Hi mickey:) What does hustlers trying to pick off three tourists mean?? I am a tourist in Laughlin. Thanks:)
mickeycrimm <mickeycrimm@yahoo.com> wrote: I got into Laughlin and checked into the Pioneer. After dropping off
the luggage I went snooping around the casino to see if techs were
installing the system. There was no activity of that sort.
I ran into a few friends. They were regular Laughlin players and the
Pioneer was a good spot. I checked out the VP situation to see if
there had been any changes. The Flush Attacks, Jackpot Cards, The
Maxx, the Four-Play Oddyssey's with the 9/6 Jacks, the FPDW, the
psuedo FPDW progressive, the 9/7 DB four meter job, and the 8-Coin
dollar 9/6 Jacks with the quad meter were all still there. Great.
I took off up river. Next stop was the belle poker room where I knew
I would run into some old friends. I did. But I noticed a couple of
hustlers in the games that were not Laughlin regulars. I wondered
what was up with that. Maybe they know what might happen.
I took a look at the Omaha 8 games. I played the game frequently at
the Belle. It was a good spot because it was mostly bad playing
snowbirds. But the birds were fixing to fly. It was early April and
the snowbirds clear out of Laughlin by biker weekend (River Run), the
last weekend in April, and don't come back until the fall--it kills
the Omaha games.
Biker weekend was gonna be a problem for me if the Acres Gaming
system went in before that. You can't get a room anywhere in the
area. But, then, I still didn't know whether the system was gonna be
exploitable or not.
I took off for the Edgewater, checking the bonus machines along the
way. My final destination was the Riverside Post Office. I had had
that P.O. box for about 5 years. I started out paying $14 a year for
but it was up to $35. The darn thing was worth at least 6 months a
year room comp and a couple thousand dollars in welfare checks
(bounceback, etc.) I had to grab my mail and plan my room comp
calendar.
I passed through the Edgewater and Flamingo snagging a few bonus
machine plays along the way and bumping into hustlers who ain't
supposed to be in Laughlin. It was getting comical. None of us
wanted to admit anything. Exchanging of pleasantries were going
along these lines:
"What the hell are YOU doing here?"
"Me? What the hell are YOU doing here?"
Yep! The cat was out of the bag. The town was packing in with
hustlers. Hustlers that should be in California, Oregon, New Mexico,
Mississippi, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, were piling into
Laughlin. Oh, Christ!!!
I lumbered into the Riverside just in time to see a couple more
hustlers on the no smoking flush attacks. I lapped the bonus
machines then headed for the smoking flush attacks. When I rounded
the corner I couldn't believe my eyes. Oh, God!!! A dozen hustlers
trying to pick off three tourists!!! Why me, Lord? I don't even
want to go to the North Tower Bar and check out the House A Rockin'.
It's bound to be ugly!!!
Oh, well. When life deals you lemons make lemonade. I went down and
grabbed my mail then headed back downriver to my hotel room. I had
to plan my room comp calendar.
Since late '97 the Pioneer was the centerpiece of my Laughlin RFB365
strategy. The quality of the rooms was the reason. Just joking.
The real reason was their video poker equipment, their comp system,
and promotions.
The Pioneer card was worth .166% cashback, .333% comp. They had
advantage video poker. And frequent promotions like double points,
and cards of the day, with infrequent promotions that were highly
lucrative. But it was their room comp system that was the big
attraction for me.
A room night cost 15 comp dollars. But you couldn't just put $15 on
the card and go and get a room. You had to have a minimum balance of
100 comp dollars after you bought the room. So you had to have 115
comp dollars on the card to get the room. For two nights 130, and so
on. I kept a high balance; around 400 or 500. But there was another
part of it that was the big easy. It only cost 15 comp dollars for a
weeknight, a Friday night, a Saturday night, or a Holiday night. I
kept a high balance so I could book 4 or five weekends in a row. And
I kept an eye out or 3 and 4 day holiday weekends coming up and
booked them at least a month and a half ahead of time.
Booking 4 weekends in a row covered 8 days of the month. Their
Getaway package covered another 2 days a month. I got 4 two-day
packages a month from River Palms. That's 18 days covered. The
Riverside Getaway covered another 2 days per month. The Ramada
Getaway added 3 more days per month but cost $11. That's 23 days out
of the month. I filled in the rest with infrequent mailings from the
Belle, Edgewater, Golden Nugget or used my comp balaces at River
Palms, Riverside, or the Ramada. And if I occasionally got stuck
payig for a night or two it was midweek, easy to get, and cheap.
HUSTLER'S DOGMA: Do not homestead. Repeat. Do not homestead. It's
okay for the losers to homestead. Casinos love homesteading losers.
They hate homesteading winners.
By using this rotating system I was never in one casino for more than
3 or 4 days. Most of it was two days at a time. And I never lost a
Laughlin casino.
On moving day I would pack up the rollaway, cab it to the next
casino, request an early check-in, leave the rollaway at the bell
desk if I didn't get it. And boom! I was back in action. I'd come
back and pick up the kays and the rollaway later.
I ate for free all up and down the River. But I never used my
Pioneer comp for meals. It was to important to keep it banked up.
More later.....
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