I thought I would never say this, but I am: I'm giving up on craps at Caesars Palace.
As everyone knows, I love Caesars. I even love the craps pit. I especially love the long-time dealers who make the game so good at Caesars. But... I have to give up on the game at Caesars.
What's changed?
Well, some of the dealers have changed. There are some new dealers there who really have no interest in the game and no interest in the players. Those new dealers are there to collect their paychecks. How do I know they lack interest? Because they are talking about "other things" besides the game.
The tables at Caesars are not the friendliest. By this I mean the physical tables. The tables at Caesars have become more "bouncey" than they were and I know why. When new felts (layouts) are applied, they are now applied on top of the previous felt. I saw this happen. In the past, old layouts were removed before the new one was put on the table.
Other casinos have friendlier "bets" than what Caesars has. Caesars has the Fire Bet, but I really like the All Tall Small bet that is available at other casinos.
The "player environment" has changed at Caesars. I'm afraid that Caesars is targeting a younger clientele now (or maybe I'm just getting older?) and that has hurt the game.
Gone are the days when players would wait to buy in -- now they will buy in even as a shooter is about to throw the dice. And what makes this problem even worse is that the dealers at Caesars now will stop the game to take in a new player and new money. In the old days, new players and new buy-ins would wait because that was common courtesy in craps.
Caesars was the first casino to drop boxmen and now they've dropped the ball on running a good craps game.
It's still a great casino, and I still love the long time dealers and floor men -- but the environment for play is better at casinos like Red Rock and Bellagio where I've also played recently.