The Las Vegas Twenty

After some extensive research of Las Vegas poker rooms along the strip, I have come up with the twenty that need to be visited while I'm there. I originally intended to keep to the central strip area but there are a few in the south part that really can't be ignored. As I'm going to be there for 10 nights I reckon I can certainly get down to the south strip to check 'em out. I don't really intend to go anywhere north of Wynn (which leaves out Circus Circus, Riviera and Stratosphere) and I, similarly, won't have time to visit the downtown area (with places such as Fitzgeralds or Golden Nugget) or off-strip rooms (like Orleans, Gold Coast or Terrible's). I think Hooters is just off the radar as well. Many casinos in the central area are big name places (like Palazzo, Paris and New York-New York) but just don't have poker rooms so it may be unlikely that I'll even go into them.

I still haven't decided on any sort of itinerary but on the first day I'll probably just concentrate on acquianting myself with the casinos and poker rooms by accumulating my $1 poker chip collection of chips from each of the rooms (through night time walking of course). This little reconnoitre will then help me to make an informed choice of where to actually play when I'm fresh and ready to rumble. I really don't think it'll be wise to sit down and play until the second day of the trip when I've fully recovered from the lag. 

The list below starts from the south end and works its way up to the north: (C=Central. S=South. W=West. E=East N=North of the central strip.)

1.    Mandalay Bay - SW

2.    Luxor - SW

3.    Excalibur - SW

4.    Tropicana - SE

5.    MGM Grand - SE

6.    Monte Carlo - SW

7.    Aria - CW     

8.    Planet Hollywood - CE

9.    Bally's - CE

10.  The Bellagio - CW

11.  Ceasar's Palace - CW

12.  Bill's Gamblin' Hall - CE

13.  Flamingo - CE

14.  O'Shea's - CE

15.  Imperial Palce - CE

16.  Harrah's - CE

17.  Mirage -NW

18.  The Venetian - NE

19.  Treasure Island - NW

20.  Wynn - NE 
 
In my upcoming posts I intend to summarise each one by collating the reviews as appearing on All Vegas Poker. These reviews, of course, will also help me to make an informed choice of the places I'm most likely to visit and I might even do ratings/rankings of my own in order to make sense of it all.

P.S. It's looking pretty likely that it's going to be a visit between 18th August and 28th August but I now just need to book the thing. My short-list of hotels to stay at is now whittled down to just a few. Bellagio, Bill's and now Harrah's is in the running as well. I've pretty much rejected Imperial Palace and Bally's.

Other Casinos  

1.  New York-New York - SW
2.  Paris - CE
3.  Cosmopolitan - CW
4.  Casino Royale - CE
5.  The Palazzo - CE