From: murphy@rock.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Re: Trip report Foxwood Conn. - Clarifications on BJ etc..
Date: 23 Jul 92 19:29:44 GMT
Reply-To: murphy@rock.enet.dec.com ()
Distribution: usa
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation



|> 
|> So I hung around the $5 table for about half an hour until it was my
|> turn to play.  It was during this half hour that I learned about what
|> I think they called "back betting" where you can place a bet on somebody
|> who is playing.  That is why the $2 tables were so crouded, they were 
|> betting three deep.  
|> 
|> So I sat down, 6 decks, (I think) and they dealt about %80.  DAS, one card
|> on split A's, resplitting, DOA, and there was over/under side bet.
    EIGHT Decks, if you were at a $5 table.  Only the $25 min and up have six 
    decks.  I don't remember being able to re-split.  This is a goofy place.
    First place I have seen that makes you actually insure the blackjack,
    wait for the hand to be played, then pays off the appropriate bet, rather
    than just offering "even money"

|> There were lots of poker games, and lots of empty tables, but I noticed most
|> were $6/$12 holdem.

   They have a lot of $1-5 stud tables - see below.

|> I did not have a chance to check into the food but heard it was ok.
|> 
|> What I did notice were lots of bad blackjack players.  Nobody at the 
|> table was playing basic stradigy.  One woman who says she drives 110 miles
|> three times a week to play was close, others were not ever close.

   The poker players at the $1-5 stud are worse. The worst players I have
   ever seen.  If you have the goods, expect a $100 or more pot.  Nobody
   folds.  So sometimes someone does a miracle fill on the river, but most 
   often you collect all there red chips and rake it in.  50 cent ante, 
   house takes half the ante.  Another dollar at $30 and $40, so they cut
   is deep unless the pot is big.  At $100 it is still 4%, but the skill of
   your opponents makes up for it.  But if you get on a table with good players,
   don't stay too long, because the house will be the main winner in a game
   of equally skilled players.

|> Also there was very little tipping, however the dealer said she was making
|> good money, more then she could make anywhere else.  Tips were shared
|> so she did not really care when she got a tip.  The dealer also made lots
|> of mistakes, but never in my favor.  The pit critters were watching very
|> closely and caught several mistakes.

   There are some real shitty dealers here, very dumb.  They imported pit
   men from AC, but only a few dealers, and I think the better ones are
   dealing poker.  This makes sense in some ways, not in others.  If I am a 
   casino, I want good dealers on blackjack, so they aren't losing my money.
   But you need a skilled, intelligent, confident dealer to handle a poker
   game which has more complexities than the cut and dried blackjack rules.
   I think they are trying to run good poker games because it is a drawing
   card for their casino, since AC is not running poker.  
   
   Last time out we (the table of unrelated people) took a BJ dealer for
   around $300.  Sometimes she would take a push, and not know how much when
   we protested, and put $15 where $10 stood.  Once, my $10 (two red) bet
   was paid with $30 (red on green).  The best, though was her inability to
   count.  First base had a four card 17 to dealers 18, and said, "a push
   is better than a kick in the rear", thinking he had 18.  She announced
   a push when she came around and the pit man stopped her.  This announced
   to us she was subject to suggestion.  So with $100 out (big $ for the same
   1st base) the same situation came up.  I said "at least you pushed"
   he said, "yeah, big bet", and the money stayed.  They are trying to remove
   the bad dealers, but they are having a labor shortage and a player glut.
   Wonder what will happen when the second casino opens.
    
   BTW, they are also running a horse book out of here now, and still none
   of those obnoxious slots (Yesssss!!)
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