"good" Vegas games

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13Counter

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We are going to Vegas next week....anybody know where any good games are at? I know the Mirage has 6D, S17...anything better? Thanks.
 
Lonesome Gambler

Lonesome Gambler

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If you're looking for 6D S17, you're going to be playing $25 or higher, and there are quite a few games that stack up. All (or most of) the MGM properties have good $25 min games. You should be getting at the very least 4.5/6D S17 DAS RSA LS. In fact, you won't have much trouble finding this all over the strip if you're strictly betting quarters/black.
 
moo321

moo321

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johndoe said:
Yep. MC has lousy games now. Sometimes a single S17 $25+ table, that's it.
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I don't know if I'd say lousy. They were cutting a little over a deck off. Mediocre might be a better term.
 
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13Counter

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Binon's

So Binon's had one single deck table, 10 bucks min, 3:2...about 60 percent pent.

not too bad of a game...
 
kewljason

kewljason

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13Counter said:
So Binon's had one single deck table, 10 bucks min, 3:2...about 60 percent pent.

not too bad of a game...
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Try spreading anything bigger than 1-2 on that Binions game and see how long you last. :eek: Play a larger unit than $10, 1-2 spread wont be tolerated.
 
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13Counter

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Yea, I ran into that since I started out with 100 bucks and cashed out with 700 in 3 hours. Yea they tried to stop me a couple times when I increased my bet from 10 bucks to 100. But the pit boss was nice enough not to back me off, they were talking about me though..

I take it you got heat from there?
 
kewljason

kewljason

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13Counter said:
Yea, I ran into that since I started out with 100 bucks and cashed out with 700 in 3 hours. Yea they tried to stop me a couple times when I increased my bet from 10 bucks to 100. But the pit boss was nice enough not to back me off, they were talking about me though..

I take it you got heat from there?
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You spread $10 to $100 for 3 hours?? :eek: I seem to wear out my welcome after about 15 minutes with a much smaller spread. :confused:
 
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13Counter

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it helped that my girl was with me and she was talking up the pit boss and I was playing the part of someone who didn't know bj that well...like should i split 8's against a dealer 6...hahhaha
 
kewljason

kewljason

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13Counter said:
it helped that my girl was with me and she was talking up the pit boss and I was playing the part of someone who didn't know bj that well...like should i split 8's against a dealer 6...hahhaha
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I've always found that "playing dumb" act almost meaningless. May buy you a extra minute or two with the pit, but when being evaluted from above, they can't hear a word you say, and more importantly don't care. Asking if I should split 8's or hit on 16 vs 10 or take insurance is almost irrelevent. Doesn't matter what you say, what matters is what you do. Kind of like trying to talk your way out of a back off or barring. Words just don't matter.
 
JulieCA

JulieCA

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Ugh - I am in Las Vegas now and OMG - what has happened here!?

You have to play the higher limit tables to get any kind of a decent game and since I'm still not up to par on counting, I'm not ready for high-limit. I'm almost glad I had to bring work with me so I don't have as much time to play. It's a wasteland out here.

I'll clarify that we're staying at Caesar's and my time limitation is such that I don't have much spare time to spend going downtown (up and down Fremont Street) looking for a better game, or up and down the strip. Every casino I've been in close to Caesar's is playing 8D shoe and 6:5 BJ. O'Shea's no longer plays DD.

Binions/4Queens - paying 6:5 on BJ on all the tables I saw.

Places paying 3:2 BJ are taking it away in other ways - no DAS, no splitting aces, only allowing 2 splits.

Any bets on whether they'll stay greedy even when the economy improves?
 
Jack_Black

Jack_Black

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kewljason said:
I've always found that "playing dumb" act almost meaningless. May buy you a extra minute or two with the pit, but when being evaluted from above, they can't hear a word you say, and more importantly don't care. Asking if I should split 8's or hit on 16 vs 10 or take insurance is almost irrelevent. Doesn't matter what you say, what matters is what you do. Kind of like trying to talk your way out of a back off or barring. Words just don't matter.
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I really don't think there are too many places that evaluate you from above. From the sounds of it, MGM joints seem to do it the most since most people complain about getting barred after 1 short session. I was at el cortez few weeks ago playing DD for 5 hours straight and I didn't get even get an eyebrow raise. Maybe because I was playing low limits? but I was playing $10 to 2 hands of $50. I got check play a lot, but the PCs didn't really think it was an amount to worry about. I played pretty long sessions at plaza and fremont and didn't get too much heat. although what probably helped me at fremont was that I was really drunk(reaaally drunk) and it was 4am. I kept accurate hi opt1 asc count and was spreading $5-$100 on DD!! I kept swaying around and the PC asked if I wanted a player's card. I said YES I WANT A CARD!! NOW!! I was pretty obnoxious, and he asked if I had ID and I asked if he was a cop. amazingly, he gave me a card without ID!

I am the drunken master card counter!
 
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