In a couple weeks (on a Monday early evening for about 3-4 hours) I have the opportunity to visit a casino in the Chicago area. I have narrowed my choices down to these two. Horseshoe in Hammond or the Grand Victoria in Elgin. I have not been to the GV but have been to Horseshoe several times. I like $5 table with high odds (both have 100X I think I like to progress my odds on Come bets). Which (if either) is most likely to have a $5 table at 6 P.M> on a Monday evening?
Nobody gave me any advice so I went with what I knew, which was Horseshoe Hammond. I got there about 4:30 Monday and stepped up to a $10 table. I was playing PL and $20 or $25 odds and a couple of come bets. If I got ahead on a roller I would expand the number of bets unitl I had everything covered. When I had everythign covered I started to progress the odds bets. I bought in for $300. The table was pretty good and I was staying roughly even. it seemed like one good roll and then one bad, one good one bad, rinse lather repeat.
To me thi si a good table because if you can stay even long enough that gives you a chance for a great roll to come along. Well about 1 and 1/2 hours in it came. When I started to increase my odds on the come I would essentially take about 1/3 of the off and on winnings and reinvest in in odds on one of the numebrs, usually the one that just hit. When the 7 out came I had $50 in odds on the 4, 10 and 5. The point was nine and I had $60 odds there.
I had just $75 on the 6 but $240 on the eight. I also hit a couple of hard ways for 40, then 90 bucks too. I stayed for a couple more rollers lost a couple hundred (because I played more aggressively and decided that was stupid and that I should take a break. I colored up for $1550 after tipping the dealers). I then got a cigar and went and called home. I decided it was too early to call it a night (7:00) so I bought back in for $200 at a $10 table.
It was nothing too good for about an hour and I was down to $65. I decided this would be my last roller and it hit again. Very similar scircumstances except the 4 and 10 seemed to be the big hits and aI also hit four different hardways in a progression of $35, $90, $105 and $180. I cashed out at $1100 and got out of dodge.
Now I have a chance to go to either Seneca Allegany or Niagara Falls next Friday early afternoon. Any suggestions. I know the odds are higher at Fallsview (3, 4, 5 vs. 2X) but does anyone know the table inimum at Fallsview? It has been a while since I visited the Canadian side.