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    MGM National Harbor

    Went to the brand spanking new MGM today and if you are looking for a good blackjack game look elsewhere. We can now thank MGM for bringing 6:5 blackjack to the state of Maryland. 30/50 blackjack tables are CSM and 24 of them are 6:5. The minimums were probably inflated due to it being opening day but lowest minimum for a 3:2 shoe was $100 and most of them were $300. Standard MGM rules apply. Really disappointed that 6:5 has spread into Maryland which was once a blackjack haven. Hopefully Maryland Live and Horseshoe don't follow suit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacmrose View Post
    Hopefully Maryland Live and Horseshoe don't follow suit.
    Horseshoe beat them to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tthree View Post
    Horseshoe beat them to it.
    Oh wow I didn't know that. Is it widespread or just on the low limit tables downstairs?

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    Any good rules amongst all the crap? Any S17 with surrender?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hitthat16 View Post
    Any good rules amongst all the crap? Any S17 with surrender?
    Yeah the high limit room had S17 with surrender. They had one table $100 min and the others were $300 min.

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    Next on the M G M expansion agenda is Springfield, Mass.

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    Do they not understand they are a "locals" casino there? By making their casino mostly 6/5 they are, in effect, giving their competitors an opening. MGM would have been better off opening with all s17 ds ls rsa 6 deck on every table and then gradually shift to worse rules over time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacmrose View Post
    Went to the brand spanking new MGM today and if you are looking for a good blackjack game look elsewhere. We can now thank MGM for bringing 6:5 blackjack to the state of Maryland. 30/50 blackjack tables are CSM and 24 of them are 6:5. The minimums were probably inflated due to it being opening day but lowest minimum for a 3:2 shoe was $100 and most of them were $300. Standard MGM rules apply. Really disappointed that 6:5 has spread into Maryland which was once a blackjack haven. Hopefully Maryland Live and Horseshoe don't follow suit.
    Maybe MGM in Maryland will become the next Atlantic City with unfortunate consequences laying off 9000 people. Looking forward to it! Only suckers play 6:5 Blackjack.

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    My understanding is that DAS and LS are required by law in Maryland--even on the H17 and (lol) 6:5 tables.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CallSaul View Post
    My understanding is that DAS and LS are required by law in Maryland--even on the H17 and (lol) 6:5 tables.
    It doesn't matter if they offer DAS and LS or not they have more flexibility since Blackjack pays 6:5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seriousplayer View Post
    Maybe MGM in Maryland will become the next Atlantic City with unfortunate consequences laying off 9000 people. Looking forward to it! Only suckers play 6:5 Blackjack.
    Plenty of people were playing $50 6:5 with $25 and $50 3:2 just steps away. People just don't know or care the difference.


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    I was there tonight at 7pm (night after opening night) and walked the entire casino, then chatted with an employee on the smoking deck who installed the felt tops for the blackjack tables and told me exactly where the 3:2 tables were. Only in Pit #7 (about 4 tables smashed against a wall near Baccarat) and even those 4 tables are dealer must hit soft 17, and CSM. He said the only other place to get a 3:2 table was in high limit, where the minimum was $200/hand, but most of the tables were $500/hand. Pit after pit of blackjack tables everywhere and I was starting to get really excited because the casino looked like a fantastic place to hang out -- then I looked at each felt top, and all 6:5 with CSM. I am so disappointed and will never return.

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    Skip the BJ, boys--the 2/5 and 5/10 poker, however, was insanely crushable. Hell, even the 10/25 looked great. Probably due to the grand opening but if you're decent at all, you're five steps ahead of the competition so far.

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