Xur said:
That was on March 24th, 2009 at 09:37 PM. I confirmed it along with JohnDoe...sry that AM didn't read the correction before he hit the road. I didn't want to seem cool or what not...I was just wondering if the game could be beat...I have done fine there...but we can call that beginner's luck...
read the whole post before u flip ur lid next time please. :joker:
You're right, I stopped reading the thread too soon. Not flipping though, totally my choice to drive out. Very bad casino, not even any VP, just a bunch of granny bashers and those silly BJ machines.
Now... the Twin River game uses a Shufflemaster BJ machine with cash-in, ticket-out, 6/2 pen, H17, LS, DOA, DAS, no resplits, and 7-card charlie.
The big problem is you can't see the shoe or discards at all. So you can't use a true counted system. However, one of the characteristics of unbalanced RC-based systems is that you don't need to see the shoe or discards and you don't even need to start at the beginning of the shoe. All you need to know is when the shoe ends and they shuffle up. You would need to use a RC system on this game, Uston SS would probably be the best one given the game rules but KO or UBZ would work too.
The question... when do they shuffle? There is a video dealer on a screen behind the panels, alternating between two girls and two guys who look like they might not like girls very much. One of the players (who gave me the feeling he knew what he was talking about) told me that when the dealer changes, it's a new shoe. I would have to verify this before I played the game. Maybe somebody here has some info or can contact Shufflemaster- I didn't do any research other than asking this guy playing when they shuffle.
Assuming this is all correct and you can determine the shuffle point, my sims tell me you can make $30-$40 per hundred hands on this game, depending on how aggressive you are. It's a $10 min so you don't want to play any -EV hands at all, and it's easy to see everyone's cards if you are sitting somewhere near the middle of the player's panel. The vouchers are the same as used in the slots so that gives you an opportunity to launder your winnings somewhat. So the game would be playable, especially if you are a local guy with a small $10-15K or so bankroll. Due to the 7-card charlie rule it wouldn't hurt to have the strategy for your 6th card handy, just print it out on a card, it's so rare you will ever have to use it.
