Wednesday, January 11, 2012

TR Snippet Cosmopolitan freeplay signup gets me $200 profit

The Cosmopolitan promotion is probably the best right now. It is not advertised. If you don't know about it, they just give you $10 in freeplay.
However, if you choose the $100 deal, here is how it works.
If you lose $100 on machine play, they will give you $100 in freeplay.
However, you must be down to zero to qualify. So if you play some small advantage game, and if you win $50, you must lose that $50 as well was the $100.



For many of us, this has meant that the best approach to this promotion is to gamble big at a high variance while putting the first hundred at risk, and have a winning stop place in mind. Many people feel if they double up, that is plenty, and so they set a stop score of $200.



If the $100 goes away, then when the casino gives the $100 in freeplay, we do just the opposite and gamble at low variance, maybe video blackjack, where after running the freeplay through one time, we can recoup much of it. Deciding ahead of time to do this means that the high risks associated with the initial high volatility gamble are offest with the knowledge that rather than risking $100 overall, we are probably risking more like $50 total at worst.



So, one of my local poker buddies did this, lost on the big bets, and recouped $95 on the freeplay.



Bucket on this board took the same approach and I think he about doubled up.



I walked around quite a while. I am a very low stakes gambler. This was to be a treat kind of gambling, a chance to gamble big time with no chance of losing big time. It was a good bit of fun. 









I suggest if the whole idea of putting $100 at risk over just a short while makes you feel uncomfortable, this system is not for you. Also, if you really would like to be entertained over a long period of time, then you might want to put even the first hundred into one of your favorite grinding slots. You still get benefit from the promotion.


If entertainmentforms the utility of your gambling pleasure, then you might lose $100 and then the freeplay as well, but see that you had just twice as much fun for the money.

For me, I wanted a shot at making a bit of money. 
And I expected that within an hour I would be done, one way of the other.



At first, I thought I might try just two pulls on a $25 two coin slot. When will I ever do that in my life? But I decided I wanted a bit more pleasure than that and found a high volatility double, double or triple video poker. Playing max coin meant putting at risk $19 a spin, but it got me 15 lines.



I went down to $83, and never any lower. My stopping point was $200, and I was soon at $268, so I did what I do when my bankroll is just one $20. I set $200 as one stop point and $300 as another. Some quad sixes set me up to about $340, so I reset my two stopping points and that was the end of the winning. I cashed at $301 having played for about fifteen minutes and sauntered off happy to see my $10 Sin City Comedy show. To put this win in perspective. I was in Vegas for 23 days and left $236 behind. The lowest I ahd been was $500 and the highest about $300 up. So this was a huge gamble for this small stakes player

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I did the same promo at Cosmo. I lost $200 of my own money. oops.

I played 50-cent vp at the sports bar. Got a handful of drinks. Did well at first and then it went south. I could've managed it and won. By I think the booze clouded my judgement. It was my last day.

So it goes. I ignored my stopping points (this isn't a new issue lol).

NMchop from Blonde's board.

Dewey said...

NM Chop

Sorry. You just have not had a good time lately. Hope that improves.

Anonymous said...

The Trop has a $200 rebate promo for new club members that I am going to take advantage of Wednesday.

My plan is to play $2 bonus poker and quit if I hit quads or better. If I lose it I will play quarter bonus poker with the first hundred in free play and hopefully get most of it back.

You have to wait 30 days to collect the 2nd hundred in free play and its valid for one year. I will have to wait till my next trip to claim it.

jvferg72

Dewey said...

Good plan.
I forget to mention the Tropicana because so many have had that card for years. I should remember to include it.