Went to Cyprus again over the weekend, it was a short getaway trip, so I didn’t play much. Some updates below:
Played only at Mercure, where the minimum was $10, nice place and very cool casino, pretty packed too. I lost a couple hundred there and requested loss rebate, but no loss rebate for under $1000 loss/day. Didn’t ask how many % they pay out, but should be between 10-20%.
Rules were 6D, S17, DAS, DOA, ES10, ENHC, no RSA. Pen was around 60%. Hand shuffle took way too much time as the table was full and they burn 5 cards off the top, while giving low pen. So, it’s a pain to play on a full table.
Below are some updates on minimums I saw around. Didn’t play at these places:
Merit Crystal Cove: $15
Cratos Premium: $25
Rocks: $25
Oscar Resort: $10
Also, Cratos had a secluded room (looks like a high-roller room, but it’s not), dedicated to some machines made by a company called “Inorganic”. There was roulette, blackjack, horse racing etc, all community type machines. Played some blackjack there for fun, minimum was 5TL ($3). Checked out the paytables but couldn’t find out if they shuffled the deck each time or not. But just like the blackjack machines in Vegas, you never see a shuffling act, so even if it’s not shuffling after each hand, you don’t know “when” it is shuffling. Also, max bet on these machines was 20TL, so it doesn’t matter much even if you can count
Played only at Mercure, where the minimum was $10, nice place and very cool casino, pretty packed too. I lost a couple hundred there and requested loss rebate, but no loss rebate for under $1000 loss/day. Didn’t ask how many % they pay out, but should be between 10-20%.
Rules were 6D, S17, DAS, DOA, ES10, ENHC, no RSA. Pen was around 60%. Hand shuffle took way too much time as the table was full and they burn 5 cards off the top, while giving low pen. So, it’s a pain to play on a full table.
Below are some updates on minimums I saw around. Didn’t play at these places:
Merit Crystal Cove: $15
Cratos Premium: $25
Rocks: $25
Oscar Resort: $10
Also, Cratos had a secluded room (looks like a high-roller room, but it’s not), dedicated to some machines made by a company called “Inorganic”. There was roulette, blackjack, horse racing etc, all community type machines. Played some blackjack there for fun, minimum was 5TL ($3). Checked out the paytables but couldn’t find out if they shuffled the deck each time or not. But just like the blackjack machines in Vegas, you never see a shuffling act, so even if it’s not shuffling after each hand, you don’t know “when” it is shuffling. Also, max bet on these machines was 20TL, so it doesn’t matter much even if you can count
