Vegas Comp Question

[pythagoras345]

Hi all,

I am 2 yr internet player that is planning my first poker trip to Vegas. I would like to know what type of comps I can expect to get from the Casinos. I would be playing 2/4 or 5/10 NL for 10 hours per day and plan to stay for 3 - 4 days. In a perfect world I would expect:

1) A ride to and from the airport
2) A free room
3) 1 or 2 free meals a day (for me and wife)
4) 2 tickets to a show one night

So my questions are as follows:

1) Am I crazy or is this possible? If crazy, what might be expected?
2) Which Casinos would be best to approach?
3) Are there times of the year where they offer more?
4) Can such a deal be worked out ahead of time, with an understanding, that I would have to pay for everything if I did not play the promised hours?

Any other general comments would be appreciated.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

I recommend you adjust your expectations way way down. On all points.

[RonH]

What about free hookers? What kind of town is this anyway??

[El Diablo]

pyth,

I get all that stuff and much more. The key to this is playing lots of blackjack and craps.

[crackhead]

Py, since the others already pounded on ya' about your unrealistic expectations for casino comps, I won't bother. Keep in mind that 1/2 NL and 5/10NL is still in the realm of "small stakes" poker. Since poker rooms & poker players don't make the casino very much BIG money, the casinos don't usually knock themselves out when passing out comps.

Think of it this way. If you were running a business and one customer gave you about $1000 in sales ($1/2 NL poker player) and another customer gave you $25,000 in sales (black chip BJ or dice player), which customer would you be willing to give the VIP treatement to?

Good luck in Vegas!!!

Of course, if this post was just meant as a joke to get the rest of us fired up, then I applaud you for a good joke and faking out the rest of us.

[pythagoras345]

Thanks to those of you who gave me real answers.

And for those of you who got bent out of shape, pls tell me where you play cards. Because if you are that bad at reading a post, then you must suck at reading players and cards. My post clearly stated I'd never been to vegas and knew very little about this, and thus why I was posting and asking. So of course, I am probably going to be off base.

The only information I had was that a friend of mine just went to the Wynn and played 1/2 NL and got his room comped everyday for 6 hours of play. I was as surprised by this info, as I know the casions real money does not come from the poker room. But since this is true, if I were to play 5/10 NL and for twice as long, shouldn't I expect more? And shouldn't I expect 4x as much, since I play twice as long at more then double the stakes? Well, what is 4x more then free room?

Since most of you just gave me the same negative energy that you play cards with, I took matters into my own hands, and I have actually since called the Wynn, and discussed such a trip for me, three friends, and our wives. The room thing is true, 6 hours play a day and its comped. Additionaly you build $2 HR towards comps, but if you smart about it, a buffet meal a day can be put on top of that.

So it's not official yet, but I will not be surprised if I get 1, 2, 3 (1 buffet per day). However, I did basically get laughed at in regards to number 4 (unless we play table games).

What some of u narrow minded responders don't get is the following:

1) everything is negotiable
2) the casino has a big interest in 4 gamblers and 4 wives who like to spend cash, in thier casino.

[MadTiger]

He is confusing poker grinders with the big whales that come in and get catered to in Vegas.

[bav]

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In a perfect world I would expect:

1) A ride to and from the airport
2) A free room
3) 1 or 2 free meals a day (for me and wife)
4) 2 tickets to a show one night


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No, No, No, and No.

You're confusing poker with black-chip craps and blackjack play. You can get a reduced room rate at many places if you play 4-8 hours per day (depending on the casino), but it will be nothing close to free. You can get $0.75 to $3/hr in comps for playing (again, depending on the casino). You can schoomze and bribe the floor people and maybe wrangle a $6-$25 food comp now and then.

Just plan to pay for everything and be pleasantly surprised when you get a reduced-price meal for yourself once a day.

[Photoc]

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You can get $0.75 to $3/hr in comps for playing (again, depending on the casino).

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No more $3/hour at IP. Its either 1 or 2 bucks/hour now. I keep getting conflicting reports.

[Don Olney]

With the food cost, and the quality of food on the strip now--COMPS ARE CRAP ANYWAY-------