Recent content by imp

Too late to apply now, sorry, but I found a fair shake at the Railroad Pass Casino outside of Henderson on the way to Boulder City. Having lived in Vegas for 7 years, and worked in B.C., I passed that casino perhaps a hundred times, but last week was the first time I stopped there. Nice...

Yet another imponderable: $#it IS as $#it DOES. imp Edit: BTW, does anyone else know from experience what $#it tastes like?

Am new to forum, will continue to seek better, but, the above statement is surely the most profound and literate I have found thus far!! imp

A few "losing sessions" (that is, stopping play for that day with a net loss) will help you make up your mind regarding a long-term commitment to playing.

Ap? WTH is an "AP"?

Good point! Nowadays especially. Anyone know of a nudist casino? Playing thusly would eliminate most gender doubt.............imp

Well said! The complainers only receive the "squeaky wheel's grease", but rarely promote continuing interest. imp

In the general scheme of play, I believe the tens are far more important than the aces, despite aces double value, since there are 4 times as many tens per deck as there are aces. Overall, a higher-than-normal percentage of tens contained in the deck favors the player, while the opposite is...

This "proven" fact sounds rather dubious to me. I see no mathematical reason why it should be so. imp

The situation I referred to was at the Edgewater Hotel. I did note the presence of the same type of machine at others, but did not play those tables. imp

A good question; I am afraid I cannot answer, for I did not really notice. What you are saying, is that with a 2-deck shuffling machine, the cards of each deck should be identifiable from their back, in order to assure that no inter-mixing of cards from one deck to the other has occurred? imp

Been essentially away from casinos for quite some time, since giving up Nevada residence. Recently, we have in retirement returned to the big gaming meccas now and then. Last week, in Laughlin, NV, I attempted to figure out a shuffling machine that was new to me. A large, black plastic...

My "hey-day" of playing was long ago, when I lived in Vegas, early '70s, and at that time it would have been absolutely unheard-of to not have rules consistent for a given game, regardless of stakes, table location, etc. Admittedly, as more players have gotten an "edge", I am sure the casinos...

Of Course, they Can! Most usually, spent cards are preferentially picked up, in a not-obvious way, of course, and re-inserted into the used stack of cards in the order they were removed from the tabletop. Then, mechanic's shuffle can generally preserve the "order", to a fair extent, of...

Forgive me if this has already been touched on; my dial-up service prevents back-reading to any large extent. The wife & I just returned from a week in Laughlin, by way of flying in to Vegas. Playing at the Nugget in Laughlin, I found that on the table using multiple-decks, doubling after...