3rd - no system works when you give up 10% just to be dealt a hand. Your odds just declined significantly. Originally Posted by Go4itTHIS. THIS. THIS. +1000
I will make the extra drive to Bossier...or hold off until can get to Nevada or even the Indian Casinos in New Mexico or Colorado.
The only time I will play a little in OK is if I have a completely different reason to be there like for a concert. Then I might kill some time waiting for dinner or a show to start, completely for entertainment purposes or to engage in small talk with something cute I spot at a particular table. Low wager stuff, nothing serious.
The "bounty" to be dealt a hand is ridiculous (50 cents up to $50 bet/$1 for over $50), so even if you have a good run there, you walk away with far less than you should. Certainly you can mitigate that somewhat with higher bets, but still???
At the usual 60-100 hands dealt per hour, depending on players at table, you are spending a minimum of $30 an hour just for the seat. That means the typical $5 player needs to win six extra hands per hour JUST to cover the juice. That is tough in a game that is at BEST a 50/50 proposition. Over an 8 hour day of playing, you need to win an extra $240 JUST to break even! Hmmm, I wonder how much more fun you could have (albeit only for an hour or so) for that same $240..anyone? anyone?
Extrapolating it further, on a simple money calculation, from the Dallas area, it probably costs an extra $25 in gas to drive round-trip to Shreveport-Bossier than it does to southern OK. That is less than an hour at the table will cost you in OK. And 8 hours of play in OK, would pretty much pay for R/T airfare to Vegas or Albuquerque or Denver, assuming you plan ahead. Gaming aside, I know I would rather spend time in Vegas, Albuquerque, or Denver than Thackerville or Durant!
When I present this theory to friends, I usually get the same mouth-agape, "wow, I never thought about it that way" reaction. If TX ever legalizes table gaming (fat chance I know) and without the fee per hand like I have ONLY found in OK, those OK casinos will have to adapt or die. Those are the only casinos I know that do that, although I have only been to Tribe-run places in OK, NM, CO, and California.