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I just got back from my weekend in Biloxi MS and wanted to put down my thoughts, experiences, and reviews while it’s fresh in my mind. I visited there with my family Thursday-Sunday and stayed at the Grand Hotel Casino and while I spent most of my time with my kids I got plenty of time in at various craps tables.
This was my second visit since Katrina tore the town up but it was my first visit of more than one night so I had more time to check out other casinos on this trip. I brought $500 cash with me but planned on a maximum gambling loss of $300 for the trip. I figured at mostly $5 tables I should be able to have a good time. Harrah’s sends me lots of match-play vouchers and cheap room rates so I took a $59 room rate deal with a $5 match-play voucher and stayed at the clean but not too large Grand Hotel. The hotel ,casino, and staff are all nice. They have two full-size craps tables and one “craps no more” table.
Thursday evening I went downstairs to play. One $5 table was open but crowded so I went to the second one that was busy but had space. I put down my money and then realized it’s a “craps no more” table with 2, 3, 11, 12 points available. I’ve never played those alternative craps version but have heard they generally don’t have as good of odds. Before I placed a bet I saw an opening at the other table and moved over to the regular table. It was a nice green felt table with no field 5 and I think double only field (I didn’t play field). They also offer the fire bet which is a dumb but sometimes fun bet. I played up/down an hour or so. I tried pass+come for a bit but my come bet kept crapping out or the come out roll would hit a 7 and I’d lose my previous come bets. IIRC I was down about $20 so I decided to take a walk with a nice Brickhouse cigar and head down to the Isle of Capri.
I’ve never been to the Isle before so I signed up for the players club and got a $10 slots freeplay which I promptly turned into $19 of cash. I walked directly into the casino area so I can’t pass judgment on the hotel portion of the property but overall I’d rate the casino pretty low. It was stretched out long and skinny so every area felt small and cramped like individual rooms. The décor was dated and unoriginal. They have a truss wood beam ceiling which I guess is supposed to be lodge-like but to me it just made the space feel even smaller. I only saw one craps table. It was a $5 table with a dirty looking mustard yellow felt. I think I had a amber bock and spent most of my time trying to finish my cigar at the end of the table without blowing too much smoke next to my neighbors. I don’t even remember the play but I was down about $50 after 30 minutes to an hour so I figured that I would head back to the Grand to finish my night.

Several weeks back we decided on the spur of the moment to drive over to biloxi for a Sunday night. I had a comped room at IP but they said no comped rooms were available that night (?) so I booked at Beau Rivage for I think $79. I've played there before but never stayed there. The room was very nice (especially for the $) but not over the top. I was hoping for a little more Vegas. I was a little disappointed that it didn't really set itself apart from other casino hotels in the area especially considering there season high rates are often way higher than other properties, no biggy. My wife and I headed down stairs to check out the tables. The were all $10 mins. I was hoping that on an off-season sunday night they'd be $5 but no luck. My wife didnt want to play $10min so we walked over to Hard Rock and found 2 $5 tables. We set up and cashed in. I had an awesome roll full of inside numbers and went up about +$150 between the two of us after just 30minutes or so. We should have walked away then as the next 1hr was a quick trip of 7outs over and over and over. We were a combined -$200 down that quick (so yeah $350 on a $5 table in <1hr) with pretty conservative play. Just nothing hit. Shockingly my wife wanted to continue to play in hopes of turning things around. I wasn't against it but I just wanted to step back for a bit and chill. Anyway we ended up stopping for the night, both frustrated with the night and each-other and went to bed early. A first for a casino trip. ugh. We're planning on staying 2 nights during our christmas cross-country trek so hopefully things will be better and redeem the game for us once again.