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The common rule allows splitting to up to four hands. A new dealer, in particular, could easily get confused and think this meant that a player could split up to four times.

'That'll teach'em. We won't deal another hand all night, if that's what it takes!"

How would you know something like that? Is James sharing his marketing stats with you now?

Read it ALL, and I mean even the parts that usually no one would read. Take your time.

Not the thread I was hoping for when I saw the "Casino Cheating" title I wish some newspaper or trade magazine would publish an article recapping all the instances of casinos cheating patrons in the past year.

A complex subject, certainly. To begin with, you want to look at how much other players are betting. If you stand out too much from the crowd, you potentially have a problem. Note that this can vary depending on the time of day and week. What the casino's comfortable with on a Saturday night...

For that purpose, I think that the size of player's top bet is far more meaningful than the player's "unit."

Welcome to the site, Bentley!

Now you're talking! The next step is to figure out this casino's tolerance for bet size and hours. In most places, a dealer will work the same shift for a week, though it may change from week to week, from say an 11-7 shift to a 12-8 shift. YMMV.

I'm with Emerald City, in looking to dollars rather than to some essentially arbitrary definition of "unit," in most circumstances. Too often, players rate their success, or lack thereof, in terms of "units" won or lost. But you know what? It doesn't impress me in the least to hear that a...

First, check your offers through the Web site. I've had room offers appear online for which I never got mailers. Can't explain. Second, how recent was your recent play? I've noticed a pretty substantial delay in the impact on offers after a big play at a CET place. And mailers commonly...

Play the bad games close to home only at minimal stakes, only for practice. When you're confident you've got your game down pat, play only good games, and commit enough of a bankroll that you can play at stakes that make it sufficiently profitable, taking into account expenses and the time...

OCP is not a game at which you can afford to give back a lot of your edge. When played in a casino with low limits, and other factors that are less than ideal, it's just not that valuable. A lot of things all have to be right at the same time for OCP to be really profitable. It's not a game...

I've only been to the Harrah's Reno location of Hash House A Go Go, and I didn't like it. I'd say only go there if you're looking for piles of starchy food, and everything else pretty bland. My enormous plate arrived covered with a layer of about five pounds of mashed potatoes, and the rest of...

The new old chat room is working great. Thank you, that's so much better.