I didn't know whether to post this in "FIRE & money" or "Life after FIRE". Somehow it doesn't seem appropriate to post this in a "travel" forum when you'll barely be leaving the [-]casino[/-] hotel.
Spouse will be at a convention in March, and she's asked me to wrangle her luggage. She'll keep me fully posted on the convention so I'm not even going to bother registering to browse their exhibit hall, let alone attend any of the events. I'll be on my own every morning & afternoon, although the evenings will probably be spent accompanying her in conjunction with conventioneer conviviality conferences. We're arriving on a Sunday afternoon and leaving very early Thursday morning.
We'll be staying at the Hilton (eh, Hawkeye, hopefully not the 3rd floor) and I expect to have my days largely to myself. As a nuclear submariner my [-]vices[/-] choices are Texas hold 'em or blackjack, and I favor the latter. While I've done my fair share of studying and practicing, I don't regularly play and I'm not au courant with the latest Vegas table policies.
Any advice on where around the Hilton I'd find a good blackjack table? I'm not looking for comps or gimmicks as much as I'm hoping for a quiet (maybe even smoke-free) corner where I can [-]play[/-] work for a couple hours a day.
I think card-counting is dead, but I can still execute basic strategy. I haven't read a good blackjack book for about five years, especially with betting advice... any recommendations for recent books or websites that seem ready to stand the test of time?
What's changed on etiquette and tipping? Anything else I should read up on? Any new downloads or websites to use for practice?
Oh, one other thing I'll need to figure out: spouse will probably be free for a lunch hour, and we usually enjoy eating takeout in our room. Any good lunch carryout cuisine around the Hilton that I'll want to investigate?
Spouse will be at a convention in March, and she's asked me to wrangle her luggage. She'll keep me fully posted on the convention so I'm not even going to bother registering to browse their exhibit hall, let alone attend any of the events. I'll be on my own every morning & afternoon, although the evenings will probably be spent accompanying her in conjunction with conventioneer conviviality conferences. We're arriving on a Sunday afternoon and leaving very early Thursday morning.
We'll be staying at the Hilton (eh, Hawkeye, hopefully not the 3rd floor) and I expect to have my days largely to myself. As a nuclear submariner my [-]vices[/-] choices are Texas hold 'em or blackjack, and I favor the latter. While I've done my fair share of studying and practicing, I don't regularly play and I'm not au courant with the latest Vegas table policies.
Any advice on where around the Hilton I'd find a good blackjack table? I'm not looking for comps or gimmicks as much as I'm hoping for a quiet (maybe even smoke-free) corner where I can [-]play[/-] work for a couple hours a day.
I think card-counting is dead, but I can still execute basic strategy. I haven't read a good blackjack book for about five years, especially with betting advice... any recommendations for recent books or websites that seem ready to stand the test of time?
What's changed on etiquette and tipping? Anything else I should read up on? Any new downloads or websites to use for practice?
Oh, one other thing I'll need to figure out: spouse will probably be free for a lunch hour, and we usually enjoy eating takeout in our room. Any good lunch carryout cuisine around the Hilton that I'll want to investigate?