Vegas Accommodation

[AlrightJack]

Any recommendations?  Where are all the Blondeites staying?

[Splash]

hehe.... good man!!   

Have fun!

[ariston]

Quite a few staying at the orleans. Thats where chubbs,kev and john are already. Very good rates and would come highly recommended by a good few of us on here.

[AlrightJack]

I have a potential place at the Gold Coast? Any good?

BTW, I'm not going to play the big one, unless i win a sat out there.

[Karabiner]

I believe it(the gold coast) was recommended by fat jac, whatever that means.

Check out www.cheapovegas.com  I found it very useful.

[womble]

Jonathan

So many factors to take into account for choice of accommodation.

Initially

1) How much do you want to spend? - My personal favourite is The Bellagio, you are paying top dollar but the service is second to none. On a budget The Orleans is great value but is remote from the Strip (so if you fancy a walk through the bright lights, watching the free shows etc. you are comitted to a taxi there and back). The Gold Coast is next to the Rio (note in Vegas next to can equate to a mile away) and so will be ideal if you are playing in the Series. Never stayed myself but I believe the rooms are typical Vegas 3* standard.
2) Do you plan to play mostly tournaments, cash or both? - The question here is significant if you are intent an playing cash games. It helps to be staying in the Casino in which you intend to play. The rationale relates to a combination of the UK body clock (you will find yourself waking about 4.00am the first week) and this is often the best time to play. You will find games that have been running from the night before with over-tired, often drunk players and even better off-duty dealers, ripe for the picking. Also when you have adjusted to the time-zone and you have just completed a twelve hour session at the table it is wondeful to wander to the elevator and be in your room within ten minutes.
The choice of Hotel also depends on what cash games do you intend to play and at what limits. Once again my personal favourite is The Bellagio, only because they run the best game on the planet $20/40 hi-lo with a half kill starts up every morning around 10.30am and is the perfect combination of 3/4 Vegas pro's and a regular succession of home game hold em players prepared to loose a few buck whilst on vacation. If $20/40 is a little rich I am reliably informed that the Mirage hosts a $5/10 hi-lo that is very soft.
Again similar to the room rates at lower levels there is a tremendous selection of games at The Orleans from $2/4 upwards. The Orleans has the added benefit of two tournaments daily (one afternoon and one evening) from $20 buy-in up to $200 buy-in. Mostly hold-em a mix of limit and no-limit with the odd hi-lo thrown in.

There are plenty of other Hotels with Poker Rooms, but I would suggest the above mentioned are the best. Albeit I hav not been out for 8 months and a lot may have changed. I believe no-limit cash games have grown enormously in the past few months.

Ultimately the deciding factor must be that a number of the Blonde Forumites are staying at The Orleans. And once the Cards are out of the way you are gonna want to party and you may as well party with the best.

Look forward to seeing you out there, wherever you decide to stay.

womble

[AlrightJack]

Thanks for the advice womble. My trip still depends of course on being able to book time off work at such short notice.  Have put a request in, just waiting on the response.

[Gamblor21]

its not a holiday johnathon its a research/advertising trip for blue square! i booked the luxor for two weeks the other day flights inc 1000quid all in not to bad but there was cheaper on the list!

hope to see u there john, is fish going... sorry i mean flush!

Cya At-iT

[AlrightJack]

Flush is going to be there from the 13th onwards - he's staying for a week after the WSOP for Joe beevers wedding I think - so not playing the WSOP obviously, but will be around at the end of it.

[Gamblor21]

for a poker player he does the least poker playing that i no of!

Check www.expedia.com and www.vegas.com is good to check out hotels etc!

well done on ur victory... thats more than u would've won in the sat, so u should play!

[Malc-M]

Johnathon
I am still getting emails from Boardwalk casino offering tower rooms at $39 a night--Not the most luxurious but right next to MGM..
I stayed there in Feb and found it very convenient.. Also I understand Golden Nugget have some good deals if you want to be downtown.

By the way RU going to Brighton-- ?
Excellent Blue Square qualifier last week for the main event--750 f/o..

Even more excellent cos I won it!  LOL

Does that mean I have to wear Blue Square over my P4C shirt?? LOL

Malc-M

[Robert HM]

I am still getting emails from Boardwalk casino offering tower rooms at $39 a night--Not the most luxurious but right next to MGM..
I stayed there in Feb and found it very convenient.. Also I understand Golden Nugget have some good deals if you want to be downtown.

Errr what's your definition of convenient Malc

(The Village being 200 yds from Walsall indeed!)

[tikay]

Well 200 yards as the crow flies. Across the M6.......

[Robert HM]

lol .... Oh look a flattened crow.

[Malc-M]

LOL OK! OK!
Just trying to be helpful..


At least The Village supplied us with our own private non smoking card room for free.. And then cooked us breakfast when the rum ran out at 8am!

Malc-M