Las Vegas Poker Room rate hotel question

[Tekari]

Anyone find a pokerroom that provided a generous pokerroom rate? if so how much.

Also if i get a cheaper hotel in the fremont area, how hard is it to get inbetween them and how much is it by taxi? I dont plan on sleeping much anways [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[sucka]

Find the casino you want to play at and dial their main number and ask for the poker room. You can ask whoever answers the phone there what their poker rate is and what is required to get it. The front desk / reservation area can't help you on this one - they defer you to the poker room.

Check out www.cheapovegas.com to get the numbers for various casinos.

As far as staying downtown and cabbing to the strip - you are looking at about $12 or so including tip each way. If you plan on playing on the strip I'd recommend you find some cheap place there. If you don't plan on sleeping much but need 'shelter' - try the Westward Ho. It's pretty much a dump but it's like $39 a night on the weekdays and $49 on the weekends. It's basically right next door to the Stardust - and within a 5 minute walk from your room to poker room there. Forget about walking down to the Mirage or Bellagio though - you are looking at 30 mins or so at least and with the recent road construction you have to cross the street several times to get around it. The good news is - you can walk to the Stardust, catch a cab and pay $5 to get down to the Mirage.

There are some other places you can try - but check out the cheapovegas site and browse each resorts webpage - there are all kinds of specials to be had this time of year, especially if you are willing to stay sun-thurs.

Good Luck!

[slamdunkpro]

Binion's Horseshoe has summer rates of $29/ night on weekdays. You can stay downtown pretty cheap. And of course play Binion's poker room (I think it's the toughest in town)

The downside is it's a $16 cab ride to the Mirage. I think the Mirage has a $59 summer rate but I'm not sure.

The Luxor has some good summer deals as well.

I think it's a 3 way toss up - Stay at the south end of the strip and play poker at the Luxor, New York New York, Excalibur and Mandalay Bay. or (2) stay mid strip and play the Mirage, Ceasers, Bellagio and TI, or (3) stay on the north end (Freemont Street) and play Binion's, The Nugget, The Freemont and the Plaza.

Another choice is stay off strip and play the Palms, The Rio and the Orleans - The Palms has a nice poker room - good action not too many sharks.

We've found that we pick one of the above and just hang in that hotel group - You really don't lose much and it saves a bunch of cab fare.

[sucka]

decent enough advice, except that I know that the NY NY and Ceaser's Palace don't have poker.

I can't say 100% sure on t he Nugget, Fremont and Plaza but I doubt any of those have poker rooms at all - and if they do they aren't well known.

[slamdunkpro]

NY NY has one (that's right one!) poker table, so....

ALl of the downtown hotels have really small rooms - about the size of the Luxor's. Binion's the is largest but I'd almost rather tie meat to myself and jump in the shark tank at Mandalay Bay than play 10 - 20 at Binions [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Dynasty]

NY NY has one (that's right one!) poker table

Really? I've never seen it. Where is it and what game is usually running?

[slamdunkpro]

We were there in June and there was a poker table sitting off to the side in the high roller pit as you come down the escalator into the casino on the left hand side. It was just sitting there.

[Howard Burroughs]

I have to pick my wife up from work at New York, New York and I've never seen live poker there.


I've come to learn of a lot of secret passage ways inside the hotel from all of my years hanging out in the hotel. If I know the secret hallways the "private dancers" use to get to the hotel rooms, I think I would have stumbled upon a live poker game on the main floor :-)


Heck, the place does not even have a buffet!


Best of Luck

Howard

[Dynasty]

I stopped in NY,NY while walking on the Strip this afternoon and they did not have this alleged poker table. Too bad.

[pokerlover]

make sure that the cab takes the highway and not the strip.