Going to Vegas for the first time - good places to play?

#1 28-01-2008, 11:10 PM

Hey all, so I am going on a vacation to Vegas in a few weeks, and I plan to spend a good chunk of my time playing poker.

I've never been to Vegas before, so I don't know which casinos have the best poker rooms.

I am mostly looking to do some relatively cheap SNG's ($50-$150 buy-ins), and some low-stakes cash tables ($1/2 or $2/4).

Which casinos do you recommend I check out?

#2 28-01-2008, 11:26 PM

Check out the MTT's at Excaliber. If I remember correctly, they are only $35 no re-buy, short chip stacks and quick blinds. The whole thing takes about an hour and a half and they have 3 a day on Fri/Sat/Sun. You may want to call ahead to check all this as it was November when I went. Cheapest, quickest tourney I could find.

Also, most casino on Freemont have a $2/4 table which you can sit down with $40 and go for a while if you play semi-tight... unless the cards just flow your way, in which case you can be there all night :-)

#3 28-01-2008, 11:32 PM

Found my original post...

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Originally Posted by K_Kahne_Fan

Cheapest I could find was at the Excalibur (9am-11am-1pm daily) $35 buy-in, no re-buy or add-on. Start with a $300 stack, 15 minute blinds 5/10 to start. Very quick game, about 1.5 hours to complete. Pretty cool. Placed 5th in first tourney for $56. Didn't place in second tourney. Top prize was $350 in 1st game and $500 in second. Cheap/quick and pretty easy to play. If you can get some chips in the first 3 rounds, you can almost just sit and wait for the All-In fest for the final rounds.

#4 29-01-2008, 12:15 AM

Good thread (with appropriate links) here.
Binions, ftw, btw.

You might also want to check out the $60 tournament at Planet Hollywood, where there is a bounty on Michael Mizrachi.
(a nice chance to play with a big name pro for little money, if that kind of thing interests you).

#5 30-01-2008, 1:57 AM

I know my husband loves the tropicana poker room. He said its small,very friendly people,and very bad players that play there because they are staying there at 1/2 nlhe

#6 09-02-2008, 9:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugenius

Hey all, so I am going on a vacation to Vegas in a few weeks, and I plan to spend a good chunk of my time playing poker.

I've never been to Vegas before, so I don't know which casinos have the best poker rooms.

I am mostly looking to do some relatively cheap SNG's ($50-$150 buy-ins), and some low-stakes cash tables ($1/2 or $2/4).

Which casinos do you recommend I check out?

I have a recommeded list of Las Vegas Poker Rooms and Limits played on my blog

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