This thread is for general discussion/chat about the Riviera Poker Room.

Small, ratty area. I have only seen one or two tables going at one time. I would like to give the NL a try, but with only one NL table, the wait can be long.

From what I have heard on the poker grapevine, this room has moved from the sportsbook into its own area (formerly a Keno area). Anyone been there since the move?

I played there once, back when the poker room first opened about a year ago or so. It had 2/4 on two tables and a list for NL. I'm sure by now NL is probably their main game, seems to be the running trend around town.

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I played the 1/2 NL game there today.
They didn't get it going until after their 1pm tourney started running down.
They did have a 2/4 limit game going the whole time with typical bad play. The 1/2 NL game had lots of bad play as well.
Only problem is that there was only 1 table, and we played 4 or 5 handed for at least half an hour after having 2 fish bust and a big stack who got lucky left.

I'd play there again if I were in the Casino, however I would not go out of my way to go there and play.

That's the thing, no one goes out of the way to play in some of the smaller casinos like Riv, Trop, Circus Circus, ect...

So you wont find readily available games like your MGM, Mandalay, Caesars and others.

I have a theory, but I'm not too sure about it.

While the games may not be as readily available, because nobody goes out of their way to play at the smaller rooms, are the games easier? Players come to vegas and want to play the best rooms. However, players at the smaller casinos are probably playing there because they stay there. Therefore, they probably aren't great players.

Now I haven't played in many smaller rooms, so I'm not sure. But what does everyone else think? Is this possibly true? If so, why do we play in the tougher rooms? Because they are nicer? Smell better? Pride/ego thing? More money?

on your theory.

It is only a sample size of one room at this point, but I know there were at least two regulars (dealers seemed to know them well, one guy knew every employee that walked by actuallY) but they weren't really that great.

The people who sat in the game all were pretty bad and very predictable.
One guy, if he flopped a monster when someone PFR'd would bet into the raiser to see if he caught anything... If the PFR called the bet, on the turn he would just push all in hoping to get called. Didn't matter if there was 40 bucks in the pot and he had 300 behind. He would then always show one card, though it was very obvious what the 2nd card was.

Now, I think that these games might be easier in general, they are not as consistant.
When I was playing, there was a period where we were 4 or 5 handed, and that went for a lot longer that I wanted until a few people finally sat down.
The other issue is that when someone gets lucky and doubles their stack on a big suckout, they seem to leave the table within the next 2 orbits, thus removing a good chunk of money from the table.

In general, it would be better to play at a bigger room, with more games, with a big supply of people coming in constantly than a smaller room with generally weaker competition (at least smaller as in the case of 1 table going.).

Maybe if they at least had 3 or so tables going it would be more worth giving it a try

Great price on priceline for this hotel. Funniest poker story I have so far. A real tough talking terrible player tells a guy"I have a full house, just fold and we'll go to the next hand". Other guy says "Really, show me". So guy number one shows and guy number two says "all in". #1 goes beserk!!! It was so funny cause #2 did nothing wrong and number 1 screwed up royally. the NEXT night, the same guy does the same thing when I'm in a hand. I asked if he remebered the previous evening and he starts cussing me out and got removed. What a whack job. Anyway, Riviera is small, smoky cause it's not seperated from the main casino too well, but has a feeling of depression at the tables. EASY!!! $$$ Three four hour sessions and an easy 1K total for me.

I've just finished my 2nd straight week of logging hours at the Riviera for their Saturday freeroll. I wish I had brought a flyer home with me, but here are most of the details: log in 15 hours of play with your players card from 3 pm Saturday till the following Saturday at 1 pm. All eligable players will participate in a freeroll tournament at 2 pm on Saturday, starting with 200 in chips, 15 minute levels. They have a weekly prize fund of $1500 to pay out, 1st receiving $600, 6th gets $50. They have had 2 Saturday tournaments so far, both times it got chopped up when it got down to 5 or 6 players, so far they have only had 10 or 11 players each week. For the local, it is easy money, not sure how convienant it is for the person staying at the Riviera, all depends on their timing of their stay. I also have yet to see any of the shift managers or dealers really promote it and get people to log their hours. I'd like to see this take off, but with the small turnouts it might not last too long. I've also heard that they have the go-ahead to have a freeroll tournament in November to give away a Mustang convertible with 40 hours logged in. Both the 2/4 Limit and 1/2 Nl are easy money with good playing and patience as most players are staying at the Riviera and want to give poker a try for the first time

Thanks for posting that Talon, I think I might have to give it a shot to hit the 40 hours just for the free roll.

Of course i'm a complete fish in tourneys, but i'd like the opportunity to win a car that i'd immediately sell to help get myself out of debt