Las Vegas Trip

[lonehunter]

Poker room info:
The Orleans is great for low buyin tournaments, every day at noon and 7pm. The tourneys are well run and organized. Usually 75 to 100+ entries and decent payouts for the money. The cocktail sevice was quick and efficient; the locals were friendly. I was there last year and it was very smoky. I hear they have a new poker room now that I have not seen.
The games I played at the Orleans were 6-12 Holdem, which was not too tough, and 1-5 Stud that was so tight it squeaked.

I highly recommend the Poker room at the Monte Carlo. I posted my short vegas trip and mentioned it there. Great staff and good games. Their holdem is spread limit $1-$4-$4-$8. The blinds are 1-2; the bets are 2 to call and raise any amout from 1-4, so the max raise would be call 2, raise 4 is $6. The next two betting rounds are any amount from $1-$8. So you could call $6 pre flop and bet $1 on the flop, then $3 on the turn. In practice, it usually plays like regular 4-8 limit. One time I played there for 8 hours and had a great session, up about $500.