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For the past year or so Foxwoods has been backing off players from those 8 deck H17 tables on the main floor and that includes red chippers. They have also done away with counter measures such as flat betting etc. A backoff means no more blackjack. Many years ago I was backed off from the Newport room and told that I could play on the main floor. Around the time MGM Springfield came out and after Mohegan introduced 6:5, Foxwoods went almost entirely 3:2 out on the floor. Except for some $50 in Grand Cedar. I was there past Friday and EVERY table is back to 3:2, soft 17, 8 decks. It's not great rules. But a heck of a lot better and it.
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Fortunately, there is an alternative. You can play in the Newport room at Foxwoods or the high stakes pit in the MGM Grand at a 6 deck game. I've observed the penetration in the Newport room to be at least 75%. The table minimums are $50 so it's not for everyone and I'm not sure if they stay that low on the weekends.
I believe all the games can be beaten with the proper spread, Wonging, and indices but if you are a green chipper Foxwoods is worth looking at. The only difference in rules that I can think of is in pair splitting. At Foxwoods it's up to 4 hands and at MS it's unlimited. Unlike Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods allows splitting 10's, but be careful it could get you unwanted attention.
I have it on good authority that MS has reduced comp points for BJ again. I'm not posting the new percentages but if someone wants to know, I'll share what I heard. It's not great.
Foxwoods had a promo that would exchange one comp point for $1.00 cash up to $1000.00 on Saturday's through October 30th, but it has been postponed according to their website.
Every foxwoods backoff I've ever heard of has involved play in the high limit rooms.
Two summers ago I was flat bet one hand only at a $15 table. Fortunately, I didn't give my card because a friend was using it at the $5 slots. I stayed away for six months and all was well.
Call me old fashioned, but it just didn't look right. It makes me wonder why the $20 table has been avoided by most casinos.
I stopped in at Foxwoods yesterday afternoon and saw something I've never seen there before. Mixed in with the $10-$25 BJ tables in the Grand Pequot Casino were a couple of tables with $20 minimums. I thought it was a mistake on the electronic table sign but it wasn't.
Call me old fashioned, but it just didn't look right. It makes me wonder why the $20 table has been avoided by most casinos.
Probably has been avoided because it would just be too many red chips.
$20 is the common unit in Bacarrat (I'm sure you checked and made sure that it wasn't a couple of Bac tables?), but the game uses (yellow?) chips specific to that game. I've been at a BJ table where someone came from Bac and put the yellows in play. The dealer took them out of the game after a loss or replaced them after a win. When I cashed out, he gave them to me so I'd bring them back to the cage. They like to keep the units specific
Probably has been avoided because it would just be too many red chips.
$20 is the common unit in Bacarrat (I'm sure you checked and made sure that it wasn't a couple of Bac tables?), but the game uses (yellow?) chips specific to that game. I've been at a BJ table where someone came from Bac and put the yellows in play. The dealer took them out of the game after a loss or replaced them after a win. When I cashed out, he gave them to me so I'd bring them back to the cage. They like to keep the units specific
Where Are The $1 Blackjack Tables At Foxwoods
Definitely blackjack. One of the games was dead and I had a chance to speak with the dealer who was just as surprised as I was.
Probably has been avoided because it would just be too many red chips.
$20 is the common unit in Bacarrat (I'm sure you checked and made sure that it wasn't a couple of Bac tables?), but the game uses (yellow?) chips specific to that game. I've been at a BJ table where someone came from Bac and put the yellows in play. The dealer took them out of the game after a loss or replaced them after a win. When I cashed out, he gave them to me so I'd bring them back to the cage. They like to keep the units specific
Every foxwoods backoff I've ever heard of has involved play in the high limit rooms.
Two summers ago I was flat bet one hand only at a $15 table. Fortunately, I didn't give my card because a friend was using it at the $5 slots. I stayed away for six months and all was well.
Call me old fashioned, but it just didn't look right. It makes me wonder why the $20 table has been avoided by most casinos.
I stopped in at Foxwoods yesterday afternoon and saw something I've never seen there before. Mixed in with the $10-$25 BJ tables in the Grand Pequot Casino were a couple of tables with $20 minimums. I thought it was a mistake on the electronic table sign but it wasn't.
Call me old fashioned, but it just didn't look right. It makes me wonder why the $20 table has been avoided by most casinos.
Probably has been avoided because it would just be too many red chips.
$20 is the common unit in Bacarrat (I'm sure you checked and made sure that it wasn't a couple of Bac tables?), but the game uses (yellow?) chips specific to that game. I've been at a BJ table where someone came from Bac and put the yellows in play. The dealer took them out of the game after a loss or replaced them after a win. When I cashed out, he gave them to me so I'd bring them back to the cage. They like to keep the units specific
Probably has been avoided because it would just be too many red chips.
$20 is the common unit in Bacarrat (I'm sure you checked and made sure that it wasn't a couple of Bac tables?), but the game uses (yellow?) chips specific to that game. I've been at a BJ table where someone came from Bac and put the yellows in play. The dealer took them out of the game after a loss or replaced them after a win. When I cashed out, he gave them to me so I'd bring them back to the cage. They like to keep the units specific
Where Are The $1 Blackjack Tables At Foxwoods
Definitely blackjack. One of the games was dead and I had a chance to speak with the dealer who was just as surprised as I was.
Probably has been avoided because it would just be too many red chips.
$20 is the common unit in Bacarrat (I'm sure you checked and made sure that it wasn't a couple of Bac tables?), but the game uses (yellow?) chips specific to that game. I've been at a BJ table where someone came from Bac and put the yellows in play. The dealer took them out of the game after a loss or replaced them after a win. When I cashed out, he gave them to me so I'd bring them back to the cage. They like to keep the units specific
Those yellow chips (sometimes more like tan, to differentiate from yellow $1k chips) are also pretty common in Pai Gow Poker where bets in multiples of $20 are common, to accommodate the vig.
I've always wondered why $15 was a fairly common BJ denomination but not $20. $20 would be pretty easy to keep neat, just pay in green and tap off $5 every time if necessary.
Within the past couple of weeks, these 12 tables have been outfitted with continuous shuffle machines. As we've learned from the Wizard, the house edge is slightly decreased, however the hands per hour are increased with these machines. MS has assigned it's fastest dealers to these tables and the hands per hour have increased way beyond the expected 20%.
Looking at total money wagered, it may be better in some cases to play at the S17 tables at a $10 minimum than to speed through these $5 tables. Granted there's a lot of variables but it's something to think about.
By the way, I check out these H17 tables periodically and have yet to see anyone use proper basic strategy. I've never played these tables nor would I especially now.