Comments on: RE: Best Poker Room in Vegas

By: bundas

bundas — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:58:06 +0000

well I have to change my Vote…

I say Mandlay now.. over the past 4 days and 3 trips there for 5 hours each I am up just over 5k at the 2-4 NL. You some times have to play the 1-2 donk feast when waiting for this game to start…

3 – 5 hour sessions thats about $340 an hour not bad….

but I would agree this is not normal

By: Michael Z

Michael Z — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:42:34 +0000

I know it is out at the end of the strip and I’m probably going to get lambased for saying this but the last couple of times I have been to the Mandalay Bay poker room I enjoyed it.

It is within spitting distance of the sports book so you have a view of the TV’s and the deli is right there as well for a decent turkey sandwich or burger.

The play is 1/2 and 2/5 NL and there are only a dozen or so tables but the players are not that great and there is plenty of money to be made. No long waits for a seat (like the Bellagio).

I do love the Bellagio though because it is like the comodity trading scene in Trading Places so wild.

By: DanM

DanM — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:23:48 +0000

Which rooms do you think are being overlooked, Garry? I don’t go to Caesar’s all that often, but those lines aren’t their PR lines … those are my direct observations. Though I don’t go there often, that tournament room seems to be in use just about every time I am there.

And that is often one of the problems with the smaller rooms — they don’t have tournaments capable of handling a field size that you’d actually be pretty proud of beating.

By: GarryM

GarryM — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:10:49 +0000

Funny how Caesar’s keeps commenting on their separate tournament room and the times I’ve played in tournaments at Caesar’s they have been out in the main room.

I think we all need to go do more research on the rooms to refine the list a little better.
Some of the smaller rooms could use some props.

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:07:52 +0000

Dude, it’s the same shit at the Bellagio. Only difference is the homeless people are dressed better.

And hey, though unscientific, these awards are not subjective … it’s how you all voted.

The Venetian ran away with it — no one else hardly came close — but Binion’s mounted a serious threat to Bellagio in the last days of polling … but that only pushed Bellagio forward, and they damn-near passed Caesar’s for the silver.

By: Tuscaloosa Johnny

Tuscaloosa Johnny — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:53:23 +0000

Any list that doesn’t have Binion’s getting a gold medal is absolutely ridiculous. Where else can you duke it out with the Duke of Fremont or be accosted for a quarter by the homeless on your smoke break?

By: bill johnson

bill johnson — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:41:11 +0000

What about Choctaw????lol