hello,
Other than the few Las Vegas locales and Horshshoe-Tunica, are there any single deck 3:2-vegas-rules (no superfun or whatever) games left anywhere in the country or carribean? If so, do decent conditions exist for winning play, like a good number of tables and pits, etc.
thank you for any respones
Reno is still mostly single deck D10. A few places, Siena, P'Mill, Boomtown, Silver Club, Alamo, Carson Nugget, Fandango, Carson Valley Inn, Topaz Lodge, Atlantis, Baldini's, Rail City, have DOA. Most are good for lower stakes play. Laughlin also has some single decks.
was does 'D10' and 'DOA' mean?.....i am a newbie to the forum
D10 means double on 10 or 11 only, DOA is double on any 2 cards.
I have seen the many D10 games downtown Reno like at the Sands among others, but at the larger properties in Reno like Atlantis and the Peppermill, are there a decent amount of DOA 3:2 games available (how many tables on average)? What times of the week?
Also, are there any locations in Reno that offer good DD DAS conditions?
Thank you for your help.
With all due respect if you are asking these questions maybe AP is not for you, however if I ahve jumped the gun and you are just looking for good rules to couple with BS then I apologise.
Good Luck.
With D9, D10, etc. sometimes you can double soft hands (A8, A9), sometime you can't, and sometimes you can but the ace will count as one only (so if you double A8 and catch a 2 you have 11 not 21).
from Qfit's website:
Double down on 10, 11 - Almost universal, this rule allows doubling down on two cards totaling 10 or 11 without using an Ace. On extremely rare occasions, you might find a casino that only allows double down on 11. These games should be avoided as the penalty is .45-.52.
Can someone please set the record straight as to what D10 means. Thank you.
I found the page you mentioned (link below). In terms of those definitions, all I'm saying is you can have D10 (or D9, or D8 or "Double down any hard count") with or without "Double down on soft count". Even with soft doubling, the ace may or may not be allowed to "swing" (Wong mentions this in Basic Blackjack, Andersen gives an account of his run in with this variation in Burning the Tables).
Maybe there's a convention that D10 excludes soft doubling unless otherwise stated. Maybe this is the rule in Reno, where D10 is most common. I am pretty sure, however, that all three variations I mentioned actually exist.
Hope this helps.
The general rule here is D9.Only few casinos have DOA.
D9 includes doubling on A,8 or A,9 and you may even double down on a Blackjack although I have never seen anybody doing it.
The Ace is usually not allowed to swing.So if you double A,8 and get a 2 you will total 11 and not 21.That's why it should only be taken into consideration versus 5 or 6 at very high counts.
Francis Salmon
Other than the few Las Vegas locales and Horshshoe-Tunica
I don't know if you are asking more about Tunica...but you can find SD at Grand and Bally's for $10min(just pay attention at Bally's as they also have Super Fun 21)
There's usually 2(min) tables at Grand, 1 at HS, and 1 at Bally's...ofcourse there are more for higher stakes.
Are all APs born with their knowlege, or do the need to ask questions to learn the craft....don't mean to flame but your comments were a bit condescending...
no that is okay,
i have been a long time veteran on forums concentrating on other hobbies of mine, and i know the occassional rookie can sound like a jackass. Here, i am brand new, and have never (ever) conversed with other AP's. I know of pretty much all games that exist in the blackjack world, i just don't know the abbreviations of such and the internet lingos. I try to figure these things out by observing, but i pretty much started posting the minute i logged on here.
I am very interested in furthering my game.....i play a very old, yet successful, strategy. And i just want to do better at playing blackjack. Although i do consider myself an AP, it is on very narrow margins at best. Again, i am a successful player, and only play to win, that is why i am here.
I don't know the exact defn of an "advantage/advanced player?" but i do play to win, and have done quite well the last three years (after i dropped playing BS only). I am very good at keeping a perfect running and true count, have good discipline (even tho i travel to my destinations, i will ONLY play under perfect conditions when playing seriously), and pocess very good concentration. Altho, i have never been backed off b4 (don't know if that's good or bad). If i am not considered an AP by the standards here, so be it. If that's the case, can't wait to know how much dough i can make once i can become an "AP." Because i do fairly well now :-)
Thank you for your comments, and do not hessitate to correct me on all matters. I need everyone's help to do better.
Peach,
Horseshoe in Bossier City, Louisiana (across the Red River from Shreveport) has ONE five-spot table offering single deck 3:2 BJ with $25-$500 limits. The rules are S17, DOA, DAS, with a penetration of 50%. The only two drawbacks are (1) it is almost impossible to get a spot, particularly on the weekends, and (2) if you DO get a spot, you're likely to get backed off for the venial sin of spreading 2:1, as I've discovered.
Blast away, but don't get comfortable!
Dog Hand
P.S. I previously posted this with the wrong casino name... it is in fact Horseshoe.
On reflection my post could have been deemed condescending, this truly was not my intention, Perhaps in my haste I did not explain myself fully, it was and has never been my intention to upset other posters.
and again, i need all of the help i can get, positive or negative (no pun intended)
feel free to correct if i am ever out of bounds or are in error on BJ judgement
thanks b.e.s.,
peach
