First time in Vegas

I am playing 5/10 limit at Party and Pacific poker, winning my share, but I have never played poker in a B&M cardroom. I realize I have to try that, so I am going with a few pokerplaying friends to Vegas to give it a go sometime this winter.

We are all from Denmark, and none of us have been to Vegas before, so it would be awesome to get some recommendations as to which casinos have the best games, and about how soft the games are at the various limits.

I cant alltogether rule out that we need to sleep somewhere at some point. . . Is it obscenely expensive to stay in the casinoes where the good games are, or is that the way to go?

[unreal_nh]

this site can be very helpful:

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thanks, that is helpfull. I still wouldn't mind some more recommendations if someone has some to share.

[Photoc]

You guys will have a blast out here. Go to the site one reply has in it and also check out the newbie guide at the top of this forum.

Btw, why is it that the European posters on here have better grammar (english) and spelling than the American ones? LOL

[NoRiverRats]

Stay at the Casino where you plan to play the most. Make your hotel booking through the poker room and you can get a discounted rate. No it is not expensive, just pick your dates carefully(when its not too busy - you can do this by going to hotel websites, they often give rates for the upcoming two to four months). Have fun!

[jayheaps]

remember if you meet a girl in a bar and she wants to go back to your room, she is a hooker even if she doesn't mention it.

[KCFire105]

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remember if you meet a girl in a bar and she wants to go back to your room, she is a hooker even if she doesn't mention it.

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A friend of a friend got upstairs and buck naked with a girl before he found this out. She didn't make much on that trip, but at least he got to see her naked!

[KCFire105]

I highly reccomend the Bellagio. Great poker room. Great hotel rooms. You can get a $369 per night room for $129 mon thru thurs and for $199 per night on Fri and sat. Great 24 action there. You wont regret it. Call the main Bellagio number and ask for the poker office to set up your discount. When you arrive, check in at the main hotel desk, then before you play go to the poker office in the back of the poker room and tell them you need to be rated. They'll give you a card to get signed in each time you play there. As long as you play 6 hours per day per room (not per player) and sign in and out through the poker desk, you'll receive your discount on your room. example: if you have four people staying in your room, you would each need to play only 1.5 hours per day to equal the 6 hour per room minimum. Or one person could play all 6 hours and cover the whole room).

Good luck,
Kevin

[StevieG]

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Stay at the Casino where you plan to play the most. Make your hotel booking through the poker room and you can get a discounted rate.

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This is great advice once you have been there and know where it is you enjoy playing.

For your first trip, especially since it is likely coming from Denmark that you will stay 3-4 days or more, it would suck for you to be tied to a room for 5 or more hours a day that you don't really like.

Instead, I suggest at a hotel that gets you good location at a rate you like and then feeling free to play wherever you want.

Take a look at Cheapo Vegas for hotel descriptions, which include info on the poker rooms (granted not a s good as what you might find here) and use the their map of the strip to get a feel for where the various properties are. Keep in mind when you look at the map that the Wynn is 5 kilometers from Mandalay Bay.

We can certainly help you more if you tell us what is important to you and the people joining you: poker limits, hotel luxury; how much you want to spend on a room; other things you plan to do; if you mind renting a car, or if you plan to drink the whole time, etc.

Edit All that being said, KCFire makes a very strong suggestion. AAA, an American travelers advocacy group, rates hotels and restaurants in North America and the Caribbean. Only 85 hotels and 57 restaurants restaurants get their highest 5 diamond rating. The Bellagio hotel and two of its restaurants earned that rating. Plus, the Bellagio is always on people's short list of great card rooms here at 2+2 (along with Mirage, Wynn, and MGM).

If you and your friends like the poker room rate, you won't be making a mistake staying and playing there.

Although $5/10 is not too common in Vegas, $4/8 is in abundance and the limit games are really loose and full of bad players, some playing for the first time. I'd recommend $4/8 at the Bellagio and the Wynn (good games and some of the nicest poker rooms in the world). MGM Grand, Aladdin, Excalibur also has nice and loose low-limit games.
The Sahara on the north end of the Strip has a $39 ($59 weekend) poker rate, one of the cheapest you can find. Call the poker room and ask for manager Fred Masters on weekdays. It's a monorail stop, so you can get to some of the other, more expensive poker rooms this way. Its poker room typically spreads $2/4 and $1/2 NL.