There are many 8 deck auto-shuffle shoes, trick side bet, 6-5 games, ect. all over the floor, but you can't beat them.
But the 2-deck Blackjack game (at $50. per hand minimum) are the only decent odds in the general casino area. Those few tables are just outside the BJ High Roller area. Otherwise, you have to go into the High Roller BJ area to get decent odds for the player, at $100. minimum per hand. Only in the High Roller areas do you rate a free drink. Nothing free in the other general areas. The comps for BJ players are absolutely an after-thought. I saw only a few Match Play promotions in years of being a customer. As a solid Basic Strategy, non-counting player, that's all there is, folks.
Folks I been coming here for the last 10 years. 8 years ago it was great. You can actually win jackpots without making max bets of $5,$10,$20 a pull. Those days are long gone. I guess greed gets the best of people. I decided to go back and check out their new gaming room. It's nice and they have some cool new games. Problem is that these new games are set to payout even less than the older games. Its a RIP off. When your betting $2.50 a spin and the bonus round is paying your $20-$25.00 and also if you get a $9.00 hit and the machine praises you with a BIG WIN,,,theres a problem. They have gotten so greedy it's really sickening. People I beg you dont go. Take your money and go to one of the internet cafes. They pay our alot better plus u get free drinks and food. I cant wait for another casino to come to Florida and smash these greedy people and give them a wake up call.
Staying away because you just can't win there. Tampa expansion costing 700 million and Hollywood expansion costing 1.2 BILLION, where do you think the money is coming from to pay for it. They squeeze every dollar from you while you're there.
I used to go with a group of 20 people every other weekend. No one goes anymore because the payouts are too bad. We go now to South Florida once a month. You know it is bad when 20 people go in with an average bankroll of 1k each, and an hour later, everyone is broke. We also used to get meal comps, and eat lunch or dinner there. The comps and free play stopped also.
I am friends with a youtuber with thousands of slot videos. For 2018, he had over 200k in hand pays, none from the Tampa Hard Rock. He said he lost about 80k in Tampa, and never had a winning trip, or posted his play time on youtube because there were no wins to show. He won't be returning, and neither will I.
