Hands per Hour
November 12th, 2012 at 2:18:15 PM
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Does anybody have reliable hands-per-hour information for common Casino Carnival games (Pai Gow, Three Card Poker, Four Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Holdem, Blackjack Switch, California Craps, California Roulette, etc)?
-and how are these numbers adjusted for rating players as "Slow" "Medium" and "Fast"?
-and how are these numbers adjusted for rating players as "Slow" "Medium" and "Fast"?
November 12th, 2012 at 8:48:42 PM
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UTH -- 38 hph
"Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe." -Rig Veda 10.34.4
April 1st, 2013 at 9:15:01 AM
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I am interested in knowing more about "hands per hour" for Baccarat. Is 72 hands for a full table of 7 players, or just one player? Does it matter how many players on a table? It probably does not take into account of "free hands"? Perhaps, we should take 10-20% off in average.Quote: JBSee here and scroll to the bottom for some of the games you list.
April 1st, 2013 at 10:48:56 AM
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Quote: DesertAxDoes anybody have reliable hands-per-hour information for ...
Reliable? Well, casinos rely on them but for different purposes.
Originally Hands Per Hour would be rounded so Comp information could be done mentally by floor personnel who used index cards, not computer terminals. Now there is less need of rounding for human memory and math purposes but that doesn't necessarily mean current figures are indeed more accurate.
Some Sweat the Money houses really push their Blackjack dealers. Games that have lots of side bets take time for servicing and so have somewhat fewer hands per hour. Some casinos even use a smaller BJ table, so fewer people and no need to "walk the game" makes the dealer go faster.
For comp purposes the figures are accurate enough. If you have some special need for accurate information that is up to date, try talking to a floorman at the casino and see what straight dope you can get.
If you are playing above "comp speed" you are surrendering some of that edge back to the house; if you are playing at a slow table then you are earning comps at a rate that is ever so slightly faster than the house edge merits.
I can't imagine a need for ultra accurate information on this but many dealers will inadvertantly gripe about the last speed rating they had from management.
