Station Casinos Video Poker Comps

How do the comps compare for video poker at Station Casinos properties between $0.25 and $1.00 video poker?  Specifically, how would the comps for four days of $10,000 coin in per day at NSUD compare to four days of $2,500 coin in per day at FPDW?  Would it be enough to offset the $16.63 per day EV disadvantage after accounting for 0.3% players club benefit on the NSUD and 0.025% players club on the FPDW?

How likely is it to receive free rooms or food at the $10,000 coin in per day level?

Station comps 20% of your theo or 10% of your actual loss.  You can bet the theo on NSUD is probably around 0.5% (at best) so a $1 player at 1000 hands an hour might be getting $50 an hour in theo or $10/hr in discretionary comps added to the host controlled bucket (at most and possibly much less) . 

The theos on the 100% Optimum Play machines is zero.  You will get nothing except a comp based on loss.   So lose $2000 and meet whatever session length criteria they might have and a host will likely comp you $150 or $200 to the Steakhouse.  Win or don't play the min time required for equivalency and you'll get squat.

Hosts charge back your comp account $80-$160 per night for room comps so do the math yourself.  You'd be better off playing some 8/5 Bonus Poker on 6x points days to get marketing mail.  You can then book the rooms and stiff them completely.  Even on mail offers Stations will charge them to your comp account so your account will likely be deep in the hole at the start of a stay so if you don't play big while there even if you lose you won't get much room charges picked up.  Better to just play NSUD for points and use them with the available discounts in the coffee shop or buffet.   President & Chairman tier gets 50% off the buffet when paying with points. If you're over 50 certain restaurants are 50% off when paying with points on Wednesdays. Etc.   Even though marketing offers get charged to your comp account it's still good because it guarantees your room comp even though your account might be negative.  Another trick, stay at Fiesta and then play at Station and get a host comp there or vice versa. 

Thank you for the detailed reply.

Do the > 100% machines generate any marketing offers?  What are the marketing offers like on the NSUD, 9/6 JOB, and 8/5 Bonus Poker machines assuming $10,000 coin in per day at the $1 level?  I would most likely target Sunday through Thursday stays.

I live an airplane ride away from Vegas (but I get to fly for free), and I'm younger than 50 if that changes any of the evaluations.  Should I look elsewhere for +EV video poker?

100% machines have 0 Theo so no marketing offers. 

The 99.8% machines have a very low theo.  $10K coin in will generate only $50 in theo.  You'd be lucky to get a few $5 coupons.

8/5 Bonus will give you much better bang for the buck but 10K isn't going to give a visitor more than 3 free nights and maybe a monthly $50 freeplay offer.

Stations cut their marketing to local VP players way back this year.  Out of town players still seem to get good offers from Red Rocks and Palms.  But you'll need to avg 50K coin in per day to make any kind of impression.  Play 10 play 25c 8/5 Bonus for marketing offers.  You won't get squat playing 100% games or NSUD.