Best Vegas Poker Room - NOT HOTEL
 

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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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...

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if the Mirage is too claustrophobic you're screwed at Wynn - that's a box with a rail on it.

RB

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The Wynn, definitely.

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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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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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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.