Gary Indiana
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In my experience, your best bet isn't in Gary.
Blue Chip casino is a little ways (I think 20 miles or so if I remember correctly) in Michigan City and the conditions there are MUCH better than those in Gary. Also they are better about comps.
The name is Blue Chip Casino.
Generally around one deck cut off
6 decks
Dealer Stands on ALL 17's.
DAS
DOA
split pairs 3 times except AA
No Surrender
Table minimums as low as $5
Blue Chip casino is a little ways (I think 20 miles or so if I remember correctly) in Michigan City and the conditions there are MUCH better than those in Gary. Also they are better about comps.
The name is Blue Chip Casino.
Generally around one deck cut off
6 decks
Dealer Stands on ALL 17's.
DAS
DOA
split pairs 3 times except AA
No Surrender
Table minimums as low as $5
person1125
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Yeah the blue chip from what I hear is supposed to be nicer and better and the majestic star (former trump place). BLUE CHIP is something like exit-40 or so off of I-94 only about 20-25 minutes from the casinos in gary. the horseshoe is renovating right now, but it seems very crowded in side and on a friday by 5pm most tables are at $25 min.
SilentBob420BMFJ
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wud u drive from i355@i88 (glen ellyn, lisle, wheaton, warrenville, etc) all the way to michigan city? it already takes me 1 hour to get to gary (casinos in illinois are super horrible), and i dont count cards, so wut am i gaining? btw if u dont count cards, more decks are better (except if u have 1-2 decks, because then BS changes) and continuous shufflers are good 4 ppl who DONT count cards.. and i wud need to know FOR SURE that the blue chip has $5 tables 24/7 (majestic star in gary has $5 tables only when it is DEAD, which turns out to be like 20 hours a week).. if that was the case i wud probably take the 90 minute drive there (i dont care what the case is, driving to the 8th! closest casino to u is absurd)
Majestic Star is terrible. Max hands per player is 2 hands with no mid shoe entry in the high roller room
SilentBob420BMFJ
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if you live near chicago, the best casino is the majest star in gary, it has .45% house edge with $10 tables 24/7 and $5 tables like 10% of the time
SilentBob420BMFJ
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i just read this again, and i dont know why i said that thing about more decks is better for a non counter, because that is highly false.. must have been back when i didnt know jack but BS, but even so, im confused at why i said that.. but it is true that CSM's lower the house edge (but it raises the hands per hour thus increasing money lost per hour)
SilentBob420BMFJ
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the majestic star is the best casino within 1 hour of chicago, but they recently KILLED their video poker, and i mean KILLED as in no full pay until $5!!! (some $1 full pay).. and they used to have $3 blackjack with .45% house edge, now they have the same but $10.. so i dont know why ppl diss the star, its the best in chicagoland
Let's be a little more specific here.
From a gaming environment (smoke, crowds, wait staff, etc), I would have to say that Majestic Star is one of the worst casino's 1 hour radius around from Chicago.
I would say that its:
Joliet Harrah's #1
Elgin Gran Vic / Joliet Empress / Aurora Hollywood lumped together mid tier
IN Resorts #3
IN Majestic Star and IN Horseshoe last.
Majestic Star probably has the best BJ odds for a red-chipper if there really are $3 dollar tables off hours. (I personally can't confirm the off hours), but if you are willing to bet $10 or $15 dollars a hand and higher, there are much better options. From an odds perspective, I would say IN Resorts and Joliet Harrahs (although I object to Joliet since they have a cover on the discard tray)
From a gaming environment (smoke, crowds, wait staff, etc), I would have to say that Majestic Star is one of the worst casino's 1 hour radius around from Chicago.
I would say that its:
Joliet Harrah's #1
Elgin Gran Vic / Joliet Empress / Aurora Hollywood lumped together mid tier
IN Resorts #3
IN Majestic Star and IN Horseshoe last.
Majestic Star probably has the best BJ odds for a red-chipper if there really are $3 dollar tables off hours. (I personally can't confirm the off hours), but if you are willing to bet $10 or $15 dollars a hand and higher, there are much better options. From an odds perspective, I would say IN Resorts and Joliet Harrahs (although I object to Joliet since they have a cover on the discard tray)
SilentBob420BMFJ
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first off, if you are willing to lose more money because the environment is nicer, thats foolish, and secondly, i never said the majestic star CURRENTLY had $3 tables, i said they have $10 tables all the time, and sometimes $5 tables (sometimes you have to ask them to change it to $5).. also, i have been to all 7 casinos w/ in 1 hour of chicago, and i honestly dont see that much of a difference between them, but to me, the lighting is most important, and i like the 35 foot ceilings and brightness of the ms1.. i hate it when its all dark and the tables are 2 feet apart.. but i posted a lot of this b4 i checked out the other 2 casinos in nw indiana, and i have to say that in terms of house edge and table minimums only, resorts has the best, .43% (6 decks)
I was there last week. Played $10 6D game for about 3 hours and won $600, no heat at all. Spread from $10-2 x $65. Penetration was about 75% or 1.5 decks. $5 tables were way crowded, $10 had plenty of room and more tables open when I went back Thursday compared to other visit Monday.
They also opened an Indian Casino about 10 miles down the road. It was a nice enough place with similar games. I did a quick pass through, did not play there. Penetration may have been a little worse, closer to 2 decks cut off.
If I am going to be at a casino for 4 - 5 hours, then yes it makes a difference to me the amount of smoke in the air and the lighting along with the playing conditions.
So again Harrah's in Joliet offers the best combination in rules and environment (I'm not counting Blue Chip or Four Winds here because they are even further out).
If you are talking about the Indiana Casinos near Chicago, Resorts is much superior to MStar if you can handle the limits. According to your past posts, you're not expecting to make money, you just want to break even. And as most of us here are trying to be AP's then we won't be looking at expected loss, but expected gain.
In the high limit room at Four Winds, sometimes the pen is 1 deck out of 6.
Pen varies wildly at Four Winds. I have seen 3/4 of deck to 2.5 decks.
Most of the lower limits are 8 deck shoes.
Second set of tables and the high limit room tend to be 6 deck.
Sidebet games are all hit soft 17.
Regular games can be stay soft 17
Pen varies wildly at Four Winds. I have seen 3/4 of deck to 2.5 decks.
Most of the lower limits are 8 deck shoes.
Second set of tables and the high limit room tend to be 6 deck.
Sidebet games are all hit soft 17.
Regular games can be stay soft 17
SilentBob420BMFJ
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ya, im looking for a $5 game to wong at, and im looking to MAKE money if you include comps, and if i had a $5 game i would spread $5-$10, but right now i can only do $10..