[Al_Capone_Junior]

You won't find anything less than 2-4 limit poker, but you'll find plenty of that, even downtown. You won't find anything less than 1-2 blinds no limit hold'em in vegas anywhere. However, the best low limit no limit (i.e. 1-2 blinds, $100 or $200 max buy-in) is not downtown, it's on the strip, mostly at the far opposite end from downtown. Binion's tends to have a no max buy-in game, which is a lot sharkier than say MGM or excalibur, where the buy-ins are capped at $200 and $100 respectively. If you have read lots of books, you're light years ahead of the tourists, but you'll still have to pay some dues of course getting experience, which many of the local players (such as myself) have you way outchipped on.

Binions and nugget have tournaments, they are ok. Personally, I prefer plaza's tourneys for downtown, particularly the midnight one. Decent chips, decent structure.

As for the 20-40 craze on the B&M forum, well, we don't all play 20-40 constantly. I mostly play 1-2 or 2-5 no limit, with a smidge of limit (mostly 4-8 and 6-12 when I'm drinking and dont give a ...).

As for modern day craps...

I haven't played everywhere downtown, but I have walked through most of the casinos on fremont street, and you're going to be lucky to find anything lower than $5 minimum, and many don't even have 10x odds anymore, they have 3x4x5x, which I HATE. Plaza once again stands out because they still have 10x odds. (Incidentally, plaza still has some of the best blackjack in town also). There are a few places that have higher than 10x odds, but they are rare.

For $1 craps with 10x odds and 25c chips (i.e. allowing you to say place the 5 for $1.25 and get paid $1.50), the only two places I have been in that have that game are in henderson, and they are little dive casinos (but they are FUN and they have free beer there). There may still be one of these games elsewhere, but if so I haven't personally been there yet.

Boulder station still spreads $2 craps with 10x odds, no quarter checks tho.

al