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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
This may belong on the tailgating thread, but since I don't moderate that one, I'm putting it here...
For those of you that have ever played poker in Vegas, what is your favorite location? How do the games out there work (I'm assuming non-tournament, low-stakes)?
I have heard that Bellagio has a great poker set-up and obviously Binion's is the first place you think of, but I'll be staying on the strip... Is Bellagio my best bet? (he he)
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I was out there a month ago and didn't play nearly as much poker as I would have liked. However, Bellagio was a fantastic setting, and I'm glad I played there just to say I did, but the competition seemed stiff at 4-8 compared to east coast games. If it wasn't for one player absolutely bleeding chips who was a sucker for the turn check-raise, I might not have won at all. Next step up there is to 8-16.
Didn't get to Mirage, but I'm told it's a good room with good games. No difference in play between the 3-6 and 6-12; in fact the 6-12 players probably should be playing 3-6 but their ego won't let them.
Binions was great to visit for the hype value of being there, but it looked like a shark tank, not to mention run down. One fellow I played with at Bellagio said the 4-8 at Luxor was juicy. I didn' t play with him long enough to get a feel for what he might consider soft, though.
I'm also told that the Monte Carlo is a nice hotel with nice games, but have no details.
There are many good options center strip or south. I stayed at the Flamingo, which was nice and well located, if a bit old. It had some poker tables going, but no 'room' to speak of, and I didn't play. Bally's is very nice and also well located.
You should read the twoplustwo.com boards for a great resource.
