J W Marriott and South point. Good stuff!!

Just returned last night from my annual MM trek to Vegas. Stayed at 2 hotels for the very first time and both left a favorable impression on me.

The rampart (J W Marriott) sent me a March madness offer that included 2 free nights and 2 wristbands to 2 days of their MM party with food and beverages included. We checked in Saturday (while still having a room at Ballys) and my girl immediately decided that the J W was the place for her. The room and hotel reminded us a lot of Green valley. The grounds were massive and beautiful as was the room. The bathroom was huge. 2 sinks, a separate Jacuzzi and shower with the waterfalls shower head and a standard shower head 2. The toilet was separate from the entire area with its own door. And his and her sinks!!!!

I have played at the Rampart a couple of times before but never stayed in the hotel. The gaming was decent with $5.00 paigow and craps (all day Sunday). The food choices are limited with nothing visible from the casino floor other than Addisons. The live music band Saturday night was right up my alley with a bunch of old skool tunes. The crowd was older than most but at 56 I felt pretty good about who I was around. On Sunday night, I joined a 3 drunk (young and old) guys at the craps table.1 of them won me a fire bet ($3.00 paid $75.00). If you don't know what a fire bet is then disregard. If you do then you realize that that shooter had a "decent" roll by any craps standard (hit 4 points). My play the first night, Saturday, earned my girl a manicure because I earned at least 1,000 points.I earned over 2 k in points on Sunday but we didn't check out the other promos for points !

The fitness center was very nice and every cardio machine had its own t.v. The sauna (wet and dry) and steam room were also solid. Something tells me I'll be back there again (especially if they offer me another comp, which I am sure they will)!!!

South point earns an "ooowwwee" from me. Played there last year a couple of times but a certain pit boss (female blond hair) Sh--ty attitude just ruined my experience. I had discovered quick quads VP there and some other goodies and undoubtly the play on those made South point offer me a very nice package. So I took them up on it and checked in to there Monday to Weds (yesterday).

We checked in to a "city view" room. I must admit that after I checked in and saw the view, I never looked out the window again. But it was nice of them, nonetheless, to give me city view. The room was above average and the bath room was a separate sink and shower/toilet area.

The gaming was fantastic. Full pay VP across the room. $3.00 craps 24/7 as well as $5.00 Paigow. Food choices were equally as tremendous.Kim and I had dinner at Don Vitos' (compliments of the South point) and it was superb. Also got quick bites/eats at the Del mar (cheesecake twice the size of any other place), Seattles best Coffee, Steak and Shake and even the a 75 cents all beef hot dog cart (next to the sports book). Warning the line can be very long at this 1!!!

I had my best luck there too. Hit a couple of nickle royals on Super times pay, flopped quad 9's on a quarter 5- handed Quick Quads machine and on my last night (Tuesday) drew 2 to a Club Royal on a 50 cents Bonus Deluxe game (a cool 2k). Played poker for a couple of hours and the poker room has as many t.v.'s as any poker room that I have ever been in. A plus for the avid sports enthusiast like me. The room is a must for me next march madness time!!

I put at least 10,00 points on my card Monday and Tuesday and 7,000 Sunday night. Not sure what that equals play wise but something tells me that I'll be back at South point real soon (Probably August). I really enjoyed my stay there. The best of the trip (which also included 1 night at Orleans and 4 at Ballys, with 2 overlapping the J W Mariott).

In the words of Arnold...Southpoint..."Ill be back"!!!

So glad you had a great trip big brother and congrats on the fifty cent royal!! Good to know about SP. I am sure you will get good offers and August for my big one is definitely gonna be the move!

Very, very nice, Champ! Thanks for the report and I wish you a very hearty congratulations on your good hits -- especialy on the $2k Royal!

RecVPPlayer

SP pit bosses are rude to any crap shooter looking like they want SP's money. Thanks for the TR. I gave Rampart a lotta play in years past, but my room comps didn't match with travel dates. Oh, well. Glad they treated you right. At SP, the 9/6 JOB at 25c is a newfangled upright with buttons I found unforgiving. Did you play any JOB @ 25c? Good luck!

I didnt play and JOB. All my VP games have "bonus" in them. Bonus poker, Bonus Deluxe, Double, Double Double, Triple Double...etc.

Its odd that you mentioned rude pit bosses. My big main complaint last year was a blond haired older female pit boss in the Paigow area who, on my visit last year, waited 30/40 minutes before she picked up my card to rate me and then told me that she was busy! Did not like her vibe or attitude at all.

Monday night, when I hit my straight flush (around 2 a.m.), she was working. By 2:30 I was 1 of 2 players at my table who were still playing, while the other Paigow table empty. The "rude" pit boss came and told me that I would have to move over to the empty table because they were shutting mine down (and this is after 2/3 full houses with the nickle bonus up AFTER my royal)! I got up and left. May have sh--ty on my part but I just couldn't figure out why you would want to stop my hot roll!?!?

Super report. Haven't stayed at either place. I'm retiring soon and won't have the bankroll to make my Strip hosts happy, so looking for options. Glad to hear you were treated well this trip.

Thanks lil sis, Coach, JM and Candy for the well wishes. Got an email from Courtney (South Point) yesterday. She wanted to make sure that I contacted her before I return. Sounds like "good stuff"!!

Hey Champ,

I do know that at least some casinos do want to stop a person's "hot roll" because their attitude is that they want to stop losing more $ to the player(s) and so they may change things up by doing stuff that could very easily include shutting down a table (although maybe also the Dealer who you were dealing with may have been ending his/her shift).

RecVPPlayer

I could possiby understand coach if i was beating them for thousands a hand but paigow? I'm convinced that this floor person has issues! I wont let it dampen my S P experience though!

Well, Champ, it could actually be both the floor person as well as that what they may consider to be nice money was leaving the table. But yes, don't allow that dampen your SP experience!

I actually understand that for a table game, Pai Gow Poker has one of the lower casino advantages attached to it (most especially if you become the bank whenever it's your chance to do so -- there are casinos that do allow that to happen)! Have you ever done that before? If not, it may very well be worth looking into!

RecVPPlayer