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A recent article in Global Gaming Business Magazine created a buzz this week. It covered the loss of value properties in Las Vegas in terms of both pricing and gambling.
Poker Basics and Hand Rankings. For those unfamiliar with poker rules and the game of Poker, along with others who might want a refresher, this is the most basic of basic poker. The various games are based on this. Poker is a game of five card hands dealt from a 52 card deck of standard playing cards. All poker hands consist of exactly five cards. Cards dealt on a particular round in stud games. For instance, the fourth card in a player’s hand is often known as fourth street, the sixth card.
The article made many great points. However, there are still some good games to play in Las Vegas. You just must know where to find them.
There are several Las Vegas Strip casinos that still offer good gaming. It may be among bad games, so it is important to know where these games are on the casino floor.
Treasure Island is the best casino on the Las Vegas Strip for blackjack. Players will find $1 stadium blackjack that pays 3:2 and has double down and surrender. The limits go up to $3 during weekend hours.
Live blackjack starts at $10. Double deck and six-deck games pay 3:2. Double down before and after splitting is permitted in both games. The six-deck game adds re-split aces and surrender. The dealer hits soft 17 in these games. For $50, the high limit salon has this game with stand on all 17s.
The video poker is above average for the Strip at Treasure Island. The $1 denomination offers 9/6 Jacks or Better and 8/5 Bonus Poker.
The Cromwell offers $10 eight-deck blackjack that pays 3:2. Players may double down before and after splitting, as well as surrender. The double deck game has a $15 minimum but does not have double down after splitting. Roulette players will find a single zero table for $25.
There are six video poker machines by the front of the table games pit with quality pay tables on the quarter denomination. Titles include Not-so-ugly Deuces Wild, 9/7 Triple Double Bonus, 9/6 Jacks or Better and several other 99% games.
There is one $10 3:2 blackjack table hiding in the back pit by the hotel front desk. It uses eight decks and double down before and after splitting is permitted.
Stratosphere has the only $5 3:2 blackjack tables on the Strip. In fact, the casino converted many of its 6:5 tables into 3:2 ones in 2018. You will find multiple ones open 24 hours a day.
Circus Circus is home to the only video poker game on the Strip that returns more than 100 percent. It is Aces and Faces in the half-dollar denomination. It also has a progressive on it. There are multiple banks of this game. Slot players will find 97 percent $1 reels in the front of the casino. These machines use dollar coins.
There are several Las Vegas Strip casinos that spread $15 3:2 blackjack shoes. This includes all Caesars Entertainment properties, though it may be $25 at Caesars Palace during peak hours. Excalibur, Circus Circus and SLS Las Vegas also have the game. All these tables have surrender. Excalibur and Circus Circus add re-split aces.
There are many 3:2 $5 blackjack tables in Las Vegas. Many casinos there also spread 100 percent video poker.
El Cortez spreads 3:2 single deck blackjack for $5 most nights. Players may double down on any two cards before splitting. There are dozens of quarter and dollar coin video poker games that return 99.5 percent or more, including 10/7 Double Bonus.
Plaza has $5 3:2 blackjack shoes. Double down before and after splitting is permitted. Full pay Joker Poker and Double Bonus are spread. Joker Poker is spread in quarter and half-dollar. Double Bonus is available in quarter, half-dollar and dollar.
Plaza has some of the best bar video poker in Las Vegas. Options include 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe and Jacks or Better.
The downtown Las Vegas Boyd Gaming properties offer great video poker. You will find 10/7 Double Bonus and many 99.5 or better games, especially in the coin sections. Main Street Station has 9/6 Jacks or Better at the bar. Any natural four of a kind on a max bet receives a scratch off ticket at Main Street Station.
Each downtown Boyd Gaming casino has $5 double deck blackjack that pays 3:2. Double down is allowed on any two cards but not after splitting.
Golden Gate has eight-deck $5 3:2 blackjack. It is $10 at The D. Both have 8/5 Bonus Poker.
You could use this simple playing card generator for a variety of different solitaire-style games for the computer or drinking games with friends when you have no deck of cards and are using your phones. A couple of fun ways you can use this can be found below.
Solitare Poker
Draw three cards as your first poker hand, determine your best hand, and add it to your memory bank. Now, draw another hand, this time with one more card. If this hand beats your previous hand, do it again, adding another card. See how far you can get. You want each hand to beat your previous, but only by a small fraction to each hand is still beatable. The best we've seen is nine cards.
Lonely War
Every only child has played this. Draw two cards. The left card is yours and the right card is your imaginary opponent's card.
Never Ending FUBAR
Similar to King's Cup, FUBAR is played with all the cards shuffled into a neat deck, so it's easy to play it with this random app for your smartphone or tablet. Set the randomizer to just one card and, going in a clockwise direction, have each player in the circle hit the button. Each card has a rule (listed below). The exciting thing about this, since there is no 'end' to the deck, it's the never ending game of FUBAR.
2: | picker takes two drinks |
3: | picker takes three drinks |
4: | Questions - You look at the person of your choice and ask them a question, they must answer your question with a question to someone else. The person who screws up and doesn't answer with a question must drink. |
5: | GIVE five drinks |
6: | Never Have I Ever - the person who picked the card says something they've never and the people who have must drink. If no one in the group has done it either, the picker must drink as many drinks as there are opponents. |
7: | Seven in Heaven - pick a partner, then each of you take seven drinks. |
8: | Categories - the picker selects a category, then each player in order must list something that falls into that category. The first person to mess up drinks. |
9: | Rhyme - the picker says a word, going clockwise, each player must then say a word that rhymes with it, until someone screws up and has to drink. |
10: | Social - everyone take a drink! |
J: | Action Jackson - the picker selects a random action (hands on your head, finger in your nose, thumb on a table, moose antlers) and performs this whenever they want. The rest of the players must follow suit. The last one to do so must drink. This rule continues until the next Jack is drawn. |
Q: | all the queens drink - a special drink reserved for the girls, though admittedly this is a little less clear for the drag set, so we'll leave this to you to decide. |
K: | all the kings (guys) drink |
A: | Waterfall - hopefully you're an avid drinker and already know what this is. If not, everyone starts to drink at the same time. The person who selected the card can stop whenever they want. The person to their left then stops when they want, and so forth. Unfortunately, you can't stop till the person to your right has given up. You'll want a full beer for this one! |
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