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Rant: MGM Mirage (off poker now) now owns about half of the large joints in town including Mandalay. I am hoping they don’t pull the kind of dog crap they pulled at T.I. where the casino has been reduced to the worst grind joint on the strip. Nothing but autoshufflers at blackjack tables, unless you want to play $100 minimum. If the memo writers have their way, Vegas casinos could become as boring as a dentist waiting room. I’m serious. These mega corporation guys are way worse than the mob ever was at screwing casino patrons. They’d better be careful or the little independents will get all of the action from the crowd with IQ’s above 90. That still leaves them the bulk of the strip tourists who will still split tens and hit their 15’s against a dealer 6, but those retards don’t tip very well. I’d say that the overall level of gaming knowledge among the people I visited with at blackjack and craps tables last week is lower than anything I have seen in more than 20 years of gambling in Vegas. It’s no wonder Nevada booked its first billion dollar bottom line month in April.


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Why shouldn't the casinos have autoshufflers if the low-limit tourists don't care? The autoshufflers speed up the game and eliminate most of the advantage a counter would have. It's a no brainer. And yes, I used to count cards, and no, I don't do that anymore because the games suck nowadays and I can make way more playing poker.