Need help from Sparks and Reno players

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pawnbroker

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Hi,I am going to reno / sparks this weekend and have never played there.I will only be there for two days and want to know what the best places to play are.best all around.i like dd.I am looking for the best pen as well as the best rules.Any help will be great.I just dont want to waste the little time i have running around trying to find it on my own.I want to get as much playing time in as i can.Thanks in advance.
 
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nc-tom

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pawnbroker said:
Hi,I am going to reno / sparks this weekend and have never played there.I will only be there for two days and want to know what the best places to play are.best all around.i like dd.I am looking for the best pen as well as the best rules.Any help will be great.I just dont want to waste the little time i have running around trying to find it on my own.I want to get as much playing time in as i can.Thanks in advance.
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The places I like up in that area PB are, in Sparks The silver club. In reno Boomtown late night early morning. The Sienna anytime. circus Circus noon to 8pm shift look for the old white dealers (they give much better pen!) avoid young asian and hispanic dealers. Peppermill again late night or early morning. Only 2 decker I see is at the sands. Bad rules but if you play late morning or early afternoon one on one the game can be gotten. at the sands look fot male dealers again better pen. hope that helps.:)
 
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jetace

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The Best rules you'll find in the area are at a little place called the Alamo which is on the outskirt of Sparks. The only game they have is SD, DA2, LS. There is usually a $10 min. table that is always empty, because the truckers that play usually stick to the $3 or $5 tables. So you can get great heads up play with decent penetration. The only problem is there is only 3 tables, so if wonging is part of your technique you won't have much variety.

Silver Club, Rail City, Peppermill, and Atlantis all have the same rules without the LS, but Atlantis only has one table with those rules and they are usually full. They do have a decent double deck at Atlantis with the lucky ladies side game if that is your bag.

Good Luck!!!
 
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nc-tom

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jetace said:
The Best rules you'll find in the area are at a little place called the Alamo which is on the outskirt of Sparks. The only game they have is SD, DA2, LS. There is usually a $10 min. table that is always empty, because the truckers that play usually stick to the $3 or $5 tables. So you can get great heads up play with decent penetration. The only problem is there is only 3 tables, so if wonging is part of your technique you won't have much variety.

Silver Club, Rail City, Peppermill, and Atlantis all have the same rules without the LS, but Atlantis only has one table with those rules and they are usually full. They do have a decent double deck at Atlantis with the lucky ladies side game if that is your bag.

Good Luck!!!
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Thanks Jetace I have never heard of that place. Will check it out on my next visit
 
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pawnbroker

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couple more questions.

is see that there arent a lot of dd games in sparks.is this right and should i play in reno for double deck.and i am staying at the downtown harris.shpuld i rent a car.
 
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nc-tom

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pawnbroker said:
is see that there arent a lot of dd games in sparks.is this right and should i play in reno for double deck.and i am staying at the downtown harris.shpuld i rent a car.
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PB if you want to hit the games outside of downtown you should rent a car. Only DD game I know of is at the Sands. almost all games are 1D D10-11 ins, or 1D da2 ins. Might be more DD games in the high roller pits. Otherwise 6D da2-das, ins.
 
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jetace

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Also watch out for N6:5, the main casinos downtown are incorporating that more and more but don't always display it readily.

If you want the better rules, get a car, all the good games in Sparks are pretty much 1D though.
 
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Cass

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jetace said:
The Best rules you'll find in the area are at a little place called the Alamo which is on the outskirt of Sparks. The only game they have is SD, DA2, LS. There is usually a $10 min. table that is always empty, because the truckers that play usually stick to the $3 or $5 tables. So you can get great heads up play with decent penetration. The only problem is there is only 3 tables, so if wonging is part of your technique you won't have much variety.

Silver Club, Rail City, Peppermill, and Atlantis all have the same rules without the LS, but Atlantis only has one table with those rules and they are usually full. They do have a decent double deck at Atlantis with the lucky ladies side game if that is your bag.

Good Luck!!!
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What are the table limits like? Do they tolerate black chip play?
 
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jetace

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They don't even have black chips, and $100 is the max bet. I don't have the bank roll to have a max bet above $60, so it doesn't much matter to me. But I do think you can play several $100 spots. I haven't gotten any heat betting $50 and below, but I can't speak for the higher play. This is a pretty small joint so they don't get too many high rollers in there.
 
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nc-tom

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Cass said:
What are the table limits like? Do they tolerate black chip play?
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Cass dont know about Alamo have not been there yet.silver club and sienna dont see much black action so would be careful there.
 
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c_st

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Lots of DD games in downtown

nc-tom said:
PB if you want to hit the games outside of downtown you should rent a car. Only DD game I know of is at the Sands. almost all games are 1D D10-11 ins, or 1D da2 ins. Might be more DD games in the high roller pits. Otherwise 6D da2-das, ins.
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I am looking at my CBJN and plenty of DD games to choose from. I prefer Silver Legacy's DD game, but that is my preference.

Good luck.
 
jetace

jetace

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Thanks Sonny,

I'm not sure the benefit of this over Trackjack, as you can view updates and new casinos at the tip of your fingers on Trackjack, where as the journal is one copy and you have to purchase a new one for updates. I saw that there were online journals available but it is about 6 times more spendy than Trackjack.

Anyone tried both? I've had Trackjack for awhile and really enjoy it.
 
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Sonny

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Tom007 said:
Anyone know the URL for track jack?
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Here you go:

http://www.trackjack.com/

I used trackjack a few years ago and really liked it. I liked the fact that you could do may types of searches. You could search the country for specific games rules or search a specific city/state to see what games they offer. Some casinos even had helpful notes and comments from other players.

I have never used CBJN but I can see how it would be helpful in much the same way. I believe CBJN has more recent updates and might be more reliable than TJ, but I think the differences will be minor.

-Sonny-
 
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