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Baccarat for the iphone

2 commentsPublished Tuesday, October 21, 2008 by baccarat_guy.

Yes, the wait is over.

There is now an iphone application for baccarat.

The Baccarat Pro interface is pretty snazzy.

The application provides easy access to the rules of the game, as well as a scorecard, and history.

You can keep track of high scores on the leader board. I especially like the card burn feature at the beginning of the shoe, though you are not shown the burn cards. The only odd, or unnatural thing about the game interface is that it sets aside the commission for bank bets when they are placed. This is to prevent you burning through your bankroll and still owing commission. In real life, the casinos know you are on the hook for the commission, and you would just have to dig in your pockets for the balance, if you didn't have it in chips.

A detailed review can be found at the iphone games network website.

Now, one can practice their baccarat strategies all day long!

Labels: baccarat, baccarat pro, game, iphone

Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal dead at 79

0 commentsPublished by baccarat_guy.

On the evening of Oct. 4, 1982, Lefty Rosenthal, the talented professional gambler and gangster-when-necessary who had brought sports betting to casinos in Las Vegas and illicitly run an empire of four hotel casinos, walked out of Tony Roma’s on East Sahara Avenue with an order of takeout ribs. He had just finished dinner with some fellow handicappers, and he was bringing the food home for his two children. When he got into his car, it blew up.

Mr. Rosenthal survived the explosion — later he could not remember whether he had turned the ignition key — but the attempt on his life, for which no one was ever prosecuted, ended his career as one of the most powerful men in Las Vegas. He left the city early the next year and on Monday, at home in Miami Beach, he died. He was 79 and had lived in Florida since the late 1980s.

more details HERE

NY Times obituary is HERE

Rosenthal interview with the Miami Herald in 2008

A nice NPR tribute, Man Behind "Casino" Dies

The Stardust was my absolute favorite Vegas property for many years.

I was friendly with a few baccarat supervisors who worked directly for "Lefty." --- the stories were awesome, one of the many reasons I loved playing big baccarat at the 'dust.

I played the final day-shift big baccarat game at the 'dust back in 2006.

and, I'll never forget the great times I had talking to Shirley in the baccarat room --- the "first" female baccarat dealer in Vegas, trained by "Lefty." Lefty helped train Shirley to be a baccarat dealer, back in the day.

Oh, yes, and they had a great Loyalty Program @ the 'Dust. Chairman and Gold Level were ripe with lots of discretionary perks. ;)

Lefty was one of the last of the true Vegas legends.

Labels: baccarat, casino, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, stardust