MGM National Harbor

[jacmrose]

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.

I'm with you man. It's just teasing me. It's 30 mins away from my house and I was pumped to have a Vegas style casino near by but they just had to ruin it for me by having pretty much all 6:5. I stopped by again this morning and they had 22 blackjack tables open. 18 of them were 6:5. If you wanted 3:2 you had to be in the high limit room playing $300 a hand. Screw MGM.


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[hitthat16]

Man I wish the public was smarter than that.. sadly, they are not.

[WABJ11]

In PA, you can't offer 6:5 BJ. Someone should complain to the Maryland gaming commission that they shouldn't be allowed to advertise 6:5 blackjack as real "blackjack"

[Freightman]

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 think they care that there's a difference. I also think they simply don't understand there's a difference.

[Bubbles]

When my ploppy friend was trying to get me to play a 6:5 table with him he said, "Sure the payout is a tiny bit less, but how many blackjacks do you plan to get anyway? Two? Three? What's 2$ if we can play on a 5$ table instead of the 25$ one?" They know the payout is less, they just don't understand how greatly it affects the house edge.

[hitthat16]

When my ploppy friend was trying to get me to play a 6:5 table with him he said, "Sure the payout is a tiny bit less, but how many blackjacks do you plan to get anyway? Two? Three? What's 2$ if we can play on a 5$ table instead of the 25$ one?" They know the payout is less, they just don't understand how greatly it affects the house edge.

Tell your friend that at that point just play craps. Better value for a $5 bet than at 6:5 sh*tjack anyday. Especially when you account for drinks!

Or if you wanna school them say "I expect to get about 5 of them per hour and with a $1.50 tax on each one I'm giving up $7.50 to the house for no damn good reason."

[Card17]

Went last night around 7pm. Lots of 6:5 but found one $25 table with s17 and 3:2. full of course. But hopeful. Stay tuned, maybe they will get more favorable with time.

[hitthat16]

Went last night around 7pm. Lots of 6:5 but found one $25 table with s17 and 3:2. full of course. But hopeful. Stay tuned, maybe they will get more favorable with time.

Let's hope so. I assume that game wasn't CSM?

[jacmrose]

Let's hope so. I assume that game wasn't CSM?

All the S17 games are 6 deck shoes. They have one pit of H17 3:2 that is CSM and then a pit of H17 3:2 shoe in the cocktail lounge. A pit boss told me that during peak periods they will have double deck in high limit but I haven't seen that yet.


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[ZenMaster_Flash]

MGM

Any Spanish21 tables ?

A S M, hand shuffled, or C S M ?

[Card17]

Yes csm. Be interesting to hear conditions mid this week.

[newsy42]

I'm from Baltimore Sun. Want to discuss? [email protected]

[jacmrose]

If you write up something on how Maryland allowing 6:5 is screwing the player you will be my hero.


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