Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
I looked over the language in the promotion rules. It appears this is for the 11x multiplier days. If you follow "the letter of the law" then anyone playing correct strategy on any full pay game including 25-cents 8/5 Bonus Poker could be impacted.

I doubt that's the case. My GUESS and I am emphasizing GUESS because that's what it is, is that Boyd added this language as a new "catch all phrase" to establish it's boundaries.

I doubt Boyd will take action against any player on its properties playing full pay video poker using correct strategy because they'd have to throw out nearly all of their players at the Suncoast, for example, which is loaded with locals who seem to always be on the full pay games and playing correct strategy. That's what you find at these locals casinos.
Playing with an advantage doesn't necessarily mean you're an advantage player. If I'm playing blackjack and the (true) count goes to +4, there's an advantage, but that doesn't mean everyone else at the table is an AP, even though they are currently playing with an advantage.

A few years ago I was with my dad on a short vacation trip. He enjoys gambling and isn't an AP, but we were in an area where there were a few casinos. We had some down time and he said he wanted to go to a casino for an hour or two, is there anywhere specifically where we should play? So I went online, looked at some promotions at casinos around, called some places, and found one place had a $100 or $200 loss rebate for new signups and you get the freeplay the next morning if you end up losing. So.....we went and played it. My dad was playing with an advantage but he's definitely not an AP. Anyone else who played the promotion and had some common sense would also be playing with an advantage, even though they aren't necessarily APs.



Is Suncoast going to kick someone out for playing the 11x point multiplier day? No. Are they going to kick someone out who only plays on high multiplier days? I don't know, but that's a lot more likely.



For what it's worth, I reckon Barona has similar wording ("advantage player") in some of their promotional rules.