Death of 3-2 Single-Deck Blackjack

I visited downtown Las Vegas this evening and was saddened to see no more 3-2 single-deck blackjack at the El Cortez. A dealer confirmed they no longer offer the game at any time. I then went to the Four Queens, where I recall said game with a mandated side bet before. Said game was no longer there.

Thus, I think we can write the death certificate on what was once the gold standard of blackjack rules. Can anyone think of a casino that still offers the game I'm omitting from consideration?

The question for the poll is which is your favorite of the Seven Dwarves?

Sleazy.

The single deck game just attracts card counters who are then booted. It's amazing there's any players left. But the real problem is the greed of the casinos and the labor shortage and the tourists are gone.

The 4Q used to have a decent game, long long ago when the Western was still there. Not for a long time. El Cortez got rid of it a while back too, probably when that infamous but respected counter-catcher employed there passed.

But you can still get the game! The Riverside in Laughlin deals it, lots of tables. They will shuffle up on you with any bet variation more than 2X. You can read between the lines how to play that. Reno still has some playable SD games, but none with the good double-on-anything rules. Wendover is the place to go if you really want to play SD, but that can get crowded, and it's difficult to get to unless you are in northern Utah. They also don't have the good 0.15% HE rules anymore, with the doubling on anything and resplitting aces.

All things considered, I like SD but it's never been my favorite for profit because it's too configuration dependent. Hard to make any money with more than 3 hands in the game and the way they manage the tables full these days, good luck finding a table with less than 4 hands. I'll take a deeply dealt 6D game with late surrender, please!

Dwarves! That's an interesting question to toss out there. You played D&D, didn't you?

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The 4Q used to have a decent game, long long ago when the Western was still there. Not for a long time. El Cortez got rid of it a while back too, probably when that infamous but respected counter-catcher employed there passed.

But you can still get the game! The Riverside in Laughlin deals it, lots of tables. They will shuffle up on you with any bet variation more than 2X. You can read between the lines how to play that. Reno still has some playable SD games, but none with the good double-on-anything rules. Wendover is the place to go if you really want to play SD, but that can get crowded, and it's difficult to get to unless you are in northern Utah. They also don't have the good 0.15% HE rules anymore, with the doubling on anything and resplitting aces.

All things considered, I like SD but it's never been my favorite for profit because it's too configuration dependent. Hard to make any money with more than 3 hands in the game and the way they manage the tables full these days, good luck finding a table with less than 4 hands. I'll take a deeply dealt 6D game with late surrender, please!

Dwarves! That's an interesting question to toss out there. You played D&D, didn't you?

Why I guessed that

The spelling "dwarves" was coined by Tolkien and being D&D had a lot of Tolkien references in most game universes, people of the age and background where you played it tend to spell it that way. Disney called them "dwarfs." I prefer "dwarves" myself. It also works better as a verb, we tend to soften consonants in verbs.

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Dwarf is for realistic and scientific purposes. Dwarfism is the very real condition of short humans with diminutive limbs like Herve Villachaize.

Traditional fairy tales like snow white also use dwarf.

Tolkien claimed he misspelled it as Dwarves but ended up keeping the term. Dwarves is now used in modern fantasy settings like LOTR, D&D and Warhammer.

Dwarfs are humans with a specific physical condition; Dwarves are members of a separate, warlike species.
Dwarfs can breed with the rest of the human race; there is no evidence of there being any offspring from a breeding of humans and dwarves.

Grumpy = too much speed
Dopey = ounce of indicus a day
sneezy = big pile of coke
sleepy = too many quaaludes
doc = the connection
bashful = closet alcoholic
happy = same sex partner

I just couldn't resist...

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Grumpy = too much speed
Dopey = ounce of indicus a day
sneezy = big pile of coke
sleepy = too many quaaludes
doc = the connection
bashful = closet alcoholic
happy = same sex partner

I just couldn't resist...
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Which raises the question: if the seven dwarfs you are roommates with were female what seven names would you want them to have? Here's my first pass:

Bikini
Elfin
Skanky
Quiet
Naughty
Nerdy
Flat-head*

* its an old joke, I hope I don't have to reveal the reason

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...Dwarfs can breed with the rest of the human race...
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Oh. You saw that movie too.

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Sleazy.
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There was also Grabby dwarf. But he wasn't allowed anywhere near Snow White while unsupervised.