Information on "Australian Casinos"

[djdx2]

Hi everyone, i live in Sydney and i have been studying blackjack for along time now, read heaps of books, practised heaps, played heaps, mastered basic strategy, shuffle tracking, card-counting etc..etc....

Its really nice to see other Australians are interested in card-counting as well, not only myself :P

This is the only forum ive found which talks about "Australia".

It would be great if other members who have visited other Australian Casinos to post there feedback , reviews, info, penetrations, CSM or SM?, number of decks, heat, splitting? das? , on other casino's around australia.

Hopefully we can gather a small community of card-counters and BJ players in your local country.
Soon, when I have some holidays from work, ill be able to visit other Casino's around Australia or even a nice long trip to Las Vegas




STAR CITY
Personally i have only been to my local Star City, where i love to play a few hands of blackjack.
But sadly Star City have protected themselves by using CSM (Continous Shuffling Machines) on there tables.
Heat : Use whatever bet spread, signals, splitting-10s you desire. Staff will just look over and give you a nice big Smile
More info to come..

[wittyno12]

Hi, Im from Adelaide. my local casino is Skycity and mathematically probably a much better place to play Blackjack than Star city.

They do use CSMs at skycity, with 8 decks being used and splitting can be done upto 3 times im pretty sure.

Originally Posted by djdx2

Hi everyone, i live in Sydney and i have been studying blackjack for along time now, read heaps of books, practised heaps, played heaps, mastered basic strategy, shuffle tracking, card-counting etc..etc....

Its really nice to see other Australians are interested in card-counting as well, not only myself :P

This is the only forum ive found which talks about "Australia".

It would be great if other members who have visited other Australian Casinos to post there feedback , reviews, info, penetrations, CSM or SM?, number of decks, heat, splitting? das? , on other casino's around australia.

Hopefully we can gather a small community of card-counters and BJ players in your local country.
Soon, when I have some holidays from work, ill be able to visit other Casino's around Australia or even a nice long trip to Las Vegas




STAR CITY
Personally i have only been to my local Star City, where i love to play a few hands of blackjack.
But sadly Star City have protected themselves by using CSM (Continous Shuffling Machines) on there tables.
Heat : Use whatever bet spread, signals, splitting-10s you desire. Staff will just look over and give you a nice big Smile
More info to come..

[wittyno12]

sorry i mean skycity does NOT use CSms

[nightfoxx]

just to expand on witty's post, i believe the rules at adelaide casino are as follows:

8 decks with 1 1/2 - 2 cut off
stand soft17
Dbl on 9,10,11 only
DAS
Split to 3 hands
Aces only split to two hands
Only one card only on split aces
BJ pays 3:2
Insurance pays 2:1
Australian no hole card rule (dealer BJ takes only original bet, no splits or doubles)

i think this amounts to an approx adv. of -0.55%
there is relatively low heat at adelaide casino however if you are recognised as a cc then you can have the rules changed against you

i cant remember the exact table Max and mins. but i will post that info soon

Enjoy

P.S. i encourage more people to post info on their local casino's or ones they have visted so we can share information, just as the casino's share information about card counters.

[nightfoxx]

hello again, i made a mistake with the above post...

i said... dbl: 9, 10, 11 only- i should have said dbl: hard 9, 10, 11 only
i said... australian no hole card rule, dealer takes origingal bets only(no splits or doubles)- i should have said... australian no hole card rule, dealer takes original and busted bets only (no splits or doubles)