phantom007
Well-Known Member
I spent the first 3 days of recent LV trip downtown. Chose to stay at LL, since my usual downtown haunt could not fit me in, and because LL seems consistently to get the best S.C.O.R.E. ratings, and LL is a short walk (or run if you are being chased) to most other DT stores.
Always gives me a "warm fuzzy" when the taxi driver at the airport says "LL! Wow, I have not taken anyone there in years."
Check-in was a breeze. Check-out took a long time because the Cashier's cage is located right next to the hotel registration desk, and yes, phantom007, feared interstate (MS, MO, and NV) BJ player, STOOD IN LINE AT THE CASHIER'S CAGE, dragging luggage, for about 10 min. Finally realized that I was the only one in line with luggage, and WITHOUT buckets of quarters! Back to check-in, I thought it was kind of cheesy to have a casino employee greet you, then inquire if you were married AND if you spouse was with you....if the answer was "yes" to both, you were herded to a special area for gifts and I suspect, sometype of timeshare pitch. Since my answers were "only legally" and "no", I did not get herded.
Room was clean and basic....hell, for $25. a night, I did not expect a mint on the pillow. TV remote did not have a "menu" button, so you could not watch movies. Did miss the little in-room coffee pot. On my gambling trips, I always like to sit there and have a few cups of coffee, and plan my day.
-----morning...play BJ and drink coffee.
-----lunch.....buffet or cafe comp.
-----afternoon...play BJ and drink coffee.
-----evening...play BJ and drink beer.
-----night.....get steakhouse comp, then drink more beer, and play more BJ.
Kind of the same every trip. Why I need to plan it, I do not know. Lunch decision is always hard....buffet or cafe, buffet or cafe?
Coupon book was weird. First, it was not a book, but rather a sheet of paper. It had perforations so that one had about 10 tear-out coupons on the sheet.
AND TWO OF MINE WERE ALREADY TORN OUT! Am naturally paranoid, but this really set me off. Felt better when I realized that the entire stack of coupon sheets had the same 2 removed....possibly a misprint or something (such as BJ pays 1000:1).
Some of the coupons were useless, at least to me. Free hat (don't wear). Also could not use the 2:1 Buffet coupon....let's see, I am here by myself. Go to the "all you can eat" buffet, and get 2 of them. Hmmm. Also a coupon to get a beer plus hotdog for 99 cents....did not use it since the beer was already "free", but did keep it in reserve in case I was denied a meal comp later.
Did use the $5. matchplay coupon, and lost. They also had a "BJ pays $7 for a $5 Bet" coupon.....this one took me a while, probably because I did not have in-room coffee....finally figured it out. BJ pays $7.50 for $5 bet...let's see...if I use this coupon on DD, I will lose 50 cents! So I used it on SF21.
Big sign on a closed BJ table advertising their daily BJ, Roulette, and Craps class: "College of Casino Knowledge"....C.O.C.K. Told PC they should print up diplomas and t-shirts...."Graduate of C.O.C.K-'04" and the like.
Oriental/Asian/Non-Caucasian/Non-Negro dealer was having trouble with the cut cards...apparently LL has just went from using one to using 2...she did not know
what to do with the 2nd cut card. PC came over and said "Here, you take one and cut the 2 decks in half, then take the other and cut in half again".
Great! 75% pen. Except she kept doing it wrong, and giving about 60%.
Overall, they offered a decent DD game. Weekdays, only 2 tables open...expanded on the weekend. Did like their SF21. Unlike many stores, if you start out with 2 hands, then you can go back and forth from one-two at will. Dealer got nervous with my $5x1 to $50x2 spread, and every time I did it, kept glancing at PC as if to get him to intervene. PC did not seem to care.
PROBABLY BECAUSE I DROPPED $1,500. PLAYING THIS WAY!
I think I am starting to grasp the concept of VARIANCE.
phantom007.
Always gives me a "warm fuzzy" when the taxi driver at the airport says "LL! Wow, I have not taken anyone there in years."
Check-in was a breeze. Check-out took a long time because the Cashier's cage is located right next to the hotel registration desk, and yes, phantom007, feared interstate (MS, MO, and NV) BJ player, STOOD IN LINE AT THE CASHIER'S CAGE, dragging luggage, for about 10 min. Finally realized that I was the only one in line with luggage, and WITHOUT buckets of quarters! Back to check-in, I thought it was kind of cheesy to have a casino employee greet you, then inquire if you were married AND if you spouse was with you....if the answer was "yes" to both, you were herded to a special area for gifts and I suspect, sometype of timeshare pitch. Since my answers were "only legally" and "no", I did not get herded.
Room was clean and basic....hell, for $25. a night, I did not expect a mint on the pillow. TV remote did not have a "menu" button, so you could not watch movies. Did miss the little in-room coffee pot. On my gambling trips, I always like to sit there and have a few cups of coffee, and plan my day.
-----morning...play BJ and drink coffee.
-----lunch.....buffet or cafe comp.
-----afternoon...play BJ and drink coffee.
-----evening...play BJ and drink beer.
-----night.....get steakhouse comp, then drink more beer, and play more BJ.
Kind of the same every trip. Why I need to plan it, I do not know. Lunch decision is always hard....buffet or cafe, buffet or cafe?
Coupon book was weird. First, it was not a book, but rather a sheet of paper. It had perforations so that one had about 10 tear-out coupons on the sheet.
AND TWO OF MINE WERE ALREADY TORN OUT! Am naturally paranoid, but this really set me off. Felt better when I realized that the entire stack of coupon sheets had the same 2 removed....possibly a misprint or something (such as BJ pays 1000:1).
Some of the coupons were useless, at least to me. Free hat (don't wear). Also could not use the 2:1 Buffet coupon....let's see, I am here by myself. Go to the "all you can eat" buffet, and get 2 of them. Hmmm. Also a coupon to get a beer plus hotdog for 99 cents....did not use it since the beer was already "free", but did keep it in reserve in case I was denied a meal comp later.
Did use the $5. matchplay coupon, and lost. They also had a "BJ pays $7 for a $5 Bet" coupon.....this one took me a while, probably because I did not have in-room coffee....finally figured it out. BJ pays $7.50 for $5 bet...let's see...if I use this coupon on DD, I will lose 50 cents! So I used it on SF21.
Big sign on a closed BJ table advertising their daily BJ, Roulette, and Craps class: "College of Casino Knowledge"....C.O.C.K. Told PC they should print up diplomas and t-shirts...."Graduate of C.O.C.K-'04" and the like.
Oriental/Asian/Non-Caucasian/Non-Negro dealer was having trouble with the cut cards...apparently LL has just went from using one to using 2...she did not know
what to do with the 2nd cut card. PC came over and said "Here, you take one and cut the 2 decks in half, then take the other and cut in half again".
Great! 75% pen. Except she kept doing it wrong, and giving about 60%.
Overall, they offered a decent DD game. Weekdays, only 2 tables open...expanded on the weekend. Did like their SF21. Unlike many stores, if you start out with 2 hands, then you can go back and forth from one-two at will. Dealer got nervous with my $5x1 to $50x2 spread, and every time I did it, kept glancing at PC as if to get him to intervene. PC did not seem to care.
PROBABLY BECAUSE I DROPPED $1,500. PLAYING THIS WAY!
I think I am starting to grasp the concept of VARIANCE.
phantom007.
