I happened to be in PA, so I thought, why not teach them that iot is NOT OK to legalize those games and go take their money.
I observed, and played breifly and noticed lots of interesting things.
For one, theres just about every combination of games you can imagine here, from unplayable to playable.
There were two pits with blackjack tables, so ill break it down that way.
Pit one: (near the cage) had maybe 10 or 12 tables, they were all dealt the same way, which was rediculous.
4/8 decks s17 das , late surrender 3:2 and no side bets with hand shuffles, the 50% pen with a hand shuffle slowed the game pace so much that at any time, you could see 4 tables shuffling, which, while the penetration had a negetive effect, the frequency of new shoes opening up made finding them effortless
Curiously I heard of a rule where all tables allowed midshoe entry, however, if a player entered midshoe, they would be forced to bet the table minimum, i entered midshoe everytime I entered and it wasnt enforced, but perhaps I was lucky. some dealers would only cut off three decks
Pit two: sadly I discoveed this pit on my way out after grinding out any advantage I could out of those shitty games, this pit has alll of the other table games as well.
All games were dealt s17, ls, das 3:2 8 decks, but this pit had a combination of CSM, ASM, hand shuffles, 4/8, and 6/8 games.
I found one table that was 6/8 maybe it was the dealer, maybe its a regular thing, but i played it for a bit before i went home.
The last thing I observed was that PIT1 has a balcony overhead where you can have direct line of sight to all 10 or 12 of the tables in the pit from overhead, IDK if you can view the cars well enough from there to do something productive from there, but the thought crossed my mind.
Oh, and one other cool thing I saw is that they have self serve free soda bars, so you dont have to wait on the waitress if you wanta coke, or you can just grab one whenever your thirsty, it was pretty cool.
I observed, and played breifly and noticed lots of interesting things.
For one, theres just about every combination of games you can imagine here, from unplayable to playable.
There were two pits with blackjack tables, so ill break it down that way.
Pit one: (near the cage) had maybe 10 or 12 tables, they were all dealt the same way, which was rediculous.
4/8 decks s17 das , late surrender 3:2 and no side bets with hand shuffles, the 50% pen with a hand shuffle slowed the game pace so much that at any time, you could see 4 tables shuffling, which, while the penetration had a negetive effect, the frequency of new shoes opening up made finding them effortless
Curiously I heard of a rule where all tables allowed midshoe entry, however, if a player entered midshoe, they would be forced to bet the table minimum, i entered midshoe everytime I entered and it wasnt enforced, but perhaps I was lucky. some dealers would only cut off three decks
Pit two: sadly I discoveed this pit on my way out after grinding out any advantage I could out of those shitty games, this pit has alll of the other table games as well.
All games were dealt s17, ls, das 3:2 8 decks, but this pit had a combination of CSM, ASM, hand shuffles, 4/8, and 6/8 games.
I found one table that was 6/8 maybe it was the dealer, maybe its a regular thing, but i played it for a bit before i went home.
The last thing I observed was that PIT1 has a balcony overhead where you can have direct line of sight to all 10 or 12 of the tables in the pit from overhead, IDK if you can view the cars well enough from there to do something productive from there, but the thought crossed my mind.
Oh, and one other cool thing I saw is that they have self serve free soda bars, so you dont have to wait on the waitress if you wanta coke, or you can just grab one whenever your thirsty, it was pretty cool.
