Casinos in Cyprus

wwcd

Well-Known Member
#21
Went to Cyprus again over the weekend, it was a short getaway trip, so I didn’t play much. Some updates below:

Played only at Mercure, where the minimum was $10, nice place and very cool casino, pretty packed too. I lost a couple hundred there and requested loss rebate, but no loss rebate for under $1000 loss/day. Didn’t ask how many % they pay out, but should be between 10-20%.

Rules were 6D, S17, DAS, DOA, ES10, ENHC, no RSA. Pen was around 60%. Hand shuffle took way too much time as the table was full and they burn 5 cards off the top, while giving low pen. So, it’s a pain to play on a full table.

Below are some updates on minimums I saw around. Didn’t play at these places:

Merit Crystal Cove: $15
Cratos Premium: $25
Rocks: $25
Oscar Resort: $10

Also, Cratos had a secluded room (looks like a high-roller room, but it’s not), dedicated to some machines made by a company called “Inorganic”. There was roulette, blackjack, horse racing etc, all community type machines. Played some blackjack there for fun, minimum was 5TL ($3). Checked out the paytables but couldn’t find out if they shuffled the deck each time or not. But just like the blackjack machines in Vegas, you never see a shuffling act, so even if it’s not shuffling after each hand, you don’t know “when” it is shuffling. Also, max bet on these machines was 20TL, so it doesn’t matter much even if you can count :)
 
#22
cyprus

rocks has 15$ games weekdays,
i never went to mercure, but mercure, and merit crystal lefkosa and merit crystal girne belong to the same company and i hear that both hotels and casinos are excellent. also oscar resort is the name of the hotel, the casino is called galaxy casino, they have double again rule as an advantage compared to mercure.
still i would chose to play at a casino with extra advantages, like resplitting aces or double again rule.
 
#23
Thx for the information.
I want to ask that in the only one ESA casino in Cyprus,can we get odds under basic strategy?
And bernmasd do u have email?
Good luck.

bernmasd said:
6 decks
3-3.5 penet
dealer stays soft 17
surrender 10
double any 2 cards
double after split ok
split up to 4 times
no resplit aces
no hole card you lose doubles and splits if dealer has blackjack
these are main rules.
2 casinos support re double down (or triple down as you call it) again rule the others dont.
one casino has only split aces + all the rules above but they have about 4.75 deck pen.
one casino has split aces and early surrender for ace.
 
#25
Thx for the information.
I have some good place information in other country.
Because I can't PM you in this forum,if u have email,I can mail you the good place I know :)

bernmasd said:
early surrender and resplit of aces
in malpas casino
 
#26
snowwind said:
Thx for the information.
I want to ask that in the only one ESA casino in Cyprus,can we get odds under basic strategy?
And bernmasd do u have email?
Good luck.
u get edge 0.18% for ESA & resplit Aces.
the casinos offer re-double is also worth to play.
will u go Cyprus?
 
#27
Yeah,I have the plan visiting Cyprus :)
I'll finish a gambling trip and back to Taiwan(my country) tomorrow.
I may take some days to plan going to Cyprus for next gambling trip :)
But I still have some questions:

1.Do we need to declare money(checks) if we bring more money out Nothern Cyprus or Turkey than we bring in?

2.How much money do we live in hotels per night?

3.Is it cheaper if we rent an apartment one month?And how much is the price?

Sorry for my bad English grammar haha.
Hope u understand what I said XD.



jnrwilliam said:
u get edge 0.18% for ESA & resplit Aces.
the casinos offer re-double is also worth to play.
will u go Cyprus?
 
#28
snowwind said:
Yeah,I have the plan visiting Cyprus :)
I'll finish a gambling trip and back to Taiwan(my country) tomorrow.
I may take some days to plan going to Cyprus for next gambling trip :)
But I still have some questions:

1.Do we need to declare money(checks) if we bring more money out Nothern Cyprus or Turkey than we bring in?

2.How much money do we live in hotels per night?

3.Is it cheaper if we rent an apartment one month?And how much is the price?

Sorry for my bad English grammar haha.
Hope u understand what I said XD.
can contact u by email ?
mine is [email protected]
 
#30
email

guys my email is
erdener15 at yahoo.com
of course it would be cheaper to rent a house in the long run, but hotels are not that expensive. if you bet quite big most casinos will comp you a room.
 

wwcd

Well-Known Member
#31
wwcd said:
Went to Cyprus again over the weekend, it was a short getaway trip, so I didn’t play much. Some updates below:

Played only at Mercure, where the minimum was $10, nice place and very cool casino, pretty packed too. I lost a couple hundred there and requested loss rebate, but no loss rebate for under $1000 loss/day. Didn’t ask how many % they pay out, but should be between 10-20%.

Rules were 6D, S17, DAS, DOA, ES10, ENHC, no RSA. Pen was around 60%. Hand shuffle took way too much time as the table was full and they burn 5 cards off the top, while giving low pen. So, it’s a pain to play on a full table.

Below are some updates on minimums I saw around. Didn’t play at these places:

Merit Crystal Cove: $15
Cratos Premium: $25
Rocks: $25
Oscar Resort: $10

Also, Cratos had a secluded room (looks like a high-roller room, but it’s not), dedicated to some machines made by a company called “Inorganic”. There was roulette, blackjack, horse racing etc, all community type machines. Played some blackjack there for fun, minimum was 5TL ($3). Checked out the paytables but couldn’t find out if they shuffled the deck each time or not. But just like the blackjack machines in Vegas, you never see a shuffling act, so even if it’s not shuffling after each hand, you don’t know “when” it is shuffling. Also, max bet on these machines was 20TL, so it doesn’t matter much even if you can count :)
By the way, Savoy Hotel (downtown Kyrenia) also has $10 blackjack and redouble rule. They have loss rebate for losses above $500, and I think the rebate is 10%.
 

curt1s

New Member
#32
short update

i have just came back from cyprus again...
i had a look at a few places i missed last year...
- artemis (close to famagusta)
- salamis (close to famagusta)
- kratos
- euro
- savoy
- ceasers
- zeus
- european
- palm beach (famagusta) connected with colony
- noah's ark (min 25$-50$) (next to artemis)

most of them min 10-15$ during monday-thursday, 25$ during friday-sunday

for accommodation u can rent out a big villa for 4-500/month if u dont want to spend ur hard earn money in 5* hotels.
can rent a car for 20-30/day

all the best
curt1s
 

Gramazeka

Well-Known Member
#33
Noah"s Ark- no paid Jackpot in slots 1.400.000 TL ( Proceeding court ), problem with deposit 400.000$ ( Do not give back, motivate lack of money in casino).
Merit Royale, Merit Crystal - Unpaid Baccarat , 3 times- 6 millions $, 3 millions $, 85k $ ( 85k $ proceeding court ) . Merit Park and Merit Lefkosha- very paranoid management.

Ambasador- very paranoid management, play BS in BJ- black list.

Euro Girne- short deck in BJ, cheating.

Savoy- no show cards in BJ before game. Cheating.
 
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Meistro

Well-Known Member
#34
"for accommodation u can rent out a big villa for 4-500/month if u dont want to spend ur hard earn money in 5* hotels.
can rent a car for 20-30/day"


any online listings for these villas or how do u find them?
 
#37
Is the info in this thread (dating back to 2011) still relevant today, in relation to game rules: S17 ES10 ENHC DoA DAS NoRSA? And minimums?
Which places have the redouble rule (max 3 units)?
Anyone got info on the type of shuffles? (PM me)
Which casinos to avoid?
 
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