You need to be logged in to your Sky Poker account above to post discussions and comments.
You might need to refresh your page afterwards.
Going to Vegas
banana10
Member Posts: 3
I'm going to Las Vegas on Wednesday for a week and would like any tips as to where to play. I am staying at the Aria.Never been before. I tend to play a little low stakes cash on line, but mainly lowish value bounty hunters where I have had reasonable success, and double your money Omaha hi-low games. It has all been for fun and I have probably invested £200 all told and have a balance of £677 mainly made this year.I am prepared to spend up to $500 dollars a day.
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Dave
Any advice would be gratefully received.
Dave
Comments
The Rhino
Hello mr banana
i went to vegas for the first time in june and posted pretty much the same question. Someone by the name kidgirlgy put this on my thread hopefully this helps i found it very useful.
Hi AOK,
Dave & I have been to the best adults playground for more years than we care to remember, and put this "guide" together for family & friends; so as Sky is now classed as part of the family, here it is. As everybody has said you can gamble/play poker 24/7 in most of the resort hotels, so this guide is more about what's on offer as well.
Las Vegas The Tourist circuit 2012
Compiled by a pair of Vegas nuts, who goes every year.
Things to see for FREE
Voted the No 1 must see in Vegas - the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel; see them more than once as they are different each time (there are over a 30 different sets at present). At night it's brilliant, and they are on every 30 mins during the day & every 15mins at night.
The siren show outside TI every two hours from 4.30pm every night a treat for kids & dads alike.
All the strip hotels have free music in at least one lounge every night from around 9.00pm
Plus
Bacchus and the fall of Atlantis in Caesars Palace
The Lion habitat in the MGM
The mime artists in Paris
The Volcano at the Mirage every 15 mins after dark.
The opera outside the Venetian
The Canals (complete with singing Gondoleas) on the THIRD floor of the Ventian
Freemont street light experience - take the Duece bus down town.
The Samba in the sky show in The Rio
HOTELS with great fixtures & fittings
Venetian .
Bellagio
The Wynne & Encore
Ceasars Palace
The City Center Complex - OK outside, great inside
All the rest have unique qualities, so the more you see the better
HOTELS with a great Theme
New York New York - even mist comes up from the 'sewers'
Luxor - Egyptian pryramids etc
Things to do that cost $'s
In no particular order:
The view from top of the Stratosphere -$15
The three white nuckle rides on the top of the Stratosphere $9 each
The Manhattan Express around New York New York $12 - it bangs your head a little
Indoor Sky Diving near Circus Circus - off strip towards The Hilton - $50
A gondola ride on the canal in Venetian - Third Floor. $60
The clubs in Luxor(RA), MGMand a few other Hotels are great to dance the night away.
The dolphins & Big Cats in the Mirage secret garden $14
The Shark Experience in Mandalay Bay $18
The Adventure Dome in Circus Circus - Alton Towers indoors $3 to $5 a ride
You must see a Vegas Show - well 2 or 3 really - our favourites are:
The Beatle LOVE at the Mirage
Le Reve at the Wynne
The acts performing at the Hollywood theatre in the MGM - Tom Jones & David Copperfield are regulars.
FOOD & DRINK
All the hotels have restuarants,fast food & buffets (the buffets are great and are subsidised to get you into
the Casinos). There are new eating establishments and experiences being opened every month, so the choice and
range of eating out is tremendous, so everyone has their favourites; here's ours:
Best Buffet: they are all you can eat (unlimited) plus drinks are free & refillable
Breakfast: Mandalay Bay & Paris Price Range $15 - $20 each
Lunch: Ceasars Palace Price Range $14 - $20 each
Dinner: Paris, Venetian & Mirage Price Range $22 - $28 each
Best Restaurants: Price Range $60 - $150 each
There are now 17 Michelin Star at London prices our favourites are:
Le Cirque in Bellegio
Eiffel Tower restaurant in Paris
There are a lot of good food based restaurants up and down the strip:
The Blue Pearl Chinese restaurant in the MGM
The Fin in the Mirage
The Italian in Ceasars Palace
The Seafood restaurant at the Luxor
Best Fast Food:
The Pub in Monte Carlo
Best value restaurant - DURING THE DAY
The businessmans' special @ $23 for two courses that includes a fillet steak - served noon until 4.00pm
in the Palm Restaurant in the Forum Shops in Ceasers Palace
Best drinking experiences
Pure in Ceasars Palace
Tangerine in TI
Mix at THE Hotel at Mandalay Bay
The Beatles Revolution bar in The Mirage
Coyote Ugly in New York New York
Irish pub in New York, New York.
ALL hotels have sophisticated late nite bars/clubs, the drinks are not cheap, but you never know who you might spot.
The Little Things
1) GETTING AROUND: If there are only two of you, the "Deuce" bus ($5 for a day pass) is cheapest, if more than 3 people then taxi's are ok, but sometimes slow - at busy times you can walk faster. The monorail is now open which is very fast and runs down from MGM Grand to the Sahara, stopping at nearly all the casinos on that side of the strip - $5 one way.
2) All prices shown everywhere are before tax so an extra 5% to 9% is added at the end of the bill.
3) Tipping is part of the culture: $1 to $5 is adequate depending how good the service is - think of it as
part of the bill & you won't feel so bad.
4) Yes, (you may have been told but didn't quite believe it) you do get free drinks ALL the time you
are sat at a one-armed bandit or at any of the gaming tables - you will get nice young (some not so
young), scantily clad women tempting you with the word "cocktails". You order what you want & she will bring it to you in 5 to 10mins a $1 to $2 tip will keep her attention; she will bring tea or coffee as well as water if you want. You can only order one drink per person at a time, but doubles (large) are fine. All the major bottled beers are available.
5) During hot weather (triple digit days) ALWAYS carry & drink lots of water unless you want sun stroke.
6) OK for ALL the Girls - SHOPPING
All the hotels have shops & even big malls, pricing reflects the Hotel quality.
The Vegas Outlet shopping Mall is great for clothes, shoes, kitchenailia and pottery - prices are 50% - 75% lower.
THE FORUM SHOPS IN CAESARS PALACE & THE FASHION SHOW MALL (next to TI) ARE
A MUST SEE.
7) There are plenty of 'Blackpool' style souvenir shops full of great tat.
8) The only bit of Vegas that's slightly annoying are the touts that approach you offering (they never talk, as it's breaking the law) cards & brochures for the "Good-time" girls of the city. You soon get to see past them.
9) Phoning family and friends - rates from the rooms are extortionate, so you can purchase phone cards from sovenier shops.Remember you are 9 hrs behind the UK so 09.00am Vegas is 6.00pm UK
PLACES TO GO OUTSIDE VEGAS - if you can tear yourself away
THE GRAND CANYON
1) No words, pictures or video can do it justice.
2) You MUST go to the bottom & put your hand into the Colorado.
3) Helicopter is best (expensive) as the small planes do shake you about a lot. $250 dollars each
Scenic Tours is the best
THE HOOVER DAM
Take the half day trip & make sure it takes you on the full tour below (called the hard hat tour).
LAKE MEAD
It's the bluest, blue water we have ever seen, the paddle boat steamer is the best way around, it goes
to the Hoover Dam and back - it takes about 3 hours, so don't forget the sun screen/hat.
You can book a tour that does the Hoover Dam & Lake Mead on the same day.
Have a great time
Has anyone any tips for the best casinos, for a pleasant low stakes cash game and regular tournaments?
Look at AllVegasPoker.com
Also read Gixxer's blog in the blogs section
Aria has a great poker room and two brilliant deepstacks for $120 1pm and 7pm
Also quite weak cash although if you pop down a bit further south there are soft cash games at Excalibur and MGM Grand
MGM Grand also has an softish tourney at 11am and 7pm for $85 (good for us low rollers!)