Arena Club

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by johnlocke36

you buy insurance when true count is like +4 generally although makes it obvious whats going on if you do.

I think my last pack was a 250 baseball and got a Christian Moore 1st gold auto PSA 10. maybee tiny win but was happy at least and quit

+3 on shoe games

+2.5 on double deck...

[coloradosports]

Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990

When I hear about purchasing insurance, it makes me think of blackjack dealers asking the table if they want insurance when they have an ace showing

And gone are the free drinks during table games!

[Lawmaker]

I have had great luck. I only do the 100 packs.

Steph curry 9.5
Skenes chrome rc psa 10
Judge bowman rc psa 10
Corbin Carroll bowman draft purple psa 10
Jeandry Vargas auto psa 10 rc bowman draft
Ohtani 2024 Japanese edition psa 10
Caleb Williams bowman u auto chrome

Plenty of others

[BoSoxFan1999]

Arena had a promotion (I believe it was targeted and not sent to everyone on Arena Club) where if you bought 10 $1,000 diamond packs, they would give you a code for a free diamond pack. They coupled this diamond pack promotion with a 15% discount code. Me, being the degenerate that I am, figured that at worst I'd break even on the buys after factoring in the discounted cost with insurance ($935 for $800 floor) and the freebie pack. I ended up buying 20 diamond packs (and received codes for 2 free diamond packs) and here are the results:

• # of diamond packs bought (mostly baseball, but a handful of basketball and football too): 20

• # of cards worth more than pack cost: 7/20 (highest $1,350 buyback offer)

• # of cards worth less than pack cost: 13/20 (I believe the lowest value card was around $580 if I hadn't bought insurance)

• Total $$$ spent: $18,895

• Total money back via AC buyback offers: $20,646

Out of my 2 freebie Diamond packs (no insurance bought for either), I received a Griffey Jr with $1,050 buyback offer (ended up selling) and an Anthony Edwards rookie auto with a $700 buyback I sold back.

So to sum it up, I came out ahead by $1,751 in this latest exercise (and am keeping 3 Ohtani rookie cards worth between $700-950 for my PC). Counting the 3 Ohtani's, I came out ahead around $4k.

Still don't advocate going nuts on Arena Club slab packs, but for one-time opportunities like this, it's almost a no-lose situation. Lol