Help for my 1st Vegas trip
 

i'm a first-time poster, LONG time lurker. i am going on my 1st trip to Vegas and wanted to know if you think it's wise for me to play small stakes cash games or stick to small stakes tournies. my friends (who i think aren't very good players) think that i will lose all my money if i play $2-4 cash games (i don't want to play $1-2 b/c i've read from many people that too many people call with anything).

about my poker background, i play frequently where i live - mostly home tournies. i play small stakes online. i've read several poker books including HOH, Sklansky. I do pretty well when i play. even when i don't win, i come close. i'm known as a solid, tight aggressive player.

i would appreciate any constructive advice. i don't think i'd be in over my head if i played $2-4, but i feel that you guys have more experience than my friends who i don't think really know how to play (i.e. they think any Ace-high hand is good...). thanks!

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GAMBOOOL

for constructive advice better keep waiting [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I suspect this is in the wrong forum in 2 distinct ways!

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i don't want to play $1-2 b/c i've read from many people that too many people call with anything

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This is a reason to why I'd want to play 1/2.

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Yeah, I hate it when they call with anything. I mean, I got AA right, dude calls me with T7 offsuit. I mean, what an idiot. Then the flop comes T82, okay. Dude calls my flop bet, okay, he's got top pair, but he should know I'm not bluffing. Anyway, turn is a 6 now he's got a straight draw too. So I bet, and he PUSHES. What the heck is that about? I call, I mean I got AA right, so I have to call. River is a King, so he misses, but I'm like what an idiot, they call with anything.

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You play no-limit right? You won't find 2/4 spread really, but 2/5 is a much more common game. The play at 1/2 isn't as donkish as you'd think, and you will probably earn MORE in these games than at the 2/5 games. Here are some things you should check out:

MGM Grand - Nice room, good games, good dealers, plenty of tables - definitely check it out. Drink girls aren't that smoking.

Wynn - What a totally pimp casino, and from the poker room you can see plenty of nice tail wandering through. Cocktail girls might be the hottest in Vegas. They spread a 1/3 uncapped game, so if you feel like playing some deepstacked it's a good place. The retarded $3 chips are annoying, though.

Venetian - Another swank casino with hot girls and a beautiful card room. The dealers were weak when I was last there, but it was new at the time. They spread 1/2.

Bellagio - Ahh, the Mecca of poker. I don't think they spread 1/2, and the competition at the 2/5 game is pretty fierce for a typical low stakes player - but sitting so close to the big game and being in that atmosphere is a religious experience. Absolute must play.

Caesers Palace - Kinda dumpish, but the games are good and there's a decent sportsbook directly outside of the poker room.

Enjoy your pilgrimage!

Also, you really should post in the B&M forum, those guys will have WAYYY better advice than this forum.

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sorry, should have posted in the other forum. thanks!

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LOL

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LDO

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The answer is that every 1/2 game is Vegas is soft. Just find a room where they have more than 1 table of it running and you are good to go. I did well about a year ago int he abomination that Paris calls a poker.

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wtf caesars=dumpish? i liked that card room, it was like playing in ur rich friends insanely well appointed basement. plus 5-10 was on the top deck so i felt BALLA

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wtf caesars=dumpish? i liked that card room, it was like playing in ur rich friends insanely well appointed basement. plus 5-10 was on the top deck so i felt BALLA

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Plus they let you buy in for $500 at the 1/2 table which is also balla.

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oh btw mgm grand had a large room with tons of ssnl games going when i was there in oct. looked like SSNL heaven plus the tiger thingy was right across the room.

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oh btw mgm grand had a large room with tons of ssnl games going when i was there in oct. looked like SSNL heaven plus the tiger thingy was right across the room.

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It gets real good on the weekend nights when everyone is going to/from Studio 54.

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oh btw mgm grand had a large room with tons of ssnl games going when i was there in oct. looked like SSNL heaven plus the tiger thingy was right across the room.

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It gets real good on the weekend nights when everyone is going to/from Studio 54.

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i liked the atmosphere in there too all nice and dark. or maybe i was wearing sunglasses.

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Only thing that sux about MGM is that although it's non-smoking the casino isn't and their "poker room" is basically just a partitioned off area. Lots of second hand comes drifting in. Other than that there is a lot of activity and eye candy around if you enjoy that while playing.

Caesars is a nice new space. Plus they were nice enough to deal me AA UTG with an AA6 flop and a UTG+1 player who called my raise with A6. Live poker is so rigged. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Alladin/Planet Hollywood is nasty. At least it was when I went a year ago in Jan.

The Monte Carlo has a nice room as well. Classy and Comfy.

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Caesars is a nice new space. Plus they were nice enough to deal me AA UTG with an AA6 flop and a UTG+1 player who called my raise with A6. Live poker is so rigged. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I would never play there again if this happened. DUCY?

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Caesars is a nice new space. Plus they were nice enough to deal me AA UTG with an AA6 flop and a UTG+1 player who called my raise with A6. Live poker is so rigged. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I would never play there again if this happened. DUCY?

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LOL LIEAMENTS

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Caesars is a nice new space. Plus they were nice enough to deal me AA UTG with an AA6 flop and a UTG+1 player who called my raise with A6. Live poker is so rigged. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I would never play there again if this happened. DUCY?

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i was at this table. i folded an ace too

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LOL, srry A66 Obv. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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...and to think I went back to correct my typo mispelling of "Caesars".

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Venetian is one of my favorites, I played a lot there last time I was out because they were comping $2 an hour to their poker players, not sure if that is still going on, I doubt it though

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wtf caesars=dumpish? i liked that card room, it was like playing in ur rich friends insanely well appointed basement.

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I would tend to agree. To me, basement = dumpish. I did forget about the $500 buyin (I knew there was a reason I went there)

lol 42 - you went to Vegas and played at Paris? I know the games are way squishy in those 4 table outfits, but still, wtf? I assume you went to all the good rooms first?

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wtf caesars=dumpish? i liked that card room, it was like playing in ur rich friends insanely well appointed basement.

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I would tend to agree. To me, basement = dumpish. I did forget about the $500 buyin (I knew there was a reason I went there)

lol 42 - you went to Vegas and played at Paris? I know the games are way squishy in those 4 table outfits, but still, wtf? I assume you went to all the good rooms first?

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Long story short. I was staying at Bally's and saw that Paris had a $50 tourney starting 15 minuets after I checked in. I played the tourney and then started playing the cash game. I was planning to hit another room, but the Paris was hosting a Council of Mayor's Convention and all these guys were playing poker (very badly). No reason to leave. I think I pulled over $800 off the $1/2 table IIRC.

I did play at MGM the next night [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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This wasn't back in June perchance was it? Last time I was there some Mayor's convention was going on that weekend, etc.

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This wasn't back in June perchance was it? Last time I was there some Mayor's convention was going on that weekend, etc.

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Yep!

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Crazy - wish I had known you were there, I would have looked you up. I met a couple randoms (GambleGamble is a trip!), but I don't know any SSNL'ers

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Crazy - wish I had known you were there, I would have looked you up. I met a couple randoms (GambleGamble is a trip!), but I don't know any SSNL'ers

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Yeah, I was there solo for work and just played cards for two days straight.

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I would just like to add that the cocktail waitresses at the Wynn are astounding. This combined with the topless pool and the discount for poker players makes the Wynn a very fine place to hang out. Trip #2 is coming up for me and I'll probably stay there.

The softest game I ran across was at the Imperial Palace, but it's pretty dumpy in there.