Recent content by Southbound

Pen at the Borgata is noticeably better my last couple of trips. $25 minimum, S17, 6 deck, no surrender, 3:2, pen is about 1.25 - 1.5. I would like to see it closer to 1, but better than the 2-2.5 that I was seeing last year. Perhaps their paranoia level has come down.

I feel good energy in the place. The plexiglass is what it is, but guys still talk to each other and it is quality glass so easy to see through. I do enjoy getting the mask off after an 8 hour session. Poker room was packed this past weekend. Certainly better than the alternative of sitting...

Tables are limited to 7 players. I’ve put in about 25 hours over the past 3 weeks with good results. Enough players chasing and on tilt or overly aggressive to take some good pots. They are trying hard to run it well and I give them thumbs up. On Friday or Saturday, you should get there by...

Yeah, PA has more lax rules. Wide open craps and BJ in HR room at mount airy lodge. And you can smoke but not drink alcohol on the floor in PA too....no sense on that one.

I don’t like to defend casinos for any reason but I’ll support the AC casinos for what I’ve seen relative to Covid. I’ve made about 20 trips since July, most are overnighters so I’m using the hotel. I have not contracted Covid. If AC casinos were spreading the virus, there is no doubt our...

What is your range? I have one that qualifies but not near Vegas.

The best part about COVID conditions are playing heads up or with only 1 or 2 other players at the table so I’m seeing at least twice as many hands per hour than normal conditions. I can also spread to two hands at anytime because each player has two spots available.

I like to play to take a break from counting. I was at the Borg about 6 weeks ago when they first reopened their poker room. It wasn’t well planned out by them and I aborted the idea after about ten minutes of waiting. I’m down tomorrow for a night and wondering if anyone has played poker...

I find it helpful to focus more on if I played well, than the actual outcome. I‘ll spend time after a loss reviewing strategy and deviations to make sure I didn’t screw up. I’m relatively new to CC so I understand this probably doesn’t apply to you. But, if there is anything to learn from it...

That brings up questions around facial recognition software, which if anyone didn’t know that casinos use, you know now because of Covid. Seems no casino will pay you out at the cage until you pull your mask down for the camera. I wonder what happens if use my brother’s card (a non gambler)...

Good points and I appreciate you sharing your experience in AC. I’m here to share and hopefully receive expertise from more experienced APs. I decided that my priority and strategy is to be profitable, over longevity. If I burn my name in a matter of 2 years and only make 50-100k in the...

Yes, I expect this to happen eventually. What is the benefit, in my circumstance, to play unrated and be forced to play 1-10 spread the moment I sit down? Isn’t it better to be rated and at least be able to have a wider spread for a while?

Don, Thanks for your reply. High Low count is being used. You may teach me something new here but I thought, for example, if TC is +3, whether there is 4 decks or 2 decks left in the shoe, shouldn’t your odds be the same of winning the next hand? I understand that a running count would need...

Please share a chart or just the percentage odds of player vs. casino for TC of 1-10 for the following game. I’m looking to better understand my advantage at TC1 vs. TC2 vs. TC3 and so on, so that I am correctly spreading my bets to the proper advantage at that particular TC. Thanks in...

I see a case for playing rated in NJ that might be different from the rest of the country because we can’t be backed off for counting. I find that when I play unrated, I just put a spotlight on myself and they automatically limit me to one hand and a bet spread of 10x. While rated, I’m...