Gun Lake BJ

paddywhack

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#21
Blue Efficacy said:
I am unfamiliar with the local geography, how far is this burn joint from the nearest competing casino?
It's about 20 miles due south of Grand Rapids, MI off US-131. 60 miles from Firekeepers, 100 miles from Four Winds, 175 miles from Detriot.

Hope that helps.
 

Blue Efficacy

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#22
paddywhack said:
It's about 20 miles due south of Grand Rapids, MI off US-131. 60 miles from Firekeepers, 100 miles from Four Winds, 175 miles from Detriot.

Hope that helps.
Yes it does. Firekeepers offers decent games by comparison, right? Perhaps once the novelty wears off from this place...
 

paddywhack

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#23
Blue Efficacy said:
Yes it does. Firekeepers offers decent games by comparison, right? Perhaps once the novelty wears off from this place...
Still haven't heard any factual info from someone who's played the game. Appears to have similar rules to Firekeepers but we'll see.

From what I heard Fri night they were still packed to the hilt and mins were still $25 on 6d shoes.
 

21gunsalute

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#24
An update on Gun Lake VP. Don't bother! Not only are there no 9/6 Jacks or Better available, the best odds you can get are 8/5 and are only available on $1 a hand or higher machines. Quarter machines are 7/5 and lower denominations are 6/5. Unfortunately people don't seem to understand anything about the odds and, at least when I was there, where swarming these machines to lose their money. Blackjack can be playable at non-peek hours, but barely.
 
#25
Gun Lake VP

They have a small window to rip off the customer as casinos nearby have fine BJ, single 0 Roulette, nice poker rooms and hotels, restaurants and, 9/6 VP at .25 with progressives, in abundance.

Gun Lake, you suck, and soon your customers will be going elsewhere.:grin:

CP
 
#26
21gunsalute said:
An update on Gun Lake VP. Don't bother! Not only are there no 9/6 Jacks or Better available, the best odds you can get are 8/5 and are only available on $1 a hand or higher machines. Quarter machines are 7/5 and lower denominations are 6/5. Unfortunately people don't seem to understand anything about the odds and, at least when I was there, where swarming these machines to lose their money. Blackjack can be playable at non-peek hours, but barely.
If you look really hard you can find a 9/6 now. But everything else is completely abysmal.

Does anyone know what kind of heat there is in BJ, I stopped by about a month ago and the games were terrible best being a 6D H17, and I think there was a notch to cut off 2decks not sure. I don't remember if you could enter midshoe either (besides the fact every table was packed even at 2am)
 

21gunsalute

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#27
PonyPrincess said:
If you look really hard you can find a 9/6 now. But everything else is completely abysmal.

Does anyone know what kind of heat there is in BJ, I stopped by about a month ago and the games were terrible best being a 6D H17, and I think there was a notch to cut off 2decks not sure. I don't remember if you could enter midshoe either (besides the fact every table was packed even at 2am)
9/6? Where is it located and what denomination?

The notch is about 1 1/2 decks, possibly slightly less.
 
#29
It's at the "HI LIMIT" pit - which for them is just the $1 multi-line machines in the middle of the casino close to the table games.

There's like 6 banks and only one has 9/6 the rest are 9/5.
 
#31
The bj rules suck and when they change decks they do NOT fan out the cards on the table they open the decks and the dealer and floorperson sit there and count out the cards and there's no way to to tell the actual contents which is unsettling...
 
#32
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PonyPrincess said:
The bj rules suck and when they change decks they do NOT fan out the cards on the table they open the decks and the dealer and floorperson sit there and count out the cards and there's no way to to tell the actual contents which is unsettling...
That really sucks!:eek:

But they do have a Tim Hortons there:grin::laugh:

Everyone knows Gun Lake is inferior to all other MI casinos..

CP
 

sagefr0g

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#33
creeping panther said:
That really sucks!:eek:

But they do have a Tim Hortons there:grin::laugh:

Everyone knows Gun Lake is inferior to all other MI casinos..

CP
a Tim Horton's???? with real donuts?
hey it can't be all bad!!!:)
 
#38
Was driving past it a bit ago and decided to stop in. Was PACKED, every table was filled to the brim $25min, $50min. Like so packed couldn't even move through open areas. Rules still suck, everything sucks there. I've never been to a casino where the restaurants cost MORE than normal.

$9 for a fast food burger... IN A CASINO!

Just bitter, haha. Played maybe 8 hands and lost every one (first card an ace on 6 of them too!).
 
#39
PonyPrincess said:
Was driving past it a bit ago and decided to stop in. Was PACKED, every table was filled to the brim $25min, $50min. Like so packed couldn't even move through open areas. Rules still suck, everything sucks there. I've never been to a casino where the restaurants cost MORE than normal.

$9 for a fast food burger... IN A CASINO!

Just bitter, haha. Played maybe 8 hands and lost every one (first card an ace on 6 of them too!).
I guess you never played and ate in casinos on the east coast. The food certainly isn't less expensive than elsewhere. It never has been so far as I can remember (30 years).
 

21gunsalute

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#40
PonyPrincess said:
Was driving past it a bit ago and decided to stop in. Was PACKED, every table was filled to the brim $25min, $50min. Like so packed couldn't even move through open areas. Rules still suck, everything sucks there. I've never been to a casino where the restaurants cost MORE than normal.

$9 for a fast food burger... IN A CASINO!

Just bitter, haha. Played maybe 8 hands and lost every one (first card an ace on 6 of them too!).
The only decent place to eat there is at Tim Horton's. That alone speaks volumes. I take it your last visit was on a weekend, perhaps Veterans Day? I say that because usually they'll have 6 or 8 $25 tables that sit there with nobody playing on them for hours on end during the week. They think it's better to get a few suckers to waste their money at a $25 game then to get 100 or so players playing at a $10 table. Also, their dealers are so terrible they don't want them handling a lot of money, trying to add up hands and/or figure out payouts. They'd rather have them stand around staring into space.
 
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