sihanoukville trip report

**Meistro123** · 08-14-2019, 02:43 AM

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.

**sn1per** · 08-14-2019, 07:01 AM

Thank you for the report.

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**2Bornot2B** · 08-14-2019, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Meistro123

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??

**Freightman** · 08-14-2019, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by 2Bornot2B

What does "DA2" mean??

Double on any (first) 2 cards

**2Bornot2B** · 08-14-2019, 09:47 AM

Merci milles fois, Monsieur Freightman

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Originally Posted by 2Bornot2B

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

**2Bornot2B** · 08-14-2019, 09:58 AM

"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...

**Dog Hand** · 08-14-2019, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by 2Bornot2B

"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!

Dog Hand

**Midwest Player** · 08-14-2019, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Dog Hand

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.

**Gramazeka** · 08-15-2019, 06:38 AM

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”! "

**James989** · 08-31-2019, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Gramazeka

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”! "

Hi,

I have poker strategy(30 pages++) in Russian language, could you please help me translate it into English ?

James

**Gramazeka** · 09-01-2019, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by James989

Hi,

I have poker strategy(30 pages++) in Russian language, could you please help me translate it into English ?

James

Oasispoker.ru strategy ? You read this site - http://gamsoft.ru/index_e.htm

**AndretheGiant** · 08-15-2019, 06:40 AM

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.