Comments on: Reno Trip Report

By: fremont4ever

fremont4ever — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:00:08 +0000

Thank you for your report. I figured you guys would find the Atlantis eventually.

Kevin Lewis summed up the Atlantis/Peppermill situation well. I can confirm that the comps are generous, at least at the Peppermill. If they’ll comp me, they’ll comp almost anyone.

Ralph: The blackjack at the Peppermill and Atlantis are nearly identical – plenty of single deck with Reno rules (h17, d10, no das), plenty of double deck with Downtown Vegas rules, and the odd shoe with das available. Not great, but playable, since they all pay 3:2 for blackjacks. The Atlantis is more consistent about having $3 minimums during slow times than the Peppermill. Mostly the minimums are $5, going to $10 when it’s busy.

By: queen of comps

queen of comps — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:28:16 +0000

Sorry, didn’t check out the BJ at all.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:37:58 +0000

I realize that you and Brad mainly play machines (vp), but could you please make a comment or two about whether a player has any chance of playing some BJ at the Atlantis?

By: queen of comps

queen of comps — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:15:35 +0000

Actually I was figuring that on base points.

By: queen of comps

queen of comps — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:13:47 +0000

After 3 days there, I still didn’t know which way to go!!

By: Kevin Lewis

Kevin Lewis — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:05:43 +0000

That sounds exactly right as you got a base of 0.2% (I assume you were playing on a 2X day), but slightly tweaked for “theo”. I’ve found that an adjustment for theo is added to the base (after multipliers), so your getting a bit less for Multi-Strike NSUD than for single-line NSUD sounds makes sense. If you got 23 points/100, then it sounds like they were rebating 10% of theo (an additional 0.03%).
Unfortunately, you kind of have to infer all this as Atlantis mimics Peppermill’s non-disclosure policies. At LEAST they went to the self-comping kiosks where you can actually see how many points you have and what they will buy in comps. At the Peppermill (and until very recently, at the Atlantis as well), you would have to ask at the slot booth, “Do I have enough comps for…” and the answer, yes or no, still wouldn’t tell you how many comps you DID have…one night, I got so fed up that I asked, “Do I have enough comps for a dinner buffet for forty people? No? How about thirty-nine? No? How about thirty-eight?”

By: Marlo

Marlo — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:54:21 +0000

I haven’t been back to Reno in almost a year, so the VP scene may have changed drastically. But I remember that Club Cal-Neva in downtown Reno had quite a few positive VP machines, especially if you like Double Bonus Poker. However, Club Cal-Neva has become much stingier with its comps. I used to be able to get free hotel rooms almost any night of the year and $100-$150 worth of monthly free play (25/50 cent VP play), but now my free night/free play offers have been cut down by more than half.

By: Mac McClellan

Mac McClellan — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:22:34 +0000

Did you ever get lost on the gaming floor? We don’t go to Atlantis often but when we do we sometimes can’t find our way out!

By: queen of comps

queen of comps — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:29:24 +0000

Kevin, I found that we got about 23 points for $100 coin-in. A little less for NSUD in Multi-Strike; a little more for single line NSUD. Does that sound right?

By: queen of comps

queen of comps — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:23:23 +0000

Don’t think your comments aren’t coming through if you don’t see them right away. I have to approve all comments or we’d be overrun with spam. I usually approve comments once a day unless I am out of town.