Who has the best daily poker tournaments on the strip. As far as I know no big tourneys are being held for the rest of the month. I'll be there in a week and staying until the end of the month.
Who has the best daily poker tournaments on the strip. As far as I know no big tourneys are being held for the rest of the month. I'll be there in a week and staying until the end of the month.
pokeratlas.com has a complete, daily updated list of daily poker tournaments.
I feel compelled to point out that all of the Strip tournaments charge very high fees--I'm referring to the amounts they take out of the prize pools--and the lower the buyin, the worse that is. Given that you'll be in town for a while, you might want to check out the daily tourneys at the Orleans. There's a lot of variety in the games, there are usually two a day, they're well attended, and the "vig" is much lower than on the Strip. Pretty easy to get there from the Strip, including the free shuttle.
I've heard some say that the Venetian daily tourneys are the best on the Strip. I doubt that they offer good value any more, though, and those buyins are in the $300-500 range.
For a brief time a few years ago, Plaza had $5 tournaments on e-tables with unlimited rebuys. I don't know if you can really call what was going on "poker", but it was a lot of fun.
Originally posted by: matt roberts
For a brief time a few years ago, Plaza had $5 tournaments on e-tables with unlimited rebuys. I don't know if you can really call what was going on "poker", but it was a lot of fun.
It did appeal to millennials, whose entire interactions with the world take place via a computer screen; in fact, if you showed them a poker chip, they'd look at it, puzzled, and ask: "What's it for? Can you eat it?"
Silver Legacy in Reno had those electronic tables too, for a while. The guy running the room told me they just weren't popular enough to justify taking up the space. It was a good idea whose time hadn't come.
I for one prefer playing with real cards against real humans, body odor and unmasked covid-breath and all. Plus, I get to listen to political diatribes between hands (for whatever reason, Vegas local poker players tend to be several miles to the right of Attila the Hun). For me, live poker is a real-life experience that is severely diminished by moving it to a computer screen and eliminating human contact. I think a lot of people feel that way, which is why poker rooms have boomed since the pandemic was, er, slowed down, kinda.
I do realize that I'm in the minority with my old-fartesque technological resistance, and I know that in ten years, you won't be able to flush your toilet without whipping out your phone and firing up CrapApp. I for one welcome our robot overlords.
Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
It did appeal to millennials, whose entire interactions with the world take place via a computer screen; in fact, if you showed them a poker chip, they'd look at it, puzzled, and ask: "What's it for? Can you eat it?"
Silver Legacy in Reno had those electronic tables too, for a while. The guy running the room told me they just weren't popular enough to justify taking up the space. It was a good idea whose time hadn't come.
I for one prefer playing with real cards against real humans, body odor and unmasked covid-breath and all. Plus, I get to listen to political diatribes between hands (for whatever reason, Vegas local poker players tend to be several miles to the right of Attila the Hun). For me, live poker is a real-life experience that is severely diminished by moving it to a computer screen and eliminating human contact. I think a lot of people feel that way, which is why poker rooms have boomed since the pandemic was, er, slowed down, kinda.
I do realize that I'm in the minority with my old-fartesque technological resistance, and I know that in ten years, you won't be able to flush your toilet without whipping out your phone and firing up CrapApp. I for one welcome our robot overlords.
I completely agree. I very much prefer real chips/cards and a human dealer. I haven't played poker at my local casino in years because of that. I also think there is more collusion at e-tables (in my limited experience).
But, as I said, this wasn't actual poker. It was more like a party with people of all ages/genders/classes splashing around and seeing every pot to the river. Not fun poker; but definitely fun.
Thanks for the info Kevin. I think I'll check out the Orleans. Finding the games is no problem, I just didn't want to show-up for a 2 table tourny. I'll be there for 16 days so I'm driving from Texas and getting around won't be a problem.
I also agree with your other comments.
