Bar tab

[wildman49]

I got to say ,the casino I play at here in the Midwest take in a whole lot of profit on bar drinks. I play often on the bar top machines and the amount of money spent on over priced drinks shocks me.

I know this is not VP chat per say, just wondering if it's the same out side the Vegas market.

There was a casino in our upper peninsula of Michigan that offered free drinks years ago. Some have had .50 can beer in the past.

Seems to me there is a nice casino profit out side the machine take.

[olds442jetaway]

Yep eight dollar beers here $14 mixed drink millennials gobble them up like there’s no tomorrow $200 bar tab is average for them

[Jstark]

Not only the ridiculous alcohol prices, but typical bar top games usually have worse pay tables.

[olds442jetaway]

Funny about that. At Mohegan Sun, the best pay tables can be found at bartops. I only play them very late after the bars have closed for the most part. Not worth trying to concentrate while dealing with smoke, drunks, and sometimes loud nonsense speaking bartenders. Never mind unworking buttons from spilled drinks. There is one nice non smoking bar in the new poker room however, but the bar stools are beyond uncomfortable. I usually stand if I play there.

[olds442jetaway]

Last week a young Millenial walked up next to me and ordered 2 very expensive drinks for himself and his girl. I tried to explain briefly to him that the bartender on duty was cool and if he just put his card in the machine with a five dollar bill and played a few hands his drinks would be on the house. He just said, Thanks but Nah! I’ll just pay. I don’t know anything about poker. He paid the 32 buck tab, tipped a five, and just wandered away with his girl. They both were very nice and polite but the money meant nothing to him evidently.

[BobDancer]

Whether casinos have better or worse pay schedules on the bartops is something that varies by casino. There is one casino I play exclusively on bartops --- and another one where that was my strategy a few years ago until pay schedules changed there.

You need to be more careful of sticky buttons on bartops than on other machines, simply because everybody has a drink and drinks get spilled. On most non-bartop machines, your drinks are not immediately adjacent to the buttons and spills do not hurt you.

People talk more at bartops. At least some of the people sitting there will be drinkers, not players. they come in for social interaction --- not gaming opportunities. Whether you participate or not, it's going to be going on around you.

tipping is more important at bartops than elsewhere --- if you're a competent player. at places where you have the advantage, the bartender is going to see you day after day. If you're doing well, the bartender will know. If you combine this with not tipping the bartender, it's easy for the bartender to say something to slot supervisors which will not help you. Making the bartender your friend is smart business.

[FAA]

Anything and Everything. Give me a break.

[olds442jetaway]

FAA you lost me on that one. Maybe I’m experiencing that 1 percent per year cognitive decline due to aging.

[FAA]

The category where I preferred this thread began. Borgata here has a nice 15X slot dollars promotion. But enduring the bar crowd is pure pain.

[advantage playe]

borgota has plenty of full pay 96 job non bar slant tops.if u tip well at the bar the double vodkas strangely become almost triples ! before bob yells at me , I know the errors go up with the ethanol. so does the fun ! I just play slower than my usual 900 or so hands per hour !! a lot slower !!!!!!!!