I'm looking to play 1/2NL or 1/3NL during the week (Tuesday/Wednesday) in Reno. I'm staying at the Harrah's Reno which unfortunately doesn't have a poker room. Silver Legacy seems to be closest, then Peppermill but with more tables. Is there a "within walking distance" room to play or would it be best to Uber to Peppermill or walk to SL? Or other?

Silver Legacy is the only poker room downtown and they spread 1/3 NL. It's around a ten min walk from Harrahs to SL.

Its a question of table selection versus walking/Uber convenience. And, since both are now on Bravo app, very easy to compare the table selection ratio.

If it were me: I would tend to go to Peppermill on a Tuesday and Wednesday- reason: Better historical table selection, high hands of the hour, instant high hand payouts for quads and SF's, bigger and nicer room, variety of Buy-ins, and more tournaments.
Both rooms have; free drink stations, good dealers, nice tables and chairs, ample food choices on site.
SL has: the convenience of walking to and from your room, and a smaller more intimate place if you like that..

How is the new Silver Legacy room? Better or worse than the old El Do room in terms of action?

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I was just getting ready to ask this Q. Heading up there in a couple of weeks.

Was just there for a week and played a few times at Silver Legacy; poked my head into the Eldo and kept moving....the caps at both are $500 or stack matching after 1hour. Much better than Atlantis/Peppermill 1/2 games that are usually short stack games ($300cap) but do get deeper on nights and weekends.

I really like the SL, the room is nice with lots of tvs, not as smokey as the Peppermill or Atlantis but they dont spread a lot of games, so table selection is non existent. Dont recall any loose 3bets or crazy bluff action, in fact overall I would say Reno is a fairly tight and unbalanced town. Youll definitely see bigger pots at SL than Atl. Be prepared to make a fair number of exploitative folds...I did well at the SL ($557 & $830 over 2 6ish hr sessions) and didnt run particularly well, ymmv.

If you just wanna play 1/3 its worth checking out. If you wanna play 3/5 dont bother. If you like to hop around and change tables play at the Peppermill.

Going to Reno tonight for the weekend, will check out both SL and Peppermill. Will report later. Not sure anyone cares, seems like Reno is a dead place in terms of a poker community.

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I'm interested as well. Thinking about moving to the Tahoe area.

Tahoe is worse than Reno, and Reno is a non-trivial drive from Tahoe, especially in the winter.

Played this weekend (Cinco De Mayo) at both Silver Legacy and Peppermill. Both are nice rooms. Silver Legacy had about 4-5 tables the whole I was there of 1-3. Peppermill had about 5-6 tables going with a couple tables of 3-6 limit. They also had a nicer room and more promotions (seat drawings every 15 minutes for $100) however Silver Legacy definitely had the looser (drunk) type of players, seemed to me more action there. Peppermill also had a long list for a Sunday 3-5NL game that was going to start at 2pm I believe. I didn't stay around to play it.

I also walked into Cal Neva poker room which is a dump. Grand Sierra had a Sunday morning Tournament $100 buy-in with a 5K guarantee that looked to have about 8-9 tables filled. I didn't play since I was driving back to Cali that day.

Overall I was there with the GF so didn't commit to much grinding but played about 7-8 hours overall broken up in 4 short sessions (2 at SL and 2 at Peppermill). Broke about even in poker. Nothing to write home about but there is definitely some poker action left in Reno.

Would be visiting Reno 1-2 times a week to eat and play some Poker. Thinking about retiring to Tahoe for the chill atmosphere. I have a 4x4 truck so not sure if the winter driving would be too much of a hassle. Opinion?

Do it. Just put weight in the back of your truck

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When they get big snow, the Highway Patrol closes the roads. It wouldn't matter if you had a snowcat, you ain't driving on the road. Tahoe is in a bowl, surrounded by mountains. When they close the roads you're trapped until the snow stops and they plow the roads.

Hi Folks,

Just checkin in on the state of the 20/40 game at the Peppermill. I've been out of the area for a few years, but moving back to Northern CA, and would love to get into a regular game there.

Just curious how often, what days, and the overall quality of the game. It was quite good the times I played years ago.

Also, they used to comp rooms and curious if this is still in effect.

Thanks

Would SL spread 1/2 if I asked or just NL 1/3?

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Doubtful. SilLeg has trouble getting enough games going......period. 3-6 Limit, 1-3 NL are about it. And those get prop help during the day. It appears the old, standard 1-5 Stud game is now only occasional. (and certainly not on weekends)
They do get an occasional 3-6 O8 game, but I'd doubt you'll get a lower BI, 1-2 NL going. It would cannibalize other games, and they certainly do not dso enough overall business to offer that. I don't think anyone in Reno does.

Would also like to know about this. Planning a potential vacation up to this area.

How's the action at Atlantis?

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I was visiting last month, they had one 3/5 NL and a couple 1/2 NL games running both of the afternoons I played there. Hard to beat the $4/hr comps

Have a small little trip report to contribute:

Reno is definitely a small-action and quite passive poker town but the poker isn’t ignorable. Supposedly they get some high stakes going at the Peppermill as wells

I’d highly recommend the new gorgeous SL room is with Chihulyesque red stained glass chandeliers, new comfy chairs, and comped Patron, Don Julio etc. There is also a famous Canters deli that you can get delivered tableside as well. On a Friday night there were multiple 1/3 games going with the main game reg-nit infested. No 3betting pre or any loose players really moving there stacks but a certainly beatable game.

Peppermill had a huge wait for 3/5 and set start time at 11 am, and the main game was filled with annoying rocks. They really should run 1/3 and not 1/2 as their main game as well IMO. The food looked pretty solid throughout the casino.

Atlantis had a nice 1/2 PLO Big O mix game going Friday night that was my favorite part of the trip. I regret not getting a card for $4 comps I could have used in their Oyster bar and restaurants upstairs. Very pleasant and soft-play with not huge pots but decent.

A few Tahoe casinos appeared to spread 1/2 NL after 5 pm. During the day it was the retiree 2-6 spread NL and $40 tourneys at Harvey’s and Lakeside. Does anyone have reports with those places? SLT was beautiful and has a super chill atmosphere. I also highly highly recommend the 8 crows barbecue joint, especially the tri-tip sandwich and Mac and Cheese.

ABC4Me. Good post. We just missed each other!
Here is my Reno contribution.

I played Friday & Saturday Night 12/22-3 at the Grand Sierra Resort or GSR and It was JUICY! I won $2,200 during 3 sessions. They had a couple 1-2 NL tables to choose from each night - Mostly Regulars - easy to spot and play against. Tourists would buy-in for $100, play poorly until they lost their stack, and then gracefully leave. I bought in for $200 and as I “chipped up, “ the majority of Regulars would all buy chips to match my stack!

This was a loose spastic calling game (juicy). You had the Regular nits (65+) only opening/betting with top 5% of hands (folding everything else to raise or re-raise) and Regular LAGs (25-38yrs) limp/calling raises OOP with ATC to see a flop and calling down with middle pairs or chasing draws. Wow! I ran $200 up to $1,550 on Saturday during one session just playing TAG (I did run good).

Sunday I played Peppermill to mix it up. Nice room, food, chairs, everything!
I played 3-5 NL and won $800 in seven hours. You can look on BRAVO for tables and waiting list. I saw three 1-2 NL tables and maybe 8 tables going in total. The Peppermill Poker Room was filled with Regulars too. The tourist here would buy in for $300 and spew it off at 3-5NL. They would then rebuy and play a little tighter. The Regulars all played between $1,000-2,500 deep. Two traveling “wannabe pros” bought in for $1,200 each, lost $600 and $200 respectively, and “ran” back where hence they came. Most tourists, including me, bought in for $300 minimum at the 3-5NL. A really nice tourist from bay area busted out two Regulars and was up $3,000...great stuff! The Peppermill 3-5 NL played straight forward: open, re-raise, call pre-flop. Continuation bet, call after flop. The turn and river bets (in position) is where Ya made your money and separated the winners from the whiners in this game.

Both poker rooms provided a soda machine and free food plus $2 an hour in total comps. Not to shabby! YMMV.

I stayed in both hotels and GSR is more teen friendly while the Peppermill Resort is nicer and more luxurious (adult friendly).

In my humble opinion, the Reno Regulars over value their poker ability.
As a tourist and poker enthusiast, this is a great place to have fun playing poker against a very soft and transparent player pool.

As a visitor, I had trouble playing in the same room more than two days straight because it’s the SAME Regulars daily and that just doesn’t stimulate, motivate or satisfy my intellectual needs. YMMV.

There is a joke I heard which sums up the Reno poker scene in my humble opinion:

“What is the difference between the Peppermill Poker Room Regulars and the GSR Poker Room Regulars?”

“The Peppermill Regulars own their Home/Trailer!

Harsh, probably unfair, but I like Reno. It’s a great place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.

Thinking about heading down for the next run it up reno...anyone been for thatbevent?

Staying at sands in reno for the cribbage tourny. Are there shuttle buses to other casinos or how easy is it to get around? Wan't to play at atlantis or peppermill or what is the best pokerroom overall?
Thanks

Cab, Uber or RTC (Bus) Route 1, which runs up and down South Virginia Street.

https://www.rtcwashoe.com/routes/rou...te%20%E2%86%92

Peppermill poker is far superior to Atlantis by way of game selection, room comfort and amenities and generally being more well-run. Larger poker room and larger casino. More and better food choices. I've played at both, and I hate to downgrade one room at the expense of another, and Atlantis has its fans. For the last year, I play only at Peppermill and Silver Legacy. (and not much at SL)