LV Hilton closing poker room 10/17
 

According to the floorwoman I spoke with the LV Hilton will be shutting down their poker room on the 17th. I know a few people on this forum want smaller LV rooms to close, but I'm not in that camp and feel sorry for the people who worked there. They room was open for only a little over 2 years.

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Do they have a jackpot?

The best part about a poker room closing is that they have to give the jackpot money back to the players. The last time the LV Hilton closed their poker room, the hold'em jackpot was about $36k, so they drew a "lucky seat" once per hour, at $500 per hour. When that money was gone, they shut it down.

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hate to see any room close

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I know someone who works there too, and of course I don't wish any misfortune on the staff. But some of the rooms in vegas need to close for the overall health of the poker industry. Poker caused a sensation, and all the greedy corporations tried to jump on the bandwagon without bothering to do their research first. Krispy cremes causes a sensation when they open in a new city, but they aren't stupid enough to open a new store on every corner. Can't say that for vegas casino execs. My guess is that the narrow-mindedness and greed that made the hilton open the room in the first place is the same thing that closed it. From what I've seen of casino management in las vegas I don't expect anyone to learn a damn thing from this.

Al

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I know it seems odd but closing this room is actually good for Las Vegas poker.

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I know someone who works there too, and of course I don't wish any misfortune on the staff. But some of the rooms in vegas need to close for the overall health of the poker industry. Poker caused a sensation, and all the greedy corporations tried to jump on the bandwagon without bothering to do their research first. Krispy cremes causes a sensation when they open in a new city, but they aren't stupid enough to open a new store on every corner. Can't say that for vegas casino execs. My guess is that the narrow-mindedness and greed that made the hilton open the room in the first place is the same thing that closed it. From what I've seen of casino management in las vegas I don't expect anyone to learn a damn thing from this.

Al

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Krispy Kreme was stupid enough to open on every corner and is now BUSTO.

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Which poker room is the closest to Hilton? without taking a cab.

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Which poker room is the closest to Hilton? without taking a cab.

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Sahara or Riviera. They are a walk across the street. Of course, these are Vegas streets, so that will take longer than you think.

Wynn is a bit farther, but a much better choice.

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They have a jackpot, but from what i understand it was less than the $20,000 they use for their monthly freeroll when they stopped taking additional money, so the last of the jackpot money was used in their final freeroll.

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I know it seems odd but closing this room is actually good for Las Vegas poker.

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Yours is a minority opinion. I'm aware that having all or most LV poker concentrated in one spot will be better for the non-hold 'em games, but less competition will almost certainly lead to rake increases and worse service. IMO the negative impact of the latter dwarfs the positive impact of the former.