Low limit Hold'Em in Vegas....

[rbreitling]

Going to Vegas soon and was wondering where the best place to play low limit Hold'Em ($3/$6 or less) is? Any recommendations?

Bob

[Ted Geisel]

Mirage .... the best for $3-6 by far.

[me454555]

Monte Carlo 2-4 w/1 $2 blind
Excallibur 1-3 spread w/1 $1 blind

[Dynasty]

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Mirage .... the best for $3-6 by far.

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Except, of course, that they rake more from their 3-6 pots than any other room on the Strip. For that, and other reasons, I never play low-limit hold 'em at the Mirage. It's the worst choice.

[Howard Burroughs]

Whie the Mirage has a lot of nice things going for it, I agree with Dynasty about the rake issue in the 3-6. If 3-6 is your game of choice, you can do a lot better then the Mirage.



IMHO, All the other 3-6 games in town have a better rake, better comps and better games.



As another poster pointed out, Excalibur 1-3 is a great place to get your feet wet playing live poker in Vegas.

My friends at the Plaza tell me they have been gettng a $1-2 hold'em game up there lately. Sometimes multipe games! Kind of smokey in there but worth checking out if you don't mind the smoke.



Where ever you play, have fun and good luck!


H.B.

[Jeffage]

If you are going on vacation in Vegas, you will want to check out Mirage in my opinion. The extra buck IS a big deal if you live there and want to play low limit frequently, but not so big for the tourist. It is a nice place to play and I'm sure the poster would enjoy it (though I prefer Bellagio). Maybe play more at other places but def. at least play one day there or Bellagio.

Jeff

[mrbaseball]

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If you are going on vacation in Vegas, you will want to check out Mirage in my opinion

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I totally agree with this. Mirage and Bellagio are the 2 "real" poker rooms with lots of action. Plus they are the places with the standard structured games that you read about in 2+2 books and play online at places like Party, Stars and Paradise if you play online.

The smaller rooms have one game and on rare occasions maybe 2. And then it's spread limit rather than standard structure.

If you live there it may be different. But if like me you go there twice a year for a vacation and accompanying poker play you will want to experience the bigger rooms.

[Howard Burroughs]

Mr Baseball & Jeffage make some very good points.



But, "The smaller rooms have one game and on rare occasions maybe 2", is just plain wrong on the weekend (and most week nights too).


One "small room" on the Strip (The Castle), has had ten full tables going at 3:00 am on the weekend the last few times I have been in there. Ten full tables at 3:00 am is hardly, "one game and on rare occasions maybe 2".


Other rooms I play in (I play almost every night) are busy too.

Though I can't speak for the Luxor (every time I go in there, it's like a morgue).



I do agree 100% that vactioners (who love the game of poker) should give the Mirage/Bellagio/Binion's/Orleans a look. As well as a few other places (such as the poker room at their host hotel, if they are staying at say Texas Station or Sahara).


Best of Luck

Howard

[sucka]

I second the motion...

Personally, I really like the MC poker room as well. However, the last trip down I took my 2 buds down there to get into a game and they only had 1 table open and it was full. They had a $1/2 game running in the back but we had no interest in playing that. The brush said they were going to bump the table up to the spread $4-8 but didn't know how long.

On the other hand, you can walk into the Mirage or Bellagio and get a game, depending on the night and time of course, usually within a half-hour. I have never waited longer than that at the Mirage for a game. If I want to play $6-12 and there's no seats open, I'll sit down and play some $3-6 for awhile until a seat becomes available.

I also enjoy the atmosphere better at the bigger rooms and ESPECIALLY like the no-smoking. If you get stuck at the HE table right by the entrance to the Mirage room it's almost like you are in a smoking room as everyone just stands right at the entrance when they go smoke.

I would love to go play more rooms when I'm there, but frankly, I just hate risking the fact that I'm going to hoof it or take the time and $$ to catch a cab and head to another casino only for there to be no games running - or only one game with a wait.

Anyway, just my .02 but as others have said - I definitely recommend playing at the Mirage or Bellagio - or both. They are fantastic rooms with a good variety of games.

[sucka]

Where is the Castle? I've never even heard of that place - let alone that they have a decent sized poker room?