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No, it's 5 bucks.

My perspective on all VP is only to buy my way into Diamond status. I don't play -EV games otherwise. For my purposes a $5 credit machine is the same as a .25 machine because it's all just coin-in.

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12-07-2016 , 05:01 AM

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OMC

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Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 232

Zen outplayed me. I got $1250 in freeplay, cashed out $1150.

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12-07-2016 , 07:35 AM

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ZenRabbit

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 529

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Zen outplayed me. I got $1250 in freeplay, cashed out $1150.

$800 freeplay, $845 out.

If you got 1250 in freeplay, then I believe it is YOU that outplayed me for 2016. Nice volume!

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12-07-2016 , 01:18 PM

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pig4bill

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Geebuz, you must all be Twenty Stars.

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12-07-2016 , 04:03 PM

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foatie

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Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,294

I used my $100 in Freeplay last night, cashed out $525 in a mix of Keno & Caveman Keno. When I was down to $11.50 in the Freeplay money, I hit a clutch 6/7 on Caveman Keno w/ a 4x bonus for $565.

Way better decision than to pick up the low level Kate Spade Purse @ 34k points for the woman.

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11-07-2017 , 06:45 PM

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isplashcranberrys

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,390

Last event for the year is coming up in the beginning of December. It'll be the first one I have ever gone to. What do people recommend getting to get the most value for your points? I've been eyeing some le creuset cooking ware.

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11-07-2017 , 11:50 PM

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TaiwanUP

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Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 382

I just got back yesterday from their free stay promotion, 4 free nights from 11/2 to 11/6. Before I left for Vegas, I checked online and I only had ~1,400 points or so. From their online site, there wasn't anything for under 5,000 points so I didn't even bother going to the event. Can anyone confirm if they infact didn't have anything for under 5,000 points?

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11-08-2017 , 12:37 AM

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isplashcranberrys

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I also read somewhere, iirc, that two people can combine points to purchase an item. But both people have to be present at the same time.

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11-08-2017 , 04:31 AM

#34

ZenRabbit

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 529

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Originally Posted by isplashcranberrys

Conversion to free play at Cromwell and run it through once on one of the 99%+ machines near the Flamingo/LV Blvd entrance. I used the full pay JOB which is 99.54% return and strategy is fairly easy. This is the best for getting value from your points.

35K gift points =$100 gift card. 30K = $100 free play. Even if you run below EV you only need to beat 85.7% to do better than most other gifts.

Use the cash to buy the cookware.

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11-08-2017 , 05:18 AM

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pig4bill

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Originally Posted by isplashcranberrys

I also read somewhere, iirc, that two people can combine points to purchase an item. But both people have to be present at the same time.

True.

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Without a doubt you need to surf the catalog and make your choices first. Don't go there and think maybe this or maybe that because then you'll end up wandering around and being inefficient.

When I was checking out to get my stuff, a guy next to me cashed in all of his on free play chips. He had 465,000 points, lol. Can you imagine how much of a degen you have to be to accumulate that many points in 1 year? And he was going to degen all that free play back on the tables.

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11-08-2017 , 05:54 AM

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ZenRabbit

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 529

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Originally Posted by pig4bill

True.

Without a doubt you need to surf the catalog and make your choices first. Don't go there and think maybe this or maybe that because then you'll end up wandering around and being inefficient.

When I was checking out to get my stuff, a guy next to me cashed in all of his on free play chips. He had 465,000 points, lol. Can you imagine how much of a degen you have to be to accumulate that many points in 1 year? And he was going to degen all that free play back on the tables.

There are poker players who have earned that many points and more from poker alone. If you are otherwise not a gambler, then converting to free play and running it through a high % video poker one time through is not difficult.

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11-08-2017 , 02:33 PM

#37

pig4bill

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Probably not. At 34 tc/hr that's over 13,600 hours. Tier credits don't correlate exactly into points, but it's close.

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11-08-2017 , 05:09 PM

#38

ZenRabbit

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 529

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Originally Posted by pig4bill

Probably not. At 34 tc/hr that's over 13,600 hours. Tier credits don't correlate exactly into points, but it's close.

It’s not close.

Gift points accrue at about 200 gift points per hour at poker. They have also run 5X gift point days for swiping at various times through the year.

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11-08-2017 , 05:24 PM

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pig4bill

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You mean online? Because otherwise I should have more than I do.

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11-09-2017 , 01:13 AM

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isplashcranberrys

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Originally Posted by ZenRabbit

It’s not close.

Gift points accrue at about 200 gift points per hour at poker. They have also run 5X gift point days for swiping at various times through the year.

I was reading all the terms and conditions and iirc it actually is close, if not exact. That excludes tier multipliers on tier credits and, like you mentioned, Gift Point bonuses/promos.

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11-09-2017 , 04:16 AM

#41

ZenRabbit

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 529

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Originally Posted by isplashcranberrys

I was reading all the terms and conditions and iirc it actually is close, if not exact. That excludes tier multipliers on tier credits and, like you mentioned, Gift Point bonuses/promos.

I’ve played 650 or so hours in 2017 of live poker predominantly at Caesars Palace and I had roughly 188,000 gift points. I participated in some of the multiplier days, but certainly not all of them.

You can easily test how many gift points you earn by checking before and after your sessions. As I recall it is around 200 per hour at least at CP.

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11-09-2017 , 10:20 AM

#42

TS2

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Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,505

i did over 40k tier just from poker... i have 0 great gift wrap up points. I am in vegas.

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11-09-2017 , 11:23 AM

#43

ZenRabbit

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Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 529

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Originally Posted by TS2

i did over 40k tier just from poker... i have 0 great gift wrap up points. I am in vegas.

If this is from live poker, then I’m not sure what to say except that you should go and talk to Total Rewards.

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11-09-2017 , 12:27 PM

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pig4bill

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I had 17,000 tc, a fair amount from live poker. I had 14k gift points, including a few bonuses.

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11-09-2017 , 03:30 PM

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pokerbratwurst

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Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 134

What is the exchange rate for GGWU points into free play $?

Thanks in advance!

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11-09-2017 , 03:42 PM

#46

Lattimer

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15,463

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Originally Posted by ZenRabbit

If this is from live poker, then I’m not sure what to say except that you should go and talk to Total Rewards.

It's not. He always fails to mention he plays online. It's an important detail since many things are not comparable between online and live.

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11-09-2017 , 04:58 PM

#47

tRaMSt0p

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Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 213

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Originally Posted by TS2

i did over 40k tier just from poker... i have 0 great gift wrap up points. I am in vegas.

It sounds like you didn't opt-in to the promotion.

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11-09-2017 , 06:14 PM

#48

TS2

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Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,505

i am strictly online poker. occasional live if a friend visiting or something thats about it....

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11-09-2017 , 06:43 PM

#49

offTopic

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Originally Posted by TaiwanUP

LOL my wife and I are going next month and if she seems me walking around with a jar of Yankee Candle scented spheres, she's gonna whup me upside the haid. (I have 1200 points right now - the spheres are 2900, the lowest item available)

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11-09-2017 , 07:10 PM

#50

lvBlitzforce

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Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 1,202

Yeah you guys who play poker with little points should def talk to rewards desk. I have 95k point from 17k tiers and ive literally only played the first half of the year pretty sparingly. Now im screwed because they decided to up diamond at the end of year but thats a whole other rant.... FU CET!

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