UPDATE:

NEW YORK — A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that's backed by Jay-Z lost its bid for a lucrative New York City-area gambling license on Wednesday after running into fierce opposition from Broadway theater owners and producers who were worried about its potential impact on the theater district.

A state-commissioned community advisory committee rejected the $5.4 billion plan to redevelop an office tower into a Caesars-branded hotel, gambling and entertainment complex.


https://wtop.com/national/2025/09/jay-z-backed-plan-for-times-square-casino-loses-bid-for-nyc-license-amid-broadway-opposition/

You know we talk a lot about winning and sometimes about losing sessions. And most of the detailed talk is about the scoreboard roads, I wagered because of too many or not enough of this or that and of course, the armchair quarterbacking successes.  But have you ever really sat down and gave thought to your decision making process and what drove you to wager on whatever it was you did?

I believe a huge advantage to the Baccarat Player is, the ability to know what is really happening at the table and the interpretation of it.

I have found taking the uncertainty out of the picture is truly the key. It is not easy by any means, but you have to. Taking the uncertainty out of your consciousness will allow a crucial skill for minimizing emotional chaos and allowing you a true advantage to distinguish more between what is actually happening at the moment (the presentments) and all of the other automatic tendencies to interpret and wager upon your experiences, memories and wagering plan(s) attacks.

We tend to wager on what I would define as, expecting certain results. I do believe those are brought about by our inner subconscious and previous experiences with what is actually occurring. And I wholeheartedly believe that is where and why we go wrong on many wagers.

We read and discuss so much about stop losses and limiting Wagers. But is that going to allow us to win? Maybe to stop losses, but not to win. All the brew-haha aside, a person has to wager to win.  PERIOD.  By stopping the wagering, a person has no chance to win.  Winning and losing is derived from your wagering and your wagering will be determined by your decision making process.

If you become committed to a particular interpretation of presentments, it will become a habit and a situation that you repeat in similar or related circumstances that will drag you under with beliefs that the shoe has to produce what you desire. You will never win in the game Baccarat if you wager with that commitment.

With that said, if you commit yourself to certain wagering triggers and points, you have made a decision to selectively gather the data of the shoe just produced and believe your interpretation of such that the shoe will go your way when you wager is going to place you in winning considerably less than 50% of your wagers.  Unless you can parlay at the correct times the less than 50% of the wins, you will consistently lose at the game.  On the other hand if you do not commit yourself to any certain wagering triggers and points, you have made a decision to screen for evidence (presentments) to support your wagering attempt(s) with what is actually occurring and not being clouded by the strong emotions of the losses that you have made that you seek to correct. Or if you didn't make any losses yet or they are trivial, you will not cloud your emotions to start winning or continue winning. 

There are both -EV and +EV at the table in all shoes. Although the shoe will produce what it is set to do with no way to know any outcome of it whatsoever. PERIOD.  There is no way to change that. There never has been and there never will be you have to remember that.  To me and it should be to you IMO, the game will be -EV when you lose and +EV when you win.  Forget the casino's hold on the game.  Say you sat down and bought in for $3,000.00.  You wagered $500.00 on bankers and it won.  You parlayed the win and won again with a second bankers.  You parlayed again decided to let the $2,000.00 ride on bankers and at that point you decided the wager will continue on bankers and every winning wager will come down to the rail and be locked up.  You did that to recoup your initial risk capital of $3,000.00 (even thou not lost) and hopefully some profit.  A bankers 7-iar mini streak occurred and you put the $10,000.00 into your pocket to recoup the buy-in and the profit.  You lost the last hand when it cut to players.  That just made the game of Baccarat for +EV for you.  Hence a concrete Money Management Method came into play.  You didn't fall prey to the casino's psychology of installing scoreboards to assist the gamblers and all of that brew-haha, etc.  You wagered for what was happening.  PLEASE NOTE:  THAT DOES NOT MEAN STREAKS ONLY AS SO MANY THINK.  IT MEANS ANYTHING.  And if you lost that first wager of $500.00, that just made the game of Baccarat -EV for you and well, you try again for whatever you feel, because your buy-in is risk capital. 

So in the scenario I gave you above, I would have kept the $6,500.00 profit because I would have gave my initial buy-in back the $500.00 and put that $3,000.00 back in my pocket.  Then I would have played the $3,000.00 (buy-in) risk free on my winnings. Which would be a lot less stress and frustration if I began to lose or even lost that $3,000.00 (my initial out-of-pocket funds). 

I truly believe, found and discovered with factual long time experience, the highest majority of all baccarat players do expect certain outcomes of each shoe. And in my opinion, that is where most of us go wrong.

Think about your decision making process and give yourself a true advantage that will allow you to win easier.

Refresher.

I would like to say I do not allow posting of links or advertising selling of anything unless you are a paid sponsor. Of course, I've had a few paid sponsors in the past, however their accounting was very poor and they were not reputable businesses so they were taking off the forum.

Unless you are a regular and well-known member, I do not allow links for any purpose especially from those that just sign up and are new to the forum because of all of the attacks and problem people have had by clicking on links.

As far as all of those Click On Banner casinos and games with bonuses requiring deposits that are also on other forums, I've had those as well and they were nothing but liars and cheaters. Reason being, they did not fulfill their end of our business contract. So I also took them off the forum because I cannot see them being honest with my members deposits and payouts.

Just wanted to post this to refresh peoples memories as well as those readers that sign up and immediately post links to casinos, systems, books, etc., and all kinds of other things. I cannot keep my forum clean if I accept all of those links from non-well-known members.

Okay, here is a new one for you guys!

Cruise passenger charged after jumping overboard to allegedly dodge $16,000 in gambling debts

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cruise-passenger-charged-jumping-overboard-allegedly-dodge-16000-gambl-rcna230332

Here is a more detailed link.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cruise-ship-passenger-jumps-overboard-225200865.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABP3dso0XxuV0dZRaaUXb8awAQV3m20MMa1STxBulodZN0SEWI0jwj0IPbMWmY5Of-w5UF5C-fLb72lDC_Mftl4TdjRQEWVlQB-3l4qoliIG-YXtMwYLcd-3YFF6zNq4ztiWGjWq-yGeotOS15mxLdEcjg1PrIbzBEYSf1SkYNZP

Here is a great piece on what is actually kind of normal these days regarding forums and the internet.

The effects of self-selection.

Comments, forums, and chatrooms all usually require that you register or take the time to type out your thoughts. As a result, the only people who tend to bother doing such a thing are people who feel particularly positive or negative about something. All of the people who feel neutral or only slightly lean one way or another get lost because sharing their opinion is not worth the investment of time and effort for them.

In this way, internet discourse self-selects for the most extreme viewpoints. And unfortunately, only being presented with the extreme viewpoints in any situation causes our views to diverge even further. The debate becomes defined by the extreme minorities at both polls while the silent majority in the middle either checks out entirely or gets sucked into one extreme viewpoint or the other.

Of course I am bias.  But when I look at reading our forum from the viewpoints of a new member, a member that never posts, a regular reader that reads but never gets involved in discussions or sharing their viewpoints, etc., etc., etc., I think I am understanding more about the discourse of self-selects and the values that can be so easily shared and learned by the masses.

It sure would be great (beyond great really) if many other people would become involved within the forum with their thoughts, experiences, research, results and knowledge.  Seriously. 

Here is one for you.  You know, the ability to think and rationale when you totally lose your mind, seems to be the protocol in today's world. 

Of course the Star Casino executives exploited his self imposing and total addiction as well as his inability to read English while he blew through tens of millions at the baccarat tables. 

Wait a second, let's play devil's advocate here.  You come into a large amount of money.  You go into a high line jewelry store in New York City and start picking out tens of millions of dollars worth of precious watches and jewelry.  Do they stop you and say; "Sorry, no can do.  We have to check your English proficiency and analyze your state of mind before we take your money", etc., etc.? 

https://www.casino.org/news/property-billionaire-phillip-dong-fang-lee-sues-star-casino-for-57m-losses/

The USA has the most casinos out of any country in the world these days.  I am very much acquainted with Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, both world class acts to say the very least!

What happens in Vegas doesn't always have to stay there.  Vegas laid the ground work and it was copied and profited upon hundreds and hundreds of times over.  Not by building complete cities geared towards gaming, but property by property with numerous smaller Vegas style jurisdictions. 

Instead, consider a night of gambling fun at two New England casinos, which were recently named as being among the best casinos outside Las Vegas, according to a USA Today poll.

"The United States is home to more than 1,000 casinos — more than any other country in the world," USA Today wrote. "From coast to coast, gamers have a huge range of options for where to place their bets, and not just in Las Vegas."

An expert panel narrowed down the USA Today list to 20 casinos, including Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino, both in Connecticut. Then the public was able to vote on their favorites.

Mohegan Sun placed second, while Foxwoods Resort Casino placed third. First place went to Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel in California.

Mohegan Sun has nearly 4,000 slot machines, over 300 table games, more than 30 poker tables, a race book and "an area fashioned after an Asian market that offers traditional Asian table games like sic bo, pai gow, and mini baccarat," the news outlet wrote.

Foxwoods has more than 3,500 slot machines, as well as 250-plus table games, high-stakes bingo, a sportsbook with 50-foot LED screens and the largest poker room on the East Coast, according to USA Today.

While we all have different thoughts, opinions and results at the Baccarat table in brick and mortar casinos, we all lose and win with influential events we are part of if we like it or not. Other players can easily bother us, as well as push our winnings higher with camaraderie. Lots of us choose to totally ignore other players or engage with them on a selective basis.

But we all still have to engage with the dealers. A dealer can easily make us feel positive, strong, no pain and compliment  ourselves. As well, a dealer can easily make us feel negative, weak, painful and regretting we even desired to play the session.

Most of us have our favorite Dealers at the properties we play at regularly. Favorite dealers are great IMO and experience.  On the other hand, we also have our not so favorite dealers at those same properties. Many say, play with your favorites and  not with the others, especially the non-favorites. Not always so easy especially when there is only one or two tables going. Maybe you were winning and desire to continue and the favorite  gets tapped out by that not so favorite and undesirable dealer. For me, easy to turn off the players, but not so much the dealer's actions and attitude. The dealers are taking chips and giving chips, The dealers control the flow of the hands, the dealers can impose regret extremely quick, the dealers can change my outlook and thoughts faster than anything else at the table.

There will always be the favorites, the not so favorites and the neutral ones. That will never change, never ever.

Okay.  The Dealers.

The Dealers That Really Do Care.

Make happy winning, make losing a bit less painful, their  emotions are basically the same as the players. Somehow it doesn't matter if there was both losing and winning players in a hand, they really do know how to remove your losing chips a bit less painful and how to shrug their shoulders.  They do not say offensive things. As well they know how to smile discreetly in front of those losing players for those that won hand.  They are normally on the side of a unanimous table that won the hand and as well they do not chastise a unanimous table if they lost a hand.

The Oblivious Dealers.

They tune out almost completely all the players. They do not engage the player's remarks, especially the negative ones about the dealer when they lose. Their non eye contact is for well-thought-out purposes. They very seldom make mistakes and if they really get chastised or they really get humiliated they just call the floor supervisor over to put a stop to it. All they really want to do is deal the game, take their breaks, finish the shift and go home.

The Negative Dealers.

They sweep the losing bets off the table with fast action. Lots of verbal comebacks for most anything said by the players. Such as, "I only deal the cards, you could have wagered on the winning side" or "don't blame me, I didn't tell you to bet your losing Wager", etc. Just about everything is done negatively  and against the player themselves by these type of dealers.

Dealers That Play Baccarat Elsewhere.

I have played with numerous dealers at other properties from my regular property and vice versa. Those will look continuously at the scoreboard while they deal. They voice their opinion with their friends and/or regular players and if asked by others of course. You can see their real pleasure in paying out larger wins, successful side bets, substantial color ups, etc. etc. Their regret for players losses are completely obvious as well.  The list goes on.  High-fives, fist bumps and eye contact are pretty much produced without a second thought continuously throughout all the games they deal.  Generally a special bred of dealer and great to play with IMO. 

The Super Player Conscious.

No matter what classifications are above, except those totally negative dealers of course, these dealers are truly being thoughtful, polite, understanding and most professional. Like when a player loses says, "thanks for playing" and  said in a non-offensive voice when the player gets up to leave. As well, asks the floor personnel If it's okay when a player bets a few seconds late as the first card is just on its way out, instead of a harsh verbal, "no bet,!" or a swipe back of the chips with the dealers other hand, etc. I think these are the dealers that have lots of experience and they're good people and know how to handle customer service a lot better than many other dealers do and take very few things on the personal basis.

MISC.

When it's slow in particular, nothing too exciting happening at the table talk is engaged in between dealer and players. Some of course they know from being regular players while others they know from the local community.

Girl Talk.  They talk to their friends playing usually always females about private things. Such as the salon they just tried that attended to their private area with waxing and how it felt, etc., etc.  Or about a supervisor going out with a dealer, etc. Just a couple of examples.

Guy Talk.  About various after hours clubs and bars in the community. About going to other casinos of course. About people splitting up, etc. About their part-time work. Cars, lawn equipment and house related item purchases of interest, etc.

The pattern is always the same. When the message is wrong, when customers feel ignored or cheated, decline is inevitable. But when you listen, pivot and deliver value with a strong message behind it, success always follows.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/commentary-time-for-a-las-vegas-pivot-3427405/

It is BIG TIME real.  Vegas did it to themselves.

Las Vegas' tourism-dependent economy is hitting the brakes. Visitor volume and consumer spending are tumbling in America's casino capital, and the local unemployment rate is hovering among the highest in the country for big metro areas.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/the-whole-town-is-slower-las-vegas-economy-hits-the-brakes-3427769/

I came up with 9 (Good lord do I love that number!) areas that should be researched, soul dug and remembered when playing. 

1). Judgements from others are usually inaccurate.

2). Failure to really try is why most do fail.

3). Patience is widely misunderstood.

4). Set a Bankroll and a percentage of the Bankroll for your session Buy-ins and strictly adhere to those.

5). Understand a solid Money Management Method and religiously apply it.

6). Understand your mistakes and learn from them. 

7). Little things add up ITLR and otherwise, where you have applied all kinds of losing techniques and thoughts.  Change the habit.

Eight). Excuses are lies and laziness, vow not to engage.

9). Understand and appreciate Blood, Sweat and Tears you have given.  Avoid them.

It is coming.  And, "Hey Vegas, what are you going to replace your customers with? Cause nobody wants to visit anymore".


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1szO_rmTNSQ

I have posted in the past similar threads.  Here is my current top 10.  I am posting a video of each with the song. 

Going to a casino, while not at the table playing, in the mood and something to clear my head for whatever reasons. 

Money.  By; Pink Floyd

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjgwjh4H7wg&pp=ygUQbW9uZXkgcGluayBmbG95ZNIHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

LA Woman.  By; The Doors

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TMiAQPABgHA&pp=ygUSbGEgd29tYW4gdGhlIGRvb3Jz

In The Air Tonight.  By;  Phil Collins

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PEWP9nbqG9Q&pp=ygUfaW4gdGhlIGFpciB0b25pZ2h0IHBoaWwgY29sbGlucw%3D%3D

Radar Love.  By;  Golden Earring

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NlL5c3QAcqA&pp=ygUKcmFkYXIgbG92ZQ%3D%3D

Twilight Zone.  By;  Golden Earring

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B1HSvXanqIM&pp=ygUcdHdpbGlnaHQgem9uZSBnb2xkZW4gZWFycmluZ9IHCQmtCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

Poker Face.  By;  Lady Gaga

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo&pp=ygUUcG9rZXIgZmFjZSBsYWR5IGdhZ2E%3D

Blackjack.  By;  Ray Charles

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cIT5F9XMF6U&pp=ygUVYmxhY2tqYWNrIHJheSBjaGFybGVz

The Gambler.  By;  Kenny Rogers

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo&pp=ygUYdGhlIGdhbWJsZXIga2Vubnkgcm9nZXJz

Riverboat Gambler.  Carly Simon

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L5me9s35_08&pp=ygUdY2FybHkgc2ltb24gcml2ZXJib2F0IGdhbWJsZXI%3D

Walk This Way.  By;  Aerosmith and Run DMC

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ttVzm5LctTA&pp=ygUfd2FsayB0aGlzIHdheSBydW4gZG1jIGFlcm9zbWl0aA%3D%3D

To Whom It Concerns and FOR THE RECORD.

Please Read:

There was previously a post on my forum here reference a Roulette Forum requesting 'donations' for $20.00 or more to renew their monthly web space listings, etc.

That was not (NOT) mine in any way, shape or form.  Yes it was on my forum, I allowed it for reasons I am not going to post. 

I pay for my maintenance and web space listings out of pocket.  I have not requested membership or registration fees as of this date. 

I am posting this because a member of this community brought to my attention some negative comments made by 'lurkers' reading this forum and accusing myself of begging for money.

The assumptions and accusations of requesting donations on my behalf or by myself, is NOT the case.  Not the facts.  Not accurate in any way.  Not one bit of it, zero zilch, nadda, zip, cero, 0. 

Respectfully,
Alrelax
Forum Administrator and Owner

1). Wagering against others that are winning with a verbal (at least loud enough to hear it) "He/They can't keep winning".

2). "Excuse me, how is this game played".

3). Dealer swipes losing wagers really quick with no eye contact while continuously looking at the felt.

4). Players convincing each other B/P because of some elaborate or complicated pattern they invented, etc.

5). People that have their heads down and scanning the table for highest wagering person or majority of people or the singular person winning most all hands, etc., and at the very last second wagering opposite with usually an extremely small wager.

6). Those people arguing with dealer or pit personnel about drawing 3rd cards.  Happens frequently with 2 card values of 4s and 5s for both sides or when banker has 3 and players 3rd card was 8, etc.  (Of course they are wrong and totally oblivious of the rules)

7). Players that blame the dealer on losing hands.

Number Eight). Players commenting before the hand and then a post commentary after the hand.  Especially the ones that lost the hand and the post commentary contradicts their beforehand verbal reasoning.  These are usually the players that point to the scoreboard to show their super classroom teaching abilities.

All I can say is, it's huge hands down luck!

https://fox8.com/news/extremely-lucky-gambler-hits-389-jackpots-in-1-day-at-tampa-casino-winning-1-8m/

https://casino.hardrock.com/tampa/newsroom/2025/08/one-extremely-lucky-guest-hits-389-jackpots-in-a-single-day-at-seminole-hard-rock-tampa-winning-over-1-8-million

Hard Rock, eighth wonder of the casino world.

Hard Rock International fires top exec in betting scandal as it plans NYC casino with Mets owner Steve Cohen.

https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/hard-rock-international-fires-top-exec-in-betting-scandal-as-it-plans-nyc-casino-with-mets-owner-steve-cohen/

From the comments section of the video.  I agree!

"I'm showing my age - but I remember when the first ATM machines came out.  I said - I will never use a ATM, this will never work lol  I was wrong.  My guess is this will be a norm, and 20 ( or less ) years from now people will giggle watching these videos."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qWpIT_jO_2E

Video worth watching.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W62Ie7dKXRY&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D

The corporations that took over Vegas suck when they began their greed and visions to increase income in ever aspect of their properties, IMO.  The old school was 100% better. 

I made this during the last few days.  I am going to print it out and carry it.  Read before playing, read while taking short breaks and if stepping away from the table because of negativity, READ.

1) Short window is safest.
2) At the table I create what happens to my bets.
3) Boundaries, prioritize probability and say no easily.
4) Failure usually occurs before winning. Drawdowns are okay.
5) Thinking and doing are very different.
6) Wrong match and boundaries. Happens.
7) Respect and Value.  Maintain. Maintain. Maintain.
#8 Occupying a seat @ table is different than discussing.
9) Everything changes.  Period.
10) Be conscious with control and emotions. Extremely conscious.
11) Long term strength is MMM and clear thinking.
12) I do not have to possess all the knowledge and experience
        that would lead me to being the greatest player.

Risk Capital.  I have to play with Risk Capital.  Buy-in is from my bankroll.  They are no other constructive successful protocols to fund gambling.  This produces a no, "I have to's", no "I must's", and no funds are borrowed or taken from something else the money was meant for or needed to cover.  My bankroll must be purely for gaming and always maintained with wins.

Real World Wagering.  Winning or Losing.  Look at it as going to the left or the right.  Not being correct or wrong.  When I am playing at the table, there is a pathway that I must attempt to recognize the proper way to travel down.

Gangsters, gamblers and Crown casino: How it all went wrong.

Jenny Jiang's world was turned upside down when the Crown employee was arrested and jailed for breaking Chinese gambling law. But even she didn't know the extent of what her company was up to.

NOTE:  THIS IS A LONG, GREAT, FACTUAL READ EXPLAINING THE WORLD OF CASINO GAMBLING OPERATIONS, SKIRTING THE LAW, BREAKING THE LAW AND ULTRA HIGH ROLLERS ENGAGING IN THEIR MORONIC PLAY.

https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/gangsters-gamblers-and-crown-casino-how-it-all-went-wrong-20190725-p52aqd.html

The Florida Gaming Control Commission has shut down an internet cafe in Sumter County and arrested the owner on charges of money laundering and keeping a gambling house.

https://www.villages-news.com/2025/07/23/gaming-commission-seizes-200-slot-machines-from-internet-cafe/#

First of all, problem with advantages or what seems to be advantages to many is, that most all players will 'test' their advantages/triggers and then if successful go bigger with subsequent wagers.

The subsequent wagers may or may not come through.  (Of Course).  If they do, fine!  However, so many times they will not and that is when the 'give back' and the damage begins.

Hence, Sections.  Sections will isolate and separate the shoe into what it is actually doing, 'if' one can focus on that current Section without taking into consideration earlier parts as well as, what has not yet appeared.  Without offending some here I know, that frame of mind where one takes into consideration what has not yet happened is not greater than 50% IMO and experience with brick and mortar table play.

Sections will highlight many advantages.  Clumping, chopping, doubles, triples, ones and twos, ones and threes.  Chops w/streaks forming, etc., etc.  As well as one that hurts most players and also can be a great insight as to pure and definable patterns coming—the bridge or the pathway, AKA "Event Gaps".  How about we just call it, "The Prelude".  Because in countless shoes the best presentments are usually (highest majority of the times over) preluded by 'The Event Gap' or 'The Bridge'.

Triggers are good, don't get me wrong.  However, triggers do run exclusive and sporadic without definitive application.  If there was definitive application for triggers, then the game of Baccarat would not exist or it would be pulled real quick.

IMO and I'm attempting an explanation of thoughts here (not too easy to do) is to fall into a frame of mind (and maintain it) where we are conscious of what is happening, rather than what we desire to happen.  What we desire to happen, really has nothing to do with the forthcoming preset presentments. 

When you see it, the sky is the limit.  But not after it happens, hence losses.  Losses complicate most all of our thought processes and frustration levels.  And those IMO and experience work totally in favor of the casino most every time.

Make it simple

There is a world of magic within simplicity.  Although baccarat is a game that most players turn into complexity and difficulty understanding, my suggestion to you is keeping your thought process very simple.  Identify three to five things happening, such as the Big Road sticking or not, Naturals producing same side additional wins or opposite side cutting, Players side continuously receiving a third card that solidifies the win, etc., etc.,  and focus on those things for your wagering. Let the other stuff go.  Too much to remember and too much to apply at the table will confuse you, make you frustrated and simply wear you down the highest amount of times. 


Larger results while narrowing your focus

Focus  your efforts on smaller areas and sections of the shoe.  If you attempt to conquer the whole shoe or the majority of it, chances are you will grind yourself down of profits already realized or discount your probability to win.  When your wagering is engaged over a wide area of the shoe, you are discounting and possibly blinding yourself to great repetitive presentments as they are happening.  And as a norm, those repetitive presentments are usually within one section of about 20 or so wagers.    So focus on smaller areas and your efforts will be felt  with a greater amount of wins.  It could take time for this to happen, but keep that focus narrow and the results will come in time.

The Claridge Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.  Lots of history there and yes, Marilyn Monroe used to stay there.

Here is the Wiki on it.  Lots of unique history for sure.  Read the 'Casino Era'.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Claridge_Hotel_(Atlantic_City)

Anyway we used to play there (maybe stayed there once) as The Claridge to myself, my close friends and casino playing associates, was labeled as a 'neutral ground' property.  It was where players met up and we were all on the same level. 

We all had our favorite and primary properties that were much bigger and offered a lot more than the smallest of all, The Claridge. 

And yes, The Claridge was located at Park Place and The Boardwalk (remember Monopoly's most expensive places to land?). 

The main entrance to the casino, after walking through the hotel lobby, one would step down a few steps and there it was, the one big 14 seat, 2 sided kidney shaped, 2 banker table. 

Lots of great games happened right there for sure in the late 89's and the 90's.  But one thing unique for the majority of the baccarat players that walked away from our primary properties for a few hours or a night, was that we all seemingly went there with good wins from our other casinos we all predominantly played at. 

Don't forget, all of this occurred before the electronic scoreboards, the side bets, etc.  No hand count, no stats showing, no 'roads' being shown or tracked, etc., etc.  During the late 80's and throughout the 90's we were content in taking the shoe and dealing the cards ourselves.  To this day I still say, the way we used to play at those big tables made it much easier to win, follow streaks, chop chop, doubles and more.  As well, the camaraderie amongst the players was unconditionally greater than what it is these days.

I found this mug stashed away in a box the other day.  Such beautiful memories by and large!!