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 Vegas - What/where to play, donrhem, 22. May 2003 05:19 | ||
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| We are headed to Vegas next month. I currently play 15/30 Holdem at a BM casino. What is the difference (if any) in the game in Vegas versus another Casino (i.e. St. Louis). I also like to play some small tournaments (limit and no-limit). Any suggestions on what and where to play? Thanks again for all of the help on this board! Don | ||
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| Re: Vegas - What/where to play, shorn, 22. May 2003 06:14 | ||
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| I have played 15/30 at Mirage and Bellagio and the games are pretty good. I don't know what your game is like in St. Louis, but 15-30 in Vegas is where you start to see some pro's or semi-pro's so I find the games a little tougher than what I see at Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun in CT. As far as tournaments, I know the Orleans holds a low buyin NL tournament on Friday night. As for others, grab an issue of Card Player Magazine...in the back they list all the weekly tournaments in Vegas. Good luck. | ||
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| Re: Vegas - What/where to play, donrhem, 22. May 2003 06:25 | ||
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| Thanks for the quick response! I figured it would be a tougher nut in Vegas. We are staying at Harrah's (mostly comp from my Crap days) since I thought the Mirage was a good place to stay. I have never played no-limit holdem so it should be interesting:-) I just ordered a few books on no-limit like "Championship No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold'em". Don | ||
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| Re: Vegas - What/where to play, Big_Slick, 22. May 2003 06:52 | ||
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| If you've never played NLHE, do yourself a favor... go to pokerpages.com and play in some free tourneys. A lot of the players are boneheads but it will be a good experience. | ||
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| Re: Vegas - What/where to play, flintsword, 22. May 2003 07:16 | ||
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| Pokerpages has a detailed tournament listing service (free!) which I used to cruise the poker rooms on my last vacation in Vegas. Best places? Well, ... I hit the early tournament at the luxor, then moved on to the Monte Carlo. By the way, the Monte Carlo is a nice, small, friendly room, but they have a honking big "Wheel of Fortune" slot machine, and half-way through the tournament, after hearing "WHEEL OF FORTUNE" shouted from the inanimate coin box a few hundred times, I was ready to jump out of a window, ... As if you could find a window in a casino. Avoid and keep your sanity. I liked the little Sahara poker room for aggressive, loose play. I picked up $35 there in my last half hour in Vegas. Friendly and old-Las Vegas style. Ok, that said, the Mirage rules. Super comfortable, full range of games, table switching is easy, no prop players (hmmmmm), and great poker. Start in the 3/6 Holdem to warm up for a real game. I won a satellite for the evening tournament but chopped for cash due to a dinner engagement that evening and the tournament was very challenging. I recognized a few players from the WSOP satellites at Binions, so it was a friendly "the-sharks-are-grinning" type of crowd. The 3/6 is easy, recreational cash and a great warmup. You can recognize a few people from Cardplayer there. You "will" be gutted like a fish if you do not suspect slowplayed high pairs. Hope this helps. Bruno Fitoussi is in the lead of the WSOP with a "mere" $671,000 followed closely by a pack of bracelet toting gazelles! Go Bruno, Go! flintsword | ||
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| Re: Vegas - What/where to play, donrhem, 22. May 2003 07:21 | ||
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| Thanks to all for the responses! It will give me a great place to start. Don | ||
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| Re: Vegas - What/where to play, Roy Cooke, 22. May 2003 13:45 | ||
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| In Vegas the good players are tougher than most other areas of the country...We do however have a lot of tourists that compensates for that negative. The Mirage has good 10-20 and 20-40 games. The Bellagio spreads 8-16 15-30 and 30-60. As a general rule the Mirage has softer line-ups. Good Luck :-) Roy Cooke on 22. May 2003 05:19 donrhem wrote: > We are headed to Vegas next month. I currently play 15/30 Holdem at a BM > casino. > > What is the difference (if any) in the game in Vegas versus another Casino > (i.e. St. Louis). > > I also like to play some small tournaments (limit and no-limit). Any > suggestions on what and where to play? > > Thanks again for all of the help on this board! > > Don > | ||
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| Re: Vegas - What/where to play, donr, 22. May 2003 13:57 | ||
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| Roy, Thanks for the information. Since we are staying at Harrah's we will probably play at the Mirage. Don | ||
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| Re: Vegas - What/where to play, 4 POKER, 25. May 2003 17:36 | ||
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| The 15-30 levels and up is where you start to run into the professional players however, if you have a strong game yourself there shouldn't be any reason that you couldn't compete as well. I think the $20-40 game at the Mirage is the stone-cold nuts; with many tourists all the time. If you are going to be in Vegas for part of July(I'm not sure how long your visit will be), The Orleans is having a tournament and although the majority of their side action will consist of high-low games, the hold-em games during that time are pretty good as well. Good Luck and have a safe trip. 4 poker | ||
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