I have a trip planned for next week and in Sanford Wong's Blackjack News (August 2006) lists rules for six deck as follows: 14 Tables, .41, 1.8 Cut, $5-10,000, s17, ds. Is this a fair game to play? Does anyone know if they split their cut cards evenly into discard tray or place directly on top prior to shuffling? Any information would be appreciated. I need enough time to cancel trip reservations or continue with trip.
I recently made a trip (last week) to Hammond, IN area and played at the Horseshoe, Resorts and Majestic Star with a $200 lost trip. I made a few critical bad mistakes and learned a lot from the additional table time playing.
First mistake was greed. I was playing a 6D with similar rules as above and was doing very good until greed took over. I was successfully spreading $15-45 at the Horseshoe until I raised my bet to $75 on a few very high counts and that is when the "not welcome" sign fell upon me. They started early shuffling on me and I new it was time to leave. In addition, twice in a row prior to the $75 high spread I successfully insured two blackjacks in a row and you would have thought a convention of suits was at the table area.
Left winning about $500 and went to Resorts...Since it was only a two day trip I broke a rule of not playing 8 deckers because I wanted action and the only good 6D game was in the H/R room with a $50 min. Too high for me. I played the 8D games and was crushed. In 15-18 shoes I only saw +12 unbalanced count twice and it only lasted one round. Lost the $500 plus an additional $300. Left and went to Majestic Star and same 8D losing continued. I couldn't figure out why so many negative shoes until I watched how the dealer shuffled the cards. They (Resors & Majestic) both place the cut cards directly on top of the discards. They did not evenly distribute throughout. I bitched and the dealer told me they used to do it that way, but management changed the procedure. In three hours not one player who had played for at least one hour left a winner. At 9PM the dealer finally distributed the cut cards evenly thru the discard tray prior to shuffling. The entire table won the shoe. He went back to original rule of placing the entire cut cards on top prior to the deal. I continued to bitch. At 11PM his replacement dealer started and first shuffle he distributed evenly. Table had good shoe. He reverted back to placing entire stack on top. At 12:30am I was getting ready to leave for a early flight out of O'Hara when the pit supervisor came by and I asked him about this policy. He told the dealer to distrubute evenly. He stood their and watched. I was playing a mostly steady $15 entry level bet until my chance came that shoe. The count jumped to +16 unbalanced with about one deck to deal and I placed an $600 bet on the table right in front of the supervisor. They thought I was cashing out and I said play it. The dealer busted and I immediately left the table before they had time to gather all the suits and whoever. For the trip I lost $200, but it could have been a lot worse.
Sorry for the long post, but I will never play a six deck again if they clump their cut cards on top of discard rack without spreading. I want to know if anyone if familiar with the policy at Caesar's Iniana. It's about a half hour from Louisville airport.
Thanks for any information.
-J.P]
I recently made a trip (last week) to Hammond, IN area and played at the Horseshoe, Resorts and Majestic Star with a $200 lost trip. I made a few critical bad mistakes and learned a lot from the additional table time playing.
First mistake was greed. I was playing a 6D with similar rules as above and was doing very good until greed took over. I was successfully spreading $15-45 at the Horseshoe until I raised my bet to $75 on a few very high counts and that is when the "not welcome" sign fell upon me. They started early shuffling on me and I new it was time to leave. In addition, twice in a row prior to the $75 high spread I successfully insured two blackjacks in a row and you would have thought a convention of suits was at the table area.
Left winning about $500 and went to Resorts...Since it was only a two day trip I broke a rule of not playing 8 deckers because I wanted action and the only good 6D game was in the H/R room with a $50 min. Too high for me. I played the 8D games and was crushed. In 15-18 shoes I only saw +12 unbalanced count twice and it only lasted one round. Lost the $500 plus an additional $300. Left and went to Majestic Star and same 8D losing continued. I couldn't figure out why so many negative shoes until I watched how the dealer shuffled the cards. They (Resors & Majestic) both place the cut cards directly on top of the discards. They did not evenly distribute throughout. I bitched and the dealer told me they used to do it that way, but management changed the procedure. In three hours not one player who had played for at least one hour left a winner. At 9PM the dealer finally distributed the cut cards evenly thru the discard tray prior to shuffling. The entire table won the shoe. He went back to original rule of placing the entire cut cards on top prior to the deal. I continued to bitch. At 11PM his replacement dealer started and first shuffle he distributed evenly. Table had good shoe. He reverted back to placing entire stack on top. At 12:30am I was getting ready to leave for a early flight out of O'Hara when the pit supervisor came by and I asked him about this policy. He told the dealer to distrubute evenly. He stood their and watched. I was playing a mostly steady $15 entry level bet until my chance came that shoe. The count jumped to +16 unbalanced with about one deck to deal and I placed an $600 bet on the table right in front of the supervisor. They thought I was cashing out and I said play it. The dealer busted and I immediately left the table before they had time to gather all the suits and whoever. For the trip I lost $200, but it could have been a lot worse.
Sorry for the long post, but I will never play a six deck again if they clump their cut cards on top of discard rack without spreading. I want to know if anyone if familiar with the policy at Caesar's Iniana. It's about a half hour from Louisville airport.
Thanks for any information.
-J.P]
