best places to play poker in the western US?

[arkose]

In a few weeks (end of April), I am going to be taking a roadtrip from Vancouver, Canada down to LA and Las Vegas and all points inbetween (plus probably Utah) and I plan on playing quite a bit of poker along the way.

I basically wanted to find out all the possible places I could play. I really prefer playing NLHE as opposed to LHE, so points of interest with NLHE are what I am looking for (if there is a nice place with only limit, i might make a stop). Also, I am looking for games in the $100-$1000 buy-in range (or unlimited buy-in if the buy-ins tend to be in a similar range, such as the Golden Nugget's $1-2 game).

So how about it? Any suggestions on places to play in Cali, Oregon, Wash., Nevada, etc.? I have already been to Vegas twice so you can exclude casinos there, and I am also familar with some of the LA casinos with NL games such as Bike, Commerce, and Hustler (however, I haven't actually played at these 3 casinos, so any suggestions/advice/experiences about them would be great too). Feel free to mention anywhere else.

thanks in advance for responses