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Palace Station Poker Room Review Last updated: 04/16/06 Sponsored Advertisement Phone: (702) 367-2453 Web: www.palacestation.com Email: Address: 2411 W. Sahara Ave Editor's Review Palace Station Poker Room News Palace Station Poker Room Information Tables: 10 Betting Limits:
Palace Station Poker Tournaments: No
Weekend Wait-Time: 15-30 minutes. Smoking Allowed: No No smoking at Palace Station poker room. Poker Room Rate: No Editor's Review - Palace Station Poker Room Total Rating: 3.30 Room Quality Rating: 3 The Palace Station poker room is quite comfortable to play in. It is located right next to the side entrance to the casino, which makes it very convenient for anyone to park and walk right in and find a game. The Palace Station poker room is decorated in a soft cream/light grayish color with dark wood which makes it easy on the eyes. The lighting in here is excellent, no shadows or dark spots to be found. There is average spacing between the tables. People are not climbing over each other to get to the tables but there is not an enormous amount of space between them either. There seems to be just the right amount of space in here. If you have a wheelchair, management is very accommodating and will try to seat you close to the door if you prefer, otherwise you can move around the room fairly easily. There are no mini tables floating around the room to take up space and the chairs all have wheels, which makes them easy to move out of the way if needed. There is no smoking allowed here and this is a good thing because the room is not that big in size. The air quality was decent, but there was an odd smell which is discussed below. One thing that surprised me was the simulated covers over the air conditioning units in the ceiling, designed to prevent the air from blowing straight down on the players. These clear acrylic pieces are set up to make the air blow out to the sides and filter down to the room. I find this good for the dealers as well because there is no breeze blowing down on the table, which if present can cause card to flip over. Got Plasma? No? Well Palace Station does! There are eleven, yes, eleven plasma TVs located in this room. Most of which are playing sports, one of which has the bad beat jackpot posted and another scrolled through the rules of the poker room. There is not a bad seat in the room to watch TV from. Considering this room is not very large by any means, these plasmas are a great addition! The tables and chairs are definitely two of the highlights to the Palace Station poker room. The tables are very clean and all have new felt. Betting lines were recently placed on them and it definitely helps especially with new players not being sure where to put their bets. I’m a big advocate of having commitment/betting lines on poker tables nowadays. There is a nice wood rail around the edge of the table to put your chips on, and you can really stack them high on this thing. The rail is soft enough to lean on comfortably but not very high, so a card that doesn’t want to stop on its way to you may fly off the table. Since there are no side-tables for drinks and food in the poker room, management had drink holders installed into the rails and this is a nice addition as well. I wish all poker rooms would start putting these in instead of having the drinks sitting right on the tables. Too many spills happen. The chairs are comfortable and provide good support. You will find wheels on all the chairs and this is definitely a plus and makes it easy to move in an out of the tables. Anyone who has ever tried to slide a chair without wheels, on carpet, can appreciate wheels! The chairs are wrapped in a leather type of fabric and are a similar color to the trim in the room. Palace Station definitely spent some money on the furnishings in the room. There are two high-back leather chairs near the entrance as a waiting or reading area. You can find almost any poker magazine right next to these chairs in a big book case, kick back and read a bit while waiting for your favorite game. There are only a couple of negatives to this room that keep it from getting a higher rating. Racks and garbage were abundant on the floor under and around the tables. I found myself stepping on racks a few times which could hurt someone if they trip on them. The garbage on the floor is a big problem. There were lots of wrappers from quarter rolls which come out of the dealers racks and empty bottles/cups/glasses all over the floor from the players who are too lazy to throw them out or give them to the waitresses when they come around. Unfortunately this was one of the first things I noticed when I first stepped into the poker room. The last thing is the casino has this weird dank smell to it. The place is 30+ years old. Combine that with the constant smoke in the casino, low ceilings, and mediocre ventilation, and we have an “interesting” smell around the front of the poker room. Once you’re inside it’s not too bad though. Overall the Palace Station poker room is a comfortable low limit poker room to relax and have a few drinks if you’re staying at this hotel. Lots of locals are found here but that isn’t always a bad thing as most of the locals that play low limits are here to socalize and not to pay their mortgage. Competition Rating: 4 One word describes the competition in this room. SOFT. There are lots of calling stations that play here. Most of the locals who play here are playing for the bad beat jackpot or are putting their hours in for the freeroll. Lots of check/calling and almost no pre-flop raising. The only raises or bets that I saw while playing here were when the players made a straight or better. two pair? Check it down. I even got to watch someone check behind with the stone cold nuts. Now that is passive play if I’ve ever seen it. There was only a slight difference between the 2/4 and 4/8 LHE games. The 2/4 game has a single $2 blind which makes it $1 cheaper to see a round of cards since there is no small blind. Normally 6-8 players are seeing flops in this game. Pre-flop raises are not respected, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Jam with the good hands, fold when they come after you and you will pick up lots of pots. Now for the 4/8 LHE with mini blinds of $1 and $2, you get a lot of people seeing the flop since it’s so “cheap”. Even with all the self proclaimed rocks sitting in this game, 5-8 players to a flop is not uncommon. There were a good mix of players in this game but none of which were really strong. Lots of check/calling two and three bets cold from the blinds post flop. If they have a draw or think they have a draw, they’re in till the end. There are a few ”young guns” that like to try to ram and jam to intimidate in this game but in reality, they have no clue what they are doing. This game is played with a half kill which means the limits go from 4/8 to 6/12 when the same player wins two pots in a row. That player has to post a $3 kill blind and has last action unless there is a raise to $9 in front of him/her. This can create some very big pots with lots of action. Once again, lots of players here are jackpot chasing or just out having a social time with the people they play cards with every day. Overall, this competition is very weak and easy. Lots of middle aged and senior citizens play here as it’s mostly a locals’ room. The Palace Station hotel is not very large in size so there will not be a lot of tourists playing. But remember, just because they are local, doesn’t mean they are good players. Dealer Rating: 2 For the most part, the dealers here were either terrible in terms of technical skill, or they lacked interest in dealing the games. I got to experience four different dealers in my play time here and only one really knew what was going on. The other three dealers constantly looked at their watches from the time they sat down until the time they got up. They liked to watch TV more than pay attention to the game. One of my biggest pet peeves is rolling the deck so that the deck is pointed down at the table. Every single dealer he did this. I could see the deck most of the time they were dealing. That is just downright lazy. I like a nice clean and smooth game , but with this crew there were too many mistakes, exposed cards, dropped cards, etc. For some reason the dealers would ask the players to check, not whether the players actually did check. This caused other players to act out of turn. Dealers said, “your’re checking right?” many times. Do these dealers want action, or would they prefer to make no tips because there is nothing in the pot? Also, the dealers seemed to have trouble reading the boards in Holdem when one player would turn up a straight and another player had Ace high. I witnessed this several times in two hours where the players would, albeit politely, stop the dealer and point out the mistake. Another annoying point was when players tipped the dealers, rarely did the dealers say Thank you. Most of the time the dealers didn’t say a word. They just went on about their business getting the deck ready for the next hand. One dealer even had the audacity to complain to the manager from the table about another dealer doing overtime by 10 minutes. Something about being on the EO list and it wasn’t fair that she couldn’t go home early. If you have to discuss something with the manager, do it off the game. Do not stopping the game and yell to the podium. Very unprofessional. Out of four dealers that I had, there was one good one in the bunch. The gentleman was very efficient in the game, friendly, and overall a respectable dealer. I did not see him do any of the things listed above and that is what sets him apart from his peers. He seemed genuinely interested in dealing a nice clean game and having fun while doing it. Another plus was that none of the dealers made any excess chatter while in the box. Cocktail Rating: 3 The waitresses were efficient and personally, that’s all I can ask for. They were not quick but the service bar is quite a walk from the poker room. They always came back with full trays and never had a problem remembering who ordered which drink. Both of the ladies that served me were very polite and appreciative of the tips that they received. The drinks were mixed well with a decent amount of alcohol. Most of the servers were middle aged and average in terms of attractiveness. If you want perfect 10’s, go to Wynn or Bellagio. The service is the main thing here. You won’t get top shelf liquor here either, but then again, this is a poker room. Food may not be ordered in the poker room. You can use your comps to get food elsewhere in the casino. Management Rating: 4 The gentleman that was on duty greeted me and asked if I could be helped. He was ready to answer any questions I had and knew what he was talking about. Management keeps a paper list system here which is a bit behind the times. I’m sure this will get updated sometime in the future. The list was managed very efficiently and players were called for open seats in a timely manner. I did not see any difficult decisions made at tables, but management seemed to know what was going on. The only downside was that the tables have seat open electronic buttons on them, yet the manager would yell across the room to see what tables had seats instead of using this system. Management keeps a paper list system here which is a bit behind the times. I’m sure this will get updated sometime in the future. The list was managed very efficiently and players were called for open seats in a timely manner. I did not see any difficult decisions made at tables, but management seemed to know what was going on. The only downside was that the tables have seat open electronic buttons on them, yet the manager would yell across the room to see what tables had seats instead of using this system. Comps Rating: 4 Station Casinos have a player’s card that can be used in any room on the network. They offer $1 per hour of live play in comps that may be saved up and used at any restaurant in the casino. Also, there is an in house bad beat and a network wide bad beat jackpot. The in house jackpot starts at $10,000 and the network wide jackpot starts at $100,000. This brings in a lot of local jackpot chasers and makes for some very loose/passive games as they all want to see the river in hopes of getting a bad beat. Palace Station Poker Room News Palace Station poker room review at AllVegasPoker.com Date: 04/16/06 Summary:It took awhile, but All Vegas Poker finally published its review of the Palace Station poker room. Also, this is the first review partially drafted by the new All Vegas Poker intern. What do you think? |
Palace Station Poker Room Player Reviews Summary of Player Reviews: Overall: 2.93 Room Quality: 2.75 Competition: 2.75 Dealer Rating: 2.75 Cocktail Rating: 3.00 Management Rating: 3.50 Comps Rating: 3.25 Visitors should play somewhere else. By: AlaskaGal 07/12/07 Not so soft this time around By: ryphi 09/28/06 Run of the mill poker at Stations original casino... By: LasVegasMichael 08/22/06 Not swank but very nice room By: joebrazil3 08/16/06 Trip Reports About Palace Station Poker Room One of Those Weekends 11/08/06, Player: Peeker643 For Rooms: Excalibur,Palace Station, The Flamingo, Darren, Palace Station and my first PAID high hand 04/09/07, Player: champster For Rooms: Flamingo,Palace Station,Red Rock,Rio, In town for a convention, but, NLHE and NCAA b-ball got in the way 03/29/08, Player: Tyler11 For Rooms: Binion's,Golden Nugget,Imperial Palace,Palace Station,Paris,Rio,Venetian, |
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