I just returned from my first visit to Laughlin. I found the area to be very laid back, no traffic problems, inexpensive, decent food and generally friendly dealers, etc. Not like Vegas at all. I played at Flamingo (also stayed there), River Palms. Pioneer, Riverside, Golden Nugget, and Colorado Belle. In general the smaller the joint - the friendlier the people. Comps were easy to get. All of the single deck that I saw was 6:5. I played double deck almsot exclusively. I played one session with a 6 deck shoe. The best double deck in the palces I played was easily at the nugget. Best rules - best penetration. most of the other places were double on 10-11 only and no RSA. I would rank the Flamingo second (good penetration w/ some dealers) and the Palms 3rd. The Colorado Belle was easily the worst rules. You won't find any winners there!
The best session I had was 2 deck at the Flamingo where I was up 600 units in 1.25 hour session. Another AP at the same table was able to play 2 spots and did even better. Interestingly, a lady at first base who asked us what to do on every hand did the best in this session. I now believe she was using the dumb act as cover since she seemed to want to deviate from BS when the count justified it. Could this have been the notorious Victoria at first base?
I flew in to Phoenix and drove there in about 3.5 hours. We don't have double deck games in the midwest and I was surprised by the frequent number of long runs of small cards drawn from 2 decks. Several times I observed runs of 9 or 10 small (2-9) which made my doubles and splits "iffy". Is this typical for 2 deck? I also found it about impossible to shuffle-track the 2 deck game which I can do with the standard 6 deck shuffle. It was an enjoyable trip, I made some money and found the pace much more to my liking.
The best session I had was 2 deck at the Flamingo where I was up 600 units in 1.25 hour session. Another AP at the same table was able to play 2 spots and did even better. Interestingly, a lady at first base who asked us what to do on every hand did the best in this session. I now believe she was using the dumb act as cover since she seemed to want to deviate from BS when the count justified it. Could this have been the notorious Victoria at first base?
I flew in to Phoenix and drove there in about 3.5 hours. We don't have double deck games in the midwest and I was surprised by the frequent number of long runs of small cards drawn from 2 decks. Several times I observed runs of 9 or 10 small (2-9) which made my doubles and splits "iffy". Is this typical for 2 deck? I also found it about impossible to shuffle-track the 2 deck game which I can do with the standard 6 deck shuffle. It was an enjoyable trip, I made some money and found the pace much more to my liking.
