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    sihanoukville trip report

    Conditions in Sihanoukville Cambodia seem marginal at best. Despite extremely liberal rules (S17, ES10, ENHC, DAS, DA2) I found only eight deck games with poor penetration. Most casinos simply do not spread blackjack, and one of the few that does uses a CSM. Of the two beatable games I found, one restricted doubling to 9-11, although they compensated by allowing aces to be resplit a single time.

    Penetration always started with a minimum of two decks, often more being cut off. That would be fine on its own, however they also draw a card at the start of the shoe and then burn that many cards, and burn a card between each round. Thus penetration almost never got beyond 5.5/8 and was often shallower. Furthermore, game speed was quite slow.

    No Limit Hold'em is fairly popular, with stakes ranging from $1/$2 nlhe to 50/100 running regularly. The rake cap is quite high, 10% up to $40 seemed common for 5/10, although I did find a 1/2 game with a rake of only 5% up to $15. The level of play does compensate for the high rake to a degree.

    Overall, nothing to write home about, although I was unable to scout all 50+ of the casinos open to the public. An acquaintance told me of at least one more shoe game in the city. Many of the casino hotels offer a promotion where you can exchange $1000 usd for promotional chips (which are exactly the same as regular chips except they cannot be cashed out) in exchange for a free room. So that is nice.

    Smoking is allowed at all casinos, and at all tables, and the players avail themselves of that privilege.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meistro123 View Post
    Conditions in Sihanoukville Cambodia seem marginal at best. Despite extremely liberal rules (S17, ES10, ENHC, DAS, DA2) I found only eight deck games with poor penetration. Most casinos simply do not spread blackjack, and one of the few that does uses a CSM. Of the two beatable games I found, one restricted doubling to 9-11, although they compensated by allowing aces to be resplit a single time.

    Penetration always started with a minimum of two decks, often more being cut off. That would be fine on its own, however they also draw a card at the start of the shoe and then burn that many cards, and burn a card between each round. Thus penetration almost never got beyond 5.5/8 and was often shallower. Furthermore, game speed was quite slow.

    No Limit Hold'em is fairly popular, with stakes ranging from $1/$2 nlhe to 50/100 running regularly. The rake cap is quite high, 10% up to $40 seemed common for 5/10, although I did find a 1/2 game with a rake of only 5% up to $15. The level of play does compensate for the high rake to a degree.

    Overall, nothing to write home about, although I was unable to scout all 50+ of the casinos open to the public. An acquaintance told me of at least one more shoe game in the city. Many of the casino hotels offer a promotion where you can exchange $1000 usd for promotional chips (which are exactly the same as regular chips except they cannot be cashed out) in exchange for a free room. So that is nice.

    Smoking is allowed at all casinos, and at all tables, and the players avail themselves of that privilege.
    What does "DA2" mean??

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2Bornot2B View Post
    What does "DA2" mean??
    Double on any (first) 2 cards

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    Merci milles fois, Monsieur Freightman

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    "They do not spread blackjack"....what does that mean in non-jargon English? The burning of cards means playing one spot heads up burns 1 in 5 cards so right away you've lost 20% of the 8 decks!!

    Thanks for the trip info...

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2Bornot2B View Post
    "They do not spread blackjack"....what does that mean in non-jargon English? The burning of cards means playing one spot heads up burns 1 in 5 cards so right away you've lost 20% of the 8 decks!!

    Thanks for the trip info...
    2Bornot2B,

    The phrase is just a fancy way of saying, "They do not offer blackjack."

    Hope this helps!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dog Hand View Post
    2Bornot2B,

    The phrase is just a fancy way of saying, "They do not offer blackjack."

    Hope this helps!

    Dog Hand
    Hell, I thought it meant they don't spread the cards for all to see at blackjack.
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    BJtraveller post- ""I played Sihanoukville and beloved there were much cheating there. Sihanoukville is a new gaming town created at Cambodia. There are over 40 casinos now and more to come... as many as 100 licenses been issued I heard. The city is connected to many Chinese cities through airport and most players are Chinese. It seems Government does not supervise casinos at all. Casinos gave 5 to 10% chips rolling rebates( basic EV is -1.25%) and cheat. There is a game called Neu Neu which uses dices. We tested finding the duces were magnetic... We also experienced unusual high counts on CSM BJ. Be cautious when play this “Magic City”! "
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    As was noted the pace of the games in Cambodia are excruciatingly slow.Every bet of 2 chips or more is broken down to show the camera how many chips.
    You cannot put out money for splits and doubles until it is your turn.You cannot collect winnings or put a new bet until everyone's bets are resolved.

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    I did not see any 5 to 10% rolling chip rebates, although I was offered a 1.3% rolling chip promotion. Basically how it works is you exchange your chips for promotional chips which are just like cash chips except they cannot be cashed out. This promotion was only offered in conjunction with baccarat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meistro123 View Post
    I did not see any 5 to 10% rolling chip rebates, although I was offered a 1.3% rolling chip promotion. Basically how it works is you exchange your chips for promotional chips which are just like cash chips except they cannot be cashed out. This promotion was only offered in conjunction with baccarat.
    what was the max?

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    Quote Originally Posted by smallcapgrowth View Post
    what was the max?
    The max amount of rolling chips one can purchase? I don't know. I wouldn't risk serious money in a place like Sihanoukville though.

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