Single and double deck have horrid rules there. Roseville has Thunder Valley, where you can catch their six deck shoe at $15 sometimes, but it goes up to $25 in the evenings, with only four shoe tables available (everything else is CSM’s).
I don’t think a 1-6 spread would be advantageous. You’ll have to play rated, though: I went in last week and they’re limiting non-rated players to a single spot and six times the minimum bet (which you can occasionally catch at $15). Wheatland (30 minutes north of Sacramento) has Hard Rock, which has $25 minimum double deck and six deck shoe, both 3:2 and exceptionally favorable rules, outside of no surrender. I’ve noticed they don’t really care about counting too much the pit bosses are more or less just there if the dealer makes a mistake (side bet doesn’t get paid, dealer BJ doesn’t show when checked, etc). The casino is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, offering a wide variety of coin drop and ticket in/out slot machines with a well-rounded mixture of penny, nickel, quarter, one-dollar and five-dollar games, multi-denomination and progressive games. It’s a card room, but no commission (third-party pays the commission). Specialties: The Only Place to Play and Stay in Wine Country.
Your only options are in Sacramento - Stones in Citrus Heights is usually $10 minimum six deck shoe, $10 minimum double deck (but 6:5).
