Downtown Vegas Poker

[Jesse Richman]

Just got back from a weekend in Vegas with my fiance. With the Horseshoe's (temporary?) closing, the Plaza has expanded their poker room to 10 tables. They were spreading 2-4, 3-6, 4-8 (with 2.50 max rake!) and 1-4 stud. Though they've been closing their poker room at 2AM as long as I've been staying there, they will be open 24 hours starting this Friday. They're also talking about starting some bigger limit games and a no-limit as well.

I usually play higher so it's tough to compare, but the 4-8 I sat in was one of the fishiest games I've seen in a long long time. Plus, while sitting next to the podium, I had the pleasure of watching a group of three guys walk up and announce loudly, "Hi! We've never played poker before, but we've seen it on TV!"