Last week I had told you that a juicy promotional offer had changed our mind, at least temporarily, about stopping play at CZR properties.  So, we decided to do this offer, albeit with some trepidation since it involved higher denominations that are no longer available for our usual play.  No matter how good a percentage advantage, in the short term, results can be very negative – and going back to our regular positive but lower-denomination play can be a long discouraging journey to eventual long-term success.  However, we were fortunate to end up on the up side of this short-term result range and came home with a nice profit.

But there were other benefits beyond financial ones – friendship and camaraderie. It seemed like the old days, when we would see many of our player friends whenever there was a tournament or drawing or special casino promotion.  We chatted with old friends and made new ones, including some of those whom I had previously known only through this blog or internet forums.  It is always good to finally connect a face with a name!  We even met an elderly gambling gentleman that was two years older than Brad and, like him, still going strong – and found that we shared the common interest of faithfully watching the Lawrence Welk Show reruns on PBS.

Now back in Vegas, we can enjoy more good video poker opportunities in April than we have had here for a while. Stations have taken leave of their “up to” mystery multipliers and now have guaranteed their 10x/6x points: Fiesta casinos have multiplier days on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday; the rest of the Station properties (including the Palms) have them every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I love when casinos start competing.  Gold Coast has gone wild and is offering 11x points every day Sundays through Thursdays for the rest of April.  South Point is running a good earn-a-buffet offer.

Check Scot’s Bonus Point List  for multiple-point days at other casinos, including some on Easter, April 21.