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- From: gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell)
- Newsgroups: rec.gambling
- Subject: Re: Opinions on "Red Dog"?
- Message-ID: <30339@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 21:21:30 GMT
- References: <74154@cup.portal.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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- In article <74154@cup.portal.com>, Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
- > What's the general opinion of the group mind here on the card game
- > known as "Red Dog" (also referred to as Acey Ducey, or In-Betweens,
- > or Between the Sheets)?
-
- I'm sure that someone with more exact knowledge than I can give you
- the specifics but everything I have read indicates that it is a big-time
- sucker bet intended to draw people who are totally clueless about
- playing cards and who would otherwise be too intimidated to play
- blackjack for example. I have a book at home which gives the actual
- house advantage but if memory serves it was well into the double digits.
- I could be wrong but I sure seem to remember something like a 12 or 14%
- advantage for the house. Anyone know for sure?
-
-
- > But I found the game to be a fun time-waster. A huge number
- > of lurkers stopped to watch and ask "What is that game?!" and a
- > few times the table filled up to capacity, which made it a lot more
- > fun, especially the few times the dealer hit a Red Dog (triples)
- > and had to pay out 11-1 to seven players :)
-
- If the odds are as bad as what I read then I'd probably rather kill time
- on a BJ table but I suppose for a change it isn't bad ( you certainly
- don't have to do much thinking) though I'd rather try the double-down
- stud that was discussed here recently....
-
- > An initial draw of Ace - Duece (the widest possible spread,
- > Ace always being high) is about as close to a "sure thing" in this
- > game, but it's also pretty amazing how often the third card
- > comes up Ace or Duece, meaning a loss. Anyway, I just was curious
- > if there are any other Red Dog fans in this group and if you have
- > any good strategies/tips to offer. The game doesn't seem to have
- > a lot of subtleties.. it's fairly simple minded. And very few
- > casinos in Vegas offer it.. certainly no more than one Red Dog
- > table at each place that did.
-
- I saw one or two tables at Slots of Fun when I was there in december.
- Not much action on them - they usually closed by 10PM and had only
- a handful of folks on them before that.
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- gln
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- >
- > Harv
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