At Ocean's Eleven
Are they actually charging a 1% per-hand surchage on each hand here, assuming you're playing at the optimal point, or am I misreading how it works? (And, as a side observation, how many places actually say that players must hit <12? [Ignoring that it's good play to.]
http://www.oceans11.com/casino_games/blackjack/index.php
Looking at the promos page, it says they scan your card every half-hour. While I understand that's typical for poker rooms, it just strikes me as an interesting setup since it largely ignores bet size.
How does the 10$ bounceback promo impact things over all? The BJ, by default, has a number of rules that I'm unaccustomed to ('No Bust Bonus', however the collection schedule works, and it's also a 6:5 table) but is the extra 10$ freebet after a BJ is I find interesting at low bet amounts (where the collection schedule stings more).
Yes, they scan your card every half hour. Ocean's 11 is basically a poker room that also happens to have a couple BJ tables and a couple PGP tables. So the poker points system is used throughout the cardclub.
Quote: VenthusI was looking around at smaller local casinos and a few things at Ocean's Eleven caught my eye that I found interesting/wondered if anybody could offer insight on:
Are they actually charging a 1% per-hand surchage on each hand here, assuming you're playing at the optimal point, or am I misreading how it works? (And, as a side observation, how many places actually say that players must hit <12? [Ignoring that it's good play to.]
http://www.oceans11.com/casino_games/blackjack/index.php
Looking at the promos page, it says they scan your card every half-hour. While I understand that's typical for poker rooms, it just strikes me as an interesting setup since it largely ignores bet size.
How does the 10$ bounceback promo impact things over all? The BJ, by default, has a number of rules that I'm unaccustomed to ('No Bust Bonus', however the collection schedule works, and it's also a 6:5 table) but is the extra 10$ freebet after a BJ is I find interesting at low bet amounts (where the collection schedule stings more).
Yes, they are charging a "collection fee" because California has rules that prohibit games played directly against the casino. So all games are "player banked". So without the $10 blackjack promo, you are better off betting $50, $100, etc. $5 bets are generally suicidal thanks to the collection fee, but if you do receive $10 free play for every blackjack it would help offset the loss somewhat. Not enough to beat the game's collection fee at $5 though since you will pay roughly 21*$0.50 = $10.50 in trying to earn the $10 free play, and the free play may be as low as ~$5 in value if they only pay you $10 on the freeplay win only.
http://discountgambling.net/no-bust-bj-oceans-11/
