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Originally Posted by layemdown
Don't give bad information on a board like 2 plus 2.
First, most casino's don't care much about poker room players unless they make the trip out to the other table games or slots, they get the house comp hourly rate.
I've played at Ceaser's and Harrah's for many years and have yet to be offered a free room in Vegas and I go to Vegas two times per year. I get the poker room rate and that's it. But, I do not play other games and they have my address. I have called and asked for free rooms and was told, NO.
Second, you have no idea what the comp rate is at Chester and can only hope for a dollar an hour, but that PA tax rate is coming out of somewhere. We've already had it confirmed that the rake is 5.00 and that's good cause it's only a dollar a hand more than AC, Dover Downs or Delaware Park.
A friend of mine puts in a lot of time at 2/5 NLHE @ Caesar's AC and Harrah's AC. I can personally attest to the fact that he received comped rooms for five nights in Las Vegas three weeks ago @ Caesar's Palace. I know because I shared the room with him. He plays only poker. He is a Platinum cardholder--not Diamond, not 7 Stars, but Platinum.
So you must not be putting in the same amount of time he does. FWIW, I think he goes to AC about once every two weeks during the summer and once per month during the other seasons. While in AC, he probably plays 20-30 hours of 2/5 NLHE per trip.
In my personal experience in AC, I've found the Taj to be the most generous with room offers, followed by Harrah's properties, followed by Borgata, but that is changing. Borgata is becoming more generous by the day and Stan's presence on 2+2 has helped a lot of players get comped or poker rate rooms even if their player accounts don't have offers. Taj and Harrah's continue to have pretty generous offers re comped rooms.
EDIT to add: I personally have received steeply reduced room rates and comped room offers for two nights free at Vegas Harrah's casinos based on poker-only play in Atlantic City as well. I didn't think to mention that earlier because my friend's story is a much better counterpoint to your accusation of "bad information" than my own story.
Last edited by Rapini; 07-18-2010 at 01:49 PM.