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Originally Posted by Cooling Heels
Fun point of the day: our table was selected as winner of a "hot seat" promotion. This entailed adding $100 in free slot play to your player card. Most guys opted to play a mechanical roulette game, put $50 on black and $50 on red. I tried 100 hands of $1 Jacks or Better, and came away with $99. Moral of the story: make sure you get a player card even if you don't plan a playing enough to earn worthwhile comps.
Did they make you fill out a w-9? If you accumulate over $600 in "bonus" money over the year you get 1099d (Booo). Their comp rate is .25 (insulting) and you are not eligible for BBJ ($2 raked per hand) or other promotions if you don't check in at the desk with your player card.
As a regular player I made my way down there during the shutdown and was very disappointing. No auto shufflers keep HPH low and the insanity there the last weekend before the shutdown ended was annoying. I watched a floor yell at a guy for complaining that the seat he had been waiting to open for two hours had been sold to a regular that had been there for 15 minutes. I never thought I would hear the phrase "If you don't like it you can go play somewhere else" come from a floor, especially in a room that is looking to loose 4 of its 10 tables because the space is not being used efficiently enough for the casino. It was a mixed experience overall the dealers were nice enough but the support staff and service was poor. I guess I just get spoiled at Canterbury.