It does have many nice bars on the floor, including a very nice sports bar. However a very substantial disappointment to me was that alcohol service cuts off at 1:30, with all drinks of all types picked up and barred from the floor from 2:00 - 3:00 AM. The casino runs well throughout 24 hours. Also in that small area is a separate bar service and free finger food and prepared fruit served to room players. The tables were never too crowded in that area during my stay in my typically late night play. The liberal rules include even late surrender. Very pleasant is the small 'High Limit' table area, which actually is available to simple green chip players at $25 minimum double deck, often with very good deck penetration and very good rules. It is necessary to confirm 3:2 vs 6:5, but this is done simply by asking the question of the table dealer. There are indeed csm's and 6:5 games, so each game needs to be investigated.

It is necessary to walk the floor to find your game. Actually, a great variety of blackjack games is offered. The most recent reviewer mentions poor blackjack games with continuous shuffling machines. This a very important casino feature for me, and the Emerald Queen in May of 2022 is doing this very well. Indeed, all casino personnel with the possible exception of a quite tight security screening staff at entry.

And this certainly includes what I found to be almost uniformly relaxed, pleasant pit crew personnel as well as dealers.

In particular the general friendliness of the staff made for a very positive experience. I found the place quite clean and staffed very heavily with a friendly staff. For a blackjack player, in fact, it appears that with it's several double deck games this casino is the best available in the greater Seattle area.

I spent a week at the Tacoma Emerald Queen recently ( May, 2022) and I did have a quite positive experience there.

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