Atlantic City

After almost three years of living in New York, I finally found my way to Atlantic City this weekend. Traveling by Greyhound isn't the way the high-rollers do it I suspect, but it seems like the best way to make that trip for a non-car owner like myself. I guess the casinos subsidize bus tickets, because $36 for a round trip is an absolute steal.

And we aren't high rollers, anyhow. Sticking to the cheapest tables available, we mostly played $10 and $15 hands of blackjack along with some of the more creative poker games, including 3 and 4 card poker, as well as VS. the dealer Texas Hold em. I have to admit that I thought that those games would be lame, but they we definitely interesting enough to keep me occupied for hours (and hours) on end. Three-card poker is actually on the boring side, though the dealer I spoke with claimed that it provided the best odds, but four card poker seems like a decent way to spend some time.

Atlantic City, from what I saw, wasn't much to look at, though there seemed to be quite a few nice casinos scattered throughout. The surrounding areas looked run down and uninviting, so I could definitely see skipping the sight seeing on my next trip, but if the weather were nicer I'd be up for checking out the boardwalk area next time.

One of the highlights was watching the Super Bowl with a bunch of insane Giants fans. Apparently betting on sports is illegal in New Jersey, which is just ridiculous. I mean, if you're going to have a full blown casino where everyone is sinning all day and night, what's the point of keeping sports gambling out? Anyway, it didnt seem to dampen the spirits of the Giants fans, though I think my mom and I would have been more into it if we had bets going. Better off as it was, we probably would both have lost.