You do not receive any comps for the daily $150.

You do, however, receive a $10 comp if you play our Saturday $550

dcarp

It's no coincidence that The V is probably the most popular room in vegas and The Borgata is the most popular room on the east coast.

Both are beautiful rooms that put customer service first.

Both are also the only ones on here with an official rep answering daily questions in their respective threads.

Customer service + attention to detail = success....IMAGINE THAT!!

Thanks for joining in dcarp

I talked to Kathy R. last week about the cocktail service. She thought it had gotten better, but I assured her it had not. I suggested they have one server who carried nothing but water and circulate the room to show more attention to the tables. Kathy said there would be a fight over the job--obv a good tip job--and suggested they use it to foster better service. Better servers get the job.

Best food tip is the chicken quesadillas. I think they're like $12 and fantastic.

V is the best room in town, hands down.

dcarp,

I am a little confused by your previous thread, so I just want to clarify.

I am coming with a group of poker players from Nov 4 - 8, playing mostly cash, maybe a couple of DSEs. I booked a room at the normal rate and planned to have it adjusted to poker room rate after playing enough qualifying hours, like I always do. Will this not be possible during the DSE? Poker room rate is lower than the quoted DSE rate during this time, so I want to be sure.

Also, how much are the 5/10 NL and 2/5 PLO running?

so if the venetian is the best place to be day or night, weekday or weekend...
what comes 2nd?

I'm going in november.. and just want to make sure that venetian is indeed the place to be

Please don't quote me on this (Kathy is on vaca right now, so I cannot confirm at this moment), but I believe the promotion is open-ended...we'll keep it going until it works...or doesn't.



According to my calculations if you use the poker rate for that time period it would be almost $100 cheaper than if you used the DSE rate. This is not always the case, but for the days that you will be here it would be advantageous to go with the poker rate.

Just book your room normal (as you have already done) and see a poker supervisor when you go to check out and he/she will adjust it for you.

According to Terri, 5/10 NLH runs everyday, with a must move most days and 3 games on weekends.

PLO runs just about everyday, however, some days it's $1/2 and other days it's $2/5. Multiple PLO's runs on weekends.
dcarp

I just also wanted to post to support The Venetian and what they are doing.
They already have the best NL cash games and tourneys in Vegas and if they can just get the mid and higher limit hold em and mixed games going they will really be the undisputed #1 poker room and I will never have to set foot in Bellagio again.

Great customer service is being rewarded and will definitely win out over time.

I will be in town in December and a $25 comp will pull me away from the Bellagio 15/30. If the game is good, I'll play there the whole week.

How are the Venetian cash games compared to Bellagio or Wynn or MGM for let's say 2/5, anyone rank softest to toughest? Thanks.

And no, softness isn't the only factor when I judge a pokerroom.. seems like Venetian has a great rep which matters.

During the time I'm going to be there during DSE, it's also cheaper at the poker rate. Does playing a DSE count for so many hours of play?

Another Borg player who would really like an 8/16 or 10/20 LOHL game at the V

The V is certainly a great room, and as a local I appreciate their attention to service. Yes, the drink service is abysmally slow, but I don't find the food menu to be overpriced, considering where you are.

DCarp,

How long is that $25 comp good for? I put in my time at the 8/16 in the middle of September and won't be back to Vegas until December or maybe not even until February of 2010. Will my comp be expired?

Also, just to clarify - you get $25 at each level you play at if it's your first time playing at that level? I saw that you said theoretically, someone could play and get $75 in comps in one day.... does this mean that next time I go to Vegas, I can play 15/30 (for my first time at the Venetian) and get another $25? And then another $25 for playing 30/60? ...not that I think I will play 30/60, but more out of curiosity.

Sorry if this seems incredibly obvious, but I just wanted to clarify.

I was in a Monday noon tournament a couple weeks ago and the drink service was so frequent we were commenting on it on how it was almost annoying. I always seem to do better at the V than Caesars for their daily tournaments as well.

Good work.

2/5 NLHE max buy in is how much? $1000?

I would love playing Omaha8 at Venetian. The 10-20 at Wynn is hit or miss and I really hate going to the Orleans. The V blows them both away. I would much rather spend hours there. If there is an 8-16 or above started someone please message me so I can participate.

Yes $1000 max, $300(?) min

Almost certain you do NOT get food comps for the $150s. The tournaments you do get a food comp for, it's a fixed amount (like $10 iirc.) When I was there last time, played one of these mid-day events, took the tournament buyin receipt to desk to get food comp and it seems like she said it was only on > $300 buyin tournaments that you got a food comp.

Deep Stack events, you definitely get a voucher for whtever the standard amount is - but I think most or all of those events are $300+ buyin... Deep Stack events also cover you for the poker rate for any day you play in one - so if you make day 2, that event will get you the poker room rate for both days, no cash game play needed. Not sure if non-DS tourneys do that for you either.

I don't really understand the point of complaining about food prices. If you don't like the food prices, don't buy food. Clearly the V has determined that having food priced at this level is the best way to maximize their profits. I hope they're good enough business people to make this determination correctly, and I'm sure they could honestly care less if some people (me included), refuse to pay $20 for a sammich.

Stayed at V a month ago. Great place. Great poker room. No complaints.

That's got nothing to do with it. Has everyone here been to the Venetian? Do you see any cheap cafeteria-like restaurants in there? The hotel is not going to create a special cheap food preparation organization solely for the cheap-ass poker players. The poker room has to utilize an existing restaurant/room service. Room service is not cheap and low quality because that's not what the guests want. It's not Circus Circus.

The only way the poker room can offer cheap food is to subsidize it. Some California cardrooms do that. But the Venetian is already paying for free drinks and food comps. Man, of all the things to whine about, the price of food in the poker room is pretty ridiculous.

I'm not really sure what your point is, or in what way you're disagreeing with me per se. There are plenty of places (including the Grand Lux), where you can get good food for far less $$$ at the Venetian.

In fact, they have an entire food court full of reasonably cheap dining options.

What they're basically offering at their tables is their room service menu, which is going to be more expensive than these other options, and more overpriced than pretty much any restaurant in the place because you're paying for the convenience of having someone bring you your food.

Room service is expensive, dining at the table is expensive.

However, if they wanted to offer food court items at a 20% mark-up for delivery, food would in fact be cheaper than it currently is. They wouldn't have to ship food from down the street.

My point is, however, why should they do this if they're happy with the current dynamic? If you want to go to the food court you can. It's what, 3-5 minutes from the card room? Take a break, eat a meal, and come back if you want.

If everyone left the tables because they were charging too much for the food, they would change the policy. If no one went to an expensive steakhouse because the steak was too expensive, they would lower the price. It's not like the V will lose $$$ if they charge $17 for a sandwich instead of $20, the point is they'll be making less profit so they won't be making the switch unless it can be proven otherwise.

Also, I was saying people shouldn't whine about it...that was the point of my post. Maybe you weren't referring to me, but quoting me to complain about people whining about food prices confuses me.

Yes, save your receipts, each one is worth 6 hours of play.

This is all correct.

I have never hear of anyone losing their comp dollars and this includes players that have been years in between trips.

dcarp

After re-reading my last post, I feel as though I need to throw a disclaimer out there...I respond to posts sometimes at work or on break and because of that, many of my posts will be short and to the point. This is not meant to be rude. Also, I may miss some questions sometimes, again, not meant to be rude.

dcarp

Any response from you Dan makes your room better than all the other popular poker rooms that do not respond to their patrons.

I agreed with every word in this post, from the idea of a water-only cocktail waitress to the quesadillas. I get them every time I get food at the V. Delicious.

I'm more curious what everyone thinks the second best room in Vegas is (for 1-2 NL) since the V is obviously tops on everyone's list. MGM? Mandalay Bay?

Hey dcarp don't sweat the short answers it's good enough that u even respond to any and all of the posts on here...

All the V has to do now is set up a time portal or warp zone to get me from eastern ct to the v in 5 minutes...see what u guys can do about that LOL

What I wouldn't give to be in that 4-8/8-16 fish pond