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Summary: You can not visit a casino without this book
Review: Comp City is widely regarded as the "bible" of casino comps. You simply can not afford to visit a casino without reading this book. If you follow even half of the procedures in this book, you will easily make up the price of the book many times over in one casino trip alone.
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Summary: You can not visit a casino without this book
Review: Comp City is widely regarded as the "bible" of casino comps. You simply can not afford to visit a casino without reading this book. If you follow even half of the procedures in this book, you will easily make up the price of the book many times over in one casino trip alone.
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Summary: For all of you who......
Review: First, I would like to say flat out-- yes, Max talks about husteling every possible comp you can get and sometimes the methods he mentions can be demeaning or whatever (pardon my terrible spelling!). But this is the definitive book an all aspects of comps, from sittting down at a slot machine right as the cocktail waitress walks by to full RFB (room, food and beverage), and as such, it covers ALL aspects. You choose what you want to do, but don't bite the book because you don't like some methods. Secondly, I would like to inform all the people who rate this book low and talk about Max's strategies eventually losing your bank and this that and the other thing. Knowing about blackjack and standard deviation and the correct odds will help you there. If you DO play basic strategy blackjack, your comps will, ON AVERAGE, pay for your blackjack play and then some. Don't tell the people who are browsing this book that Max doesn't know about casinos. This is MAX RUBIN. Max is a very knowledgable man, and the host of teh infamous Blackjack Ball, where all the best of the best BJ players get together and brag to eachother about how great they all are. I can assure you Max knows what he is talking about. If you are looking to make money, learn to count cards, or better yet, get a real job. If you are looking to get the most bang for your buck, get free stuff, and maybe even have a Vegas vacation pay for itself, GET THIS BOOK. Max is the man!
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Summary: Book will pay for itself
Review: I did a low roller trip to Vegas, and received $40 in food comps at 2 different casinos. I wasn't playing for comps, but knowing how, who, and when to ask paid for some meals. If you don't ask, you will never get a comp. Its a good read.
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Summary: Entertaining but Not Enlightening
Review: I guess you really need to be a high roller to get results with this book. Bottom line is that when you're laying down big money you don't need to seek out comps too actively. For us little guys there were a few tips and tricks, but nothing life-changing.
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Summary: I must have read a different book
Review: I never had so much fun reading about gambling. I'm not a high roller and won't ever be one, but I did finally get a casino to buy me lunch after reading Comp City.Max suggestion about spilling a drink is out there, but it was also funny. I don't think some people get it. If sarcastic humor and biting wit offend you, you shouldn't buy this book
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Summary: Good for Review before visiting Vegas
Review: I used to visit Vegas alot but two kids later, i find the visits few and far in between. This book is great to read and re-read before you even start to plan your trip(s)to SIN CITY. It'll give you a good heads up on how to get the best bang for you buck and live like the high rollers...well,.....kinda. The info in the book works!!! Good Luck to all
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Summary: How to lose money fast!!!
Review: I was highly disappointed in this book. I can assure you that if you try his methods, over time you will lose your shirt at the tables, have to pay for your hotel room, and be categorized as an obnoxious player. Here's why: *Gambling for the sake of getting comped is moronic. Trust me -- simply paying for that meal or the hotel room in many cases is going to be much cheaper, considering the possible gambling losses. Comps are the perks of gambling -- not the reason to gamble. *Rubin bases almost his entire book upon playing blackjack with perfect strategy. Just because the house advantage is near 2% at blackjack does not mean you are going to keep 98% of your money everytime. Eventually, every player blows his entire wad at one sitting. With the amount of money Rubin suggests playing, one bad night at the table is going to pay for the comps many times over. *The casinos know this book. Rubin's strategy may have worked for a short while after the book was first published in 1994, but not anymore. This book is practically required reading for pit bosses. The floormen will know when you are trying to hustle comps by slowing the game down or hiding how much you are betting. You will get ignored at comp time. *Gambling should be entertainment. It should be fun for you and the people you gamble with. Rubin suggests that you act and play like an idiot. He suggests that you spill a drink all over the table and the cards in order to slow down the game (as another reviewer mentioned). He also suggests that you split face cards in order to run other players off. If you are willing to embarass yourself at the tables in order to score dinner, go ahead. But the games are going to speed up tremendously when nobody will sit at a table with you, totally destroying Rubin's ACES theories. This book is a blueprint for misery. It may work once or twice, but that bankroll you lose on the third trip will more than pay for every comp you have ever received.
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Summary: If you have this kind of money to play with, who needs comp?
Review: I'm not sure if I'm reading the same book as the one read by all the 'positive' reviewers here. What I was hoping for when I ordered, was some insight into how someone with a relatively small (at least in the casino's eyes) bankroll could find places to exploit the comp systems at the casinos. Instead, I found the book was 90% geared towards 'high-rollers' who would be able to play blackjack for hours at $100 per hand.
In my casino experiences, if you have the bankroll to play at that level, a) you have enough money that comps don't matter and/or b) the casino will make certain that you get the 'attention' you deserve.
There was nothing that I found useful for the smaller player. Things mentioned are common sense to most players.
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Summary: Entertaining and Informative
Review: In my opinion this is one of the few worthwhile gambling related books out there. Max does a great job clearly explaining how the anyone with a $500-$50,000 bankroll can get their full gambling value. My wife and I had spent the last couple years playing positive expectation video poker and obtaining comps the "Frugal" way. We always came home with a seriously depleated bankroll and free rooms, but rarely did we ever do anything better than a free or discounted buffet. However, I can now take $3000 to most any casino market, play Blackjack and break even for the most part, while eating at the best joints in the casino, free rooms, free spa admission, airfair discounts, etc. The trick is to make them think that $3,000 is $30,000 and this book shows you how.
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