Any Casino players?

Feeling pretty jealous today. Was playing a Progressive Bonus Deuces Wild .25 machine ($1.25 max bet) the Royal was at $2,000. I got dealt 4 to the royal and threw out one card. Got a Deuce. The guy sitting right next to me gets dealt all 5 not even 5 seconds later and the SAME suite as mine (Clubs) :( oh well! I'll hit a Royal of my own soon
 
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I've come a long way since last posting in here. I've gone from being strictly all about Video Poker to playing Blackjack more often now. I still like to play Video Poker but I much rather get on the table now. What suckers me in is the 3 card poker side bet. Man that thing can get pretty intense even though it's meant for suckers. 2 of the casinos here still have the 9 to 1 payout on any of the side hit but the other has an updated version that is 5 to 1 on Flush, 10 to 1 on Straight, 20 to 1 on Trips and 30 to 1 on Straight Flush. I enjoy the latter, even though Flush is the most common side bet I hit. The possibility of getting paid more on the Straight Flush/Trips is very nice though.

I also play Roulette some times and it can be pretty awesome playing on the inside. I usually play $10 a spin and just put $2 on 5 different numbers. It can add up pretty quick if you're getting lucky and hitting them.

Haven't hit a Royal Flush on Video Poker in so long and that's what led me to start venturing off into the tables. It's a lot more entertaining for me since you talk to quite a couple of people in Blackjack and work as a team usually.
 
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I like playing Roulette only with a table fill with bunch of my friends. It's lot more fun that way.
Craps is my game. Make big $$$ but could lose big too.
Poker is ok... it was best when ESPN didn't hype it up. Now a days; just bunch of wanna be.
BlackJack is sucks unless you can count cards.
If you have that much luck... you should head to VEGAS.
 
The closest casino to me would probably be Harrah's in New Orleans. I went to NO twice and then Vegas once last year. I'd say the most I've gone home with in a single trip so far has been a little over a $1000. All my luck has without a doubt been at table games. Mostly Blackjack and 3-Card Poker.

My aunt on the other hand is a fucking legit casino veteran. She usually hits up a casino somewhere in the country at least once a month. She doesn't go for broke, but working for a oil company and not having a spouse or children, she's pretty much entitled to do whatever she wants.
 
I play Black Jack and Poker, mainly. I'm godlike at Black Jack (made hundreds back each time I've played) and so-so at Poker. I think I may just need to learn more about Poker though. I have a good Poker face, just don't know too much about how the game works.
 
I'm gearing up for my annual AC trip in March with all of my friends. I can't wait. I'm probably going to stick to Craps since I did pretty good last year but I may try some Roulette even though I almost always lose. Whenever I play I usually play thirds where I bet on 2 to hit 1 which wins about 64% of the time (of course the other 36% you lose double).
 
I use to be pretty hardcore into blackjack, but it came to the point where it wasn't fun. I got into during the end of high school (way before the Bringing Down the House Movie came out) and practiced and practiced. Counting down decks, estimate how many decks left in the shoe, and all the other indices (how basic strategy changes depending on the count).

All that to just put the game in your favor very very slightly. What most people could could make (long term) playing 8 hrs a day is less than my job pays me. Depending on variance and how the game is still only slightly in your favor you would need a huge bankroll to really survive long term with the huge swings.

If you play with $25s and above they will immediately boot you if they see you using "advanced tactics" or worse yet, tell you have to flat bet (can't change your bet) or just tell you that you are too skilled for their game and to please try one of their other excellent tables games (meaning you can't play BJ there anymore). Wonging (standing behind a table and counting the count is strongly in your favor) also gets you bounced after a few attempts. Pit Bosses and dealers all know how to count and tell if someone up to something, and the only way to avoid any heat would be to play nearly as bad as a normal person. Oh yeah, now with automatic shuffling machines at certain places there is no point. For anyone interested in learning though, there are a few forums that specialize in it and many different programs to help teach people practice and to run simulations with expected variance, etc.
 
Anyone here into Video Keno? I was playing a bit today and was enjoying it. The jackpots on those machines are huge even thought the probability is low but just the fact it's there is still exciting.
 
[quote name='bigpimpin24']Anyone here into Video Keno? I was playing a bit today and was enjoying it. The jackpots on those machines are huge even thought the probability is low but just the fact it's there is still exciting.[/QUOTE]

According to the WizardofOdds site Keno has a high house edge. I'm not a very big video / slots player in the first place, but if you get some entertainment from it then of course that makes up a bit of value. Just keep the 30% house edge in mind though when you play :whistle2:#
 
[quote name='Link927']According to the WizardofOdds site Keno has a high house edge. I'm not a very big video / slots player in the first place, but if you get some entertainment from it then of course that makes up a bit of value. Just keep the 30% house edge in mind though when you play :whistle2:#[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that figure is actually for Live Keno. I don't believe they have it in these casinos around me and if they do I haven't heard of it. Video Keno house edge isn't as high but you are playing much faster. It's far from becoming my go-to game but I will still play it here and there just to change things up.
 
Haven't tried Vegas but have been to AC.

It was an interesting experience, had decent luck with Blackjack/Roulette, not so much with the slots but that was to be expected from what I had heard. I was amazed at the variety of slot machines though, I mean essentially they're all similar in principle but their themes are different.
 
Yeah there are a lot of different slot machine themes to choose from. The bad thing about that is that new machines keep being released at such a fast pace that older machines are being removed too quickly. I now very rarely have a chance to play some of my favorite slot machines since they have been removed from all the local casinos near me. They aren't even that old either, most are from the last 3 - 4 years.
 
Whenever I play slots I almost never play any of the newer ones. The payouts are getting worse and worse. One of my favorite slot machines is the Double Dolphin. The free games are awesome and it pays forward and backwards on the reels.
 
I have played that game a few times and did well on it. The Aristorcrat machines like that one seem to pay better compared to WMS and IGT machines. I agree about the payout on newer machines getting worse. It is really annoying to play for 20 or 30 minutes, finally get a bonus round and then win 2 or 3 times your bet or worse nothing at all, then the machine shows the message of something like "Congratulations, you won 0 credits." Also I don't like that some newer machines not only have higher minimum bets (I was in Atlantic City yesterday and today and saw a penny machine with a minimum $0.75 bet) but now the amount you have to play is more than a penny per line to cover the bonus. Monopoly Party Train for example is $0.40 minimum bet but you only are playing 27 lines and the rest goes to pay for the bonus.
 
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