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Originally Posted by GoBlue11
First I want to say thank you for all the great information in this thread.
I'm looking into taking a relatively short (6-8 days) next week into Vegas. I've never been there and will be traveling solo just to play poker. My girlfriend has her sister coming into town for a few days and she will be staying with us so I'm going to get out of town for a few days.
a.) Hotel? I'm a total rewards platinum member and am about 80 hrs from being diamond (all from poker). I will be travelling from Dec. 5th to Dec. 11th or 12th. I noticed I can get a room at Bally's for like $140 total. Is this place a **** hole? Would I be better off going somewhere else?
b.) Poker? I just want somewhere I can play 1/3 around the clock. I'll probably be playing like 10-12 hours a day. I will probably meander around to other rooms but I would like to be close to a room where I can just go and get seated. What room has the best comps? It would be nice to use the comps for food as I will be eating all/most of my meals out.
Thanks in advance everyone!
Bally's is cheap and so is Flamingo and the Quad (the hotel formerly known as IP). Bally's is your best bet since it puts you across the street from Bellagio's $1/3nl game with a $300 max buy in or a short walk or tram ride from Bellagio to Aria's $1/3nl game with a $500 max buy in. Both games run 24/7 and have $2/hr comps with Aria still doing $3/hr during off peak hours I believe.
Food wise, Aria buffet is closed and other places are pricy. Bellagio lunch buffet is still a bargain at $20 which is 10 hrs and their snack place isn't bad either for the money.
If you want to finish off the 80 hrs for Diamond, Caesar's is your best choice for $1/3nl. Now sure how the game is these days but used to be great when I played there few years ago. I don't play there now for several reasons, bad floor people and poor customer service being one of the reasons.
Rio is also $1/3nl and might have cheap rooms but Caesars almost certainly had better action and more games running.
I'm also trying to get to Diamond right now but I got more hours to do than you. Only from poker of course. I plan to milk that card for all of the free booze, chicken wings, veggies w dip, desserts, and free show tickets and gym access that I possibly can.