Top 4 reasons for playing @ El Cortez & Western

[zengrifter]

El Cortez and Western, downtown Las Vegas, have been crticized by Don Schlesinger and others as "toilets" and "sweatshops" to be avoided - I enjoy visiting both whenever I am in town and playing low to moderate stakes. Here are my top 4 reasons for playing at these joints. zg

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Top 4 reasons for playing @ El Cortez & Western

4. The best 1D games in LV

3. The ambviance of an authentic '50s casino

2. Fine Tuner's highest SCORE rating.

And, the #1 reason for playing at the El Cortez & Western...

1. NEVER running into Don Schlesinger as he madly spins and hops, whirling dervish style, wonging from table to table constantly checking his watch, and chattering incessantly like a Lewis Carrol 'Looking Glass' character,
"I'm late, I'm late, I really must be going!"

 

[learning to count]

Re: Top 4 reasons for playing @ El Cortez & Wester

Ha ha. Your right it does have a good game except for the penentration but sometimes face up or even two can get past the middle of the deck. The chicken fried steak is good in the cafe which is a blink of an eye away.

They do sweat though. The little Filipino pit critter gets nosy after they call out on a bet over $30 bucks. And if you start out in green they emediatley run for the phone.

MY best opportunities come in the morning and betting two hands to keep the bets broke up. The $35 dollar mark seems to be the catch all. It is hit or miss
at $30 if they will yell check play. So I go two hands of thirty.

The Western well that is a different story. Good game. They only sweat when you bet over twenty five bucks. They dont sweat the thought of you being a counter. They sweat wondering if they can pay you if you do win. The western is just that a "WESTERN". The John Wayne security/door man,, The drunk Mexican at the front one peso Blackjack table, A town drunk sleeping under a vid poker machine towards the back, the old half grey half bleached blonde haired waitress, and the lipstick stained coffee cup. I always look to see if a gunfight will start in the street. ZG versus DS....????? "Its not just a western its an adventure".

Hey ZG how agout answering my question on RA below!

 

[Reddevil]

Re: Top 4 reasons for playing @ El Cortez & Wester

Dont forget at the Western
#5 The 60 year old cocktail waitresses that if you tip them will be the fastest servers in LV
#6 No one has name tags and most wont tell you their real names so you get to make names up. My personal favorite is the grave PC I call "Bones", though he does not seem to like that too much

On the note of penetration I was there on New Years playing with two other players at the table and twice in a 2 hour period a dealer had to reshuffel to fininsh out the hand. It was the first time i had seen this anywhere.

Red

 

[The Mayor]

Excellent Post!

And funny
and to the point

But then again, Don Schlesinger, when invited as guest of honor to the GC party for BJ21, had to have his room paid for by BJ21, because he did not have any comps in Vegas available.

Maybe he does play at the Western after all!

--Mayor

 

[Abraham de Moivre]

Re: Top 4 reasons for playing @ El Cortez & Wester

The dealers at the El Cortez are often young Chinese girls straight off the boat, so they don't speak english. This means no idle dealer chit-chat slowing down the game.

A $1 tip is truely appreciated.

The Careful Kitty Cafe Breakfast Special can't be beat.