Westgate has a poker room?

Not that I know of, but they are charging $30 to park.

It's right before the fast food court/penny slot area...

believe it or not... This^

westgate closed their room last summer.

How is that a steal when parking is free on the Strip right now?

We're moving on from the Westgate discussion at this point. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

Just had a full week at the Wynn - it was an awesome experience. As a casual/semi-reg enthusiast I love playing 1/3 NL deep (500 buy) and LOVE the button straddle. Of course the drinks and accommodations are top notch as well.

Perhaps these are dumb questions but here goes. What percentage of the players at Wynn are local? Also do they work in teams ever? I played at Wynn about a year ago and a group arrived together, sat at the same table, didn't drink (not uncommon), didn't play with each other but didn't bet against one another. They didn't talk much but I got the impression/fee that they had been there before many times. They did well for themselves and cleaned me out. Am I being paranoid or is what I suspect seem likely or true? I've read similar things on Yelp which of course you have to take with a grain of salt. I'm coming back in May and want to play again but didn't have a good experience last time. Not because I didn't win just that I felt like it was 4 vs. 1. I know I should have moved but was wondering if anyone here thought this was a thing and moving tables wouldn't have mattered.

coming to town for a few days... which room gets consistent turnout for their daily tournaments?

also, is there a las vegas discussion thread, I cant find one?

thanks!

There is an entire forum dedicated to Las Vegas:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/10...gas-lifestyle/

That's why the LV casino threads are relatively dead and there is no Regional Communities discussion thread for it. Everyone goes over there. I should've let you know when you posted in the Bellagio thread. Sorry about that.

Which game were you playing? 1/3, 2/5, 5/10 or something else?

I play 1/3nl at Wynn and have been at tables with all tourists and also with all locals. I think you are being a little paranoid and if you felt uncomfortable you should have changed tables.

Did you really spot any specific behavior that would have indicated they were colluding
against you? Every player at the table wants to take your money, that's the object of the game. So when you sit down in a full game, it's 8 players against you, and that doesn't
necessarily mean they are all "playing together".

I've never felt when playing 1/3nl at the Wynn that I was up against "teams" or was ever
cheated in a game. IMO, the Wynn is the nicest and best run room in town, but if you
aren't comfortable playing there, check out the other rooms.

Better luck next trip wherever you choose to play.

It was 1/3

Fair enough. Thank you for the reply. The only feeling I got was that they would never bet against each other when it was just them. They would just check it down. They talked like they knew each other and were from the Vegas area.

At the lower stakes I almost always don't recognize many of the faces at the table when I sit down. At the most I'll recognize maybe 2 or 3 faces.

I've never noticed anything like that in the 1/3 game at the Wynn. I guess it's possible that those guys soft played each other, which is something I see more often when I see couples sit down, not friends. Or maybe they played a little less aggressively against each other. Sometimes people are less serious in these games and do things that are wrong without even realizing. I agree that you could switch tables if you suspect something is going on or just feel uncomfortable.

I have seen situations in 2/5 games where I could see a tourist thinking 4-5 players are in teams, or picking on them. The way the game plays could even make it appear that way to the tourist, even though the belief is false. It will seem like the better players take turns picking on the tourist, but that doesn't mean they are a team. I know I've sat at tables where I would play tight for a while, a tourist would limp in, I'd raise him and everyone else would get out of the way, and the whole time I was just playing for myself and didn't even know a single other player at the table. Everyone at the table was still my enemy lol.

Also, I do think some people are too paranoid and complain too much. I once got accused of being part of a team with a guy I never saw before. He limped in early position, a few other people limped, the other guy who was accused of working with me limped, I made a small raise with pocket 9's, the complainer called, and some other people called and the other guy raised big with pocket kings, I folded, and the whiner bitched about how I juiced it up for the other guy and said the other guy had AA. It's true that I was trying to juice it up, but I was trying to juice it up for myself and was hoping I would flop a set in a big pot. Also nobody else had raised so I figured I had the best hand and I was on the button.

When I mucked my cards I made sure that it was clear they were my cards in case he asked to see them (I mucked them just a little past the line so he could ask to see them). He never did (not sure why). If I turned over complete garbage then his case would have looked a lot stronger. You can ask the dealer to see a mucked hand if you suspect collusion. If he asked to see my hand and saw that I had pocket 9's, then that should have eased his concerns. I wish I just volunteered to show my hand because being accused of that, and having this guy try to make me look bad to the rest of the table really pissed me off.

Anyone else playing the 200k this weekend?

Thank you for the kind and thoughtful response. It made me feel better and I think I need to be a little less thin skinned. That or I'll move tables. I'll be there from May 12-16. Hope I run into you. The code word is "the fox is swift". Say that and I shall respond with "but the owl sees at night" and then you will know it is I. Or you can just look for a normal looking guy from Cleveland. I'll buy you a drink and You can take my money!

Probably not collusion, but if they all sat down together, all checked down every single pot together, and all clearly knew each other, it's not unreasonable to be uncomfortable sitting with them. As others have said, probably would've been best to just request a table change and be done with it.

FWIW, I've only played at the Wynn one time. It was last year around this time on a week night. When I sat down, I guessed there were probably 4-5 "regs" or perhaps semi-pro or even pro-level players at the table. The rest I was not sure about. I did not suspect collusion in the slightest - in fact, the only strange thing that happened was that one of the guys who everyone seemed to know was a "Reg" grinder even showed his cards when he folded a set when he was convinced (rightfully, I think) that another tight player had him beat. I don't blame him for showing the fold of a set, but also didn't think he would do that if there was collusion for obvious reasons. That hand had taken place after several hours of play.

Lol last time I was at the Wynn a drunk took a bunch of money off of me. I wish I never made that straight on the river.

I'll probably be there at some point on those days but I have no idea how often I'll be there because I also like to play in a couple of other rooms (Some people have a favorite room they play in all the time but I prefer to move around a bit).

Was this a 1/3, 2/5 or 5/10 game? That sounds more like a 2/5 game than a 1/3 game to me (I don't play 5/10 so I don't know what those games are like).

Now that I think about it, I do remember one table maybe 3 years ago that seemed much tougher than any of the other tables I remember there recently. Thankfully I haven't run into that type of game there again. Also, I rarely played at the Wynn back then so I'm not sure how tough the games were 3 years ago.

Is the poker room rate still $119 weekday/$199 weekend? Anyone have a contact in the room to book through?

Hi Matt. The rate is $129 Sunday-Thursday and $199 Friday-Saturday.

Please contact poker.reservations@wynnlasvegas and we'd be happy to assist you. Hope to see you soon.

Any info, pics, videos on the new room?