- On weekends, there are no blackjack tables below $10 minimum. During the week, we’ve seen (and played) $5 tables

- The large concert venue is a low-ceiling hotel-like meeting room with rows of chairs packed in. Not the greatest place to rock out, but at least they don’t permit smoking in there during a concert.

- The smaller night-club bar & stage is a very nice venue for concerts. We saw Dave Mason perform there and it was comfortable with good sound system. The older crowd for this artist didn’t smoke so it was tolerable in the venue.

- When crowded, you either can’t get to a table game or you have to pony up for the high stakes tables. This is not a place for casual entertainment unless you’ve got money to blow or you enjoy the mind-numbing video slots. (I personally find that watching grass grow is more entertaining than video slots). Most of the gaming here is video slots. Weekday nights, you may have a shot at getting a seat at one of the very few $5 blackjack tables to have some affordable fun.

- Weekdays, they run $25 Midi Baccarat tables.

- There’s a couple small entertainment/ bar areas where jazz musicians or other small acts might play, and soft drinks are free. Nice respite, but smoke stench still pervasive.

I’d go back for week-night concerts in the small venue, but I’ve written this place off as a good weekend entertainment value. If you’re a smoker, you’ll probably like it but the stench is just too much for me to stay there very long.

Something I ran into that i’ve never had a problem with at another casino…..if you have less than a dollar you can’t get a slot ticket. Thusly if you only have 95 cents to spend…you can’t spend it. That is kind of dumb but i guess that goes against their “high class” image that they want to have…but what if you’re someone who wants a bunch of 95 cent tickets?

I didn’t eat at the buffet because it was way to expensive….I did have a burger that was pretty good at the deli near the buffet.

I think, based on the layout, it’s more about everything but the gambling….

also i noticed, on a sunday, there were no cheap minimum bet blackjack, or anything for that matter, tables….They did have a couple of five dollar tables that turned into ten dollar tables a couple of hours later.

never am i unable to find a 3 dollar table at emerald queen….just saying

I will probably go back a few times but there’s not really anything i liked about the place….well maybe my hamburger

I drove out there from Seattle yesterday afternoon just to check it out and take a drive in the sun. I am not into gambling. I also found it cramped with the tables too close together and restrictions as to where we could walk.

The first thing I notices as I entered the main area after getting off the elevator was the OVERWHELMING TOBACCO STENCH! I almost turned around and walked out right then and there. I decided to see if they had a non-smoking area instead and was told there was an area near the back. I went to that area and found nothing. I then asked a dealer at a card table where I could find roulette and she told me there were two tables open near where I had been. I asked about a non-smoking one. She said something about one not being open yet. She was unable to explain what this meant. I complained about the smoke and she said she has asthma and it is not bad. I just walked away in amazement.

I then found the two roulette tables that were open and soon left after finding it impossible to handle the all pervasive smoke. I did not gamble or purchase anything. I then found it difficult to find my way out. I finally found the three small elevators and left. I saw no stairs or any way to locate them. I fully agree that this place is a complete fire trap.

I will not return.