Played at Cal-Neva last night.

[BJLFS]

$3 min. SD. DD on 10/11 only; no DAS.

Anyways, was losing at Harrah's so I went across to the street to CN and made a few $. The dealer and the other players were calling me "Rainman" since I was winning.

[bj bob]

Originally Posted by BJLFS

$3 min. SD. DD on 10/11 only; no DAS.

Anyways, was losing at Harrah's so I went across to the street to CN and made a few $. The dealer and the other players were calling me "Rainman" since I was winning.

Lost at Harrah's? OMG, I've naver heard of that happening to anyone!

[BJLFS]

Originally Posted by bj bob

Lost at Harrah's? OMG, I've naver heard of that happening to anyone!

Does it seem a lot of players there lose more often?

[BJLFS]

According to the dealer, Harrah's pays 6:5 on BJ during the day on all SD; SD is all they have. They open up other the other pit later then they pay 3:2; I think it's on the 6/8D shoe only though.

[21gunsalute]

Originally Posted by BJLFS

$3 min. SD. DD on 10/11 only; no DAS.

Anyways, was losing at Harrah's so I went across to the street to CN and made a few $. The dealer and the other players were calling me "Rainman" since I was winning.

With those rules they should call you "Superrainman"!

[Albee]

Small world, I was in there on Monday. Had a very good 1 on 1 session. Walked through Harrahs and laughed at their games. Why play there when you have better games to play at other stores? All the bowlers in town were playing at Harrahs.

[darco77]

Can anyone explain their 17-1 blackjack promo? Sounds like BS (Bullsh!t, not Basic Strategy), but I didn't have time to look into it.

[aslan]

Originally Posted by BJLFS

$3 min. SD. DD on 10/11 only; no DAS.

Anyways, was losing at Harrah's so I went across to the street to CN and made a few $. The dealer and the other players were calling me "Rainman" since I was winning.

Quite possibly also because you were counting.

[bj bob]

Originally Posted by darco77

Can anyone explain their 17-1 blackjack promo? Sounds like BS (Bullsh!t, not Basic Strategy), but I didn't have time to look into it.

They still have that going? I thought they would have run out of idiots a long time ago. Maybe I still hold out too much faith in the current gaming public. Stupid me!
To answer your question. They pay off 17:1 for a BJ off the top of their SD game, so a $1 sidebet pays you $17, it's that simple. When I'm (rarely) there, I like to confuse the rookie gals and tell them that I thought the bet was for the hand AFTER the first round. If they start to argue, I then ask them if I can double down or split after the first round. If they say "of course" then I ask why not the BJ bet then? It even works occasionally. Remember, in SD your frequency of a first hand BJ is one in 20.7, so go do the math.

[BJLFS]

Originally Posted by darco77

Can anyone explain their 17-1 blackjack promo? Sounds like BS (Bullsh!t, not Basic Strategy), but I didn't have time to look into it.

Darco,

Are you in the S.F. Bay Area? Ever make it up to River Rick in Sonoma?