Firelake, Oklahoma

[NDN21]

I was talking to a dealer the other day who works for Firelake.

He told me there are times when they do not have that killer fifty-cent ante.

The times they do not have an ante are from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday morning through Thursday morning.

Also:

DD any two cards
six decks with 75-80% penetration (I saw one female dealer give up about 83% once)
split aces up to four times, draw only one card to each ace
DD after splits
$5-500 limits
hand-shuffled (some dealers actually put the unplayed cards on top of the discards rather than interjecting the unplayed cards into various spots of the discards)
split ten's must be of same value
shoe has a plastic cover on it
two dealers let me cut off less than one deck of cards

[shadroch]

What do you mean by"split tens must be of same value"?
You can't split a K/Q?

It sounds a heck of a lot better than paying 50 cents a hand ante,if you are an early riser.

[EasyRhino]

Yeah, it looks actually playable without the ante. Surrender would be nice, but the penetration probably makes up for it.

[NDN21]

Originally Posted by shadroch

What do you mean by"split tens must be of same value"?You can't split a K/Q?

It sounds a heck of a lot better than paying 50 cents a hand ante,if you are an early riser.

I should have wrote "ten value cards must be of the same rank, ie both tens, both jacks, both queens, both kings".

You cannot split K/Q.

Remember not all dealer will give 80% penetration. There was a guy there named Joshua who gave 75% but if he were to have been talking to someone when he placed the cut card he gave 80%.

I was practicing for my trip this week so I actually played a $125 bankroll with the $0.50 ante. This was more for practice to identify weaknesses than actual play. I was able to play for four hours. I figure I gave away $92 in ante's!!!

When Oklahoma no longer has that $0.50 ante I will be prepared.

[NDN21]

That "no ante" requires that you have a player's card and it starts shortly after 2 am and goes until 10 am. No rule changes, same rules as above.

I saved alot of money playing at this time. I managed to come out +22 units ahead of the game.