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<br />• By SARAH FLOM . •:• t £i• •'P.'. 7'. •$ tables, trained dealers and regula-
<br />Staff Writer •`•••'•; •>, " ....
<br />' • .. •• % . lion chips and uses the same rules
<br />' >:IS you're heading for Las Vegas • they follow in Las Vegas. •.•,• t
<br />and :you don't want to lose your t ' "The only difference is, the only
<br />shirt at, the blackjack tables, maybe %payoffis in fun and entenainment,'•
<br />you need 'a little, practice lb gain!•`sald Weiden.�t.t:3", .":+ f:•; ;'-' y. l
<br />tome confidence` V J 41:.1` :1i . e ,,'••• 'For s'S2'minimum, you 'get 200. •fitSoon ;iyou'll.•be : able'.to
<br />• play ' points in chips' (eight 25- pointers). '
<br />>lxkjack at Steamer's;.Iightclub ids• ;?ForSS, you get 600 points in chips:,
<br />itillwatei,,thanks'to'a new•service :'"(thme 100 - pointers, four 50- pointers'
<br />tvailable:to.Twin Cities -area clubs!" and four 25- pointers). For SIO, you'
<br />tailed Play 21.: But don't expect to ,•;get 1,500 in chips •= et cotes. Wer•-
<br />vin• big . bucks -- or.xven small.t•dcn said that big 'spenders could'.
<br />:hange, for that matter.' ''" >'r F.conceivably plunk down $100 and
<br />The premise behind Plaf 21, ac -'., have their ply play all night. '' • •
<br />ording to manager Matt Werden, is "It's a great way to team how to
<br />olely'entertainment: entertainment:: why'.'' play blackjack instead of going to
<br />'s not considered gambling: There Reno or Las Vegas and losing 4
<br />1 no payoff at the end of the game, .• couple of hundred dollars." Wades
<br />o matter how many chips you end ; said, adding that the dealers aro
<br />p with. And while that may sound trained to talk beginners tluough•the;.
<br />Mile boring 'compared to 'The'' game. "'I've taught' even experi -• ,
<br />ands, it's the best you can get in :enced players certain strategies."
<br />linnesota — and in fact, it's not.. And. he noted that blackjack ta- -
<br />ring at at ,... "s':' : ',, • ' .'. iles are great places to wait for late-
<br />The fun is in the playing comers or even meet some new '
<br />ay, according 10 some. ": •faces, as the players and dealers are .
<br />• Based out of Brooklyn Park, • Introduced to each other before play •
<br />viler Marijo Gutman and her staff •.b 4• : :'•• :•''r '` '
<br />we set up regulation blackjack ta- " ''`'At the end of the night, if you're
<br />es' in such spots as -William's . lucky enough to be left with piles of
<br />ightclub ' and Norma Jean's in -• chips, you still have to return them
<br />inneapolis, Bennigan's ' in :,;St. ,;to the dealer. There's no keeping of
<br />mis Park `and Streamer's - in ' tCtups ur?til the next night.
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<br />oundsview. Play . :2l..supplies •the `..:‘• '
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<br />T,..:1; However, if you matiage to rack ' via ; called • Las Vegas ''tonight,'
<br />up 10,000 in points, you become a z where individual people, groups or •
<br />-7' member of the Play 21 Cardshark ' ' corporations can t'rent" a casino '
<br />Club' and your name is posted on . party for one night. Play 21 can sup-
<br />the wall — so you do get some kind ply blackjack, craps, - roulette and
<br />*••••, \of.recognition for yourskilL; :'r ?. other games as well as the dealer(s),
<br />-Play 21 sounds like a good deal ;.chips ••and table(s). The price -
<br />▪ •idor the nightclub: "It cost Steamer's , on the number of people at-
<br />, ,.• absolutely nothing," Werden said. /l! , tending the party. "" • '
<br />;The service supplies all materials• " Since Greeman started Play 21 in
<br />4, and 'personnel; ' after the 'dealer's .::September of last year with the rust
<br />• wages aro paid, the bar gets 40 per- table going in at William's, her staff
<br />ant of profits and Play 21 gets the - has grown considerably from three
<br />other 60 percent.' : c "- •: :., to 20 employees, and "we're hiring
<br />te•t• ': In looking for potential spots to all the time," said Werden. -9 :'• .,
<br />feature Play 21 tables, Werden said, .t" In fact, Play 21 is looking for a
<br />"We *only go to rust -class night - ',.dealer in the Stillwater area to man
<br />clubs.. We go to the hottest spots in ... the table at Steamer's. Anyone will-
<br />'the entire seven- county area. ' ' . " lag to take a gamble, on the job
<br />• '; Play 21 also has a subsidiary ser- • should call 560. 4962., •
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