| -> | | | | as a slower paced game. You will not see as many |
| If you've ever been to Vegas and stayed at any of | | | | flops in an hour as a typical online cash or tournament |
| the hotels on the Strip, you'll know all the hotels have | | | | game. This slower pace gives you the ability to decide |
| casinos for you to gamble in. With the ever growing | | | | more thoughtfully, whether to call, fold, or raise. |
| popularity of Texas Hold'em, every major casino hotel | | | | Some places have very aggressive players (i.e. MGM |
| also has a separate poker room, and some hotels | | | | Grand) and some are more casual, with many limpers. |
| even offer a "poker room rate", which is a discounted | | | | (i.e. Circus Circus). |
| hotel room rate if you play enough hours at their poker | | | | To find comments about Vegas poker rooms, so that |
| tables (see the bottom of this article for hotels offering | | | | you are prepared before- hand to trying a particular |
| poker room rates). | | | | poker room, you can search for comments about |
| There are over twenty poker rooms on the strip alone | | | | someone's Vegas poker trip on popular poker |
| to chose from. | | | | discussion forums or read reviews on a Vegas Poker |
| Some of the major hotels like the Bellagio, Wynn, | | | | Room Review website. |
| Venetian, Mirage, and MGM Grand have 25-30 tables | | | | Unlike online poker websites which offer limits as low |
| available; Caesar's Palace has over 60! A typical poker | | | | as $0.01/$0.02, the lowest betting limit in a Vegas |
| room on the Vegas Strip, like the Aladdin, Mandalay | | | | poker room is $1/2 NL Hold'em. The minimum amount |
| Bay, Monte Carlo, Luxor, Circus Circus, and Harrah's | | | | to sit down at these tables is $50 at some casinos |
| has 9-15 tables. | | | | and $100 at others. The maximum amount ranges |
| Another area to experience Vegas poker is | | | | from $200-300. You will also find $2/5 NL, $3/6 Limit, |
| downtown on Freemont Street. One of the most | | | | $4/8 Limit as well. |
| famous, where many say poker first started, is Binions. | | | | To receive a discount rate for your hotel room, you will |
| Alongside Binions, you will find hotels: Golden Nugget, El | | | | have to play about 6 hours/day on the weekdays |
| Cortez, Plaza, and Fitgerald. | | | | (Sun-Thursday) or 8 hours/day on the weekend for a |
| You will find with just as many hotels hosting poker | | | | minimum of 40-50 hours to get the rate. When you |
| rooms on the strip, that there are just as many hotels | | | | check into the poker room, they log your hours. |
| hosting them off the strip (i.e. Arizona Charlie's, Boulder | | | | The hotels listed below offer discount hotel rates. You |
| Station, Gold Coast, Green Valley Ranch, Hilton, Palace | | | | can call these numbers to find out what their current |
| Station, Red Rock, Rio All Suites, Silverton, South | | | | discount rates are: |
| Coast, and Tuscany) | | | | Bally's (888-742-9248) |
| The one thing a new poker player playing at any of | | | | Bellagio (702-693-7290) |
| these poker rooms should keep in mind is: | | | | Caesars Palace (800-634-6001) |
| Playing at a live casino is not as intimidating as you | | | | Circus Circus (702-836-6606) |
| think. | | | | Excalibur (702-597-7625) |
| You might feel that your first time sitting at a table, that | | | | Fitzgeralds (702-388-2400) |
| everyone can read your every move. You've been | | | | Flamingo (702-733-3485) |
| playing on a computer screen up to this point, with only | | | | Luxor (702-730-5510) |
| your betting patterns and response speed as the only | | | | Mandalay Bay (877-632-7800) |
| "tells" you give off. Now you may feel nervous that the | | | | MGM Grand (702-891-7434) |
| other players can actually see you and know exactly | | | | Mirage (702-791-7291) |
| what you are holding. | | | | Monte Carlo (702-730-7780) |
| But the players in a live room are just the same as the | | | | Plaza (800-634-6575) |
| ones you play with online. In fact, you may find it even | | | | Sahara (702-737-2317) |
| more fun playing with people face to face. Many of | | | | Treasure Island (702-894-7291) |
| the face to face players also aren't as serious and are | | | | Venetian (702-414-7657) |
| looser than those you find in online play. | | | | Wynn (702-770-3090) |
| As with most gambling in Vegas, many come to have | | | | Hopefully this primer has given you an introduction to |
| a good time and are expecting to lose money playing | | | | the list, variety, size, and types of poker rooms |
| poker as their payment for "entertainment." Typically | | | | available in Las Vegas such that you can be better |
| live casino play is more personable and social as well | | | | prepared for which room you may want to try out. |