Could someone describe a week in las vegas of....

bad beetz · #1 12-04-2002, 06:28 PM

Could someone describe a week of poker playing in Las Vegas whereby one would not pay for food all week?

HDPM · #2 12-04-2002, 07:09 PM

Play a few hours at Binion's, get buffet comp. Get sick. Stop eating for a week. [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

(Disclaimer: I have eaten at Binions and have not gotten sick.)

Basically to do this you will be playing low limits in several different smaller rooms a lot, and maybe not eating all that well.

Dynasty · #3 12-04-2002, 07:32 PM

It can't practically be done without moving around a lot. Even then, you'll probably have to spend a litte of your own money. Also, you won't be eating very well. You'll be eating only fast food and sandwiches.

In order to get a $4-$6 comp in the small rooms, you need to play 4-5 hours of poker there. So, if you play four hours at Mandalay Bay, you get a $5 comp and can get a sandwich. However, the sandwich will probably cost $5.50 and you'll have to spend some change plus buy a drink or have tap water. Then, you would have to go to another room and play there for four hours, get another comp, and use that for a meal. You can't get comped twice a day at any room. You can't even get comped twice a week at the Bellagio or Mirage.

Circus Circus and Excalibur offer free food at dinner times on weekdays. The food is usually simple stuff like chicken nuggets and french fries.

If you don't mind eating simply, you could probably get by paying less than $5 a day on food and drinks.

Hobart · #4 12-05-2002, 12:59 AM

You should not be playing poker if you depend on the poker rooms for comps and food. You can go on a diet very quickly waiting for a comp at the Mirage etc. Pack your peanut butter and jelly.

Howard Burroughs · #5 12-05-2002, 10:15 AM

I think you have some great advice so far from the above posters. But let me take a stab at the one week free food in Vegas for you anyway. As Dynasty pointed out, this is not five star dining we are talking about. But hey, it's free!

Everyday but Saturday, the Exalibur brings out the free food Dynasty was talking about in his post. Some days it's pretty good stuff, some days it's hot dogs. You get the picture. Get there at 4:30 pm each day, get on the list if there is one and eat away. After you eat, leave (they won't mind if you don't stay too long, it's a very friendly room). Go to the Orleans. Sign up for their poker player's comp card at the poker room. Play live poker here. You will get $1.25 an hour back in comps for the first four hours of play each day. After that you will get $.50 back until you reach $9 per day. So get your free Excalibur hot dog, etc everyday (remember you don't have to stay in the room that long), then do most of your playing at the Orleans and get your $9 per day there. Lots of restaurants at the Orleans BTW. Make sure you fit in a free Mirage buffet on your visit. Get to the room on say, a Tuesday night at around 7:00 or 7:30pm. Get on the poker list for the game of your choice. At ten minutes until 8:00, go get in the line by the back clock, near the poker cashier.(you could play the Orleans earlier or later on this day if you still want your daily $9 from them). Tell the comp lady your name and what table you are playing on and if they have enough comps (ie, you are not too far back in the line) you will come back in twenty minutes to pick it up. Play as long as you want and go enjoy your free $15 buffet (but remember the buffet closes at 10:00pm). If you were out of luck and they are out of comp tickets by the time you get to the comp lady, they take your name down and you will come back tomorrow and be comped for sure. The Mirage also brings out free finger food (pastrys,etc.) at around 4:00am or so most mornings (if you like to play on graveyard, this is nice to know).

Well,there you have it. One way to eat everyday for free while playing poker in Vegas. There are a few ways to fine tune things and get a little more creative but that's the basics.

Best of Luck, H.B.

bad beetz · #6 12-05-2002, 04:43 PM

I don't depend on it, I'm not even sure if I'll ask for any. I was just curious if a break even player could "subsist" on casino card rooms.

I eat three meals a day at FatBurger when I'm in vegas. sometimes four, if you include the drunken meal at 5:10 am I like to call "super-dinner"

bad beetz · #7 12-05-2002, 04:48 PM

thanX for the info. The belagio works like the mirage, right? with the one free buffet a week?

Howard Burroughs · #8 12-05-2002, 06:31 PM

Bellagio is once a week also. I could not tell you if they track your hours there or not though (remember, the Mirage does not track your hours. At least not on swing shift). BTW, Bellagio is a great room but I always feel a little out of place there (that Grey Poupon crowd you know) with my nose rings, tatoos and Metallica t-shirt and all.

Good Luck, H.B.

Homer · #9 12-06-2002, 04:05 PM

What and where is FatBurger (I've been to Vegas but once [img]/forums/images/icons/frown.gif[/img] )?

Thanks.

-- Homer

bad beetz · #10 12-06-2002, 05:07 PM

fatburger is on the strip near and accross from the Holiday inn boardwalk.

It is a pricier and much better version of In-and-Out burgers (however, you may not have ever heard of In-and-Out if you in fact live anywhere near springfield [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img] . In-and-Out is the northern californian answer to southern california's FatBurger.

It'll cost you about $8.00 for their equivalent of a whopper value meal and is worth thrice that in my opinion. One of my favorite things about vegas.