Vegas Trip Information for anyone looking to go this year.

[tonytats]

Ignoring the cost of getting and staying there flight n hotel wise
How do most work a budget out ?
Personally I allow $1 k a day so ten days =$ 10 k spends this has to cover meals taxis and buy ins
In numerous visits since 2004 I've only had one really bad result where I was so keen to play in one day I did 2x$1 k buy ins at 2/5 in the Venetian 1x$1500 @5/10 in the bellagio and a $2.5 k wsop tourney so in less than 24 hrs I was 6/7 k down I ended it going home after 10/12 days 9/10 k $ down
A lot of trips show a small profit or loss I.e last year 12 nights downtown I spent / lost $200 on the whole trip
Best result was 2010 winning $28 k in the first 48 hrs taking $19 k of it home
Now I take it really steady for the first 2 days so on day 3 I have 2.5 k to get going with !!
I also have a bit more for back up just in case
But whatever happens it's always been a great craic

[Gemini Kings]

Hopefully this year I will run a little better than last time and actually have the problem of looking for the best $ to £ rate on my return.

Only bringing this up as I remember mentioning it to a group of people that had never thought about it, so maybe it wasn't as obvious as I had thought.  But if you are up with unwanted $, the best "rate" you can get is to charge everything to your room during your stay and then pay for the lot with cash at the front desk.  Saves getting a bad credit card rate and still the problem of unwanted $ to unload.  You can make a deposit against your room at any point, so if you had a lucky bink somewhere one night, can always give some of it to the front desk.

Good point

[Gemini Kings]

Ignoring the cost of getting and staying there flight n hotel wise
How do most work a budget out ?
Personally I allow $1 k a day so ten days =$ 10 k spends this has to cover meals taxis and buy ins
In numerous visits since 2004 I've only had one really bad result where I was so keen to play in one day I did 2x$1 k buy ins at 2/5 in the Venetian 1x$1500 @5/10 in the bellagio and a $2.5 k wsop tourney so in less than 24 hrs I was 6/7 k down I ended it going home after 10/12 days 9/10 k $ down
A lot of trips show a small profit or loss I.e last year 12 nights downtown I spent / lost $200 on the whole trip
Best result was 2010 winning $28 k in the first 48 hrs taking $19 k of it home
Now I take it really steady for the first 2 days so on day 3 I have 2.5 k to get going with !!
I also have a bit more for back up just in case
But whatever happens it's always been a great craic

I came home 10k lighter in 2012 over 26 days with a high emphasis on tournaments, Mainly Venetian Deepstacks (which are not deep by today's standards). This year I plan to ballance more with cash games.

[duncthehat]

Ignoring the cost of getting and staying there flight n hotel wise
How do most work a budget out ?
Personally I allow $1 k a day so ten days =$ 10 k spends this has to cover meals taxis and buy ins
In numerous visits since 2004 I've only had one really bad result where I was so keen to play in one day I did 2x$1 k buy ins at 2/5 in the Venetian 1x$1500 @5/10 in the bellagio and a $2.5 k wsop tourney so in less than 24 hrs I was 6/7 k down I ended it going home after 10/12 days 9/10 k $ down
A lot of trips show a small profit or loss I.e last year 12 nights downtown I spent / lost $200 on the whole trip
Best result was 2010 winning $28 k in the first 48 hrs taking $19 k of it home
Now I take it really steady for the first 2 days so on day 3 I have 2.5 k to get going with !!
I also have a bit more for back up just in case
But whatever happens it's always been a great craic

Got to admit take less than that for a 16 day playing trip not including traveling days.    Normally take a couple of days off from poker and budget to play a 1500 buy in and 1000 buy in at the world series.   Rest of time spent playing smaller tourneys around the 150-300 buck mark.   Find staying downtown there are plenty of places to eat well and cheap/reasonable.   Tend to get salads from walmart etc for lunch.   Not a drinker and a bit of a boring old git so 1000 bucks for expenses is ample for me.  5k bank roll has been sufficient for last 4 years including the one year without a single cash!!.     Obviously like last year when i had 3 decent cashes in first 5 days, budget was reassessed and a few extra days were tagged on to the trip which did not go down well with wifey back home!!

[redsimon]

Taking $9.7k for 22 nights trip. Mainly playing PLO8/HORSE/7Card Stud type events downtown with a couple of WSOP events thrown in and just totted up the bi's likely to be $8K ish if I end up playing all the days. Will probably be less and usually do around $50-$100 a day in non poker ex's, hopefully won't be skint by the time I fly back!

[duncthehat]

Got a few options on what to play:

2 WSOP Event schedule could be something like                         and 1 Event schedule
10/6                   -                                                        10/6   220 Limit O/8    Binions
11/6      200 NLH  Planet hollywood                                 11/6   200 NLH   PH
12/6      240 Stud 8   G Nugget                                      12/6   240 Stud 8   GN
13/6      WSOP 1500 Monster                                                           -
14/6      220 Horse  binions      /or day 2                       14/6   220 Horse Binions
15/6      300 NLH  P Hollywood                                        15/6  300 NLH Planet hollywood
16/6      240 8 Game  GN                                               16/6   240 8 Game GN
17/6      160 Binions                                                      17/6   235 Daily Rio
18/6      240 Limit holdem GN                                         18/6   240 Limit Holdem GN
19/6      WSOP 1000 Seniors                                          19/6   WSOP 1000 Seniors
20/6      240 Seniors GN / day 2 WSOP                            20/6   240 Seniors GN / day 2 WSOP
21/6      100 Horse Orleans                                            21/6   400 NLH Planet Hollywood / or 1500 WSOP Extended (if doing well)/ 100 Horse
22/6      Cash                                                               22/6   Cash or day off
23/6      150 PLO  Planet hollywood                                23/6   150 PLO Planet hollywood
24/6      240 Horse GN                                                  24/6   240 Horse GN
25/6      240 Big O  GN                                                 24/6    240 Big O GN

total   5200 approx                                                       total 3900 - 4200 approx

Very loose schedules as like to play some one table sattys at the rio and the odd daily.   Also tends to be results orientated, might just play cash rather than a tournament on certain days.

The thing with Vegas is you can do it on a smaller bankroll if you are a recreational player with a smaller budget.  For me that has to be the way, i dont earn fortunes at work and all year am always looking to put money away for the next vegas trip.  It does mean I often sacrifice playing live the rest of the year.  Its the best part of an hour to my nearest casino which helps as often I just cant be bothered to drive and will just switch on the laptop and play micros online instead.  I think i have played live about 4 times since last june.   This is what suits me though though appreciate it aint for everyone.    For example I think i last went to DTD over 2 years ago!!

[redsimon]

Got a few options on what to play:

2 WSOP Event schedule could be something like                         and 1 Event schedule
10/6                   -                                                        10/6   220 Limit O/8    Binions
11/6      200 NLH  Planet hollywood                                 11/6   200 NLH   PH
12/6      240 Stud 8   G Nugget                                      12/6   240 Stud 8   GN
13/6      WSOP 1500 Monster                                                           -
14/6      220 Horse  binions      /or day 2                        14/6   220 Horse Binions
15/6      300 NLH  P Hollywood                                        15/6  300 NLH Planet hollywood
16/6      240 8 Game  GN                                               16/6   240 8 Game GN
17/6      160 Binions                                                      17/6   235 Daily Rio
18/6      240 Limit holdem GN                                         18/6   240 Limit Holdem GN
19/6      WSOP 1000 Seniors                                          19/6   WSOP 1000 Seniors
20/6      240 Seniors GN / day 2 WSOP                            20/6   240 Seniors GN / day 2 WSOP
21/6                   -                                                       21/6   400 NLH Planet Hollywood / or 1500 WSOP Extended (if doing well)
22/6      Cash                                                               22/6   Cash or day off
23/6      150 PLO  Planet hollywood                                23/6   150 PLO Planet hollywood
24/6      240 Horse GN                                                  24/6   240 Horse GN
25/6      240 Big O  GN                                                 24/6    240 Big O GN

total   5100 approx                                                       total 4200 approx

Very loose schedules as like to play some one table sattys at the rio and the odd daily.   Also tends to be results orientated, might just play cash rather than a tournament on certain days.

The thing with Vegas is you can do it on a smaller bankroll if you are a recreational player with a smaller budget.  For me that has to be the way, i dont earn fortunes at work and all year am always looking to put money away for the next vegas trip.  It does mean I often sacrifice playing live the rest of the year.  Its the best part of an hour to my nearest casino which helps as often I just cant be bothered to drive and will just switch on the laptop and play micros online instead.  I think i have played live about 4 times since last june.   This is what suits me though though appreciate it aint for everyone.    For example I think i last went to DTD over 2 years ago!!

Looks very similar to my itinerary...substitute $1500 HORSE for Monster and $1100 PLO8 at V. for Seniors and I have no NLHE in my itinerary either.

Outside of APAT think I've done 5 live MTTs in UK since Vegas 2014 and I live 20 minutes from 3 cardrooms

[redsimon]

Arrive 6/6/15

7/6 $220 PLO High Only Binions

8/6 $240 PLO8 Nugget

9/6 $350 HORSE Nugget or STTs at Rio for $1500 HORSE

10/6 $1500 HORSE WSOP or $220 O 8 Limit Binions or Cash day Rio $10/$20  Limit O8

11/6 Day 2 HORSE? or $250 Triple Stud PHo

12/6 $240 Stud 8/b Nugget and/or $600 PLO8 Venetian

13/6 $220 PLO8 Binions

14/6 $220 HORSE Binions or $450 2-7 TD Aria

15/6 $150 PLO8 Pho

16/6 $240 PLO8 Seniors /Orleans

17/6 Cash at Rio/ STTs

18/6 Cash at Rio/ STTs

19/6 $220 PLO8 Binions

20/6 $1100 PLO8 Venetian or Cash Rio (depends on mood/bankroll!)

21/6 Cash at Rio

22/6 $560 HORSE Nugget

23/6 $350 PLO8 Nugget

24/6 $240 NL HORSE? Nugget

25/6 $150 PLO8 Pho

26/6 Cash Rio

27/6 Cash Rio

28/6 Fly home

Be totally pokered out by day 4 probably and change it all!

[duncthehat]

lol yeah thats what i did last year if you remember,change schedule completely, binked 4 decent cashes in first week and ran round vegas like a headless chicken playing as much as I could because I was "in form"!

And PH changed their schedule.  no Triple Stud now unfortunately     Got a 5 Card PLO 8 instead on the 11th

[vegaslover]

Ignoring the cost of getting and staying there flight n hotel wise
How do most work a budget out ?
Personally I allow $1 k a day so ten days =$ 10 k spends this has to cover meals taxis and buy ins
In numerous visits since 2004 I've only had one really bad result where I was so keen to play in one day I did 2x$1 k buy ins at 2/5 in the Venetian 1x$1500 @5/10 in the bellagio and a $2.5 k wsop tourney so in less than 24 hrs I was 6/7 k down I ended it going home after 10/12 days 9/10 k $ down
A lot of trips show a small profit or loss I.e last year 12 nights downtown I spent / lost $200 on the whole trip
Best result was 2010 winning $28 k in the first 48 hrs taking $19 k of it home
Now I take it really steady for the first 2 days so on day 3 I have 2.5 k to get going with !!
I also have a bit more for back up just in case
But whatever happens it's always been a great craic

Got to admit take less than that for a 16 day playing trip not including traveling days.    Normally take a couple of days off from poker and budget to play a 1500 buy in and 1000 buy in at the world series.   Rest of time spent playing smaller tourneys around the 150-300 buck mark.   Find staying downtown there are plenty of places to eat well and cheap/reasonable.   Tend to get salads from walmart etc for lunch.   Not a drinker and a bit of a boring old git so 1000 bucks for expenses is ample for me.  5k bank roll has been sufficient for last 4 years including the one year without a single cash!!.     Obviously like last year when i had 3 decent cashes in first 5 days, budget was reassessed and a few extra days were tagged on to the trip which did not go down well with wifey back home!!

I don't go wsop time, so always need less of a budget. Like yourself I do not have a casino near by so get my live poker fix in Vegas once a year. I always get the bulk of my shopping done on my first day in Vegas( too tired to concentrate on playing poker), shopping consists of clothes and gifts. Then divide up whatever I have for a set amount each day, taking into account what I want to do whilst in Vegas.
If I have an early bink then usually add a couple of higher buyin tournies to my trip. Usually spend a bit more on table games if I am up too.

[redsimon]

lol yeah thats what i did last year if you remember,change schedule completely, binked 4 decent cashes in first week and ran round vegas like a headless chicken playing as much as I could because I was "in form"!

And PH changed their schedule.  no Triple Stud now unfortunately     Got a 5 Card PLO 8 instead on the 11th

Definitely subject to change. Hadn't noticed the Big O at Nugget either!

[action man]

is there a database for all the festivals anywhere plz guys?

[Marky147]

Here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/nes9gkuogcan47h/WSOP2015.xlsx?dl=0

[pleno1]

Maybe very stupid questions here so please don't laugh...

1) internet on British airways flights to vegas?
2) electronic plugs?

[typhoon13]

DILEMMA and its bugging the shit out of me

Arrive June 1st

2/6 WSOP $1500 LH

3/6 WSOP $1500 NLH 6 max

4/6 Venetian $600 Bounty and $300 Survivor

5/6 WSOP NLH MM $1500

6/6 WSOP NLH MM $1500

7/6 WSOP $3000 LH 6 max

8/6 WSOP $1500 NLH

9/6 Wynns $300

Now the dilemma is do i play Venetian Deepstack on arrival and miss first 2 WSOP events and first day of MM if i go deep

or do i just get stuck into all the WSOP events

Yeah i realise i will probably go bust early in deepstack and that answers it all