket book in avoiding costs but, as casinos get more
sophisticated in their tracking systems & fed up by the abusers, they will/are
charge for it in the form of offers/free play. I never did subscribe to what
was advocated in the Frugal books & I think that has helped me. If you gamble
enough to get everything comped, I would advise letting the casino save a
few bucks by not going for the last dimes & pennies that weren't the reason
you came anyway.

In a message dated 5/28/2010 6:53:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
vpFREE_Reno@yahoogroups.com writes:

1b. Re: 4 times comp day at Atlantis
Posted by: "betdponies" betdponies@yahoo.com betdponies

The sharper play at GSR is to take the $ as CB and get a discretionary.

At what level do you need to play at to get discretionary food comps? I
dropped in one day (w/ no prior history at GSR) and played $15k, and the
host on duty wouldn't budge.

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Date: Thu May 27, 2010 10:08 am ((PDT))
--- In vpFREE_Reno@yahoogroups.com, "hockeystl" <vegasstl@...> wrote:

Wise advice Ted. ALL discretionary comps are tracked comps -sooner or later in the comp process, it goes into a database. Guests frequently go into the Red (i.e overcomped and the casino knows it ) for years, with the hope that one day , you go on a tremendous losing streak, borrow from loansharks, and mortgage your house, and finally as the casino's new best friend put them back in the black. That all sounds good, and may work out, as long as the losing is done at "their" casino. The best way to milk the system is to find a host that is about to jump ship to another casino. These "dead men walking" will almost always super over comp you - and give you a call later - Hey Joe - You know How great I took care of you, well now I'm with XYZ and it'll be old times again- . You will usually believe this, because the replacement host at the old place is gonna be a relative scrooge.
Ha Ha Ha and knowing the game you say..."Mr newbie, If you don't treat me better, I'm going to pack up and go to Joe's new place ".

regards...Tom

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----- Original Message ----- From: <TedChee@aol.com>
To: <vpFREE_Reno@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 7:30 PM
Subject: [vpFREE_Reno] Re: GSR was 4 times comp day at Atlantis

Before it became Grand Sierra, Reno Hilton was burned by people going for
discretionary comps. All the hosts from the RH days are gone but their
supervisor is still there. I would guess that most larger casinos track
discretionaries which exploded after the Frugal Gambler books came out. I rarely
use it unless they tell me upfront that I'm getting it. Discretionary comps
do help your pocket book in avoiding costs but, as casinos get more
sophisticated in their tracking systems & fed up by the abusers, they will/are
charge for it in the form of offers/free play. I never did subscribe to what
was advocated in the Frugal books & I think that has helped me. If you gamble
enough to get everything comped, I would advise letting the casino save a
few bucks by not going for the last dimes & pennies that weren't the reason
you came anyway.