Happiness is full-pay 9/6 Jacks or Better with a $500 coupon!
So I’m lounging in bed with some Haagen Dasz (2-for-1) and perusing my Member Rewards Book wondering what coupons I’ll have left for my end-of-year Vegas trip, when I stumble on a treasure.
Wait. Did I read that right? A royal flush $500 free-play bonus? At the Plaza? In the Sand Dollar Lounge? Am I DREAMING? Great music and free drinks playing Jacks or Better at 100.65?
It took all my self-control not to jump on a plane, but I’m still recovering from my recent medical emergencies and surgeries, so I’m handing it to all you APs.
I love the Plaza (will be writing more about it in the next few blogs). CEO Jonathan Jossel is doing everything right, in my humble opinion.
Like the Plaza’s recent EDM Festival in the parking lot (I love the band Jungle) and their FP VP, single- zero roulette, matchplays, Pink Box donuts, Hash House A Go Go, pizza, and much more. Also their location at the Circa end of Fremont Street’s not too shabby either.
I’ve tried to use my free-champagne MRB coupon at Circa, but I keep getting comped. Wow. It’s a tough job, but hey, somebody, right?
Trivia: The Plaza bought the first round of Fontainebleau furniture sold off by Carl Icahn out of bankruptcy. Nice.
But I digress.
I loved 9/6 JOB (mostly graduated to higher tighter VP). Back in the day, it was my go-to game, with its low variance and two units for your second pair. God Bless America, that’s a beautiful thing. Sorry, Macklemore! (That’s a Plaza joke.) And now I can play it with a $500 free play bonus? Katie (Perry?) bar the door — right after I get in.
Adding .1% for comps and using the Wizard of Odds calculator, I get a return percentage of 100.68.
If you win, there’s a slight EV loss playing $500 free Play through 9/6 JOB. Or heck, go throw it at the slots. Your choice, baby.
How did I miss this fabulous advantage-play coupon until now?
I do peruse Anthony’s list in the Las Vegas Advisor of the expected value of the MRB’s gambling coupons, but this coupon wasn’t there! And the coupon index in the back of the MRB listed it simply as a royal flush bonus. Yawn. Most of them are like … well, they’re not $500 in free play.
Glad I was actually looking through the MRB. It’s coupon 46.
And here’s my challenge: Try walking into Pink Box and buying just one donut. Then go over to the Sand Dollar and soak up some positive expectation JoB, great music, and free drinks.
If you hit it, send a photo to A.C. for the weekly YouTube and thank me in the comments.