Replying to my own Post:
All travel went smoothly. Southwest $170 R/T from Seattle.
Gaming from 5:30PM Thurs thru 7:00PM Monday.
Light snow Thurs and Monday, but no matter:
I left the Silver Legacy casino/hotel twice for about an hour.
Room was a gorgeous 15th floor corner room with two
big windows facing south (the El Dorado casino) and
west (valley, mountains, some other casinos). All 4
nites comped based on my video poker play.
I took a break once each day to eat a big dinner.
Dinners were comped also. Twice I had chinese,
twice I went to the Buffet and the last night I had
Prime Rib and Lobster. Yum, but I was bloated for an
hour or two afterwards.
Gaming. Ah. I kept normal hours, no all-nighters.
Generally 10 AM to Midnight. 50 hours of video poker
in the 100 hours I was in-town. Approx 28 hours at
the Quarter level, 20 hrs at dollars and 2 magic hrs at $5 level.
The Money:
Bankroll fluctuations by Day; total for the trip:
1) +400; +400
2) +800; +1200
3) -1200; -0- (even)
4) -1400; -1400
5) +700; -700 (Final)
Machines I played:
.25 Full Pay Deuces Wild Progressive (uprights)
.25 FPDW (slant tops near Keno Main floor)
.25 Double Deuces Wild (slants: 99.62% payback)
.25 10/7 double bonus (slants -multigames)
.25 Double double bonus progressives(various uprights)
.25 deuces triple play (ugly ducks ~98% payback)
$1 10/7 Double Bonus Progressive(slants near BJ
tables)
$5 9/6 Jacks or Better (uprights in High Roller area)
Jackpot tally:
(Hand-pays or the coins spew out immediately)
Quarters:
Quad Wild Deuces: 6 X $250
Quad Aces on DB: 2 X $200
ROYAL flushes: 1 X $1000
Dollars(all DB):
Quad Aces: 2 X $800
Quad 3's: 4 X $400
Royals: 0 X $4200+
$5 (JoB): Quads: 0 X $625
Royals: 0 X $20,000
No straight flushes in JoB or DB !
Other big pays (Quads in DB):
.25: 5 X $62.50 (5's- K's)
3 X $100 (2's- 4's)
$1 : 11 X $250 (5's- K's)
$5 : 2 X $225 (Full House, 9-1)
Points earned on trip: 2538 equates to $50,750 Coin-In. Feb 28, 2003
the Silver changed their Video poker points formula: it WAS $10 coin-
in = 1 points, NOW it is $20 coin-in = 1 points. Same point charts
as before for comps: 500 pts "daily average" for room comp. I think
this will alienate the locals, The Silver Legacy promotions people
seem to be trying to cater to higher roller players: $1 as oppposed
to quarter players.
I earned a tee-shirt and room/board comps.
I met one pro, Bruce on the dollar machines. Watched his friend snag
a dealt Royal on the .25 triple play machine. (different Progressive
on each line - $14XX, $11XX & $13XX)
I met one local vpfree lurker who recognized my posting -Bob W.- (you
left your card in the machine when you went home Monday!).
Hit my Royal the last morning on a Double Deuces multi-game slant
top. Held 3. My two Quad Aces on the $1 DB for hand-pay $800 were
pretty exciting too. Held 2 and Held 1 on those.
Database update tomorrow: Silver Legacy only...
~Mark, the budding vp -er
--- Mark P. wrote:
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I am heading to Reno for a 4-day junket today 2/27/03 thru Monday
evening.
If any of you regular posters or lurkers are in that neighborhood
and you see me, say hello!
~~ MARK TIME
(from Seattle)