CURRENT BLACKJACK NEWS Sep 2019 Published Monthly Since 1979
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CURRENT BLACKJACK NEWS Sep 2019 Published monthly since 1979. ISSN 1081-2636 Price per year: $109 (on BJ21.com). Single issue $17. Published by BJ21.com -- email: [email protected] Las Vegas Hooters has been sold to an India-based hotel company. The property will be become OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, with work to begin in the middle of September. Orleans removed its six-deck games. Palace Station added two high-limit six deckers featuring the dealer standing on soft 17. NV: Mesquite Casablanca removed its six-deck game. Eureka worsened six-deck penetration. Virgin River improved six-deck penetration. NV: Wendover All five casinos downgraded all single-deck games to double on 9, 10, 11 only. Red Garter and Wendover Nugget improved penetration and increased their table maximums. IN: French Lick French Lick's main casino is scheduled to go to non-smoking sometime in September. MI: Detroit Motor City downgraded all its $15 minimum eight deckers to 6:5. MN: Cass Lake Palace has been rebranded as Cedar Lakes. NJ: Atlantic City Caesars properties promo of 10 times Reward Credits on Friday and Sunday 3 PM to 7 PM, indefinitely. Golden Nugget's online casino, GoldenNuggetCasino.com's sign-up bonus matches initial deposits up to $1000. Ocean Resort is running a loss rebate promotion for new player club members; first-day day losses of $50 to $500 will be reimbursed as future free play; table game and video poker play do not qualify. The player must return twice to use the free play. The promotion runs until December 31, 2019. Resorts sports book is running a promotion of a free bet for new accounts; the accounts can be opened on site by residents of any state, and bets in the casino can be made from residents by any state, but online bets are only for New Jersey residents. The free bet is for an amount equal to the initial bet, up to $250, and is credited to the account 24 hours after making the initial bet. Duration of promo is indefinite. OH: Cincinnati area Hollywood in Lawrenceburg IN removed Spanish 21. 1 OR: Lincoln City Chinook Winds removed its double deck but added two 3:2 single decks. PA: Philadelphia SugarHouse's online casino, PlaySugarHouse.com's sign-up bonus matches initial deposits up to $250. WA: Olympia area Red Wind in Yelm improved penetration at all games. WA: Seattle area Muckleshoot in Auburn no longer offers double deck. Canada BC: Vancouver Parq improved six-deck penetration. Notes for Lists of Casinos A change from last report is denoted by a plus, minus, or asterisk in the left margin. Plus means a change most would consider to be for the better, and minus means a change most would consider to be for the worse. An asterisk means a change that cannot generally be described as for the better or for the worse. The “tables” columns show total tables with the specific rules delineated in the "rules" column, usually adding together tables of different minimums and maximums within that rule set. Some tables might have been closed when the reporter visited. The “edge” columns show the percent advantage the casino has over a basic-strategy player. The “cut” columns show the number of decks yet unseen when the dealer is undecided on whether to shuffle or deal another round/where the cut card is inserted if one is used. The “min” columns show usual minimum bets; the actual minimums might be lower on weekdays and higher during the busiest hours. The “max” columns show usual maximum bets; the actual maximums might be lower on weekdays and higher during the busiest hours. The “rules” columns show deviations from: BJ pays 3:2; one bet lost to a dealer’s BJ; the dealer does not look at the hole card; you may double down on any two cards but not after splitting; you may split any pair; you may resplit any pair except aces to make up to four hands; split aces receive one card each; insurance; and no surrender. The Key to Rules begins four pages before the final page of this issue. We do not list 6:5 games, continuous shuffling machine games, and most other carnival games. "Database participant" means the casino is known or reasonably believed to be an active participant in one or more outside databases of law-abiding but unwelcome skilled patrons, in addition to its internal corporate database. Copyright © 2019 by BJ21.com This information is for your private use. Resale of any of it in any form without written permission from BJ21.com is prohibited. 2 Las Vegas Sep 2019 casino tables edge decks cut min max rules Aliante (Boyd), 7300 Aliante Pkwy. Aliante 16 0.40 2 0.6 5 500 h17,ds,nm,sc Aliante 1 0.63 6 1.2 5 500 h17,ds Aria (MGM), 3730 Las Vegas Blvd S. Aria: DD penetration set by notch. Shoe penetration varies by dealer. Quick to back off. Aria 3 0.19 2 0.7 100 10000 s17,ds,shoe Aria 6 0.26 6 1.5 100 10000 s17,ds,ls,rsa Aria 9 0.46 6 1.5 25 10000 h17,ds,ls,rsa Arizona Charlie’s Decatur (Golden), 740 S. Decatur. Arizona Charlie’s Decatur 2 0.40 2 0.8 5 500 h17,ds,nm Arizona Charlie’s Decatur 3 0.56 6 2.0 5 500 h17,ds,rsa Bally’s (CEC), 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S. Bally’s: $500 max aggregate bet on mid entry. Bally’s 2 0.53 2 1.0 25 3000 h17,nm,sc Bally’s 2 0.33 6 1.2 50 3000 s17,ds,ls Bally’s 6 0.56 8 1.2 10 5000 h17,ds,ls Bellagio (MGM), 3600 Las Vegas Blvd S. Bellagio: Big bets abound. Notches vary by table. Bellagio 6 0.19 2 0.7 100 10000 s17,ds,shoe Bellagio 10 0.26 6 1.5 50 10000 s17,ds,ls,rsa Bellagio 4 0.46 6 1.5 25 10000 h17,ds,ls,rsa Bighorn, 3016 E. Lake Mead Blvd. Bighorn 3 0.25 6 1.4 5 100 h17,ds,d3,ls,rsa3,ur,nms Boulder Station (STN), 4111 Boulder Hwy. Boulder Station : DD & 6D penetration set by notch. Quick to back off at any stakes. * Boulder Station 7 0.40 2 0.5 5 500 h17,ds,nm,sc Boulder Station 1 0.40 2 0.5 5 500 h17,ds,nm,shoe * Boulder Station 1 0.63 6 1.2 5 500 h17,ds Caesars Palace (CEC), 3570 Las Vegas Blvd S. Caesars Palace: Penetration varies by dealer. Caesars Palace 2 0.40 2 1.0 200 10000 h17,ds,sc Caesars Palace 6 0.26 6 1.3 100 10000 s17,ds,ls,rsa Caesars Palace 12 0.54 6 1.5 15 10000 h17,ds,ls California (Boyd) 12 Ogden Ave. California 14 0.53 2 0.9 5 1000 h17,sc Cannery (Boyd), 2121 E. Craig Rd. Cannery: Penetration varies by dealer and limits at DD. mid entry restricted to table minimum. Cannery 10 0.40 2 0.6 5 1000 h17,ds,nm,sc Cannery 2 0.63 6 1.5 5 1000 h17,ds Circus Circus (MGM), 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S. Circus Circus: Penetration varies by dealer. Circus Circus 2 0.40 2 0.9 10 1000 h17,ds,shoe Club Fortune, 725 S. Race Track Rd., Henderson Club Fortune: BJ opens at 1600 M-Th, 1400 F-Su. Penetration varies by dealer. Club Fortune 2 0.40 2 0.6 5 100 h17,ds,nm,sc Club Fortune 1 0.56 6 1.5 3 100 h17,ds,rsa Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd S. Cosmopolitan: Database participant. Beware of overzealous security. Cosmopolitan 4 0.28 8 0.5 100 10000 s17,ds,ls,rsa Cosmopolitan 4 0.49 8 0.5 25 5000 h17,ds,ls,rsa Cromwell (CEC), 3595 Las Vegas Blvd S. Cromwell: $500 max aggregate bet on mid entry. Cromwell 6 0.53 2 0.7 25 3000 h17,nm,sc Cromwell 3 0.54 6 1.5 100 10000 h17,ds,ls 3 Las Vegas Sep 2019 casino tables edge decks cut min max rules * Cromwell 10 0.56 8 1.2 10 3000 h17,ds,ls D Las Vegas, 301 E. Fremont St D Las Vegas: Penetration varies by dealer. Database participant. Same owners as Golden Gate. D Las Vegas 1 0.40 2 1.0 50 5000 h17,ds D Las Vegas 2 0.66 8 2.0 25 5000 h17,ds D Las Vegas 8 0.66 8 1.0 3 5000 h17,ds Downtown Grand, 206 N. 3rd St. Downtown Grand: $200 max aggregate bet on mid entry. * Downtown Grand 2 0.40 2 0.7 25 1000 h17,ds,nm,sc Downtown Grand 4 0.46 6 1.0 5 2000 h17,ds,ls,rsa Eastside Cannery (Boyd), 5255 Boulder Hwy. + Eastside Cannery: BJ closed 0300-1100 M-F, 0300-0900 Sa-Su. Penetration varies by dealer. Eastside Cannery 4 0.40 2 0.8 5 500 h17,ds,sc El Cortez (IKE), 600 E. Fremont St. El Cortez: Quick to back off. Sweats green action. El Cortez 6 0.18 1 0.5 5 500 h17,shoe El Cortez 7 0.40 2 0.7 5 1000 h17,ds,shoe Ellis Island, 4250 Koval Lane Ellis Island: toke. Free microbrews for players. Ellis Island 6 0.66 8 1.5 5 300 h17,ds Encore (WYNN), 3121 Las Vegas Blvd S.