Thanx for the info. The trip went pretty well. I left the casino with about an extra 17 units in my pocket.
I didn't notice any $5 tables or CSMs. I did see maybe 3 $15 tables, several $25 tables (some of these were NMS) and a $50 and 2 $100 tables (these 3 were NMS).
The biggest downside for my wife and I was the amount of smoke in the casino. We are used to playing in AC and hardly any smoke there - spoiled, I guess (if playing in AC can be thought of as spoiled).
Overall, I think I would go back. The pen wasn't too bad (like Blue Efficacy said). It was about 1-2 on an 8 deck shoe. Even convinced one dealer to go down from 2 decks to 1.
One interseting thing happened. I was at a NMS $25 table. I jumped to 2 hands about half way through the shoe and the guy next to me had a fit (there were 3 of us playing). He called over the pit boss and complained that someone at a NMS table could not play 2 hands if he started with one. Never heard that one before. Pit boss actually sided with him but said it didn't really matter. To make everyone happy, I played 1 unit on 2 squares the first hand then jumped back to one until the count justified two hands.
