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Blackjack Brief Colorado trip report

Discussion in 'Blackjack Forum' started by ZeeBabar, May 19, 2019.

  1. ZeeBabar

    ZeeBabar Guest

    First, I am a recreational player. There is a lot of discussion and paranoia and threats to "out" me. I done outed myself often, am in OSN and the casinos dont care. If they read this forum and the posts about me from reknowned AP's here, I am a lousy player who has simply been lucky. This forum has helped convince the casinos reading this forum that I am a part tiume recreational player who is incopmpetent, OSN be damned. Because they believe the determination by folks like 21forme, I am simply not good, they let me play.

    Now, on to the trip report. It was a new experioence in many ways cause I had never seen some things.

    1. Chip trays are different. They seem to have a half tray with chips as in any casino and anogther half where a whole lot of chips are stacked up. When the c hips in the tray are low, they just reach into the other side and take more chips out into the tray. Far fewer re-fills.

    2, Dealers at gthe two major casinos (where I played most of the time) carry their own tip box. When a new dealer comes, the dealer takes his tip can and the new dealer puts his in. It seems dealers keep their own tips. Though I never did see any tip hustling. The dealers and pit were among gthe best I saw anywhere in the USA.

    3. While there are many casinos, most were small and even the larger ones had few BJ tables except for gthe two buggest ones.

    4. CO is the only place where you do not hear "Chips play" or something like it.

    4. Some of the best DD games and 6 deck games had a different lay out on the table. Basically, each of these layouts meant ONLY 3 players at each table. Each player gets 3 spots reserved for themselves. This has its pros and cons. The pros...unlike anywhere else, you can keep switching from 1 hand to 3 hands, back to 2 or 1 and it is expected. There is no "double the minimum" and no heat for going from 1 hand to 2 or 3 or vice versa. Playing these games screwed me up (I did not know I was playing with another AP or pissing someone off) because, as I often do elsewhere, I sometimes start with 2 hands, drop to one, go back to two. Thus, I was starting with a $25 min bet, if the count went to TC1 or 2, I would sometimes switch to 2 hands or 3 hands of $25. In any case, I lost heavily the first day, because I had not anticipated either gthe layout or how to play 3 spots reserved for me. The second day forward, I only went gto the second spot if I was going gto bet more than $100 because of the table max and went gto the third hand if I was going gto bet more than $200. The cons... it was hard gto plan because you never knew how the two ploppies would play. Sometimes, I was on third base, the ploppy on first base would play 2 or 3 of her spots with $25 each and then the second ploppy might also play 2-3 so all of a suddent the DD game was being dealt to 6 plus spots. Sometimes the ploppies would play one spot each and gthen it is a good game, Unlike elsewhere, the number of players wouyld be the same but gthe number of spots being played would change each round.

    5. I had not considered CO before because I, like many others, had assumed that it was a red chip state because the max bet is $100. It had never occured to me that 3 spots were reserved for each player and thus the max one can bet is $300. There were only 3-4 DD games $25 minimum. There are a lot of 6 deck games in the two major casinos with $15 minimum. I suppose that because the max one can bet is $300, there simply is not much heat. I never felt any. Penetration is excellent with about 75% in DD and 90% in 6 deck games. I never saw more than 1 deck cut off.

    As a recreational player, I am satisfied in breaking even. On this trip, I lost $1800 the first day because I was judging playable games as those with 4 or less players and it was only aftter I sat down did I see that because it was so common for each player to play 2-3 spots, the game was bad. It was only after reviewing my losing first day did I formulkate plans for the second and third days. Being conservative, I had to spend many hours in the two casinos to recover. I did not realize that I had pissed off some local AP's. I did not go there or ever try to crash and burn. I returned home with a net loss of $200 including expenses. In strict terms, I won $500, had spent $700 going there. I apologize to the local players if there are any on this forum.

    I saw some interesting stuff like a table reserved for a minimum $100 (when the sign says the max bet is $100). The player playing at gthat table was betting $100 on 1-3 spots. I saw AP's going from 1 hand of $25 to 3 hands of $100 each quite often, even when playing with a players card (I suppose, with max bet of $300 total, the higher ups dont worry about the ocasssional AP). One AP would either simply take a break or ask one of gthe ploppies to request a new shoe if the count went negative. The pit would almost always okay it.

    Bottom line, while the games are good, there were only 3 $25 min. DD games and since the max number on each table is only 3, only 9 players can be playing the DD tables. Thus, most evenings, and weekend, the DD tables were full and even when you did get gto be one of the players playing, the games were poorer for the ploppies (mostly Asians) who would play 2-3 spots all the time. Late nights and till a bit after Noon, gthe DD games were good. The 6 deck games are plenty at the two largest casinos and they are good but crowding is still an issue.

    I dont think a calculated trip is worth it for full time AP's since I think only 2 casinos, maybe 3 are available and CO is more expensive than Las Vegas (fewer cheap options like renmtal cars or motels). For the recreational player, its great during the warm months because the scenery is spectacular, MT. Evans and Ech lakes (wih hiking trails and such) offer a great family vacation. You can play while your family drives around nearby.

    Once again, I apologize to local players. I dont think it would hurt you as much as you fear.

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