Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post

$350 a week/$1400 a month is not bad in today's world. The ones I use are $500 to $600 a week, 2K to 2.5K per month. The hotel tax is over after the 4th week. That's the way weekly/monthlies work. It has to do with city ordinance. If it's a hotel you're not considered a monthly resident until after the first month. In most towns the tax you paid on the first month is refuned if you continue to stay there. If that's the way it is in Las Vegas then hotel management never says anything to you about it and pockets the money.

But I get a lot of casino hotel comp. I target it. My September trip to Vegas I did 8 free nights at Flamingo, no resort or parking fee's for being Diamond, did a 35K wager, turned a 3.3K profit. I spent 4 paid nights at Excalibur to get the comp train rolling. I did a 20K wager, ran bad and lost $900. I got an email from a casino host cancelling the resort and parking fee's. Now I've just received an email for a 2 day free package at Excalibur. And a 2 day package at Santa Fe Station. We'll see what else comes in the mail. Haven't gotten anything so far from downtown. Next trip down I'll do some more jump starting of comp offers.

CZR is the core of my comp strategy. I can do up to 5 days at a time. So do the 5 days then bounce to another comped room like EX or Santa Fe, then back to a CZR property.

What's the advantage slot lifestyle like for an old guy that can barely get around? Well, I don't work it like I used to. I used to hard charge it all day long. Now, it's just a couple hours a day on the casino floor with a lot of non playing days. So what has the old fart that can't get around, and hardly plays, made this year? Well, I'm just under 99K straight up machine win. I'll crack 100K probably sometime this week. That's from an old guy that can hardly get around. Advantage machine play is not dead. It just takes some knowlededge, skill, and experience to exploit it. If I were in my prime at this point in time I'd be making 400K a year.

I call the whole thing Mickey's Leisure Lifestyle. Mixed in with all this is doctors appointments, medical procedures that knock me out of action for a week, med refills. So I can't just leave home and stay gone for long periods. Anyways, I'm still having fun with it.
As you know mickey, with your help and pointing me to some videos, I had an interest in expanding into some AP slot play this past summer. I didn't stick with it long, only learning a couple plays and working it for 3-4 days before I decided it wasn't for me at this time. One of the reasons I decided that is it seemed like there was always somebody already on every play I found. A lot of competition here in Vegas. It reminded me of the blackjack machine play my brother and did last spring/summer. By the time we got to the Gulf coast, and later East coast there were a lot of people already on this play. We were literally fighting for machines.

So I am curious, based on your recent Vegas trip did you find a lot of "competition" for these plays. More advantage slot players lurking around Vegas than other areas you might travel to?

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The second big drawback for me was I just no longer want to spend hours every day in a casino. I did that for 12+ years when I was playing the local circuit (blackjack) here in Vegas. I just don't want to go back to that. I currently spend 1 or 2 nights (6-8 hour shift) in casinos playing blackjack. That is enough time spent in casinos for me right now.

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Good for you mickeycrimm for playing and staying at Sante Fe casino, which is kind of off the beaten trail, but was always one of my favorite places. Good blackjack, nice casino. Have you visited the newest Station property Durango yet. If not, do so. I think you will find it equally as nice.