Sunday night & Monday in Vegas what rooms are happening?

[Ear Muffs]

Debating where to stay. We come in on Sunday & leave Tuesday night. We'd like to play anything from to 2-4 to 4-8 limit and possibly 100 NL. We just don't want to walk into an empty or soon to be empty room.

[growlers]

Wynn, Bellagio, Venetian, and MGM. They will have the most tables going at those limits. If you want to play 2-4 the only choice is MGM, the V's lowest is 3-6 and the B/W lowest is 4-8.
The MGM 4-8 may not get going until midafternoon those days.

edit: I am referring to limit games only. Have fun!

[LasVegasMichael]

I would avoid 2/4 like the plague. There is not much difference between 3/6 and 4/8, but there is a world of difference between 2/4 and 3/6.

The NL games at those places are all above $100 maximum buy in.

The Venetian is $200 max (1/2 blinds), the Wynn has no max buy in (1/3 blinds), and the Bellagio has a $300 max I beleive on their lowest game.

Venetian on Sunday night had about 18-21 tables going.

[Mustafa]

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I would avoid 2/4 like the plague. There is not much difference between 3/6 and 4/8, but there is a world of difference between 2/4 and 3/6.

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Is it different because of rake, players, both or other?

[LasVegasMichael]

All of the above. Rake is $4 max (one big bet), players that are playing it are intentionally playing in the LOWEST AVAILABLE STRUCTURED GAME IN VEGAS.

3/6 or 4/8 is not great either, I assure you, but is certainly better then the bottom of the barrel sludge that 2/4 is, hence none of the big boys spreads it (Venetian, Bellagio, Wynn).

If I want to play bingo, I'll go to my local Church.

[jtr]

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If I want to play bingo, I'll go to my local Church.

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Where people respect your raises?

(I know, I know, you didn't say that, and I wouldn't be thrilled about playing 2/4 either, but it seems to me that the quality of the players is going to be the best thing 2/4 has going for it, not some weird downside.)

[LasVegasMichael]

Not at all. I normally play NL, where people generally do respect raises, but that is a different story all together.

Maybe its just me, but quality of players notwithstanding, 2/4 is really almost strictly a luck game. Fun, recreational, social? Absolutely! But there's no outplaying there, there's no tough contemplative calls, there's not even any real decision making. Everything I like about poker (i.e. the "challenge"), it pretty much lacks. But like I said, that is just me.

I cut my teeth playing 2/4 years ago, and still sit down at it when my Dad wants to play, but strictly for the aspects I described above (i.e. social, recreational, etc), not for making any real money.

[Hornacek]

If you wanna play low limits, the players are all horrible, and I think nearly every casino will have at least one table of low limit games running. I stayed at the MC last weekend for WSOP, and at 6 AM they still had 3-6 tables and 2 1/2 NL afaik. Not bad for a tiny room at 6 AM.

[silversurfer]

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I would avoid 2/4 like the plague. There is not much difference between 3/6 and 4/8, but there is a world of difference between 2/4 and 3/6.

The NL games at those places are all above $100 maximum buy in.

The Venetian is $200 max (1/2 blinds), the Wynn has no max buy in (1/3 blinds), and the Bellagio has a $300 max I beleive on their lowest game.

Venetian on Sunday night had about 18-21 tables going.

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Whoa, there is no max buy-in for the 1/3 at the Wynn? That sounds juicy. How does it play??

[LasVegasMichael]

It plays like a 1/3 with no max. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Really, it is generally more action, and the stacks are usually pretty deep ($300 is usually the minimum that any player starts with. $100 bills play, so you will often see a few hundreds under the stacks.

Plays differently then a capped 1/2m but not as much different as people think.

Just play your A game, and you should be fine. Preflop raises is usually the standard 4-5 chips, with some tourist usually spicing up the game with loose calls and even looser all ins.

I have played it exactly twice and did well both times, by doubling through some European tourists. YMMV