Road Pics

[regnis]

Mickey-is there a reason you don't do Vegas? I would assume by the volume of games you could find something.

[mickeycrimm]

Mickey-is there a reason you don't do Vegas? I would assume by the volume of games you could find something.

Everything is a fight in Vegas. Fight to park the car. Fight the long walks into the casinos. Fight the other hustlers for the plays.

[Alan Mendelson]

Mickey-is there a reason you don't do Vegas? I would assume by the volume of games you could find something.

Everything is a fight in Vegas. Fight to park the car. Fight the long walks into the casinos. Fight the other hustlers for the plays.

I thought you were going to say Vegas has tightened up too much and the plays aren't there.

[Dan Druff]

Last year, I was driving from Choteau, Montana to Livingston, Montana with the family, during a road trip. We had just been in Canada for week, crossed the border, stayed the night in Choteau, and were on our way to Yellowstone.

So this was just a driving day -- but it was only 223 miles, so I wanted something to do for us besides just driving from one hotel to another. Unfortunately, the tourist pickings are slim along that route, even for someone like me who likes to find off-the-beaten-path stuff.

I figured we'd have more luck finding something to do if we drove through Great Falls and then through the Lewis and Clark National Forest, rather than through Helena.

I also noticed that Great Falls had a "Great Springs State Park", which had a giant natural spring and a hatchery, and looked mildly interesting.

We went there, but it was pretty damn hot outside, and no one wanted to stay very long. Also, the hatchery was mostly closed. The spring was somewhat interesting, though.

I insisted we drive around to the other side of the Missouri river and see the dam and "waterfall" it created. There was even a way you could walk onto a little island on the river, but again, this was only interesting for a short time. It also wasn't really meant for tourists, as it was a functional electricity generation station.

Finally we bounced, and everyone was kind of annoyed with me for insisting we stop there, though I thought it was still better than nothing.

The Lewis and Clark forest was more interesting, and we stumbled upon an interesting hike and small waterfall there.

We ended up staying the night in a weird hotel in Livingston with an old-school elevator. The hotel itself was over 100 years old, and in fact each room was actually two rooms in the old hotel. There was a sink both in the bedroom and in the "living room", but only one toilet/shower area. Presumably the toilet/shower was shared between two rooms when the hotel first opened in the early 1900s.

Montana is a strange place. I do give them credit for not having any sales tax, though a few local municipalities (like West Yellowstone) have added their own sales tax.

Speaking of West Yellowstone, it used to be a culinary wasteland, with a collection of awful restaurants only rivaled by Bryce Canyon and Tusayan (Grand Canyon).

Somehow, through the magic of Yelp, we actually found two fairly good restaurants while staying there. One was a BBQ place, the other was a steak/seafood place. We were shocked.

[mickeycrimm]

I've spent the night in Choteau too. David Letterman has had a ranch at Choteau for years. He was in Choteau when 9/11 occurred. He mentioned Choteau on his first show back after 9/11/2001. Here's what he had to say about the town. Go to the 5:52 mark.



Dan, you must have stayed in the Murray Hotel in Livingston. Believe it or not, Anthony Bourdain did a Montana show and stayed at the Murray when he was there. The dish he covered was the pasty, brought to Montana by Cornish miners in the 19th century, and is still served today. I stay at the Econo Lodge when I'm there. If you were in Livingston you must have drove through Paradise Valley to get to Yellowstone. Peter Fonda, Jeff Bridges and Dennis Quaid have homes there. So did Margot Kidder until she died. One of the most scenic valleys in Montana.

[mickeycrimm]

Prairie Knights Casino and Resort. Fort Yates, North Dakota.

[regnis]

Maybe it's just me but keep posting Mickey. This thread is almost an escape from the crap on most of the other threads. Don't you all get tired of arguing about the same thing over and over.

[pkspins]

Mickey - I'm looking at potential travel in southern OH/IN/KY. Do you mind sharing what kind of offers you got from the play you did when you were in that area? I remember you went to at least Jack in Cincinnati and Tropicana in Evansville.

[mickeycrimm]

Mickey - I'm looking at potential travel in southern OH/IN/KY. Do you mind sharing what kind of offers you got from the play you did when you were in that area? I remember you went to at least Jack in Cincinnati and Tropicana in Evansville.

I get offers from places where it's lucrative enough for me to hang out for a few days or weeks and run enough action to get those offers. So far OH/IN/KY is not one of those places. I'm vulturing plays which means I don't run that much action. The players that are sitting in the seats playing for long periods get those offers. I'm generally working 20 to 25% edges but some days I might not run even $1000 in action. On the good days I might run $3000 in action. It depends on how many advantage plays I get. This kind of action doesn't generate a lot of comp and offers.

[mickeycrimm]

I just requested that Dan remove Rob's posts from this thread. This is a neutral thread and no need for trolling in it. There are plenty of other threads for Rob to troll me. He doesn't have to do it here.

[pkspins]

Mickey - I'm looking at potential travel in southern OH/IN/KY. Do you mind sharing what kind of offers you got from the play you did when you were in that area? I remember you went to at least Jack in Cincinnati and Tropicana in Evansville.

I get offers from places where it's lucrative enough for me to hang out for a few days or weeks and run enough action to get those offers. So far OH/IN/KY is not one of those places. I'm vulturing plays which means I don't run that much action. The players that are sitting in the seats playing for long periods get those offers. I'm generally working 20 to 25% edges but some days I might not run even $1000 in action. On the good days I might run $3000 in action. It depends on how many advantage plays I get. This kind of action doesn't generate a lot of comp and offers.

Ok thank you. It's not looking like I will be there often enough to make generating offers worthwhile, but I was curious as to your experience without completely understanding how you do what you do

[Dan Druff]

I just added a feature to kick users from threads.

The first person kicked was Rob.

Expect this to be used many other times in other threads where people are disrupting.

[Dan Druff]

I've spent the night in Choteau too. David Letterman has had a ranch at Choteau for years. He was in Choteau when 9/11 occurred. He mentioned Choteau on his first show back after 9/11/2001. Here's what he had to say about the town. Go to the 5:52 mark.



Dan, you must have stayed in the Murray Hotel in Livingston. Believe it or not, Anthony Bourdain did a Montana show and stayed at the Murray when he was there. The dish he covered was the pasty, brought to Montana by Cornish miners in the 19th century, and is still served today. I stay at the Econo Lodge when I'm there. If you were in Livingston you must have drove through Paradise Valley to get to Yellowstone. Peter Fonda, Jeff Bridges and Dennis Quaid have homes there. So did Margot Kidder until she died. One of the most scenic valleys in Montana.

Yes, I stayed at the Murray Hotel and drove through Paradise Valley.

Murray Hotel was very interesting. A little bit weird, but interesting.

I also remember it had a strange "half floor", something like between the 2nd and 3rd. You could reach it by the staircase. I think it had some computers up there, like for a little business center.

[Prozema]

What?!? I won't get to read the same bickering in every thread anymore? That's huge! I propose cleaning up hot sucker.

[mickeycrimm]

Maybe it's just me but keep posting Mickey. This thread is almost an escape from the crap on most of the other threads. Don't you all get tired of arguing about the same thing over and over.

Thanks, regnis. I'll keep 'em coming. I'm getting some shots of casinos I haven't been to before. I just finished sweeping out the casinos of Montana. It'll take a few months for plays to build back up there. I have some great spots to go to in the Southwest but the current weather is just to hot for me there. So I chose to do something else to kill the rest of the summer. Fort Yates in North Dakota was just the start of an extended road trip. I always clear out of an area before I put any pics up. Don't want anyone on my front or back trail. I'm starting to take more than just one screenshot of the places but I have to be careful on the inside of these casinos. I've been warned many times about taking pictures.

[mickeycrimm]

Dakota Magic. Hankinson, North Dakota

[mickeycrimm]

Shooting Star Casino. Mahnomen, Minnesota.

[mickeycrimm]

Seven Clans Casino. Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

[Moses]

Excellent work MC. Standing O. Man. Post #26. You look exactly like Bill Belichek. Too bad that guy got in front your photo. LOL

[Moses]

Hey Mickey, I wanted to ask you, when you were in Oregon did you make it farther south along the coast to Three Rivers in Florence or The Mill in Coos Bay? The Mill back in March..

My daughter started a tradition to visit somewhere new together every year. Steve Prefontaine in Coos Boy was interesting. His home, his school, the museum. There is a roadside monument where people still leave items from where the accident occured. If your into track, there is a great pizza place near U of O. Dedicated to Pre.

Also, Zion National Park in Utah was a very cool place. God's creation at HIS finest.