Comments on: Planning a VP Vacation – to Atlantic City or Anywhere

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:26:12 +0000

Oh, and to the complainer of your AC reports: First, it’s Jean’s blog, not yours. Second, I figure I will never go to AC in my life, yet I find useful information or at least entertainment in each post. If you don’t want to read about AC, don’t click on the AC posts. Again, I just learned one of my fellow tournament players went aggro just because he didn’t win $50. CHILL PILL TIME!!!

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:21:51 +0000

Hi Jean – I’m the Mary who commented before about going to the Harrahs (LV) tournament. Had a blast, and this was my first tournament. I thought even with 3 free nights and $50 free play just for showing up would make a fun trip even if nothing happened in the tournament, and it was! I turned the $50 free play into $170 profit. I was astonished to find my score was literally the last name in the money on the leader-board (#400 out of 800 players) at the end of the first night, and missed the money cut at the end of the tournament by only 95 points. This was amazing to me considering it was DDB and I’m still practicing only on JoB at intermediate level — I followed basic though flawed strategy, but practiced DDB on the computer between round 1 and 2, and my score definitely improved between the two. But I had a great time and the equity of a fun trip, profit on the free play and two free rooms comped for us and our out-of-town guest was well worth the trip. Also the experience was useful. Waht is sad is, the bellman told us that one player was absolutely going ballistic because he missed the cut by 30 points — in other words, just to win $50?! Takes all kinds, I guess! Anyway, thanks to your book and software, as well as those of another ‘big’ player, I held my own and did much better than I thought I would, considering I had almost no experience at DDB when I went in. Thanks!

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:32:52 +0000

The subtext here is that for the most part, you can’t get into positive territory outside of Vegas unless you’re popping in $25/play or more. Even then, Jean’s 9/6 JOB with (I presume) 0.7% comps is only a 100.24% game, and that only if you value comps at full face value. At a modest speed of 600 hands/hr, $5 single-line is $15,000 coin-in per hour. Most of us can’t afford that. Not that it isn’t theoretically positive (barely) to play such games, but a several thousand dollar loss could happen at any time. You need a bankroll of at least $100,000 to fade that kind of action–as in, money you have to be willing to lose.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:45:00 +0000

I and many others I’m sure, have enjoyed the AC “columns” and info. Keep writing Jean!!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:35:17 +0000

Thanks Jean/Brad. Fellow Hoosiers who come to Vegas 6-8 times a year and spend quite a bit of time researching local casino deals before each trip. Your compilation will be appreciated. Also, just a BIG thank you for your books and tips, which have enriched our trips. Latest example, was unaware Caesars had reinstated two free show tickets per month for Diamond members until research before June trip. Keep up the generous sharing of your experiences

By: S Kriebel

S Kriebel — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:10:16 +0000

5 separate “columns” about an AC trip…??? REALLY ?

By: RB

RB — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:19:36 +0000

Hey Now!
thanks Jean!
We go to AC 4 or 5 times a year and Vegas once a year. We are going to Vegas for Labor Day and like the locals joints, so we are looking forward to hearing about deals there.