Spa Resort Casino
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Last updated: Thursday, 29 November 2007 User reviews 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
Blackjack at The Spa Casino, Sunday, 11 May 2008 Written by txconx - View all my reviews - Top 10 Reviewer I have to give it to them - they had several $5 minimum tables. However, because The Spa is so accessible, such a nice casino and very popular locally, even in the off season, it was crowded on a Saturday night. I was willing to play $10 minimum, but only found one blackjack table playing $10 minimum and the crowd waiting for a seat was as large as the ones at the $5 minimum tables. There were $15 and $25 minimum tables with seating. As the night progressed, even those filled up, although not as persistently as the lower limit tables. I finally caught a seat at a $5 table, so here's my review of the blackjack play at The Spa. Because it's so crowded at ALL the blackjack tables, once you get a seat, you better keep it or you will lose it and have to wait to catch a departing player again. If there are idiots who don't know how to play - or who are drunk and apparently don't care how they play - you either have to grit your teeth, bet the minimum and hope they don't screw up your hand too much, or give up your seat and wander around like you're lost in the desert until you can get another seat. (Or give up on The Spa entirely and go somewhere else that's less crowded.) The dealer stands on soft 17, which sucks. Some of their tables are hand shuffled shoes. The table I sat at had a shuffling machine, but it was broken. Later in the night (early the next morning), when they closed that table and I moved to another, there wasn't even a shuffling machine. Sometimes I like that it gives everyone a chance to take a break without missing any play, but there seemed to be an extraordinary number of hemming and hawing players, drunk players, and players who just weren't paying attention when I was there and with the hand shuffling, it really slowed down the play. I would tell serious blackjack players to avoid this place on a weekend night. I would try it again during the week and earlier in the day and if I do, I'll report back. However, I would avoid it on a weekend night. I won money but it was a long, hard night full of drunk, screaming girls and players who acted like they'd done no homework before sitting down to play.
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The Standard Stop while in Palm Springs, Monday, 07 January 2008 Written by SGill519 - View all my reviews - Top 10 Reviewer
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