New Venetian poker room

DayTripping · #1 03-09-2006, 02:44 PM

So it looks like the Venetian poker room is opening on April 1st (http://www.venetian.com/casino/poker_room.cfm). They claim they will be spreading $4-$8 up to $4000-$8000.

Funny.

What evidence is there to suggest that this room won't end up being like just about every other room that has opened in the past year? They all claim they will spread high limit games, but in the end it just turns out to be another joint dealing $2-4, $4-$8, and the mandatory baby no limit game. If Casears can't get anything higher than $6-$12 going (which itself seems to be pretty difficult at times), what makes the Venetian think that they can? I also love how all of the new rooms claim they will offer Stud and Omaha in addition to Hold 'em. How many rooms in the city of Las Vegas are able to get a Stud or Omaha game going on a regular basis?

That being said, it sounds like an awesome room. Hopefully they get a little bit more out of their money than Caesars did.

AllVegasPoker · #2 03-09-2006, 03:44 PM

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So it looks like the Venetian poker room is opening on April 1st (http://www.venetian.com/casino/poker_room.cfm). They claim they will be spreading $4-$8 up to $4000-$8000.

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Yep! One minor point though - The Ventian website says it's actually opening April 2nd. I know The Venetian has put a lot of resources into this project. I think it will be a very nice card room. Poker in Vegas has never been better, at least in terms of the vast number of options.

W. Deranged · #3 03-09-2006, 03:51 PM

From what I hear, the Wynn has managed to get a fair amount of high limit action, plus semi-regular mixed games, omaha, and so forth... so it seemingly can be done.

AllVegasPoker · #4 03-09-2006, 04:11 PM

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From what I hear, the Wynn has managed to get a fair amount of high limit action, plus semi-regular mixed games, omaha, and so forth... so it seemingly can be done.

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The thing about Wynn, Caesars, and The Venetian is that they each have home-grown high-limit clientele. The folks that can afford to stay at these places don't have any trouble sitting down at a mid-limit game.

tourney guy · #5 03-12-2006, 03:57 PM

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From what I hear, the Wynn has managed to get a fair amount of high limit action, plus semi-regular mixed games, omaha, and so forth... so it seemingly can be done.

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They cannot be making a single dollar from those games. They take a drop every hour on 30/60, and every 90 minutes on 60/120. With the free food, it cannot be pretty how much they lose on those games. Eventually, they will have to take regular drop and regulate food, and then the game will eventually disappear.

If Venetian takes a long-term approach to the business, like Caesars is, they have a chance to compete.

Barry · #6 03-09-2006, 05:40 PM

One problem, I have heard that the Foxwoods poker room manager is going to head the Venetian room. As anybody that's been to FW's knows, it's not a very well run room.

DayTripping · #7 03-09-2006, 05:47 PM

Bah. I'm one of those in the minority who does not feel that Foxwoods is run all that poorly. I believe the room presents unique challenges simply due to the fact that it has a billion tables. I think the sheer size and number of players make it extremely hard to manage. With only 30-something tables and a fraction of the player volume, the Venetian should seem like a cakewalk. We'll see.

dicelumpY2005 · #8 03-09-2006, 06:10 PM

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Bah. I'm one of those in the minority who does not feel that Foxwoods is run all that poorly.

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You are definately right about that... I don't except that room size excuse, either... There are rooms in Arizona and California almost as big, and I never had the problems there I encountered at Foxwoods...

DayTripping · #9 03-09-2006, 06:15 PM

Well, let me just say that I've been playing at Foxwoods pretty regularly for about 3 years now and have never had a problem with management. But then again I'm a pretty easy going guy. I show up, put my name on the list, get seated, play, then leave. I never have any problems.

budman · #10 03-23-2006, 07:59 AM

I have had a lot of neutral experiences at Foxwoods and a couple of excellent ones. Some of the floor people are as good as any I've encountered in Vegas. Some are nasty and it seems all are covering too many tables.

Most of the bad experiences I have had were due to typical poker players bitching and arguing and forcing the floor to settle some stupid argument.

I had an experience at Foxwoods where I was heads up in a huge pot. It ended up chopped and the other player inadvertently took back his bet while I left mine in. Noone at the table noticed except a floor person who was watching the action. I thought that was excellent.