Cairns Casino

[DownUnderWonder]

Anyone know the rules and conditions at the Sofitel Reef Casino in Cairns?

[StudiodeKadent]

Originally Posted by DownUnderWonder

Anyone know the rules and conditions at the Sofitel Reef Casino in Cairns?

From what I saw on their website, its the same conditions as you get at Jupiters, Treasury and Jupiters Townsville.

6 Deck, CSM, S17, DAS, D9-11, Split Once Only, OBO if Dealer BJ's, House edge 0.55%

Not what I'd call a good game but its slightly better than Sydney and far better than Crown Melbourne's H17 tripe.

[DownUnderWonder]

Thanks for the reply. If it is CSM that sucks, any idea if they have shoes in the VIP room?

[FLASH1296]

What about their Pontoon tables ? C.S.M.s ?

[StudiodeKadent]

Originally Posted by DownUnderWonder

Thanks for the reply. If it is CSM that sucks, any idea if they have shoes in the VIP room?

I've never been to their VIP room (mainly because I'm a low-rolling BS player), but AFAIK VIP rooms in Australia usually deal from shoes. However, it is probably an 8 deck shoe rather than a 6 deck shoe. Tabcorp casinos have been known to use 8 D shoes (Star City for instance) on their shoe games.

I should add that I get this information from the Reef's website. I haven't been there IRL, but their how-to-play brochure is identical to the Jupiters/Treasury ones.

Originally Posted by FLASH1296

What about their Pontoon tables ? C.S.M.s ?

Again, I don't know from first-hand experience of the casino in Cairns, but the Pontoon game in Tabcorp casinos, at least on the main floor, tends to be CSM-dealt (based on my experience at the Treasury). And they put the cards back into the CSM after every hand, there's no discard tray.

Tabcorp has a history of intimidation against AP's, and using utterly brutal 'game protection' methods all the bloody time. Plus they won't even let me in to their casinos any more since I'm gothic and my boots are allegedly dangerous.

The only thing that makes Tabcorp better than Crown is that Tabcorp stand on soft 17 at their blackjack tables. Crown hits, unless you are playing for silly money.