Need help for Las Vegas Tournament 28-30 DEC.

[kona]

I will be in Las Vegas 28-30 December and would like some help finding a Hold’em Tournament. I will be staying downtown but will have transportation. My preference would be no limit and no rebuys. Unfortunately, my pocket book tells me to keep the buy-in on the low side so keep that in mind. I would probably rate myself as a fish large enough to eat other fish while trying to avoid the sharks. My experience is mainly online (running a tad behind on winnings), 2 B and M attempts (even), and home tourneys (ahead). Any advice that you might have would be helpful.

Thanks
Kona

[steamboatin]

Play a cheap one and have a good time. I think you are probably dead money so your +EV is the experience and the fun.

Just like me in Tunica. I play the Saturday morning tourney at the Gold Strike whenever I'm in town. I am dead money but I have a great time!

[Vee Quiva]

I am also going to Vegas but later this week. Here's what I have found so far:

Horseshoe $70 plus $40 rebuys at 2:00 PM every day
Golden Nugget $60 plus $40 rebuys and $40 add on at 11:00 AM every day
Mandalay Bay $30 (this sounds like a joke because you only start with 300 in tournament chips)

I would love to hear more suggestions from others out there on the board.

[jlzinck]

Check out the Plaza. I played in a 2 when I was there in September.

[Corey]

On my first trip to Vegas, my priorities were similar. I wanted a no/limited rebuy tounament with 60-70 people.

The Horseshoe's 2PM is actually limited to ONE $40 rebuy. So budget $110 for that.

As for payouts, they paid top 10 out of 66 with a fairly flat payout structure. There's also a drawing for tournament players for 3% of the prize pool for those playing live one hour after the tournament ends. For time refernece, I lasted about 3.5 hours finishing in 5th.

[Thebram]

For my last trip to Vegas, someone give me this link
Pokerupdate
I found it somewhat useful, and it lists a few of the casinos' daily tournaments.

I only played in Harrah's, which was a $40 buy-in with one rebuy. I believe it started at 10am, but was limited to 50 people, so it filled up minutes after registration opened at 9am.

BTW, I am in no way affiliated with the above web site, and cannot attest to its accuracy. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[wonderwes]

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I will be in Las Vegas 28-30 December and would like some help finding a Hold’em Tournament. I will be staying downtown but will have transportation. My preference would be no limit and no rebuys. Unfortunately, my pocket book tells me to keep the buy-in on the low side so keep that in mind. I would probably rate myself as a fish large enough to eat other fish while trying to avoid the sharks. My experience is mainly online (running a tad behind on winnings), 2 B and M attempts (even), and home tourneys (ahead). Any advice that you might have would be helpful.

Thanks
Kona

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I am going the same time (27-31st) and looking to do the same thing. Allvegaspoker.com list them all. I will still try the cash game (1/2 NL 100 maxbuyin!??!?!?!) I would probably try Orleans, Binions, Plaza, Luxor and Mirage. There are several other games but those prob have rebuys.

I have a hard time planning my sleep schedule while in vegas. I am going to try more during the day (peak hours) then staying up till 4-5am. Some of the tournaments start at noon, so just to get up at 11am will be tricky enough.

[willperkins]

I was there in November and stayed downtown. I played at the Plaza at 10:00am. ($60.00 buy in and one $50.00 add on). The Horseshoe has one at 2:00 PM and another at 8:00 PM ($70.00 buy in and one $40.00 add on).

Golden Nugget has two tourneys (I think 11:00 am and 7:00 PM) but I never could work those in.

[Joe_d72]

There is no better place for low limit Tournaments then the orleans they have 2 every day. The Sahara also has a good one at 7:00