Comments on: Black Chips at the Gold Spike http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:38:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: GrtWitHntr http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 GrtWitHntr Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:26:28 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6032#comment-1527 Rex, excellent analogy on the "fleecing the tourists" part. The evil empire will ruin Vegas if given a chance. I've been going to Vegas 3-6X a year for about 15 years and wont go anywhere near a strip property anymore. I don't care how cheap the rooms are right now the gambling is horrible, the drink service is horrible, and the lines are ridiculous for just about everything. When I go to Vegas I take a bankroll that I fully plan on losing but if they just steal it from me at 6/5-8 deck BJ and 7/4 Video poker it's not even fun anymore. Rex, excellent analogy on the “fleecing the tourists” part. The evil empire will ruin Vegas if given a chance. I’ve been going to Vegas 3-6X a year for about 15 years and wont go anywhere near a strip property anymore. I don’t care how cheap the rooms are right now the gambling is horrible, the drink service is horrible, and the lines are ridiculous for just about everything.

When I go to Vegas I take a bankroll that I fully plan on losing but if they just steal it from me at 6/5-8 deck BJ and 7/4 Video poker it’s not even fun anymore.

]]> By: BC http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 BC Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:03:41 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6032#comment-1526 "We are finally planted in the triple digits on a daily basis, and even though summer arrived late..." What??? I thought Mayor Goodman decreed that summer came early this year. :-) “We are finally planted in the triple digits on a daily basis, and even though summer arrived late…”

What??? I thought Mayor Goodman decreed that summer came early this year. :-)

]]> By: Rex http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Rex Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:22:51 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6032#comment-1525 Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with going nuts for three days. That's the whole point of the place. I wouldn't even think of advocating my way of doing things to a tourist. If I did, the town would dry up and disappear overnight. It would a different town. I set aside some time each year to go a little batshit myself. Three days every three months is doable. Three hundred days out of the year, however, simply means that you are broke. You have to build up a stack to blow in Vegas, and if you live and gamble here often, giving it away every day will never allow you to go on the "sprees". The town is like a sponge. If you have money, Vegas will soak it up. My method is a blueprint of how I survive amongst these towering monstrosities 24/7/365 while still being able to enjoy what the town has to offer. Some locals steer clear of The Strip altogether because they get into trouble. My "rules" allow me to be a perpetual tourist, without living in a cardboard box on 8th Street. If you are flying in for the weekend, though, I wouldn't advocate any of it. It would be a miserable way to spend a vacation. My advice to tourists is: Bring as much as you are comfortably able to lose, and make sure you go home broke. Although it does bug me a bit when I see them giving their money away (such as 6:5). When tourists have fun, they are far more likely to come back. Losing quickly with lame odds and poor service is not likely to be fun for most people. I would like to see the city stop nickel-and-diming, and once again start fleeing the customer with a smile and providing fond memories. Don't hit them with idiotic fees, don't overcharge them for the sake of overcharging, don't make them stand in line half an hour to check in, and for god's sake ... smile and be friendly. Right now, too many people just go home feeling fleeced. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have any problem with going nuts for three days. That’s the whole point of the place.

I wouldn’t even think of advocating my way of doing things to a tourist. If I did, the town would dry up and disappear overnight. It would a different town.

I set aside some time each year to go a little batshit myself.

Three days every three months is doable.

Three hundred days out of the year, however, simply means that you are broke. You have to build up a stack to blow in Vegas, and if you live and gamble here often, giving it away every day will never allow you to go on the “sprees”.

The town is like a sponge. If you have money, Vegas will soak it up.

My method is a blueprint of how I survive amongst these towering monstrosities 24/7/365 while still being able to enjoy what the town has to offer.

Some locals steer clear of The Strip altogether because they get into trouble.

My “rules” allow me to be a perpetual tourist, without living in a cardboard box on 8th Street.

If you are flying in for the weekend, though, I wouldn’t advocate any of it. It would be a miserable way to spend a vacation.

My advice to tourists is:

Bring as much as you are comfortably able to lose, and make sure you go home broke.

Although it does bug me a bit when I see them giving their money away (such as 6:5). When tourists have fun, they are far more likely to come back. Losing quickly with lame odds and poor service is not likely to be fun for most people.

I would like to see the city stop nickel-and-diming, and once again start fleeing the customer with a smile and providing fond memories.

Don’t hit them with idiotic fees, don’t overcharge them for the sake of overcharging, don’t make them stand in line half an hour to check in, and for god’s sake … smile and be friendly.

Right now, too many people just go home feeling fleeced.

]]> By: huddler http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-1524 huddler Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:46:50 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6032#comment-1524 Rex, You do give sound gambling advice for the LOCAL gambler. But the vast majority of us Rexers are recreational gamblers from all over the world. Vegas is the Disneyland for adults and we only get there a few times per year. We want to drink and gamble and party as much as we can for 3-5 days straight. If we miraculously somehow win more than we lose, that's great! But the main goal is to have as much god dam fun as we possibly can in a short period of time. And that is very essence of Vegas for me. I drink incessantly from the time I leave home until I get back. I talk to everybody that comes within earshot. Dealers, pitbosses, players at my table, every dam body will know and remember me. They won't all like me, but they won't foget my risque redneck ass with the perfect english. I laugh and joke and talk shit for 3 days straight. I am there for one reason: To have fun and make sure everyone around me is having fun too. That's what vegas is about for me. Rex,
You do give sound gambling advice for the LOCAL gambler. But the vast majority of us Rexers are recreational gamblers from all over the world. Vegas is the Disneyland for adults and we only get there a few times per year. We want to drink and gamble and party as much as we can for 3-5 days straight. If we miraculously somehow win more than we lose, that’s great! But the main goal is to have as much god dam fun as we possibly can in a short period of time.

And that is very essence of Vegas for me. I drink incessantly from the time I leave home until I get back. I talk to everybody that comes within earshot. Dealers, pitbosses, players at my table, every dam body will know and remember me. They won’t all like me, but they won’t foget my risque redneck ass with the perfect english. I laugh and joke and talk shit for 3 days straight. I am there for one reason: To have fun and make sure everyone around me is having fun too. That’s what vegas is about for me.

]]> By: huddler http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 huddler Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:05:09 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6032#comment-1523 I had a great time at the Gold Spike! The dealers were were very nice and smoking hot! I think our group overwhelmed them a little rolling up in limo's and playing black chips. I was the guy in the long sleeve blue shirt who bought in for $1500. They acted like they don't see that sort of money on the table a whole lot but handled it well. I fell in love with the blonde dealer named Jamie. The things I would like to do to her are illegal in several states. But they never let her come back to my table after her first shift there. Peter the pit boss from Chicago is a nice guy. It was alot of fun. Rita tried to bust my balls a couple times for no reason, but I think she was just totally freaked out by our group taking her joint over. They have a little ways to go but the place has made some great strides. I had a great time at the Gold Spike! The dealers were were very nice and smoking hot! I think our group overwhelmed them a little rolling up in limo’s and playing black chips. I was the guy in the long sleeve blue shirt who bought in for $1500. They acted like they don’t see that sort of money on the table a whole lot but handled it well. I fell in love with the blonde dealer named Jamie. The things I would like to do to her are illegal in several states. But they never let her come back to my table after her first shift there. Peter the pit boss from Chicago is a nice guy. It was alot of fun. Rita tried to bust my balls a couple times for no reason, but I think she was just totally freaked out by our group taking her joint over. They have a little ways to go but the place has made some great strides.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 Lisa Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:16:01 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6032#comment-1522 Sorry it's belated but HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Glad the festivities are still going strong. Hope to make it out there for one of the gatherings sometime, until then thanks for letting us live vicariously! Sorry it’s belated but HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Glad the festivities are still going strong. Hope to make it out there for one of the gatherings sometime, until then thanks for letting us live vicariously!

]]> By: ColinFromLasVegas http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 ColinFromLasVegas Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:47:26 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6032#comment-1521 Nice article, Rex. And you have sound advice and rules there for gamblers. But, as you know, alotta people won't follow those rules. And the casinos will make mucho deneiro off of those that don't follow them. And they are counting on any combination of those rules broken to make money. I ran into a tourist once who told me about "the Las Vegas Syndrome." And he made it sound like it was a specific disease that was attributable to only Las Vegas, where someone just passes out from the triple digit heat in the summer. After I asked what happened, it turns out the symptoms are when some tourists who come for the weekend, don't eat much, drink like crazy non-stop, gamble, hop around from casino to casino and don't sleep, and they eventually fall out from the heat here in the desert from dehydration and heat exhaustion. I laughed like crazy and told that tourist that isn't "the Las Vegas Syndrome," that's called stupidity! By the way, Happy Birthday! Nice article, Rex. And you have sound advice and rules there for gamblers. But, as you know, alotta people won’t follow those rules. And the casinos will make mucho deneiro off of those that don’t follow them. And they are counting on any combination of those rules broken to make money.

I ran into a tourist once who told me about “the Las Vegas Syndrome.” And he made it sound like it was a specific disease that was attributable to only Las Vegas, where someone just passes out from the triple digit heat in the summer. After I asked what happened, it turns out the symptoms are when some tourists who come for the weekend, don’t eat much, drink like crazy non-stop, gamble, hop around from casino to casino and don’t sleep, and they eventually fall out from the heat here in the desert from dehydration and heat exhaustion. I laughed like crazy and told that tourist that isn’t “the Las Vegas Syndrome,” that’s called stupidity!

By the way, Happy Birthday!

]]> By: Scott http://www.casinoguide.com/blogs/gambling/black-chips-at-the-gold-spike/comment-page-1/#comment-1520 Scott Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:47:08 +0000 http://wp.casinoguide.com/lifeinvegas/?p=6032#comment-1520 It's weird to see myself in one of these pictures (big guy in black shirt on first base in Gold Spike pic #2) and not even know they were being taken since I wasn't in the group. The Gold Spike really had a fun vibe Friday night. It’s weird to see myself in one of these pictures (big guy in black shirt on first base in Gold Spike pic #2) and not even know they were being taken since I wasn’t in the group. The Gold Spike really had a fun vibe Friday night.

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