Pool: Buffuloes on airline highway, Korner pocket in Kenner (near the airport)
Food: Crazy Johnies in Metarie, copelands (if still around) 9 roses on westbank.
Tourist stuff: WWII musuem, aquarium of the americas, audobon zoo, French Quarter.
Gambling: Harrahs which has a number of holdem tables, Boomtown (westbank), pool halls mentioned above.
Have fun.... Be careful... Don't walk streets alone....