Poker Town

I want to hit the road and play small and

mid steaks Hold'em for three months this summer

in the western U.S. Numerous casinos proximate

to inexpensive lodging preferable. Ideas,

comments?


Thanks',


BuckyJoe

Obviously, Las Vegas has many inexpensive hotels. You can get a simple clean room for about $40/day within walking distance of the Strip. I believe there are also furnished apartments you can rent on either a weekly or monthly basis which would be cheaper than that.


There are 10 poker rooms on the Strip. Both the Mirage and Bellagio spread games in the mid and high limits. In addition, the Orleans (one mile of Strip) and Binion's Horshoe (Downtown) have a large game selection.

You may also want to check to see if the Casino/Hotel where a poker room is located has a poker rate for the players. I believe that low limit players at the Orleans can get a room pretty cheap.

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Go to Los Angeles. Go directly to Los Angeles. Do not pass "Go," do not collect $200.


Seriously, LA is the capitol of poker. There are more tables at the Commerce Club than there are in the city of Las Vegas, and there are more tables in Los Angeles County than there are in the entire state of Nevada.


There are (comparatively) inexpensive hotels and motels at or near Los Angeles cardrooms. For example, Crystal Park, in Compton, features a hotel with a low players' room rate, which is completely free if you play for a sufficient number of hours in the top-section games.


There's an inexpensive motel across Century Blvd. from Hollywood Park, but note that it is something of a roach motel. There is a Ramada Limited across the street from the Bicycle Club where I have had decent experiences (although some players I know have complained about the room quality). The hotel attached to the Commerce Club is fairly pricey, even at the players' rate.


Further away from the cardrooms are a wealth of hotel and motel options for all budgets. They won't be as cheap as Las Vegas during weekdays on the off-season, but there's plenty more poker action in LA.

While what you say is absolutely true, the rake in the small games is extremely high in California as well as the other expenses. So, I don't recommend California to someone like this if they only plan to play small limit. But this poster also stated that he wanted to play middle limit as well, and in that case, Alan's advice is right on.

"For example, Crystal Park, in Compton..."


"Straight Outta Compton, crazy muthaf***a named Ice Cube, from the gang called Niggaz With Attitude..."


seriously though... i lived in L.A. for a little while. never went to Compton. from what i hear, its a rough place to be unless you're a tough homeboy. anybody confirm or deny this?

Crystal Park is located in an industrial area of Compton, right next to the 91 freeway, with easy on/off access. I haven't been there in over a year however I'm told they usuall only have one 3/6 game going during the day and perhaps two at night. I'm sure they still have a players rate on their rooms, it used to $35 a night with a minimum of 4 hours play.


Jim

Baggins,


You are scaring me... lol. I remember NWA well; I had a buddy who used to blast it everywhere we went. Thanks for reminding me. By the way, how old are you? I got the impression you weren't old enough to have rememebered NWA in their original incarnation.


Fitz

"mid steaks"?

You might want to try Ruth's Chris or Morton's at the medium range and Sizzler and Outback at the lower range. [img]/images/smile.gif[/img]