Bringin cash to Vegas?

[sdc]

Goin to Vegas in August and plan on playin some higher limit poker...
How do u experts handle this?
Do you travel w/ a ton of cash?
Plan on staying at the Mirage...
They have a Marker program....
Do any of you use this?
What exactly is it?
What options do I have to keep from carrying alot of cash or leaving money in my hotel room?
Or if I have to do that what is the best way to handle?

Thanks

[frank white]

i don't want to come off sounding like a jerk, but if you have to ask how to handle your cash, maybe you shouldn't bring so much and stick to the low limit games. the high limits at the mirage are no joke. "crazy eye patch cowboy hat guy" has money to burn.
but seriously, the strip is a very safe place. dont go wandering from the mirage to the rio... take a cab. once you leave the strip, you have a good chance of being robbed. if you are a "sucessful internet player" dont be shy from trying the 1-2 n/l at the mirage or mgm. both games are full of bad players. the 2-5 n/l games are also full of terrible players but you would need to buy in for at least 500 to have ammo to work with. give that a shot. best of luck to ya!

[TheMetetron]

How high limit are we talking? If it's under $10,000 you shouldn't even be asking and just carry the damn money on you. I'd only begin to worry if it was significantly more.

In which case, I'd have to be playing at least $50/100 for it to even matter and get over $10,000. And if you play that high, you should probably have experience with this already.


I only brought about $5k with me last time I was in Vegas and I just carried it in my pocket... to make it even easier on me, my wad got much smaller as the week went on -- it was the damndest thing!

Also, the Wynn (don't know about Mirage) had an in room safe if I wanted to leave any extra money there.

[seahawktd]

If you're worried about losing or having your cash stolen, simply insert the wad of cash in your anus. You all might laugh, but seriously, what robber in their right mind would suspect a roll of benjamins stuck up in your butthole?

[TheMetetron]

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If you're worried about losing or having your cash stolen, simply insert the wad of cash in your anus. You all might laugh, but seriously, what robber in their right mind would suspect a roll of benjamins stuck up in your butthole?

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ni han

[xtingshun]

I don't really think anyone is an "expert" cash carrier.. lol in vegas or not.. But last time I was there (May) , they did have ATM's .. times change though.... It just depends on what kind of cash your talking about... Now when I was there I stuck to 10-20/15-30 and just carried 1000-1500 on me and had my ATM card... That way (god forbid) you lose your cash (literally) or get robbed... then you still have a way to get more money , to get home, eat, etc... etc.. I wouldn't try to be Mr. Big and carry 5k in your pockets, that's just asking for something to happen... IMO..

Good luck in Vegas though.. I"m guessing it's a first time.. you'll have a blast... I always do... remember , what happens in vegas stays in vegas... lol [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Big Country]

Just arrange with the casino to have the money wired to them for you. Then you can get it whenever you need and no worries about carrying large sums of cash with you.

Though the up the butt trick works very well, you'll be walking funny like your holding back a monster dump, making it hard to pick up on the ladies.

[slickpoppa]

You will probably be fine carrying up to 10K. Any wad bigger than that becomes too cumbersome, in which case you will want to wire your money to the casino. I've never done it, but its pretty easy to do from what I hear.

[sfer]

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the high limits at the mirage are no joke.

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Uhhhhh, you mean 20/40

[sdc]

Thanks for your repsonses

Anyone know what the marker program is?
Ever tried it?

Just thought there might be a better way than lugging around cash the whole trip