While Boyd was sorting out how to fleece us yet again with some new and complicated card system, I was at Rivers having a third discussion on why I can't just get one account.
This time the manager came up and saw all my mailings and cards and such on the counter. So, he took over the job.
I had two accounts that had not been really successfully merged. Ironically, the one that was locked generated mailings that were better than the one that held my points.
Well, we talked. I was firm but polite. He was going to send me away with just the paperwork.
"So, I have one card now but only $5 in freeplay rather than $10 on the offer?
" And he shuffled talked trying to eplain why that was."
"Well, I'm losing less than the last time I tried to straighted things up. That time they took my email incorrectly and I had no mailings for a while and missed the promo sales. That cost me $50 when I rented."
And he shuffled that one, saying that was up to the hotel.
Then all of a sudden he stopped the shuffling and took care of me. I ended up with $30 in freeplay and with $20 in food credit for that day. I had my points on the card. I was good to go except I mixed up how the card went in my video poker machine the younger female clerk, who was very nice to me the entire time, walked me back and showed me my error.
I was a winner before I played.
I am working the Ultimate X VP, playing an 8/5 poker deluxe. The strategy is very different, but a bot a fellow on the Vegas Message Board gave me a way to make a strategy sheet. Although I remembered the game as 7/5 Bonus so the sheet is off perhaps in some respects.
I cashed out my freeplay at $9 because I did not keep a good count of it. That was played on a slot.
I put $109 in the Ultimate X VP and played 5 handed nickels. It drained very quickly. I put another $100 in and it started to like me. I hit four 3's, but without multipliers it did not seem like much of a win. And, actually, a few hands later I made more points on a full house. But I ground up to over $200 and decided to eat, being exactly even.
Without the freeplay, I would have been down $9.
I sat myself in from of the large screen television and watched the Chicago White Sox and the Yankees. It was a game the White Sox were to win, but at this point they were ahead by 2-0. It was the sort of game I liked. Plenty of action. I don't watch baseball much and I'm not a fan of any team, nor do I know much about it. But if it not repetitive or slow, I like it. I especially like not hearing the noise of crowds and not being constantly assaulted by commentary. When the commentary is in subtitles, the game is very quiet, and yet I can look up quickly if I want a bit of information. There was a throw to first that was too high and a runner scored while the first baseman was in the air. There a chipped bat that sent a ball delicately down the third base foul line and earned a base hit because the bat chipped. Hit hard the spin on the ball would have take it foul.
I had garlic parm wings, off diet waffle chips, and a mushroom burger with bluecheese. I skipped the bun. It was a lot of food. I used a dollar and change in points. So, there was a free meal for a $2 tip.
However, the next time I go, I am going to try the Asian place again. My one comp ticket was ear marked for the fast food, but some of that Asian looked wonderful and the prices are not bad. I think I can manage to get a meal with no noodles or other carbs.
DRIVING
I had not been driving much for many months. This past week I got out an old Garmin and set that up. The phone is good for up to dates maps and traffic, but it is too small to see, too low in volume to hear and difficult to operate with those small buttons.
I have never been one to remember routes. Now I can see to drive, but not to drive and look for places along the route to stop. So, I'm putting in Albany places common to my travels.
I certainly like this old system.
I wanted to use the phone as backup but I never did get it to register the casino, and I never did get anyone speaking to me. The garmin in much simpler.
I had a few stops in Albany and made all of them. Then I headed to the Casino, navigating with no highways so as to stay on simple streets.
I had a way that Frank's phone took us, but the garmin took me out Ball Town Road and took me through Schenectady to Nott Street. I had searched for Johnny ricitello's just off Nott Street. That was in the restaurant search. It was perfect. I just skipped the last turn and went right into the Casino.
There was no 3-6 poker. Too bad. I suspect I am going to have more difficulty there because in Springville they had two 3-6 tables going and a waiting list of 6. It is another hour a way, but could I drive there, I just can't drive in the crowded conditions of Springfield now in these opening days. Also, for safety, when I go I want to park in the MGM lot, not down the streets where sometimes lurking people wait for a mugging.
I spent some time copying paytables. That way I can tweet the strategy sheets and perhaps put the other games in my WinPoker.
After supper I was tired, so I did not play again. Also, I want to start limiting my play and not losing when I could leave a winner. I know the math is the same, but the experience between trip is happier if not clouded with losses.
I did take the highway home. I can find 890 easily. I know the decisions And the Thruway is easy too.
The darkness makes the driving difficult. My driving glasses take out the glare. The low traffic means I don't have difficult lane changes. I found it easy to get home.
This is the first I have gone by myself since last Fall. It felt good to out and empowered. It also felt good to go home after a free meal.
This time the manager came up and saw all my mailings and cards and such on the counter. So, he took over the job.
I had two accounts that had not been really successfully merged. Ironically, the one that was locked generated mailings that were better than the one that held my points.
Well, we talked. I was firm but polite. He was going to send me away with just the paperwork.
"So, I have one card now but only $5 in freeplay rather than $10 on the offer?
" And he shuffled talked trying to eplain why that was."
"Well, I'm losing less than the last time I tried to straighted things up. That time they took my email incorrectly and I had no mailings for a while and missed the promo sales. That cost me $50 when I rented."
And he shuffled that one, saying that was up to the hotel.
Then all of a sudden he stopped the shuffling and took care of me. I ended up with $30 in freeplay and with $20 in food credit for that day. I had my points on the card. I was good to go except I mixed up how the card went in my video poker machine the younger female clerk, who was very nice to me the entire time, walked me back and showed me my error.
I was a winner before I played.
I am working the Ultimate X VP, playing an 8/5 poker deluxe. The strategy is very different, but a bot a fellow on the Vegas Message Board gave me a way to make a strategy sheet. Although I remembered the game as 7/5 Bonus so the sheet is off perhaps in some respects.
I cashed out my freeplay at $9 because I did not keep a good count of it. That was played on a slot.
I put $109 in the Ultimate X VP and played 5 handed nickels. It drained very quickly. I put another $100 in and it started to like me. I hit four 3's, but without multipliers it did not seem like much of a win. And, actually, a few hands later I made more points on a full house. But I ground up to over $200 and decided to eat, being exactly even.
Without the freeplay, I would have been down $9.
I sat myself in from of the large screen television and watched the Chicago White Sox and the Yankees. It was a game the White Sox were to win, but at this point they were ahead by 2-0. It was the sort of game I liked. Plenty of action. I don't watch baseball much and I'm not a fan of any team, nor do I know much about it. But if it not repetitive or slow, I like it. I especially like not hearing the noise of crowds and not being constantly assaulted by commentary. When the commentary is in subtitles, the game is very quiet, and yet I can look up quickly if I want a bit of information. There was a throw to first that was too high and a runner scored while the first baseman was in the air. There a chipped bat that sent a ball delicately down the third base foul line and earned a base hit because the bat chipped. Hit hard the spin on the ball would have take it foul.
I had garlic parm wings, off diet waffle chips, and a mushroom burger with bluecheese. I skipped the bun. It was a lot of food. I used a dollar and change in points. So, there was a free meal for a $2 tip.
However, the next time I go, I am going to try the Asian place again. My one comp ticket was ear marked for the fast food, but some of that Asian looked wonderful and the prices are not bad. I think I can manage to get a meal with no noodles or other carbs.
DRIVING
I had not been driving much for many months. This past week I got out an old Garmin and set that up. The phone is good for up to dates maps and traffic, but it is too small to see, too low in volume to hear and difficult to operate with those small buttons.
I have never been one to remember routes. Now I can see to drive, but not to drive and look for places along the route to stop. So, I'm putting in Albany places common to my travels.
I certainly like this old system.
I wanted to use the phone as backup but I never did get it to register the casino, and I never did get anyone speaking to me. The garmin in much simpler.
I had a few stops in Albany and made all of them. Then I headed to the Casino, navigating with no highways so as to stay on simple streets.
I had a way that Frank's phone took us, but the garmin took me out Ball Town Road and took me through Schenectady to Nott Street. I had searched for Johnny ricitello's just off Nott Street. That was in the restaurant search. It was perfect. I just skipped the last turn and went right into the Casino.
There was no 3-6 poker. Too bad. I suspect I am going to have more difficulty there because in Springville they had two 3-6 tables going and a waiting list of 6. It is another hour a way, but could I drive there, I just can't drive in the crowded conditions of Springfield now in these opening days. Also, for safety, when I go I want to park in the MGM lot, not down the streets where sometimes lurking people wait for a mugging.
I spent some time copying paytables. That way I can tweet the strategy sheets and perhaps put the other games in my WinPoker.
After supper I was tired, so I did not play again. Also, I want to start limiting my play and not losing when I could leave a winner. I know the math is the same, but the experience between trip is happier if not clouded with losses.
I did take the highway home. I can find 890 easily. I know the decisions And the Thruway is easy too.
The darkness makes the driving difficult. My driving glasses take out the glare. The low traffic means I don't have difficult lane changes. I found it easy to get home.
This is the first I have gone by myself since last Fall. It felt good to out and empowered. It also felt good to go home after a free meal.
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