CDean1262
CDean1262
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November 14th, 2025 at 7:33:25 PM permalink
Want to ask the outside world a question. Played at the Golden Nugget in Danville, Illinois recently. Went to play Ultimate Texas Hold Em, and noticed right off the absence of a shuffler and the game being hand shuffled and dealt. When I asked about this, their reply was that quote "we're having trouble with the shufflers." When I inquired about how long this was going on, they replied "2 & 1/2 years.". Right off the dealer does not put out the community cards, but gives me my two cards and directs me to check or bet. This was a huge shocker - then, before he put the first three community cards out, he burned a card. After the turn and the bet or check, they burned yet another card before putting out the turn and the river. I was really appalled at this procedure, and spoke to the pit boss about it. His reply was "Well, it's in our internal controls for us to do this, so it's obviously been approved by the Gaming Board." I was not happy with the response, and essentially got the same response from the on duty Table Games manage, who basically ignored my assertion that this made this an extremely player unfriendly game. Needless to say I did not play the game much longer. A complaint filed with the Illinois Gaming Board basically went nowhere as well. How is it that a casino can change the procedures and play structure of a game so willy-nilly? That'd be like changing blackjack to a "house wins all ties" format. It would be interesting to see odds run on tis methodology of playing and see how much more player negative it would be than the standard chart.
AutomaticMonkey
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November 14th, 2025 at 9:22:54 PM permalink
Why do you believe this makes the game less favorable to the player?
avianrandy
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November 15th, 2025 at 2:56:53 AM permalink
Just sounds like gamblers fallacy to me. Op is probably used to it being dealt differently and had a fair amount of luck using that method. It's just kind of a mind $#@) thing in my opinion. No way it changes the odds which is why the players complaint to the board went nowhere. If I am not mistaken Illinois casinos are required to be closed for a 4 hour period every day. While inconvenient the casino is very clean and almost no stuck or broken buttons on the slot machine. I believe the one op reference is closed from 0400-0800 every day.
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