MGM Springfield, Ma.

[cliffhucker69]

Has anyone played here recently, this forum has me nervous the rules/limits aren't as positive as they seem on the latest CBJN (.26%). On the eastern seaboard for a short period.

[Hsiaodi]

Has anyone played here recently, this forum has me nervous the rules/limits aren't as positive as they seem on the latest CBJN (.26%). On the eastern seaboard for a short period.

ASM starts at $25, S17. There is a “high limit” pit. Aka counter trap pit. That starts at 25 with NMSE.

Low limit is CSM, now revert back to 3:2 for BJ, as opposed to, 6:5 a few months ago.

[cliffhucker69]

ASM starts at $25, S17. There is a “high limit” pit. Aka counter trap pit. That starts at 25 with NMSE.

Low limit is CSM, now revert back to 3:2 for BJ, as opposed to, 6:5 a few months ago.

Thank you! Looks like PA it is.

[dcdcdc181818]

There is a billboard on the highway near the Springfield MGM that states "$5 blackjack, 24/7".

I suspect that it has soft 17's being hit. But it is interesting that they have at least one table at all times at $5.

[paymypush]

There is a billboard on the highway near the Springfield MGM that states "$5 blackjack, 24/7".

I suspect that it has soft 17's being hit. But it is interesting that they have at least one table at all times at $5.

Unless something has changed these are CSM dealt games and the $5 minimums are available on weekdays from 6AM to 9AM only. The $5 minimums apply to most, if not all, table games during those hours.

[dcdcdc181818]

The Billboard says 24/7 Blackjack. And I've seen them dealing $5 blackjack in the mid afternoon.

And, as I've posted previously, they take the discarded cards, put them into a discarded pile, and after a few rounds (maybe about a deck) put the cards into the asm or csm.

[Wave]

...put the cards into the asm or csm.

Someone is probably going to zing you for this...again...

[paymypush]

The Billboard says 24/7 Blackjack. And I've seen them dealing $5 blackjack in the mid afternoon.

And, as I've posted previously, they take the discarded cards, put them into a discarded pile, and after a few rounds (maybe about a deck) put the cards into the asm or csm.

There are two different blackjack shufflers in this casino as mentioned. They are both Shuffle Master (Scientific Games) products.

The MDX sits on the table and is the one referred to as a CSM. You have accurately described it but shouldn't have lumped the ASM in with it.

The MD3 is known as an ASM and sits level and off to the dealer's left of the table. It has two "towers" that each accomodate 6 or 8 decks. All this machine does is shuffle the cards which are dealt from a shoe in regular fashion. When the cut card comes out the dealer inserts the 6 or 8 decks into the machine, takes the other 6 or 8 decks out, places them in the shoe and begins dealing.

While those cards are being dealt, the others are in the machine being shuffled. It's all about hands per hour.