Message Board : Looking for a 'friendly' small stack no limit holdem casino in LV..

You’re in luck. Virtually all the casinos on the strip that have poker rooms will spread $1-$2 NL, and if you play competitively online, you should have no problem in any of these games.

One difference is that many of the live games have uncapped buyins or buyins that are capped higher than the 100BB online standard. Obviously, you can buy in for whatever you feel comfortable with, but if you play at certain casinos, you may noticed that your opponents are playing a bit deeper than you’re used to. I recommend both the $1-$3 game at the Wynn and the $1-$2 at Caesars for these "deeper" games.

On the other end of the spectrum, the smaller poker rooms on the strip also spread $1-$2 games, but some of them can be extremely shallow, with the biggest stack at the table being $120 and half the players playing $50 or less. Generally the players in these games are fairly new to casino poker, so naturally the level of play isn’t high, but there isn’t a whole lot of money to win either.

For $2-$5 games, I recommend the Wynn or Caesars again. You can also try the Palms for that game.

I haven’t been to Vegas in a bit, though… so it’s possible there have been some changes since I was last there. 

Dear Ed,

    I’d just like to thank you very much for your speedy reply to my question re ‘friendly’ games on the LV strip. I will follow up on your suggestion and give both Wynns & Caesars a try…Continued success to you and your fabulous website in the future….

                          Sincerely,

                         Tom & Donna Maloney

I’d add that the MGM $1/$2 is pretty good as well.  The poker room itself is well run, and, at least the times I was there, the players seem to be a lot of loose, bad players that migrated over from blackjack tables and love to gamble with strange hands.

On a related note, this is a good read by Pokey over at 2+2: it’s a very good set of tips for adjusting fron online to live play.  I found it VERY useful when I took my first crack at NL live…

http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=7518225&an=0&page=0#Post7518225

Good luck and have fun… 

I recently returned from Vegas, and Caesar’s was playing main $1/3 on the low end game price.  I would not miss their card room though, it’s among the classiest in town.

For those interesed in tourneys this link has most (but not all) of the action listed, and can be sorted by date, format, etc.

http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/poker/tournaments.php