Monday, January 27, 2014

Downtown Las Vegas Staying Relative


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The "D" within the picture isn't for Downtown, but we will be able to always pretend it's! Personally, I used to stick at the Las Vegas Strip once I could get a room on the Stardust or Circus Circus as a child for 29-bucks. At that price, and with 2-buck sandwiches or hamburgers, I had a variety of money to blow at poker. Once I got ok at poker to sustain my vacation/living expenses I rented a bungalow on the Dunes for $400 a month (yeah, I DO KNOW they imploded the Dunes in '93, so that you can tell I HAVE BEEN at this casino gambling thing for quite a while!), but that meant I needed to discover a lot of inexpensive meals, like 99-cent breakfasts, 99-cent shrimp cocktails, and 99-cent Alka-Seltzer tablets.

For a while, the Dunes had an excellent poker room, but I gravitated to Downtown Las Vegas because I liked the Golden Nugget, and all-around the valuables I DISCOVERED good, cheap eats, just like the shrimp or crab cocktails on the Four Queens and the Golden Gate. I also ate a ton (yes, 2000 pounds) of Pastrami and Corned Beef sandwiches on the Horseshoe for $2.95 each. In this day and age I still just like the Nugget, but I tend toward vegetarian fare, or I keep on with sushi, and the Nugget keeps looking to reinvent itself, as do a little of the clubs just like the D within the Downtown corridor. That's a fair thing. The rooms are cheaper than at the strip, you'll be able to park and reach a dozen clubs on foot, and while you desire a break from the gaming, just walk outside to the Fremont Experience and luxuriate in the show!

I've also noticed that the clubs Downtown love to give new table games a try, and it was on the D that I caught a brand new game last month, and this month the Golden Nugget has Big Raise Stud Poker. It is a pretty easy game, so much like Let-it-Ride, and should you just play the usual bet and make your 1x or 4x raise on the correct time, the home edge is a cheap 2.78 percent. That's pretty good for a carnival game. Test it out in case you get a chance.


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