Here's a big "hooray" story about LVA member rewards! I drove down to Blue Diamond to find the Home Plate Bar which has a couple coupons in this year's book. One coupon said I could play $20 and if I lost, get twenty bucks in free play. That seemed a really good deal, worth driving down for. The place is on that major arterial and a little west of Silverton. Didn't have much trouble finding it.
I walked in, and found it to be a nice looking little bar. The young lady who was bartending was very pleasant and explained the deal to me. I had to sign up for their member program, and when I did so instead of a player's card, I placed my thumb over a little reader slot on the machine. It scanned and read my thumbprint! No carrying a card along or forgetting it, a new identification method I'd never seen or heard of before. Very interesting.
She took the coupon and explained that if I lost $20, I would get a $20 credit which I could play, but I could not cash that out until I played to a four-of-a-kind or better. That seemed reasonable. It's a little more complicated than having to play the rebate through for a cycle, but since I came to play, that seemed like a chance to play a while on my twenty.
I put the Andy Jackson paper in the slot, picked Bonus Poker at quarter level and played the first hand. Nothing special on the deal, I held a pair of unassuming looking deuces. I was nearly knocked off my stool when I got the matching pair to score a 200 credit deuces four-of-a-kind on my very first hand! The bartender saw that and said I would not be needing the coupon after all. Not likely to lose my cash-in after that great start. I continued to play, wondering where I should cash out. (If I am winning, I try to set a limit on when I will take the money out before I quit. I usually put $20 in a machine and if I am winning, I play to cash out a limit I pick. If I shoot to 275 credits, I tell myself that if I get to 300 I will quit, but if I drop to 240 credits [$60], I will also stop. This usually allows me to actually take cash away and not play away any money the casino is trying to give me. Of course sometimes I get to 240 credits and hit the play button, and then I tell myself I will play to 200... and 160... and 120... and oops... there go those winnings.)
Well, back to the Home Plate. I am wondering when to cash out when I get four Jacks! And she tells me that is the card-of-the-day, with a $5 bonus credit. My credits are growing. I keep playing until I reach 400 credits and force myself to hit the cash-out button with a big smile on my face. I am a low roller who likes the challenge and the sense of using my skill to play a game like video poker. Putting in $20 and taking out $100 is a major rush for me. I left there with a great memory for my latest trip to Las Vegas... thanks to the Las Vegas Advisor Member Rewards program!
I walked in, and found it to be a nice looking little bar. The young lady who was bartending was very pleasant and explained the deal to me. I had to sign up for their member program, and when I did so instead of a player's card, I placed my thumb over a little reader slot on the machine. It scanned and read my thumbprint! No carrying a card along or forgetting it, a new identification method I'd never seen or heard of before. Very interesting.
She took the coupon and explained that if I lost $20, I would get a $20 credit which I could play, but I could not cash that out until I played to a four-of-a-kind or better. That seemed reasonable. It's a little more complicated than having to play the rebate through for a cycle, but since I came to play, that seemed like a chance to play a while on my twenty.
I put the Andy Jackson paper in the slot, picked Bonus Poker at quarter level and played the first hand. Nothing special on the deal, I held a pair of unassuming looking deuces. I was nearly knocked off my stool when I got the matching pair to score a 200 credit deuces four-of-a-kind on my very first hand! The bartender saw that and said I would not be needing the coupon after all. Not likely to lose my cash-in after that great start. I continued to play, wondering where I should cash out. (If I am winning, I try to set a limit on when I will take the money out before I quit. I usually put $20 in a machine and if I am winning, I play to cash out a limit I pick. If I shoot to 275 credits, I tell myself that if I get to 300 I will quit, but if I drop to 240 credits [$60], I will also stop. This usually allows me to actually take cash away and not play away any money the casino is trying to give me. Of course sometimes I get to 240 credits and hit the play button, and then I tell myself I will play to 200... and 160... and 120... and oops... there go those winnings.)
Well, back to the Home Plate. I am wondering when to cash out when I get four Jacks! And she tells me that is the card-of-the-day, with a $5 bonus credit. My credits are growing. I keep playing until I reach 400 credits and force myself to hit the cash-out button with a big smile on my face. I am a low roller who likes the challenge and the sense of using my skill to play a game like video poker. Putting in $20 and taking out $100 is a major rush for me. I left there with a great memory for my latest trip to Las Vegas... thanks to the Las Vegas Advisor Member Rewards program!
