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Southland Park, West Memphis, AR
| January 29th, 2012 at 9:24:53 PM permalink | |
| rdw4potus Member since: Mar 11, 2010 Threads: 57 Posts: 1975 |
I can confirm your count of LA casinos with table games. There's a L'auberge property being built in Baton Rouge (opening late summerish), so you'll have to swing in to get that chip later. "So as the clock ticked and the day passed, opportunity met preparation, and luck happened." - Maurice Clarett |
| January 30th, 2012 at 7:33:55 AM permalink | |
| Doc Member since: Feb 27, 2010 Threads: 21 Posts: 2819 | Aaaccck!!! You mean I'll have to drive all the way back to Louisiana again? Thanks for the confirmation, anyway. |
| February 5th, 2012 at 9:21:16 PM permalink | |
| rdw4potus Member since: Mar 11, 2010 Threads: 57 Posts: 1975 |
Hey Doc, I just remembered something. Cypress Bayou and Shorty's are physically connected, but have separate chips. Be sure you grab one from each. "So as the clock ticked and the day passed, opportunity met preparation, and luck happened." - Maurice Clarett |
| February 6th, 2012 at 6:57:13 AM permalink | |
| Doc Member since: Feb 27, 2010 Threads: 21 Posts: 2819 | Thanks, rdw! I would have missed that completely. I have been getting my leads on casinos in an area from www.casinocity.com, and they only show one casino in that town. After reading your post, I clicked their link to www.cypressbayou.com, where I found references to Cypress Bayou Casino/Shorty's but nothing that really indicated that there were two casinos or gaming under two different names. I'll have to check it out. Heading out tomorrow morning. |
| March 2nd, 2012 at 10:00:43 PM permalink | |
| Tiltpoul Member since: May 5, 2010 Threads: 28 Posts: 1145 | ALRIGHT, FINALLY SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOUTHLAND!!! WOO HOO!!! The casino has gone to using iTables, which uses actual cards, but players make wagers electronically. The dealers still do a bunch of work, but nothing to do with payouts. The system knows what everybody has and pays out accordingly. They still have the old cheques on the table, and when you cash out, that's what they pay you. You can make dealer wagers either directly or as a bet on certain options on the table. They have 8-deck BJ at a lower table min ($5), 6-deck at a higher min ($10) or 2-deck at $15 and $100 max. Rules are H17, split up to 3 times, DAS, Surrender available (I think), two side bets available, Royal Match and Bet the Set. They also have live versions of TCP and UTHE. I played UTHE, as the trips bet is the optimal pay schedule with less than a 1% house edge. Check out my blog, but I hit both a royal AND straight flush while playing this trip, so Southland is getting a glowing review from me! I cashed in for $200, and left with 5 purples and a black! Craps and Roulette are offered, but they are dealer-less and craps is the electronic type where you pretend to throw the dice; I forgot to check odds and mins. The "Lock and Roll" slots are gone, now replaced with traditional style slots, though I'm not sure if they are Class II or III. [Profile updated... more to come] |
| March 3rd, 2012 at 12:00:54 AM permalink | |
| RonC Member since: Jan 18, 2010 Threads: 9 Posts: 371 | They broke ground on a Margaritaville casino up in the Shreveport area (not sure which side of the river it will be on but I am sure someone here knows) so there will be two more reasons to swing through Louisiana for chips coming in the near future. I believe they are looking for a June 2013 opening for Margaritaville... |
| March 3rd, 2012 at 7:52:27 AM permalink | |
| Doc Member since: Feb 27, 2010 Threads: 21 Posts: 2819 |
(Grumble, grumble, %$*$#*^%!**!!) I just made my loop through Louisiana for souvenir chips in February -- a mad dash spending three nights in the state and picking up 14 new chips to add to the three I already had. I sure don't look forward to another drive all the way to Shreveport for a "missing" chip. I did add a missing chip from Vicksburg as I drove through (casino changed names), but what the heck casino would I be driving to that I would pass through Shreveport? There's a dang big casino-less state after that. ("Casino-less" meaning no table games except poker at one spot that's almost in Mexico.) I haven't yet convinced myself that I want to see all the sights and excitement of Oklahoma bad enough to make that loop. I may have misunderstood the "two more reasons." Is Southland Park in Arkansas one of the reasons for going to Louisiana? If I make it to Southland Park, it will be a side excursion on a trip to Tunica. |
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