Finally...a winning day!
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:39 am
Went back to the Tampa Hard Rock yesterday. My first trip since the Alaska trip. I can't believe how happy I was to see 8/5 DDB after playing 6/5 on the ship.
I'm trying a new strategy and it seems to be working for me. I'm cashing every quad or higher and not playing any white tickets. It takes more of a stake to do this, but I'm almost always guaranteed to go home with some money. It's a personal thing for me, but I always seem to play until I'm broke. This keeps me from doing this the vast majority of the time. Anyway, I hit a quad early and put a $78 ticket in my wallet. Three minutes later I hit 4Aces for $200. Now I know I'm going home with at least $278. I played for about 3 hours and cashed a total of 9 tickets. Some were at .50. I never hit anything but normal quads except for the first 4 Aces, but I went home up $400 for the day which makes me even with the cruise ship casino.
The Hard Rock has new management and they are starting a new comp point program. Old points are going away and I had about $170 left in old points. I can't eat that many hamburgers, so I bought a nice pair of Oakley sunglass with the points. At the moment, VP points accrue at the same rate as slots but VP is not eligible for multi point days. We'll see what they come up with in the new system.
I'm trying a new strategy and it seems to be working for me. I'm cashing every quad or higher and not playing any white tickets. It takes more of a stake to do this, but I'm almost always guaranteed to go home with some money. It's a personal thing for me, but I always seem to play until I'm broke. This keeps me from doing this the vast majority of the time. Anyway, I hit a quad early and put a $78 ticket in my wallet. Three minutes later I hit 4Aces for $200. Now I know I'm going home with at least $278. I played for about 3 hours and cashed a total of 9 tickets. Some were at .50. I never hit anything but normal quads except for the first 4 Aces, but I went home up $400 for the day which makes me even with the cruise ship casino.
The Hard Rock has new management and they are starting a new comp point program. Old points are going away and I had about $170 left in old points. I can't eat that many hamburgers, so I bought a nice pair of Oakley sunglass with the points. At the moment, VP points accrue at the same rate as slots but VP is not eligible for multi point days. We'll see what they come up with in the new system.