--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vegasvpplayer" <vegasvpplayer@...> wrote:
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> I have been spending a good deal of time in California casinos recently and there is something that is driving me crazy. Most of the IGT multigames have video BJ as one of the options, the bad version of course that pays even money for a blackjack. When I am playing VP on one, there is usually a constant stream of Asians passing by checking the last hand of BJ played on every open machine in the bank. Only occasionally will they select a machine based on their examination and play a single hand before cashing out and moving on. Since the cards are shuffled every round, I can't see what advantage they seem to be looking for. They are usually kind of shabbily dressed and have that exhausted look like they are on a never ending mission. It kind of reminds me of the slot huslers back in the late 90's that walked around Las Vegas pushing the button on Piggy Bankin slots looking for a ripe jackpot. Am I missing something or is it just Asian superstition in action?
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There was a stand alone video blackjack game many years ago that banked coins. I haven't seen one in like 15 years. I can't even remember who the manufacturer was....and the only place I ever saw the game was Lake Tahoe. It's been so long I can't remember other details but I think the strategy was if you found banked coins you played one hand then walked. If you won the hand you got paid for winning plus the banked coins. The banked coin meter always reset to zero after one hand so you always walked after one hand. Best I remember that's how it worked.
