I go to Vegas mainly to play poker.
Last year my girlfriend only played the penny slots and some roulette. I played a little low stakes (~$10) BJ, Pai-Gow and Craps. I doubt a casino host will be much interested considering the low stakes and volume.
I am sure the Flamingo is the nicer hotel eg. the pools at IP and Flamingo are in completely different leagues. I am just wondering if it is worth the extra grand because I am not willing to pay $1000 just for the pool.

It's hardly a hassle. It's only a hassle if you are tax dodging.

Yes, and you will have to declare any amount over 10k when you leave. It's the same process as entering. If you are arriving from any First world country (or Canada), and more especially to/from Vegas, all they want is to know where their currency is going.

I'm wondering about payment for houses in Vegas. We've found a pretty sweet house in a good location through vacationrentals.com. The only problem is that they demand to be paid 100% of the cost for the total of the 18 days or whatever.

Is this standard or should we be worried? I mean it would be a pretty sick spot if the house didn't even exist ...

my suggestion would be to stay at IP and just pay go to the pool at Mirage for $20 a day. (european pool optional). the stratosphere has that option as well.

Of course they demand rent payment up front. My landlord makes us pay the the month before we live there, also. Use google and your brain to decide on the likelihood of a scame. Vacationrentals.com is pretty solid from what I know. Much more likely to get scamed on craigslist.

Weigh in on which restaurant I should go to with Wife: Delmonico's at V or N9NE at Palms?

Prices count, but quality of food/service/sides/drinks/desserts is more significant.

Thanks

out of those two i'd say Delmonicos, but just suggesting one, i'd say Del Frisco's

Regarding wiring to the Rio - I am shipping a ton of money by bank wire there. I want to be able to take some to play events in other casnios / spending money / walking around money

The girl on the phone said she couldnt say I would be able to use them as a bank etc, does anybody have any experience of trying to get money out of the cage in cash instead of in markers and so on?

delmonicos all the way. especially for a couple.

To save $1k, stay at IP. If you GF hates it after the 1st week, you could probably still get a good rate somewhere else.

I think they had significant management/chef turnover recently. A friend ate there recently and said he wasn't nearly as happy with the meal as he'd been before.

My GF loved Prime @ Bellagio- when making the reservation let them know you'd like to have drinks/dessert out on the patio. It is right in front of the Bellagio fountains- she will love it.

o btw- for people staying off the strip check out Whole Foods specialty grocery store. They have a bunch of prepared/cooked food there, and tons of meats for grilling. you can go every few days and never cook for a month.

Caesars has a big satellite schedule for the WSOP but there was no interest yet as of early May, nobody showing up to play in the scheduled ones. I imagine that will change as the dates get closer, if not already.

As for mtt's from 50-200, Caesars for $150-$200, or Venetian for about the same amount offer the best structures. Anything less than $150, the structures aren't too good, but Red Rocks has a pretty good $100 buy-in every day at 10am but they're way out west almost to the mountains. Planet Hollywood has a $60 buyin with a better structure than most in that price range.

How far in advance do I need to make a reservation to get a table at one of the very good restaurants?