Quick Notes on Boyd Comp Program

[redietz]

So I think that I understand that this dynamic. I actually joined the site because I'm a MC fan and thought I might help him save him a few bucks. I got on this thread because I thought that RS's endorsement of MSS was over the top, while redietz expressed a harsher opinion than I held. To be clear, redietz makes factual arguments. I just have reasons to like Boyd more than he does. I think that it's cool that I can disagree with a successful gambler without things becoming disagreeable.
I don't understand the RS full throated MSS endorsement , followed by the full throated thrashing of the casino chain, topped with the accusation that I only talk about what everyone knows. I have decided to give this all the consideration that it deserves.
I value people who can discuss issues based on facts. People can still have different opinions based on preferences.
I like people like Jean Scott. I've never met her, but have never heard a bad word about her from people who have. When I read her first book I was amazed that such things were possible, then I was doing it myself. She's nice, she's cool, and she really seems to meet all the measures of success that I care about.
FAB is my favorite poster on the board I post on, and he probably does actually know everything that I'll talk about. I'll try to up my game FAB.
For those of you who want to dismiss me because I am too low stakes, I would like to plead guilty. I retired a hundred-thousandaire, rather than a millionaire. I considered working in Finance, but I hitched to Alaska instead, took a low paying job in residential treatment for problem kids that allowed me months a year to hike, ski, climb, and kayak the Alaska wilderness. At 40 years old, I realized that this would leave me poor so I took a job teaching in a medium security prison. I was good at it, but I also had 6 months a year to travel the world. I would buy a ticket into a continent and a return 6 months later. It amounted to close to 6 years of international travel before my job became full time in 2010. That is when I started traveling to Vegas. Within a couple years I was going several times a year. I discovered that I could travel to Vegas for free and save more money for retirement. I retired in May of 2018 with a small pension. I would rate myself as a damn good prison teacher, a decent traveler, an above average gambler and ocean kayaker, a average money earner, and a below average skier and climber. Nobody needs to tell me that I'm no Bill Gates, Jean Scott, or mickeycrimm. We all agree with that. Claiming that I think I'm great at anything besides helping people as a prison teacher is a straw man argument.
Sorry to hijack your thread redietz. It seemed better to define myself than let innuendo do its work. Besides, I think these gambling sites tend to focus too much on what you have instead of how you live.
I think that Vegas is fun. If you are interested in doing it cheaper, you might like my posts. If your rolling in money or gamble so much that hosts feed you grapes as you recline, then not so much.
Thanks for the warm welcome here. I admit to being a little star struck. I've done some inadvisable things in my life, but the professional gamblers among you are batshit level crazy.

Thanks for the bio, Wasilla. Sounds like a good, interesting, and productive life. I had a very good friend who drove cab at Penn State most of the year, but headed to work on the fishing boats in Alaska during the summers, when Penn State was dead. He loved Alaska. Another friend just retired as a SORT team leader in California.

I am no comp expert, but I try to stay at least semi-informed. I was spending 90-100 days a year in LV (for 25 years or thereabouts) during football seasons. Initially, back in the 80's and early 90's, football betting accrued you serious comps and power of the pen, and it was on the same "coin-in" level as race betting. Both were much closer to machine play comp levels than they are today. I actually had top tier in some programs. Back then, you could get $1 for $125 in sports wagers at some places, like Circus-Circus, and you had power of the pen on top of it. Anyway, the bean counters started figuring out that house edge for sports was marginal, and sports comps started crashing. Today, most places it's maybe $400 or $500 for $1 in comps, and the Wynn wants 20K (in a day) to give you dinner. So early 90's I began looking for ways to stay fed without paying. I had always read the LVA religiously, and then I stumbled across Jean Scott and learned how to play video poker, expressly for the purpose of racking up some meals and rooms.

Anyway, all info from people like you is greatly appreciated, so thank you.