nwinjim: Death of Single Deck on the strip

[Running Count]

If you are on your first trip to Vegas, or have the POV coupons, you can make the casinos pay for their greediness. At several places, they offer new club signees a 2:1 blackjack coupon (i.e., they pay the first BJ at 2:1). Other coupons pay 3:1 for the first BJ, or give an hour at 2:1 payouts.

Take these coupons and plant yourself at the 6:5 SD game. Spread with abandon, since they don't expect counters at these games. When I was doing this, I even got the dealer to shuffle early if most of the aces came out! I also explained to other players that this was a carnival game that offered terrible odds, and I was only playing because I had the coupon. The pit boss agreed and quietly pointed some ploppies to the better shoe game.

My friend and I cleared a combined 20 units from one place with this strategy. It was the best BJ we played in LV: SD, DA2, DAS, 2:1 BJ. Make 'em pay for offering this terrible game.

Note that most of these coupons are limited to a fairly low dollar amount, so unless you are a red chipper like me, you might not bother.

Cheers,

RC

[RANMAN]

Clever Idea but after the 1st BJ then what? It is probably not worth running all over town to play the POV coupons just for one Blackjack.
For Red Chip Play, I would just hit the SD downtown and use coupons if you have them. Don't waste time driving to use the POV unless you were going there anyway.

> If you are on your first trip to Vegas, or
> have the POV coupons, you can make the
> casinos pay for their greediness. At several
> places, they offer new club signees a 2:1
> blackjack coupon (i.e., they pay the first
> BJ at 2:1). Other coupons pay 3:1 for the
> first BJ, or give an hour at 2:1 payouts.

> Take these coupons and plant yourself at the
> 6:5 SD game. Spread with abandon, since they
> don't expect counters at these games. When I
> was doing this, I even got the dealer to
> shuffle early if most of the aces came out!
> I also explained to other players that this
> was a carnival game that offered terrible
> odds, and I was only playing because I had
> the coupon. The pit boss agreed and quietly
> pointed some ploppies to the better shoe
> game.

> My friend and I cleared a combined 20 units
> from one place with this strategy. It was
> the best BJ we played in LV: SD, DA2, DAS,
> 2:1 BJ. Make 'em pay for offering this
> terrible game.

> Note that most of these coupons are limited
> to a fairly low dollar amount, so unless you
> are a red chipper like me, you might not
> bother.

> Cheers,

> RC

[bj jack]

> Clever Idea but after the 1st BJ then what?
> It is probably not worth running all over
> town to play the POV coupons just for one
> Blackjack.
> For Red Chip Play, I would just hit the SD
> downtown and use coupons if you have them.
> Don't waste time driving to use the POV
> unless you were going there anyway.

can you play high stakes bj at single deck in LV ?

[SD Player]

I always suspected this type of situation would arise someday. Looks like it's time to start dusting off those Texas Hold'em manuals.

Is there any sign of this 6:5 plague reaching northern Nevada?

SD Player.

[Running Count]

> Is there any sign of this 6:5 plague
> reaching northern Nevada?

Not in my experience. Seen some Super Fun 21...

Now that I think of it, I saw 6:5 SD in Caesar's Southlake. Table mostly emtpy tho casino packed. Serves them right.

RC

[Igor]