The public has proved they care.

There's been far too much touting,blabbing and assuming remarks on the internet about how ploppies dont care about rules and blackjack is on it's way out. This is totally misleading bullshit.

Many newbie and oldie nitwits take pride in this statement by posting such long brilliant theories of why they think this nonsense to be true,-- as a result the others(nitwits) will follow the steps and plagerly blab on.

Many times their pathetic comments will end with a contradicting note of "The only reason why casinos offer good rules is because of competition." However for some reason they dont understand or see the contradictions within their own comments.

Hey nitwits, read your own remark once again:

"Blabbing..ploppies dont care about rules." and then conclude to,

"Competition is the reason casinos offer better rules."

Casino competition has proven ploppies do care and not as stupid as management thought them to be.

While I don't agree with your statement about "nitwits," I do agree that not all players are unaware of the effect of rules. While they may not understand all the nuances, they know that rules like DAS and S17 are better for them. They also know that games with fewer decks are better for the players. The problem is the influx of purely recreational, or perhaps I should say, once a year vacation gamblers, who frequent the casinos. Their standard of judgement has more to do with "well, I won at that casino last year, so it must be a good one," or, "I lost big at that six-deck game at the Mirage, so I'm going to try that new single-deck game next door," without having a clue that it is a 6:5 game or a SF21 game and what that means. Most of them will lose big and not come back to that game, but the steady flow of these occasional gamblers seems to ensure that there will always be fresh fish to fill the seats.

Given enough time, competition should cause casinos to offer better rules. But it seems to me that the trend in Las Vegas, at least on the Strip, is to go for that occasional gambler. So how do you get to the occasional gambler?

Anyone who has leased a car knows that the dealerships like to take what looks like a good deal and wrap it in enough fine print that it becomes a good deal only for them. The casinos do the same thing. The average ploppy wants to play a good game. Unfortunately, the average ploppy doesn't have anywhere near the same knowledge base as the average BJ21 poster. The ploppy's set of criteria for a good game is based on a small set of parameters. Over the years they have learned that single deck is good. Yes it is. The casinos know they have to offer single deck to get a "single deck is good" ploppy in their joint. Here comes the fine print, written clearly on the felt. "BlackJack pays 6 to 5". In a couple of years when all the once a year ploppys come through and get their asses kicked play will drop off. Ploppys will learn that 6 to 5 blackjack is bad. The casinos will come up with some new fine print.

Hip Hop

As long as there are casinos in the downtown area and "locals" casinos, there will be some decent games. If you are visiting and don't have a lot of BJ knowledge, are you going to go to a dark, dank, smokey, and somewhat nasty place like the Horseshoe or El Cortez? Of course not, you will play in a comfortable, clean place on the strip. The downtown casinos and locals joints like Jerry's Nugget know they have to offer a halfway decent game or nobody will show up. They know they are going to attract APs, but they still manage to profit. Lately I have been doing well with the $5, 2D games at 4 Queens. No heat at all.

that 2 deck game at 4 Queens usually has real crappy pen.