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| - I don't understand why anyone plays Blackjack here & yet in some respects I do. I ask myself, "Why would anyone play somewhere where the house always has an absolutely unbeatable advantage over you, versus next door where you at least have a shot at winning?
UH... ISN'T IT CHEAP TO PLAY BLACKJACK AT CASINO ROYALE?
Well, let's review the blackjack tables at Casino Royale, shall we?
--- Deceptively low edge (.20%) 8-deck H17 $5/$500 with a CSM on every one of the 6 tables & 'Switch' rules.
--- The dread 6:5 (1.24%) single-deck H17 $5/$1000 across 2 tables with a special rule giving 2:1 on diamond blackjacks.
Now, if either of these games look at all attractive to you... uh... well, dear reader, read on.
"THE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA"
I'm sorry but I really am not concerned about how the casino is located on the strip or how cheap the beers are: The reason they can afford to be on the strip with cheap beer is because these are really BAD tables for blackjack players. In fact, I believe these tables at the Casino Royale are downright disrespectful to players and it just makes me mad because the fact that people STILL PLAY THEM seems to exemplify the dumbing down of America.
I heard one guy at CR say, "I just wanna have fun... it's easy to play here and the limits are low." Astounding. That's just like those people that go, "I'm playing for comps... I just want to break even during my trip." Attention Vegas gamers: Y'all do realize that this is precisely what the casinos want you thinking?
Does this phrase sound familiar?:
"You're probably not going to win, so why complicate things with 'rules' & 'odds'? You're here to have fun... so what if you lose a little? You're having a good time, right? And hey - that's all that matters!"
How many times have you heard that line? By any chance, did it come from a casino employee? In case you hadn't heard, this is called the "Sucker's Credo" and while you're telling yourself this over and over, there are OTHER individuals that don't subscribe to this sort of thinking and thus, more often than not, leave Vegas net-positive (i.e. WINNERS) having had their casino winnings pay for their meals, shows, cabs, tips, room service, Forum Shops charges, flights, and still have something left to pad their wallets with. Meanwhile, Casino Royale players "lose slowly"... and losing slowly is still LOSING which is bad...
...but losing voluntarily is straight up DUMB.
PLEASE... DON'T PLAY BLACKJACK AT CASINO ROYALE.
Handing your money over to places like these only encourages them to run more bad games against, frankly, poorly-informed tourists. NONE of their blackjack tables are good games. Meanwhile there are good games that are playable just across the street!
Here's a few casinos nearby that have much better blackjack table rules/configurations available to play than Casino Royale.
- Wynn 2-deck 3:2
- Paris 6-deck 3:2
- Mirage 2-deck 3:2
CONCLUSION:
Rule #1: Don't play at Casino Royale.
Rule #2: Go pick up a Basic Strategy card. Put it on the table while you play & stick to it.
Rule #3: Don't play at Casino Royale.
Rule #4: Go find a game that has good rules. I've listed a few above near Casino Royale.
Rule #5: Don't play at Casino Royale.
Rule #6: If you can't afford the limits, save up or DON'T PLAY.
Rule #7: Don't play at Casino Royale.
Rule #8: All casinos with really crappy rules get...
1-Star.
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EVEN MORE REASONS WHY CASINO ROYALE DOESN'T DESERVE YOUR ACTION:
1) Unfriendly, sneering dealers who will occasionally deign to verbally abuse the patrons.
2) All the 'ghetto-ness' of downtown without the benefit of good casino rules & elegant show/dinner comps.
3) The constant unavoidable blare of the sidewalk audio recording should be enough for anyone to hate this place.
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