going to luxor in march

[theyweresuited]

going for a wedding..but making it a 4 day vacation...just trying to get some info about luxor's poker room or a poker room close to the luxor (excalibur or mandalay)...i play limit hold em and might try a nl tourney while out there..any comps or poker room rates at luxor??..having trouble finding room reviews or much of anythin when i do searches off of yahoo...any help would be appreciated

[Bodhi]

I played at the Luxor twice. It's a small poker area to the side of the casino; the 2/4 games a really loose and they do have tournaments pretty regularly. That's about all I know.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

AllVegasPoker.com (http://www.allvegaspoker.com/)
Las Vegas Insider (http://www.lasvegasinsider.com/html/pokerbycasino.htm)
Cheapo Vegas (http://www.cheapovegas.com/index.php)

[theyweresuited]

thannk you for posting those sites...i guess i'm looking for your guy's opinions and experiences more so than 2 people at allvegaspoker or cheapo vegas

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

In that case, I suggest you search this site a little better. This topic has probably been discussed in about 5 threads in the last couple days alone. Look through a couple pages of this forum, OOT, and the Texas Hold'em forum.

[garyg1]

Luxor great place to start for newbie b&m poker players but if you are an accomplished player then walk next door (all inside walkways) to the Mandalay Bay and play 4-8 limit holdem. I started at Luxor myself. But find Mandalay much better with excellent dealers, great jack pot payoffs, multiple 4-8 tables to choose to sit in on, etc. Played at Mandalay over 30 hours this new years weekend. Mandalay also has a no limit game with $100 minimum and $200 maximum buyin with 2-4 blinds for a very affordable no limit experience.

[ncskiier]

allvegaspoker is a great site with very valuable information. That being said, I like Luxor, easy money. I've heard some people don't like it, whatever. Also, good for loose low-limit games is Imperial Palace. If you want to play well-run low buy-in tournies that actually have a decent structure, you have to try the Orleans. They have a good 4/8 game w/ half kill also.

[Caduca]

Did the same and started at Luxor. Actually I tried Excalibur's 1-2 first since I hadn't set down at a B&M before and had only had a couple of months internet play. Luxor was friendly/fun to learn -- even managed to win their crapshoot of a tourney. It starts limit with too rapidly rising blinds and then becomes NL. After a few days, I got tired of walking past the Mandalay Bay poker room (where I was staying) and gave it a try even though 4-8 seemed like a big step up from internet limits or 2-4. Turned out the players weren't that much better at Mandalay, just had more $.

So give Luxor a try to get started, but do take the advice to stop by Mandalay!

Good luck.

[Altaslim]

I hate the Luxor. I've played there 6 or seven times and each time I go I wonder why the hell I'm there. Dealers have been spotty, ranging from good to inept to obsessed with telling anyone who will listen what a good internet poker player he is. I found the games at Mandalay to be great. A much nicer room with plenty of $$$ to be had.
Excalibur consistently has the best low limit game in my experience. The 2-6 spread is prime and there's a 100 max/min NL game that will pay you off if yer patient.

More opinions on Excal here (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=cardroom&Number=1518647&Fo rum=All_Forums&Words=Excalibur&Searchpage=0&Limit= 25&Main=1492915&Search=true&where=bodysub&Name=&da terange=1&newerval=2&newertype=w&olderval=&olderty pe=&bodyprev=1#Post1518647)

[ncskiier]

Here's a good TR from allvegaspoker.com
http://allvegaspoker.com/trip_detail_26.html