The Sahara

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Spent some time at the Sahara in Vegas last week. Here is my brief trip report:

* Super Soft limit games! I was up 36 Big Bets after only 2 hours.
* 2/4, 4/8 (if they get enough players), 1/2 NL on nights with a tournament (more on this below)
* As of this week, Tournaments now take place every night of the week at 7PM - $40 buy in with one $20 rebuy

This poker room is dead during the day with local old timers (they are lucky if they get one table gowning by 4PM). But at night the newly expanded room (10 tables) gets rocking because of the tournament. Every table in the house was used, it was sold out with 12 players per table (120 players). The dealers aren't that great, but they were very friendly. Its a smoker friendly room, but there is no smoking during the tournament (at tournament tables only). Starting chips are T1500, you can rebuy at any time only once. The comp system is great - they will give you one after just an hour or so, you can get a $4 coupon off the buffet or the diner, which is essentially 50% off the average meal.

For a very cheep hotel room with a great old-school pool, the Sahara was a great choice. With access to the Monorail, and the new poker room I'd stay here again. Mind you its not stunning ala the Bellagio, but for cheep this is the way to go.

PS: My room rate was $49/night + $10 upgrade for a premium room

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