Las Vegas Poker -- Rooms

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Last week in Vegas, I played in 13 new rooms. 9 of the poker rooms were new in the last year, while 4 of them had been missed on previous trips. I also played in 6 rooms that I had played before. Selected comments and opinions are below:

NEW ROOMS

The Big Two -- Caesars Palace and Venetian. Wow, these two are great.

Venetian -- is the plushest nicest poker room I have ever seen. Based on others comments, its probably the nicest on the planet. Beautiful, everything new, lots of space, lots of dealers, lots of floorpeople, all the new technology. NL games were 1-2, 2-5 and up. Limit Holdem was 3-6, 6-12, 9-18, and higher. Saw a 7 stud game once. No Omaha that I saw. Mixed game was 6-12. Player comps at $2/hour. This is a "Must see - Must play" room on your next LV trip.

Caesars -- Yes, Vito is the Manager. Great to see him. This is the largest room in Vegas. A semi-separate Tournament room with 30 tables. Cash game room of 27 tables. Several NL of 1-2 and 2-5. Limit Holdem of 3-6 and 6-12. Mixed Game (sometimes two) varied in stakes from night to night. Played 3-6, 4-8, and 6-12. Upper deck for higher games didn't have much action.

Other New Ones --

TI -- a fun little room. Wild Mixed Game at 3-6.

Paris -- just changed their format to All tournaments.

O'Sheas -- what a HOOT! Two little tables almost out on the street. A "beginners game" with lots of people who have never played before. 1-5 holdem with a single blind of 1. Cocktails!!!

Hooters -- like the wings?

Red Rock -- new very nice room up in Summerlin. Only a few blocks from Kent Young's house.

Silverton -- small but pretty room. Only 2-4 limit and 1-2 NL.

Fitzgeralds -- downtown.


ROOMS MISSED ON PREVIOUS TRIPS--

Las Vegas Hilton--

Stratosphere--

Tuscany--

Buffalo Bills -- only poker room in Primm.


ROOMS I HAD PREVIOUSLY PLAYED --

Palace Station -- this room has cleaned up some, has some new equipment and is now non-smoking until midnight. Still - too many nitty locals saving their quarters and getting upset about any "betting line infractions" etc. PS keeps sending me those $30 room offers though.

Binions -- way too generic now.

Aladdin/Planet Hollywood -- room was great last year - a pleasant surprise. This year they are in a temporary location. Its way too noisy and unplayable until they get back into a real location.

Wynn -- a great room. Very plush and nice. They bought some larger tables so the limit games are now played 10 handed. Limit games are 4-8, 8-16, 15-30. Best overall access from the self park to the poker room.

Mandalay Bay -- the game here is 4-8 with a 1/2 kill played with "mini-blinds". Competition is always soft. Other players are wealthy young hotel guests with a few very polite well behaved locals.

Mirage -- still my fave. Ahhhh, sitting on the upper deck. Playing 10-20 and 20-40. Games seemed so much easier than I remembered. Lots of 3-6 and 6-12 tables open in room too.