The Bellagio-Mirage-Wynn Middle Limit War Begins

[Dynasty]

I visited Wynn today and will post my comments about the room in one of the review threads.

My main interest with the opening of Wynn and the Bellagio's renovations is how the middle limit (10-20 to 40-80) games will be spread among the three rooms. If today is any indication, the Mirage will be only marginally impacted while Wynn and the Bellagio fight the big battles.

For the last few years, the Bellagio and Mirage rarely spread the same limits in hold 'em games. The Bellagio had 15-30 and 30-60. The Mirage had 10-20, 20-40, and 40-80.

On early Thursday evening, Wynn was mostly spreading games which would take action away from the Bellagio.

Wynn had one 30-60, two 15-30's, and one 40-80.

Bellagio had four 30-60's and two 15-30's.

Mirage had three 10-20's, one 20-40, and one 40-80.

If Wynn continues going for the 15-30 and 30-60 games, it's going to be interesting to see who wins between Wynn and Bellagio. Or, if they just end up splitting the market.

Considering the size of Wynn's poker room, they can't expect to draw middle limit games away from both the Bellagio and Mirage. With less than 30 tables in the room and lots of 4-8 and small blind no-limit games, there isn't room to take all the games from both the Bellagio and Mirage (if that's even a reasonable expectation to start with).

Wynn's computerized waiting lists and vastly better comps (according to what I read in another thread) should give them a good foundation for providing better service to the middle limit crowd.

It'll be interesting to see how this develops.