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Thread: Advantage Jack: BlackJack in East Asia?

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    Advantage Jack
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    Advantage Jack: BlackJack in East Asia?

    Hi all,
    Has anybody played BJ in Japan or Korea? Or in Hong Kong? Do they have any big Las Vegas-style casinos? I'm thinking of visiting one of those countries some time next summer, and I'm just wondering if somebody can give me some pointers so that I can dig more (so that I can plan ahead).
    Thanks in advance,
    ~Ad Jack

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    Gamesplayer
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    Gamesplayer: There are no casinos in asia

    There are no legal casinos in Hong Kong, people there take the cruise to Macao, an ex portuguese colony about 2 hours journey. The rules there are typical, but with all tables using continous shuffling monsters.

    Japan too has no legal casinos. Except 1 where you might find some kind of blackjack, it is in the tokyo dome. I have long since forgotten about the game.

    Korea has many casinos. In most of it's major cities and resorts. The limits and rules vary quite a lot as well as penetration, some dealers deal out nearly every card!

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    Advantage Jack
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    Advantage Jack: Some more details on the casinos in Korea?

    Thank you very much, GamesPlayer.
    Do you happen to know the gaming conditions in Korea? The author of "Blackjack for Blood" describes the Walker Hill Hotel in Seoul/Korea very favorably (on the first page). It would be great if somebody knows, for example,
    1) How many BJ tables are open during the day?
    2) Ratio of Local vs Tourists.
    3) Language(s) spoken in casinos.
    etc...

    I wouldn't want to look to conspicuous if there are only a few tables and etc...

    Thanks,
    ~Jack

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    BJT
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    BJT: Re: BlackJack in East Asia

    > Hi all,
    > Has anybody played BJ in Japan or Korea?
    BJ for Blood is an old book. Things changed greatly on Korea. Walker Hill at Seoul gives OK penetration (75%) on 6D with poor rules (no surrender, S17, DAS, split to 3 hands, ENHC dealer takes double and splits with BJ). Pusan's Paradise Beach gives better penetratino and the same poor rules. Cheju Island has 8 casinos which give better rules (ES10). Walker Hill is 24 hours with free meals at it's lounge. It opens about 6 tables at morning, 8 at afternoon, 14 at night and up to 20 at weekend nights. The limits are Won$10k to W$500k ($1=W$1,100), W$50k to $1mm, W$100k to W$3million. The casino is quite tolerable with counters. It will not open new tables unless it is necessary, no side bet, in most cases you can oinly bet 2 hands and may be asked to give up 1 when table full. There are 4 smaller casinos at mainland Korea. The northest casino cheats.

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    Rambler
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    Rambler: Re: BlackJack in East Asia?

    BJT covered Korea. Japan has many illegal casinos run by the Yakuza. Most have signs that say, "no caucasions allowed". There was at least one that allowed caucasions in Rapongi but I wouldn't play there.

    Hong Kong doesn't have any casinos but they do have Star Cruises. Start Cruises go out almost every night and have all CSMs on the BJ. The same owner of Star Cruises has Genting Highlands in Malaysia which I also hear is CSMs now.

    That leaves Macau, 1 hour from Hong Kong by jetfoil. Macau has the scummiest casinos in the world and they too have gone CSM.

    There are also some casinos over the Thai border in Cambodia but I have no first-hand knowledge.

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    Punter
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    Punter: Re: BlackJack in East Asia?

    > BJT covered Korea. Japan has many illegal
    > casinos run by the Yakuza. Most have signs
    > that say, "no caucasions allowed".
    > There was at least one that allowed
    > caucasions in Rapongi but I wouldn't play
    > there.

    > Hong Kong doesn't have any casinos but they
    > do have Star Cruises. Start Cruises go out
    > almost every night and have all CSMs on the
    > BJ. The same owner of Star Cruises has
    > Genting Highlands in Malaysia which I also
    > hear is CSMs now.

    > That leaves Macau, 1 hour from Hong Kong by
    > jetfoil. Macau has the scummiest casinos in
    > the world and they too have gone CSM.

    > There are also some casinos over the Thai
    > border in Cambodia but I have no first-hand
    > knowledge.
    If memory serves me, S. Wong compiled a directory
    of all the Asian Casinos some years ago. I don't know if it is still available or if it is current.

    Also you'll have to want it pretty bad. I think the price was .....maybe.....$10,000.00

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    7up
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    7up: New casinos in macau

    Two more Las Vegas style new casinos will be opened 18 months later

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    Rambler
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    Rambler: Re: BlackJack in East Asia?

    The book (Blackjack in Asia) was written about 25 years ago so would have no baring on the games today.

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