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Duke Chin posted:Ahh cool, thanks man. This is more or less what I thought I'd probably have to do - We're staying at the MGM so I guess I'll just go drop a couple bucks on the B's and kick it down in their sports book. The Tropicana right next door just remodeled their sports book. If you don't like the scene at the MGM, stop in next door.
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jabro posted:I haven't played at TI for years but most tables on the strip start at $10 but you can find $5 tables if you look hard enough. $10 is a stretch on weekends and holidays. You're looking at $15 minimum. Probably more like $25.
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ColdBlooded posted:I guess there's the Sirens of TI free show but I've never seen it and it's supposedly really lame. Douche4Sale posted:TI has a horribly awkward pirate with sirens sore that is free to watch outside the casino. I can't stress how bad it is, but if you've had a couple of drinks and want to laugh, it might be worth your time. "Horribly awkward" should be reserved for things like accidentally saying "I love you" to your boss after a staff meeting. The Sirens show at TI is downright loving painful.
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Nice Davis posted:Gambling: I played craps at several places downtown. Here's how minimums and odds sorted out: Main Street Station is 20x. Used to be 100x until not too long ago. I've never seen them without a $5 table, but I don't go Downtown all that often.
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Bobalbmi posted:Anyone been to the Downtown Grand yet? Thinking about a visit next month - hotel looks pretty neat and it seems to be close to some of the new development downtown. I've walked around inside but haven't stayed or eaten there. It's nice, you can tell they put a lot of money into it, looks like they planned everything out very well... but it's not "special" in a "HOLY poo poo YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS PLACE" kind of way. But maybe there's a restaurant there that would make it a must-see.
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TheReverend posted:2)You want to do it on a weekend during March loving Madness. Fixed that for you.
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Pai Gow poker is about 40% to push, so money can last a long drat time... assuming you avoid betting the bonus, etc.
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Azmodaii posted:Hi, so I'm in the US after a very very impulsive decision and am looking to visit Vegas for a few days. I will be by myself and LV will be the last stop on my trip... I'm still not sure if I should stay 2 nights or 3, however I am pretty sure that I will be playing quite a bit of poker and some of the other casino games with low buy-ins. The four best places for poker are the Aria, Bellagio, Venetian and Wynn. You really can't go wrong with any of them, though a bunch of people are 'protesting' the Venetian because of the owner's anti-online poker stance. I don't know what limits you're looking to play, but the Aria has a $125 daily tournament that's about the best in town. You really can't go wrong no matter which one you pick, though.
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spwrozek posted:Why is anyone renting a car if they are staying on the strip and just doing stuff there? Cabs are way cheap and walking isn't too bad for most things. 1) Cabs aren't that cheap. The trip to/from the airport will run you $50 with tip, give or take. A car for the weekend costs like $70. Assuming you to go/from the airport ONLY, then you'll be saving money. Otherwise, most people will take the freedom to get around wherever. 2) Walking is fine this time of year. When it's 110+ and you're trying to walk from the MGM to the Venetian, you're going to hate everyone and everything.
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JaySB posted:$50? Where are you going? From the airport to most hotel casinos should be $15max one way. Yeah I meant that as $50 total, $25 one way. I just go by what they say on 2p2. Last time I had to take a cab from McCarran it was $50 w/ tip to Rainbow and Warm Springs.
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Konstantin posted:Where are the most popular poker tournaments in Vegas? Preferred stakes are around a $200-$500 total entry fee, and I would like to play in something a bit larger scale than the 2-3 table tournaments my local casino has. Will be there middle of October if that matters. The single most popular on a consistent basis is probably the Friday night at Orleans. 7pm start, $125 entry, and it pulls 140+ entries during the slower times of year. Anything that's $150+ isn't typically a daily tournament. The Venetian has a couple of dailies over $200 but I honestly don't know how many people they get; just because they're offered doesn't mean they fire. You're going to need to look at special events, like the Wynn Fall Classic or Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza.
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Teikanmi posted:What about in the shade? How much of a difference does that make if I'm sitting poolside but under a parasol or whatever It makes zero difference. The heat consumes everything, and the shade only prevents the pavement underneath from getting supercrazy hot. The good news is that every place you would ever go has air conditioning, and quick walk to/from parking.
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uli2000 posted:Casinos arn't licensed by the feds, they are licensed by the state, but you are right, lots of security and drugs tests for employment. Just because we legalized weed doesn't mean your employer has to let you do it. Neither my wife's job or mine will allow employees to use cannabis, recreational or medical. Her's is due to federal law (she works in mining and is under MSHA administration) and my employer says do it and lose your job (healthcare). The Nevada Gaming Commission told casinos to stay the gently caress away from marijuana in no uncertain terms. quote:Get a car too, because Las Vegas bans short term rentals under 30 days. You'll be staying on the outskirts like Henderson, North Las Vegas, or Summerlin if you want an AirBnB. The city of Las Vegas requires AirBnB-type short-term rentals to get a business license. The Strip is not in the city of Las Vegas.
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BWV posted:One of my pals is a vegetarian. Are there good places for that in particular that cater to this? Usually Asian places are easy for this. Get new friends. Failing that, every restaurant in the Wynn has at least one vegan option. quote:Thinking of going to the Grand Canyon for a day. Is doing one of the tours just easier or is renting a car and doing it on your own possible/worthwhile? Sorry if this was covered, I read back through 20 pages. It's definitely possible, and worthwhile. The only question is if you want to make the drive yourself or pay someone else to take you (or fly you, if you do the helicopter tour). quote:It seems like the general consensus is to stay downtown and venture to the strip at night to see a few cool things. Is that fair to say? You'll definitely get a better value staying downtown, and you can Uber or drive to the strip. But don't walk. quote:Will paying it forward with the immediate palmed $20 to the hotel staff really work if we're only staying 5 days and don't really plan on coming back? or is it just a good karma thing that will one day even itself out? I dont mind tipping or greasing the wheels but sometimes I'm not the most graceful at it/unsure how to infer that quid pro quo The $20 is typically given to the staff to see if there are any "complimentary upgrades" they can offer. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Just sandwich the $20 between your ID and credit card when you hand it to the staff. Check http://www.thetwentydollartrick.com for more information. That's all I've got.
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Mourne posted:I'm thinking of doing a 4 night trip to vegas in early April for my wife and I. We are late 20's and don't have kids. It seems like the good resorts for our situation would be The Wynn, MGM Grand, or the Palazzo? I've found a pretty decent deal on the Palazzo. Should I rent a car at the airport/resort or rely on Uber if we want to tour a few of the big casinos on the strip? Don't rent a car if you're going to stay at MGM. They (and all their subsidiary properties) are charging for parking. MagicCube posted:Jay where do you think the best daily/nightly poker tournaments are in terms of value? Looking at buy-ins of roughly $200 or less. Last time I went I only played cash, but I've started getting interested in tournaments as well. Wynn noon tournaments are the best in town for rake (11%), plus the structure and starting stack are really good. Definitely worth a look. Mon through Thursday is a lot cheaper ($140) than the weekend ($225 + $100 add-on), but still worth it. Aria dailies are sort of a weird beast. Mon through Thursday, the 1pm at $125 is a good value. Friday to Sunday is 11am at $240. They have a 7pm that theoretically runs every night, but they cancel it without notice if they need the tables for cash games. Also, they sometimes get 70+ players and only have 3 tables open. So either get there early or prepare to be an alternate on a long-rear end list. We don't go to Venetian. Sheldon Adelson has proven himself to be a scourge on the city and people need to stop giving him money. Fun fact: When he was the third richest man in the world, he used to answer the phone as "Sheldon the Third". If that's not the doucheist thing you've ever heard, I don't know what is. Bellagio has a super nice room, awesome dealers, and the service is spectacular. Their daily tournaments are, unfortunately, loving dogshit. They run at 5pm and no one goes. Caesars dailies vary in buy-in and value, but overall they're a pretty solid option. If you're here over a weekend, the Friday night at Orleans is the nut-best in town. It's filled with regs who basically play with their hands face up. $125 buy-in and 150+ players is a slow night. If you bust from any of these early and just want "gently caress it" poker, the 10pm at TI is pretty solid. $75 entry, $1000 guarantee prize pool, and no one gives a poo poo. It's the most exploitable game out there.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Question: good Mexican food is where now that the place at the north end of the strip closed. 
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You don't have to go through the club to get to cantina. It's just renting space on the side of the building.
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BWV posted:The timeshare folk in the lobby of the Caesar hotels (Ballys/PlanetHollywood) are relentless. I admire how sneaky they are in their "oh it'll just be a short lunch and presentation and then after that you're set for a free dinner, show and $50 casino credit". For the timeshare folks, just say "I'm local" and they'll leave you alone. For the rentals, I don't know of a specific place. But I do know you'll never get a good price by just walking up to a counter. Set up a reservation online to get any kind of special pricing they may have. I learned this the hard way when I sold a car and had to rent for about week before I bought a new one. I walked into the giant rental car building south of the airport and go a rental. I went home, checked the prices online, and I would have saved myself about 50% if I had booked beforehand.
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JaySB posted:Yes, email or PM whichever is easiest. Happy to help within reason. JaySB posted:I think I have to explicitly state this at this point. Please don't ask me for drugs or to hook you up with someone who will get you drugs. These posts were one minute apart. Either this was a preemptive strike on your part, or someone on here was REALLY FAST with their "GIMME DOPE" request.
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bunnyofdoom posted:So....who knows how much hockey tickets will cost? My two season tickets ran me like $5000 total.
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xaarman posted:I've heard good things about Summerlin, Spring Valley and Henderson, and avoid anything in North Vegas. Any other areas to avoid/check out? We're looking at renting initially, probably around 1400-1800/month. Generally speaking, the corners are where it's at, except the north east. Actually, you can basically avoid anything east of the strip that isn't in Henderson. North Las Vegas isn't as big as you'd expect, and the north west part (Centennial Hills, Providence, Skye Canyon) are in Las Vegas proper and often overlooked. I've been in Spring Valley for 4 of the last 6 years in a gated community. I've had about 8 packages stolen from my front porch, my back door kicked in and basically everything of value taken, neighbors parking their running cars in front of my driveway while drinking Coronas, and been called a loving racist because I asked some kids to stop throwing rocks from my property at my windows. If you move to Spring Valley, you a gigantic moron and deserve every bad thing that happens to you. quote:Also, the GF is prepping for the job search. She has a degree in Marketing, is super social, speaks English and German fluently, Dutch proficiently and a little bit of French. Obviously we're looking at the hospitality on the strip, but I'm sure there's more. Is it "who you know" to get into the back office jobs, or is the turnover high enough that they're always looking? Don't move until at least one of you has a job lined up. This city is no fun when you're struggling to find work. Who you know helps, but isn't completely necessary depending on the field. She might want to think about looking at marijuana dispensaries, the colleges/universities, and other jobs. Limiting her search to only the strip is short-sighted. quote:Anyone have any input on living there? Significantly different then visiting? Where's the worst traffic? Lessons learned? If you have any vices at all, get them in check or it will ruin you. I've been here 11 years, and I could name 20 people I've known who moved here and couldn't hack it for one reason or another - gambling, 24 hour bars, drugs, parties, whatever. If you treat Vegas like living in any other city, you'll be fine.
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maskenfreiheit posted:What's your opinion of Green Valley? Haven't lived there personally, but a few friends and co-workers do and they love it. I can only go by what they tell me and it seems to be universally liked.
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maskenfreiheit posted:My impression was it's got all the stuff you could need (groceries, shopping, a few restraunts) there, and relatively crime free. Reasonable. My wife and I are building a home in Skye Canyon right now. It's the extreme north west. It's safe because most of Vegas doesn't know it exists. Absolutely zero amenities thus far, but they're currently in year 1 of a 10 to 12 year master plan build, which includes a bunch of commercial space (including a big shopping center across the street from my community, should be done by fall '18). And it's 5 minutes from Centennial Hills, 15 minutes from Spring Valley, 25 minutes to downtown. These apartments are the only ones in the neighborhood thus far: https://www.montecitoaptslv.com but if you haven't completely settled on Green Valley, the neighborhood is worth at least a peek.
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diapermeat posted:Hope all you Vegas folks are OK. I got off the strip around 8pm. I know the old Vegas crew is all safe - cregets, Sticl, and joboo.
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Tab8715 posted:If move to Vegas, how reasonable is the airport if I’m flying in-out several times a month? Parking is comparable to any other major airport. I think long-term is like $16 a day, economy is $10 or $12 a day. Whenever possible, try to fly out of Terminal 3 - it's enormous, super clean, and rarely busy: https://www.mccarran.com/Terminals/T3 Any other airline is in Terminal 1, which can be a nightmare.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsJaD5w0jo4 Don't know about Uber, but Lyft has a "maximum fare" for the area, and finding a driver willing to take you that far on a non-emergency basis would be difficult.
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maskenfreiheit posted:So I'll be going out for a poker trip soon... a few questions. If you want specific advice on poker tournaments, email me spikemcawesomeofficial at g mail. I've played every daily in town multiple times and started a podcast about them. Short answer - gently caress Mandalay Bay's tournament. Second worst in town and I won't go back into that room until they get rid of the single dumbest rule in all of Vegas. And if one more prick that works there claims it's in the TDA, I'm going to print a copy of the TDA and cram it up their decrepit rear end.
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Imaduck posted:Ha, what's the rule? No phones at the table. Full stop. Not "No phones when you're in a hand". Not "No calls but texts are okay". It's no phones, ever, in tournaments.
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ManicJason posted:This was so long ago that it's likely irrelevant now, but a bunch of us had good luck getting a custom game at Treasure Island. We were doing dealer's choice with some super wacky games (and tipping well, of course). TI is super amenable to this sort of thing. That'd be my recommendation as well. I know floor people at Orleans, Flamingo, and Harrah's. They'll do it if they have space and spare dealers, but that's not always the case. Especially at the Orleans when the bad beat jackpot is bigger.
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coronaball posted:My wife and sister in law want to go Downtown on Saturday night to go to the Neon museum, which means we'll probably be having dinner downtown as well. I have zero knowledge of Downtown restaurants. What's a place with good food and beer that would have the UFC and US soccer game on? Check the Smashed Pig. Not sure if they have TVs in the dining room, but they do at the bar. Best restaurant downtown by a mile.
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brunch with yr parents posted:Mott 32 (because the kids second favorite food is dim sum), and Bazaar Meat (because the kids favorite food is prosciutto, iberico, and fancy cheese). I'm having second thoughts about Mott 32 as it appears to be comically expensive and the reviews that I've seen aren't great. Does anyone have any experience at Mott 32 or have any other suggestions? My wife went to the Mott 32 in Hong Kong and absolutely loved it, but we haven't been to the one in Vegas yet. That's disappointing to hear about the reviews. If the kid decides she'd rather double up on prosciutto, et al, look into Eataly at Park MGM.
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dms666 posted:Heading to Vegas for the first time in Jan. I planned this trip around the Pens/VGK game. Do tickets normally sell out pretty quickly? I see they are on pre-sale now, but not to the general public on Monday. Just seeing if I should be ready to buy right at 10 on Monday. Thanks! If you can handle the stress, just wait until right before/right after puck drop to buy on the secondary market. I've heard about glass seats going for under $100. Brokers will panic and drop prices just to move tickets. FlashSeats had a way that you could put in lowball offers on all tickets, but I'm not sure if that will be available on AXS this coming season. But you run the risk of missing out on getting the tickets or having to pay the absurd prices no matter what. Hey it's a gamble. That's why you come to Vegas.
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dms666 posted:E: lol.. $250 each through the official ticket sale for standing room only tickets.. I have season tickets. My favorite money grab was starting in 2018-2019, they had a $3 per seat per game charge for "arena improvements". For an arena built in 2016. So yeah... $250 for standing room sounds about right.
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pig slut lisa posted:-Minor league baseball team moved out to Summerlin (boo!) but on the plus side the team's batboy is a dog now Fun fact: That minor league baseball stadium has more available parking than what is currently planned for the new Raiders stadium.
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JaySB posted:I'm not saying Le Thai has bad food, it doesn't, but given the opportunity to eat at a restaurant that has so much more in terms of unique dishes and breadth of menu, I think it's a mistake to skip it. Maybe Le Thai isn't bad, but it's aggressively mediocre. Compared to nearly every other Thai place in town, there's no reason to pick this place over Lotus (obviously), Komol, Thai Spoon, Weera...
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Chainclaw posted:We stayed at the Wynn, which at first I thought was kind of scummy and not well maintained... What the absolute gently caress?
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britishbornandbread posted:Also, not played poker in an age, so I might have to find the lowest cost entry tournament. Google is telling me its the $40 one at Sahara. Does that sound right? I used to run daily tournaments all the time, so I don't know which is the best at that low (<$75) price point anymore. But if you want the actual cheapest, I think the Westgate still has something in the $30 or $35 range. Check Poker Atlas (either on the web or app) for the best info.
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