a $7.50 lesson

I was playing at Hollywood in St. Louis. 6 deck with decent penetration. Playing $25 hoping for the count to go positive or looking for a negative count to wong out.

I guess I was not paying attention to other players payouts, but after about 10 hands, I get a blackjack and get paid $30. I said what's going to dealer but before I could even finish, I thought "oh crap- I just played at a 6:5 table".

I think they only have one 6:5 table and minimums are the same as at the regular. I did not think they had any 6:5 and where I have usually seen it is on single deck. Amazingly, there were 3 or 4 players at this table and an empty 3:2 across the casino with same minimums and otherwise same rules.

Always check the print on the table closely and make sure it does not say "blackjack pays 6:5" before placing a bet.

I would not be overly surprised to see vegas moving exclusively to 6/5 BJ games.

... 8-deck, 6:5 games, cut 50%. Very hard to say who are the bigger brain-dead f**king idiots: the casino managers or the players. Virtual dead-heat. There are many more horses' asses in the world than there are horses.

Don

The experience of vegas from gambling mecca to gambling cesspool. Because they can! Still, better than the lotteries.

was my last visit and I was able to find plenty of regular 3:2 blackjack. The Station properties in outskirts I found plenty 3:2 with decent pen. Mostly 3:2 downtown if I remember. I remember Hard Rock had gone almost all 6:5.
I hope it has not deteriorated that much since Sept 2015.