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Thread: NewCounter: where to look for casino reviews

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    NewCounter
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    NewCounter: where to look for casino reviews

    Hello all! My first time here, so I hope I can find some help. I have occasionally played blackjack recreationally over the past 7 years but have just recently started to study card counting and play the game more seriously. So far, using $10 units and the Omega II system, I have played about 155 hours and am averaging just over $10 an hour in wins.

    I would like to know if there is somewhere online that I can find an honest, objective review of the blackjack conditions at different casinos (rules, atmosphere, et cetera). I recently played at a casino in the Chicago area while in town to visit some friends, and although I did book a modest win, the playing conditions were terrible. The rules were good (6 decks, DAS, dealer stand on all 17s) and the penetration was great (at least 75% if not 80-85% with some dealers). The problem was that the overall playing conditions were terrible: the casino was jammed, the facility itself was pretty cramped and overall uncomfortable, and the dealers either dealt extremely slowly so that the game moved like still pondwater or so fast that the numbers fell off of the cards before they hit the felt. Plus, it seemed as if the pit bosses and security personnel interrupted the game to count checks or put new cards into play more often than is the case at other casinos.

    Since I live a fair distance from any casino, I would really like to be able to get some information about rules and atmosphere prior to planning a trip. The sites that I have found thus far have not provided much of this type of information, so maybe I am looking in the wrong place? I would appreciate any help that you can give me.

    Thanks!

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    jabda
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    jabda: Re: where to look for casino reviews

    Try bjnet.com

    click on "Casino"

    Should help..

    jabda

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    NewCounter
    Guest

    NewCounter: Re: where to look for casino reviews

    > Try bjnet.com

    > click on "Casino"

    > Should help..

    > jabda
    Thanks, but I tried that one and all that came up is a page that is blank except for a text box and a submit button. Strange - maybe the site is under maintenance right now?

  4. #4
    ET Fan
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    ET Fan: Just ask ...


    at the appropriate board on Wong's site. For instance, for Chicago, ask on the MidWest site. Within 48 hours you'll get a pretty good picture.





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    LoneWolf
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    LoneWolf: Re: where to look for casino reviews


    > Hello all! My first time here, so I hope I
    > can find some help. I have occasionally
    > played blackjack recreationally over the
    > past 7 years but have just recently started
    > to study card counting and play the game
    > more seriously. So far, using $10 units and
    > the Omega II system, I have played about 155
    > hours and am averaging just over $10 an hour
    > in wins.

    > I would like to know if there is somewhere
    > online that I can find an honest, objective
    > review of the blackjack conditions at
    > different casinos (rules, atmosphere, et
    > cetera). I recently played at a casino in
    > the Chicago area while in town to visit some
    > friends, and although I did book a modest
    > win, the playing conditions were terrible.
    > The rules were good (6 decks, DAS, dealer
    > stand on all 17s) and the penetration was
    > great (at least 75% if not 80-85% with some
    > dealers). The problem was that the overall
    > playing conditions were terrible: the casino
    > was jammed, the facility itself was pretty
    > cramped and overall uncomfortable, and the
    > dealers either dealt extremely slowly so
    > that the game moved like still pondwater or
    > so fast that the numbers fell off of the
    > cards before they hit the felt. Plus, it
    > seemed as if the pit bosses and security
    > personnel interrupted the game to count
    > checks or put new cards into play more often
    > than is the case at other casinos.

    > Since I live a fair distance from any
    > casino, I would really like to be able to
    > get some information about rules and
    > atmosphere prior to planning a trip. The
    > sites that I have found thus far have not
    > provided much of this type of information,
    > so maybe I am looking in the wrong place? I
    > would appreciate any help that you can give
    > me.

    > Thanks!

    Try this website..It might help

    LW




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    jabda
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    jabda: Re: where to look for casino reviews

    bjnet.com is up as of 10:45pm central time
    Just tested
    click on casinos on the left side then click on the top link.

    Hope it works,,,jabda

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    NewCounter
    Guest

    NewCounter: Re: where to look for casino reviews

    > bjnet.com is up as of 10:45pm central time
    > Just tested
    > click on casinos on the left side then
    > click on the top link.

    > Hope it works,,,jabda
    I'm still having the same problem - only a textbox and submit button in the extreme upper lefthand corner appear. Possibly it is a problem with my network firewall, so I will go try it from another terminal. I found some good info on Wong's site though.

    Thanks anyway jabda.

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    JeffS
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    JeffS: Re: where to look for casino reviews

    > bjnet.com is up as of 10:45pm central time
    > Just tested
    > click on casinos on the left side then
    > click on the top link.

    > Hope it works,,,jabda
    jabda: did you clear out your catching buffer when you accessed. I also only get the submit button. You may have a page stored on you pc that looks like the site is working. Also check "get new page every time" under the tools -> IE options -> settings.

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