TXtourplayer
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After dinner tonight I asked my wife if she wanted to go checkout the Winstar casino in Oklahoma, (little less then an hour away).
The casino has been there over a year and I had never been since there were no table games, until this Tuesday. We drove up and checked out what looks to be some type of tent looking building that is the casino.
Once in I found it has three casinos (or at least themes). I asked where the tables were and headed that way. The first pit of tables had two pits of four tables. 3 had shuffle machines and one 6 deck shoe in each pit. The spreads were $5 to $25, and $10 to $50. I sat down at a $10-$50 table (shoe) and was even after the the first 10 hands. Then the nightmare began and it wasn't the casino, the dealer, the game, it was the players!
O'my GOD! One hit a 14 vs. the dealers 5 and took the dealers bust card. After that hand he left, (Thank God or I would have). two hands later I have a $25 bet and catch 9/2 vs dealers 9, the player next to me stays on 10/5. I DD and catch a 6, the dealer flips a 4 and hit an 8. I get up, this is enough, I can handle the $.50 ante as bad as the dealers are, but the players are killers.
I go to one of the other themed casinos down $70 (including the antes) and find 10 tables with $10 to $50, $25 to $100, and $50 to $200. I buy-in for $140 at the $25 to $100 shoe table. We only had four players and they knew what they were doing. I played two shoes and left with $975.00 so I have to say I liked the game since I won, but I wouldn't go there without knowing the other player at my table.
I noticed a lot of attention after I placed a $70 bet and hit back to back BJ's, even more suits and security after I hit a soft 18 vs. dealers picture and caught a two to push the hand.
I quit, tipped out the dealer and fiqured I made a nice little profit and needed to get my wife back home since she has to work in the morning.
Will I go back up? While the dealers are new and as bad as they are, YES, but I will go with some players that know what they are doing so we can keep the idiots off the tables.
Here are some of the answers to questions asked about OK BJ.
1. Yes there is an ante, $.50 is all I saw.
2. 18 is the legal age that is allowed to gamble, at least until they start serving drinks I was told.
3. The Pit Bosses are ex-Vegas and Shreveport pit critters and or dealers.
4. The dealers are "VERY WEAK"! They expose cards, pay pushes, and push losses. Some are first timers and others are ex-dealers that couldn't make it at a real casino.
5. Going form Dallas it takes about an hour to get there. When you reach Oklahoma take exit #1.
6. It is not 24/7 so call for times before heading up there.
7. No one knows when or if they are going to hold BJ tournaments (at Winstar).
8. They do have a poker room and it will open in April.
9. They will be have dice soon as well.
10. No, cocktails or beer severed at the casino, at this time.
The casino has been there over a year and I had never been since there were no table games, until this Tuesday. We drove up and checked out what looks to be some type of tent looking building that is the casino.
Once in I found it has three casinos (or at least themes). I asked where the tables were and headed that way. The first pit of tables had two pits of four tables. 3 had shuffle machines and one 6 deck shoe in each pit. The spreads were $5 to $25, and $10 to $50. I sat down at a $10-$50 table (shoe) and was even after the the first 10 hands. Then the nightmare began and it wasn't the casino, the dealer, the game, it was the players!
O'my GOD! One hit a 14 vs. the dealers 5 and took the dealers bust card. After that hand he left, (Thank God or I would have). two hands later I have a $25 bet and catch 9/2 vs dealers 9, the player next to me stays on 10/5. I DD and catch a 6, the dealer flips a 4 and hit an 8. I get up, this is enough, I can handle the $.50 ante as bad as the dealers are, but the players are killers.
I go to one of the other themed casinos down $70 (including the antes) and find 10 tables with $10 to $50, $25 to $100, and $50 to $200. I buy-in for $140 at the $25 to $100 shoe table. We only had four players and they knew what they were doing. I played two shoes and left with $975.00 so I have to say I liked the game since I won, but I wouldn't go there without knowing the other player at my table.
I noticed a lot of attention after I placed a $70 bet and hit back to back BJ's, even more suits and security after I hit a soft 18 vs. dealers picture and caught a two to push the hand.
I quit, tipped out the dealer and fiqured I made a nice little profit and needed to get my wife back home since she has to work in the morning.
Will I go back up? While the dealers are new and as bad as they are, YES, but I will go with some players that know what they are doing so we can keep the idiots off the tables.
Here are some of the answers to questions asked about OK BJ.
1. Yes there is an ante, $.50 is all I saw.
2. 18 is the legal age that is allowed to gamble, at least until they start serving drinks I was told.
3. The Pit Bosses are ex-Vegas and Shreveport pit critters and or dealers.
4. The dealers are "VERY WEAK"! They expose cards, pay pushes, and push losses. Some are first timers and others are ex-dealers that couldn't make it at a real casino.
5. Going form Dallas it takes about an hour to get there. When you reach Oklahoma take exit #1.
6. It is not 24/7 so call for times before heading up there.
7. No one knows when or if they are going to hold BJ tournaments (at Winstar).
8. They do have a poker room and it will open in April.
9. They will be have dice soon as well.
10. No, cocktails or beer severed at the casino, at this time.
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