BigLouie
Low-Roller
A quick trip report...
Had a Wed-Th. contractor's confrence at Monte Carlo. Blast off from Birmingham Tuesday 6:40 AM. 3 night stay. Flew American for the first (and last) time. Actually American is OK if you like to be hearded like sheep and packed in like sardines. Had knees in my back the whole flight, and that was from a little old lady!
We stayed at Caesars for the first time in over 10 years. Still trying to figure out how a place can be so spread out and chopped up at the same time. It's still a very nice place but I don't think it ever recovered from the Mirage's opening in 1989. Except for the Forum Shops (brilliant move) it just can't figure out how to grow old gracefully. Somehow it reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor. Anyway, the dice tables had a bouncy rubber under the felt. I played one session, lost $$ and didn't play there again.
By the way the high was 118 and the low was the highest low they've ever had. 95. Didn't know there was even such a thing as a highest low!
We did try a new restaurant at the Forum Shops called Joe's...which is a little fancier Joe's Stone Crab, the famous Miami place....and I'm sorry to say it didn't live up to it's namesake.
Still, we're in my favorite town where you can't help but have a blast.
Checked out the new Binions. Did they capture the old magic? Some of it, yes and they've done a good job but some things are so unique you just can't reproduce.
On the way back we had an old cab driver who used to deal at the Sands. I asked him about the Rat Pack. He said Dino was a gem of a guy. Everybody loved him. Said Sanatra was a jerk.
For the first time ever, I played more 21 than dice. I play blackjack semi-agressive (like a dice player, I guess) and actually won some $$$. Here's an amazing fun fact!!!!... Most folks who sit down at a BJ table don't know basic strategy. Of course, just look at the packed 6/5 tables and that should tell you something.
Other stuff...Anyone who gets on the Strat Tower ride called "Insanity" is insane. Monte Carlo is a nice, comfortable casino with a friendly staff. Blackstones is a very good steakhouse. Give me slot tickets rather than coins any day! The flappers still irritate the %&$#%@! out of me. If you play any table game and bet level, you will lose; The Wynn is first class but I think Steve has lost just a little edge (the exterior is a tapered-curved Mirage and the interior is a Bellagio clone??). The hardwood floors in the Palms was a dumb idea. The finish was worn off is the first year (Am I sounding like a contractor?) I predict Ivana Trump's condo tower will bust. Bad location.
Gambling...not trying to say how anyone should play but how I play. Short sessions at any game. Try to get up, then walk. Then try to do it again. Anyway, that's just me. Somebody here can grind it out for hours at one table and make big bucks but I can't. This time I came back with enough of LV economy to buy our plane tickets for the next trip. Better than the alternative.
Your Vegas Buddy
BigLouie
Had a Wed-Th. contractor's confrence at Monte Carlo. Blast off from Birmingham Tuesday 6:40 AM. 3 night stay. Flew American for the first (and last) time. Actually American is OK if you like to be hearded like sheep and packed in like sardines. Had knees in my back the whole flight, and that was from a little old lady!
We stayed at Caesars for the first time in over 10 years. Still trying to figure out how a place can be so spread out and chopped up at the same time. It's still a very nice place but I don't think it ever recovered from the Mirage's opening in 1989. Except for the Forum Shops (brilliant move) it just can't figure out how to grow old gracefully. Somehow it reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor. Anyway, the dice tables had a bouncy rubber under the felt. I played one session, lost $$ and didn't play there again.
By the way the high was 118 and the low was the highest low they've ever had. 95. Didn't know there was even such a thing as a highest low!
We did try a new restaurant at the Forum Shops called Joe's...which is a little fancier Joe's Stone Crab, the famous Miami place....and I'm sorry to say it didn't live up to it's namesake.
Still, we're in my favorite town where you can't help but have a blast.
Checked out the new Binions. Did they capture the old magic? Some of it, yes and they've done a good job but some things are so unique you just can't reproduce.
On the way back we had an old cab driver who used to deal at the Sands. I asked him about the Rat Pack. He said Dino was a gem of a guy. Everybody loved him. Said Sanatra was a jerk.
For the first time ever, I played more 21 than dice. I play blackjack semi-agressive (like a dice player, I guess) and actually won some $$$. Here's an amazing fun fact!!!!... Most folks who sit down at a BJ table don't know basic strategy. Of course, just look at the packed 6/5 tables and that should tell you something.
Other stuff...Anyone who gets on the Strat Tower ride called "Insanity" is insane. Monte Carlo is a nice, comfortable casino with a friendly staff. Blackstones is a very good steakhouse. Give me slot tickets rather than coins any day! The flappers still irritate the %&$#%@! out of me. If you play any table game and bet level, you will lose; The Wynn is first class but I think Steve has lost just a little edge (the exterior is a tapered-curved Mirage and the interior is a Bellagio clone??). The hardwood floors in the Palms was a dumb idea. The finish was worn off is the first year (Am I sounding like a contractor?) I predict Ivana Trump's condo tower will bust. Bad location.
Gambling...not trying to say how anyone should play but how I play. Short sessions at any game. Try to get up, then walk. Then try to do it again. Anyway, that's just me. Somebody here can grind it out for hours at one table and make big bucks but I can't. This time I came back with enough of LV economy to buy our plane tickets for the next trip. Better than the alternative.
Your Vegas Buddy
BigLouie
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