View Full Version : Best Vegas Poker Room - NOT HOTEL
surfinillini
10-19-2005, 10:38 PM
My vote goes to the Mirage. Bigger than it looks, great dealers, friendly staff, great NL and high limit selection including a 5/10 omaha Hi/Lo on the weekends.
Photoc
10-19-2005, 10:45 PM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am a dealer in Vegas and I still play in MANY different rooms. It all depends on how I feel or where I am at that moment in time.
whiskeytown
10-19-2005, 11:11 PM
it's not the best PLAYING room, but for atmosphere nothing beats the Monte Carlo -
nice, quiet - and that redwood finish everywhere and the old paintings just rock.
RB
StevieG
10-19-2005, 11:36 PM
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it's not the best PLAYING room, but for atmosphere nothing beats the Monte Carlo -
nice, quiet - and that redwood finish everywhere and the old paintings just rock.
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plus the microbrews.
agree on the play, though. shame.
somapopper
10-20-2005, 04:22 AM
The mirage isn't really roomy enough for my tastes, I'm a little claustrophobic. Plus, I hear Wynn is spreading 10/20 mixed with td now...
whiskeytown
10-20-2005, 04:35 AM
if the Mirage is too claustrophobic you're screwed at Wynn - that's a box with a rail on it.
RB
kyleb
10-20-2005, 07:56 AM
The Wynn, definitely.
If your looking for NL Holdem then the Wynn games are great. You can choose from $1-3, $2-5, $5-10, and $10-20(only seems to go on weekends and when a tourney is in town). Most of the dealers are good and most of the floor staff are good and knowledgable. There is no max buyin on the NL games. They also give you $1hr for food comps ($1.50 for time games). From what I have been told they are already planning to expand the room. I was told that they are knocking out the huge colm over on the lower limit area. They are also planning to expand the other side out to were the box office currently sits. The room was designed 5 years ago before poker took off. The original plans only had 20 tables. The room currently has 27. So if it feels a little cramped that's why. The only problem I have with the room is the smoking right on the rail. I think they should move the ashtrays over to the other side of the walkway. Maybe that would keep all the smokers from blowing smoke into the non-smoking poker room.
Action Scott
10-20-2005, 10:06 AM
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If your looking for NL Holdem then the Wynn games are great. You can choose from $1-3, $2-5, $5-10, and $10-20(only seems to go on weekends and when a tourney is in town). Most of the dealers are good and most of the floor staff are good and knowledgable. There is no max buyin on the NL games. They also give you $1hr for food comps ($1.50 for time games). From what I have been told they are already planning to expand the room. I was told that they are knocking out the huge colm over on the lower limit area. They are also planning to expand the other side out to were the box office currently sits. The room was designed 5 years ago before poker took off. The original plans only had 20 tables. The room currently has 27. So if it feels a little cramped that's why. The only problem I have with the room is the smoking right on the rail. I think they should move the ashtrays over to the other side of the walkway. Maybe that would keep all the smokers from blowing smoke into the non-smoking poker room.
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I have a question about this, why is it that you can usually smoke anywhere in a casino except the poker room. Is there a specific reasoning behind this?
In an attempt to increase the average life expectance of the average poker player. Poker players sit there for hours at a time. Poker rooms are usually closed off with poor ventelation. The smoke always seems to get trapped in. Look at how smokey the Palms always was before thy went non-smoking.
arod15
10-20-2005, 11:17 AM
Wynn for lowstakes, bellagio for high stakes...
surfinillini
10-20-2005, 07:41 PM
See, I think the bellagio is WAY MORE clastrophobic than the Mirage, I myself have dealt with some clastriphobia issues and the mirage has never affected me, as far as the bellagio goes, they have major crowd control issues.
somapopper
10-21-2005, 01:13 AM
you caught me, I haven't played there yet, but it looked pretty roomy when I walked by. This depresses me, because I have to play in that 10/20 mixed game sometime soon, or bad things are going to happen. Plus the rooms look really nice, so I guess I'll just have to put up with it. /images/graemlins/frown.gif
somapopper
10-21-2005, 01:15 AM
I confess, I am one of the smoking bastards. But, look at it this way, when we miss hands it's plus EV for y'all.
Al_Capone_Junior
10-21-2005, 01:43 PM
Overall my vote will be on ACTION and little else.
Tho there's something to be said for the fantastic bathrooms by mirage's poker room! Best in town!
But my vote would be for MGM.
al
Dominic
10-21-2005, 01:58 PM
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it's not the best PLAYING room, but for atmosphere nothing beats the Monte Carlo -
nice, quiet - and that redwood finish everywhere and the old paintings just rock.
RB
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i agree
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Overall my vote will be on ACTION and little else.
Tho there's something to be said for the fantastic bathrooms by mirage's poker room! Best in town!
But my vote would be for MGM.
al
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No way man. I agree that Mirage has awesome bathrooms and location wise it is the nuts. However, Wynn is what I call the nuts for overall bathroom performance. It has an ongoing, neverending cleaning cycle, ensuring I'm not sitting on someone else's piss if I have to take a dump. Also, during busy hours or if you feel like real class, you can just continue on to where they do their show and walk into those bathrooms. The doors are never locked and the bathroom stalls are like luxury rooms.
Al_Capone_Junior
10-22-2005, 12:47 PM
Why mirage bathrooms kick the most ass...
One day I was at mirage playing poker. I had to go, you know, not just a trip to the stand up portals, but I had to "drop some friends off at the pool." It wasn't optional here, I hadta go, and it was for real.
So I'm heading into the bathroom by the poker room and someone has, let's say, "not quite made it" to the stall in time. It's everywhere on the floor, nasty, gross, streaky, not a pretty sight. But there was no denying, I still had to tend to "business," so I did a little dance to ensure my shoes would not become soiled and headed to the stall in the far back corner.
By the time I was done, not only was the mess cleaned up, but everything smelled like roses in there to boot! Viva Mirage! Every stall there is immediately cleaned, sanitized and freshened as soon as you are done. Only in AMERICA! USA! USA! /images/graemlins/grin.gif
al
This is what I love about the high class bathrooms in Vegas. They are cleaned non-stop 24/7. Viva America indeed. I also love the stall length of the doors. Almost touching the ground and very high. Gives a very personal experience. Now we have to compare the toilet paper quality in each of the hotels. I was at Wynn last night and it was pretty soft. I cannot remember Mirage toilet paper for it has been a couple of months. I will have to make a trip and report back to you.
TheMetetron
10-22-2005, 10:23 PM
There's no corret answer besides Bellagio.
I couldn't keep even a 4 player $20/40 going at Mirage on a weeknight and forget trying to get anything higher going.
Same goes for pretty much every other poker room.
I can't play anywhere but Bellagio anymore.
PhatCasino
10-23-2005, 01:37 PM
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If your looking for NL Holdem then the Wynn games are great. You can choose from $1-3, $2-5, $5-10, and $10-20(only seems to go on weekends and when a tourney is in town). Most of the dealers are good and most of the floor staff are good and knowledgable. There is no max buyin on the NL games. They also give you $1hr for food comps ($1.50 for time games). From what I have been told they are already planning to expand the room. I was told that they are knocking out the huge colm over on the lower limit area. They are also planning to expand the other side out to were the box office currently sits. The room was designed 5 years ago before poker took off. The original plans only had 20 tables. The room currently has 27. So if it feels a little cramped that's why. The only problem I have with the room is the smoking right on the rail. I think they should move the ashtrays over to the other side of the walkway. Maybe that would keep all the smokers from blowing smoke into the non-smoking poker room.
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I have a question about this, why is it that you can usually smoke anywhere in a casino except the poker room. Is there a specific reasoning behind this?
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i would assume because of the conditions. it's a player based game unlike BJ - where you wanna keep the players happy. - long time spent in cramped area. no smoking. plus the dealers are so damn close to the 1 and 10 seats - thats why sometimes in smoking rooms those seats are still non-smoking...
Al_Capone_Junior
10-23-2005, 01:45 PM
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I was at Wynn last night and it was pretty soft.
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Softness is very important but so is strength, especially in those "emergency situations." /images/graemlins/cool.gif
One thing I like about the wynn bathrooms is the trough sinks for washing your hands in. The stalls are nothin' to scoff at either.
There's one bar in vegas (blondies I think) that has the sports page of the day right above the urinal, both classy and convenient. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
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