[bob2007]

I was just there over the Thanksgiving Weekend. This'll be a semi trip report.

Caesars: played 60 player tournement, 60 dollar rebuy. They screwed up my registration, I wanted in on the Sit and Go. I asked 3 people how to get in, they sent me paying at the desk. I somehow got into the multi. Came 10th, but 9 pay. Acted out of turn, cost me the tournement.

Venetian: Best room to play b/c of decor and lack of cigarette smoking smells from the outside. Only played 2/4 and 4/8 games there. I was too chicken to play higher stakes because of the first 2 nights of losing small amounts in NL and the tournement. I'm used to playing 20/40, up to 50/100 online shorthanded. So, I was kinda sick of myself sitting in with tourists and newbies, taking their money while half asleep at 2 a.m. in the morning.

2/4, 4/8 games: pretty much the same type of competition.
Passive players as a whole, even the slightly better players are passive. You have your tourists, you have the decent players who think they're good but aren't IMO (angry about suckouts, don't bet rivers with top pair, buyins of 25 blinds on a 4/8 table, like to talk about pot odds and other bs on the table).

Venetian dealers: a few were pretty crappy. 1 guy said raise to 12, I count chips and reraise. I throw my chips in. Guy next to me says its not my turn. Already we were on the next round. I yell and say he said raise, she's like no he calls to 12 , b/c he was waiting for his chips. Old guy yells back at me and says he said raise. Another guy backs me up that wasn't in the hand. Whatever, I say I'll let it go when the dealer claims it was her fault and that I probably heard her say, "raise to 12?". Whatever, I figure I don't want to have a bad image anyway and I'd take their money sooner or later.

2. Another dealer, deals the button first. Then everyone looks at their cards, guy at teh button (fish) makes it a big deal. Asks for redeal. Dealer decides to keep playing, b/c the cards are random anyway. Player persists, dealer isn't sure what to do. He then proceeds to redeal. MAKE A [censored] DECISION!!!.

3. One dealer's English was so horrible, I didn't know that he was saying four vs. Fold.

Do dealer's make such mistakes at other cardrooms? This I don't know.

Harrah's: Played 1/2 NL, not my game, I've played cash NL a total of maybe 10 times in the last year. Players were pretty soft, but I didn't have any hands. Lost 50 bucks 2 hours.