Hollywood Casino in KCK

Sorry for the double posts, not my fault, and can't figure out how to zap the duplicates.

I played twice at the Hollywood casino in Aurora, IL.... Total Dump IMO, dumpy area & dumpy property. I won about 500 playing $15 BJ and my spread was all over the place, I refused the player card offer and they certainly didn't sweat me or my buddy who took home about 800 sitting next to me. We play perfect BS, he counts and he even doubled on 5-3 vs the dealer 6. Not a peep

The next time I returned they gave me "heat" but it was at the craps table. My first turn with the dice the boxman bitched that I was setting them, I think I made two points and sevened out. Waiting for the dice to come around I pretty much only bet a few inside numbers and come bets and hardways for the boys. Next turn with the dice I made 8 points, 5 of them unique... I f-ing crushed them and the guy next to me was only betting green and black and pressing. The box didn't say squat about setting this time around and the pit came by to watch as well. I rolled for about 30-35 minutes-I netted about $600 on a $100 buy in starting at 27 across and 3x. The guy next to me made about 8k. When I finally gave up the dice the boxman told me it was the best roll he had seen in a few weeks and congratulated me. I colored up and left. In my opinion there isn't much heat beyond maybe trying to get in your head with a comment if they can. Plus the table only had 6 folks when I started and maybe 12-14 jammed in when I finished and plenty of field and hardway betters. They love it when a good roll fills up a table or a whooping it up BJ table draws em in.
Don't be a puss- set the mark if you are that good Lil' Wiz!!

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I said "no action whatever" and that would include early shuffles, etc.

What the heck is early about shuffling every hand? Earlier than 2? No matter how many hands you play, when you do shuffle then it's earlier than having played even 1 more hand. There wouldn't even be a cut card. No need. How can shuffling after every hand be an action against either the player or dealer? What could be fairer than not making you ever have to enter a hand with good or bad count?
I think early shuffle means shuffling when it's in the casino's best interest.

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But the HE is .38%, DA2, DAS, NS, HIT S17. I actually can't remember if they let you resplit Aces; if they do, that would reduce HE to .33%

They do not allow RSA. .38% is about as good of BJ that you are going to get in the Midwest. And if I recall, the spread is 20x table min (25-500). And as you said, poor penetration. That's why my initial post said it was a decent (not great) game. Decent in the Midwest is anything less than .50% with perfect BS.

And back to the original question... Hollywood Casino will not give you even that game. You MIGHT MIGHT get a High limit, 6-deck, S17, No RSA, DAS, DA2 game, but their cutoff will be 2 decks guaranteed.

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They do not allow RSA. .38% is about as good of BJ that you are going to get in the Midwest. And if I recall, the spread is 20x table min (25-500). And as you said, poor penetration. That's why my initial post said it was a decent (not great) game. Decent in the Midwest is anything less than .50% with perfect BS.

And back to the original question... Hollywood Casino will not give you even that game. You MIGHT MIGHT get a High limit, 6-deck, S17, No RSA, DAS, DA2 game, but their cutoff will be 2 decks guaranteed.

I think the table max at Argosy KC is around $1500, not positive tho. As of February, the Pile of Debris in KC lets you resplit aces in their DD game, so that with the same other rules as Argosy that would be .33% H.E., and everyone in KC's DD pen except Argosy is way better than 50%.

Quote: Tiltpoul

They do not allow RSA. .38% is about as good of BJ that you are going to get in the Midwest. And if I recall, the spread is 20x table min (25-500). And as you said, poor penetration. That's why my initial post said it was a decent (not great) game. Decent in the Midwest is anything less than .50% with perfect BS.

And back to the original question... Hollywood Casino will not give you even that game. You MIGHT MIGHT get a High limit, 6-deck, S17, No RSA, DAS, DA2 game, but their cutoff will be 2 decks guaranteed.

I think the table max at Argosy KC is around $1500, not positive tho. As of February, the Pile of Debris in KC lets you resplit aces in their DD game, so that with the same other rules as Argosy that would be .33% H.E., and everyone in KC's DD pen except Argosy is way better than 50%.

Quote: JuniorWiz

I think the table max at Argosy KC is around $1500, not positive tho. As of February, the Pile of Debris in KC lets you resplit aces in their DD game, so that with the same other rules as Argosy that would be .33% H.E., and everyone in KC's DD pen except Argosy is way better than 50%.

Now I could see Isle being a "sweat the money" joint. When I visited in July (I used to live there and was visiting some friends), I was actually impressed with Isle's ATTEMPT to be a legit table games operation. They really upped the quantity of Double Deck games and got rid of some carnival games (which I believe included TCP!)

However, single deck (6:5) is re-emerging as an option in KC, as both Harrah's and Isle had tables. But Kansas will have different rules I'm sure.

Quote: Tiltpoul

Now I could see Isle being a "sweat the money" joint. When I visited in July (I used to live there and was visiting some friends), I was actually impressed with Isle's ATTEMPT to be a legit table games operation. They really upped the quantity of Double Deck games and got rid of some carnival games (which I believe included TCP!)

However, single deck (6:5) is re-emerging as an option in KC, as both Harrah's and Isle had tables. But Kansas will have different rules I'm sure.

KC Isle and Harrah's single deck 6:5 games have been around at least 17 months, maybe much longer for all I know. Isle eliminated $15 DD in February and replaced with $25, so only difference is there are now two $25s rather than one $15 and one $15.

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Sorry for the double posts, not my fault, and can't figure out how to zap the duplicates.

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