Good and bad news at Foxwoods

[paymypush]

Originally Posted by Remember Remember

It didn't work out well last time they tried it. How is the traffic on those tables? Hopefully it'll be low and they will re-learn their lesson.

We need to convince ploppies that CSMs constantly "change the flow of cards" and that they are inherently evil.

This is pit 2 which has 10 blackjack tables. Six of these are outfitted with the ONE2SIX CSM's. I agree that the placement of these machines in this particular pit is very odd. I checked just before noon today and there were three tables open, all with CSM's and all at $10 minimums. One was dead, one had 4 players betting light green to black, and the third had a heads up player betting 2X$50 and spreading to 2X$100. The discards were returned to the machine after every hand although one of the relief dealers would occasionally forget.

The Wizard of Odds has stated that the house edge is slightly decreased on a CSM but of course the hands per hour are increased most likely negating that small difference.

If players go for this I can only imagine what will be next- an ante to pay for the CSM's?

[winnawinna]

Originally Posted by paymypush

This is pit 2 which has 10 blackjack tables. Six of these are outfitted with the ONE2SIX CSM's. I agree that the placement of these machines in this particular pit is very odd. I checked just before noon today and there were three tables open, all with CSM's and all at $10 minimums. One was dead, one had 4 players betting light green to black, and the third had a heads up player betting 2X$50 and spreading to 2X$100. The discards were returned to the machine after every hand although one of the relief dealers would occasionally forget.

The Wizard of Odds has stated that the house edge is slightly decreased on a CSM but of course the hands per hour are increased most likely negating that small difference.

If players go for this I can only imagine what will be next- an ante to pay for the CSM's?

Are they planning on CSMs on all of their tables or just the lower ones. Did they have any prior to this? MS has them at their low end tables $5 and some $10 ones.

[paymypush]

Originally Posted by winnawinna

Are they planning on CSMs on all of their tables or just the lower ones. Did they have any prior to this? MS has them at their low end tables $5 and some $10 ones.

Foxwoods is testing the waters which is what they love to do. My guess is that their plan is to do whatever they can to separate players from their money. If they push too far, they'll simply throttle back and play the hero. Yes, they've had these machines many times over their 19 year history. The main complaint was usually that the rental fee/commission to Shuffle Master was cost prohibitive.

Since the beginning of summer, Mohegan Sun has had at least 2 $5 games every day in the Winter Casino. These are 6 deck S17 and are grandfathered at $5. I've been monitoring the penetration and was seeing more and more at 75%. Today, however it was a dismal 2 to 2 1/4 deck cut. I haven't seen CSM's anywhere at MS other than the $5 H17 tables by the Sky Valet.

[winnawinna]

Originally Posted by paymypush

Foxwoods is testing the waters which is what they love to do. My guess is that their plan is to do whatever they can to separate players from their money. If they push too far, they'll simply throttle back and play the hero. Yes, they've had these machines many times over their 19 year history. The main complaint was usually that the rental fee/commission to Shuffle Master was cost prohibitive.

Since the beginning of summer, Mohegan Sun has had at least 2 $5 games every day in the Winter Casino. These are 6 deck S17 and are grandfathered at $5. I've been monitoring the penetration and was seeing more and more at 75%. Today, however it was a dismal 2 to 2 1/4 deck cut. I haven't seen CSM's anywhere at MS other than the $5 H17 tables by the Sky Valet.

Yes they are only at the $5 tables and some $10 tables on weekends where the $5 tables are.

[paymypush]

Originally Posted by winnawinna

Yes they are only at the $5 tables and some $10 tables on weekends where the $5 tables are.

I usually avoid casinos on the weekends. Are you saying that the $5 H17 tables at MS are now being raised to $10 or that there are other CSM's besides these 12?

[winnawinna]

Originally Posted by paymypush

I usually avoid casinos on the weekends. Are you saying that the $5 H17 tables at MS are now being raised to $10 or that there are other CSM's besides these 12?

On Saturday nights some of the $5 tables get raised to $10 but not all

[paymypush]

Originally Posted by winnawinna

On Saturday nights some of the $5 tables get raised to $10 but not all

So much for their commitment to keep them at $5, 24/7. I can't really blame them. There's almost always some green action at these tables on even the slowest of days with plenty of S17 available a few steps away.

[Automatic Monkey]

Originally Posted by paymypush

Foxwoods is testing the waters which is what they love to do. My guess is that their plan is to do whatever they can to separate players from their money. If they push too far, they'll simply throttle back and play the hero. Yes, they've had these machines many times over their 19 year history. The main complaint was usually that the rental fee/commission to Shuffle Master was cost prohibitive.

Since the beginning of summer, Mohegan Sun has had at least 2 $5 games every day in the Winter Casino. These are 6 deck S17 and are grandfathered at $5. I've been monitoring the penetration and was seeing more and more at 75%. Today, however it was a dismal 2 to 2 1/4 deck cut. I haven't seen CSM's anywhere at MS other than the $5 H17 tables by the Sky Valet.

And now that they're not paying their bills, the leasing cost is probably a non-issue now. When are they going to learn that CSM's are not accepted by anyone but the lowest of the low?

[Joeb21]

I was at Foxwoods this weekend. I was playing and the dealer went to stop at soft 17 and then said oh I have to hit now. She explained the dealers got a memo that said in order to increase their blackjack revenue they are all hitting on S17. Another interesting thing was this dealer was cutting to 1 deck whereas the relief was using the old mark on the shoe and cutting to 2 decks.

[johndoe]

Originally Posted by Joeb21

I was at Foxwoods this weekend. I was playing and the dealer went to stop at soft 17 and then said oh I have to hit now. She explained the dealers got a memo that said in order to increase their blackjack revenue they are all hitting on S17. Another interesting thing was this dealer was cutting to 1 deck whereas the relief was using the old mark on the shoe and cutting to 2 decks.

I don't think it would be too out of line to ask that the relief use the "new" mark.