Blackjack tables in Atlantic City

Quote: dlevinelaw

I'll be in A/C on a Wednesday morning. Where would I have the best chance of finding $5 Blackjack, ANY blackjack switch, or $5 craps? Any $3 games?

Thanks

No 3 dollar table games in AC except for the $2 blackjack they added at Resorts, but there's like a 50c fee. I have never seen blackjack switch at any AC property in the many years I've been gaming there. I wonder if it's even been approved by the NJCCC. I agree that Wild Wild West is your best chance at $5 Craps. There is only 1 table there, and it's one of my favorites in the city. Always a great crew. I remember after a long roll several years ago, (I had been setting the dice) the box said "Wow, we don't get many like you here!" I said "What does that mean?" and they said "Someone who knows what they're doing!"
The best kept secret for $5 blackjack I believe has been outed, and it was a pretty good idea that someone should recreate. I remember this back when poker wasn't popular and in AC the most common spread game was 7 Card Stud, which I used to play. Bally's had (has?) their poker room on the 5th floor, separated from the rest of the casino by quite a bit of space. So they had about 3-4 blackjack tables, $5 min, in the poker room by the waiting list so you could play some low limit blackjack while you waited for your poker table. Thing was, they never checked to make sure you were on the poker waiting list, so everyone that knew would just go up there to play. I don't know if they are still there, because it's been several years since I've played in the their poker room or cared to find a $5 table at blackjack (and like I said, it was out of the way, you'd never know about it unless you knew about it). But next time someone's at Bally's, see if they're still there!

Quote: cclub79

Yes, in fact the chips in the main Bally's casino have the "Wild Wild West" Motif, with Wagon Wheels and such.

The must have changed chips since I played there. The two sides of the Bally's chip I have are shown in the images below. Do the chips used at Wild Wild West actually say "Wild Wild West" or "Bally's"? Same for theRidge, which I have never been to.

Yes, those are the ones I meant. I didn't mean they said Wild Wild West, but that they had Western type stuff (the guns, wagon wheels, etc). My bad, but those are the ones in use at WWW and throughout Ballys.

Thanks for the info.

Quote: cclub79

No 3 dollar table games in AC except for the $2 blackjack they added at Resorts, but there's like a 50c fee.

Unless they changed it, it's $2 with a 25¢ fee per hand, which is still overpriced. I've never played it, but I DON'T think you pay a second fee to split pairs.

Quote: cclub79

Bally's had (has?) their poker room on the 5th floor, separated from the rest of the casino by quite a bit of space. So they had about 3-4 blackjack tables, $5 min, in the poker room by the waiting list so you could play some low limit blackjack while you waited for your poker table.

I've been going To Bally's for poker for about 2 years. The poker room is upstairs where you suggest, but I've never seen BJ there. It DOES make sence since it is so far out of the way. The only diversion while waiting is the racebook - a relatively large size book at that. And a small bar, TVs, etc.

Quote: teddys

It's H17 across AC. (The Tropicana, which was the last holdout at S17, dumped it recently). $25 will buy you a S17 six deck game at Caesars and Harrah's Marina, and maybe some other places. Limits generally $15, $10 at some of the lower rent places like theRidge at Bally's. You can get a $5 game at Resorts and Trump Marina at off times, and 24/7 at a very crowded table at Showboat (my choice). Trump Marina often has a $5 Spanish 21 game with the good rules.

Not true. Borgata is all S17. They always have at least one $5 and a few $10 games in the mix.

You're right. I thought about Borgata just after I posted that.

Quote: teddys

You're right. I thought about Borgata just after I posted that.

I haven't been recently, but people are reporting on other forums that the Borgata has slowly started switching to 8deck H17 on the main floor. I hope it's not true, but considering Trump and Harrah's only offer 8d H17, why beat them when you can join them <sarcasm on>

-B

There is really no reason for the casinos to offer S17. Most players don't know the difference (or they think it's better for the player!). The change can make casinos hundreds of thousands more per year per table with little or no player backlash.

For now, Borgata is the best place to play blackjack in A.C.

Quote: teddys

There is really no reason for the casinos to offer S17. Most players don't know the difference (or they think it's better for the player!). The change can make casinos hundreds of thousands more per year per table with little or no player backlash.

For now, Borgata is the best place to play blackjack in A.C.

The S17 is becoming increasingly rare at the $25 tables. It is a small player advantage to give back to persuade player to go up to $50 or $100 minimum tables.

Only Monte Carlo still has a single $10 table that uses the S17 rule. Binion's has S17 on a $3 table with 6:5. Frankly I don't get that one since anyone who knows that S17 is better than H17 knows not to play on a 6:5 table.

It's like the bar top machines that give you a six card Charlie but pay no bonus at all for a blackjack.