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Trip Report The Venetian = class act! Date: 01/03/07 Player: inplainview For Rooms: Aladdin,Caesars Palace,Venetian, Summary: Low-limit poker at Aladdin, Caesars, and the Venetian from Dec 25 through Dec 29, 2006. Content: The first day, I decided to sit down at the $1/2 NL table at the Aladdin. They were just starting a new table, and the dealer, Wayne (great guy) made no bones about the fact that there would be a reduced rake due to small numbers of players. They also did this at the Venetian around 4AM, but we had to ask for it. Anyway, a juicy group of friends sat down (half of whom had played poker maybe ONCE before). Can you say "Fish?" So within two hands, one of them was already buying in again, and another (non-fish) player was leaving UP $100 after only 2 hands (he bought in for $50). Needless to say, everyone was pissed at him. The next day, I decided to try the $3/6 limit game at Ceasers. The room, service, and dealers were top-notch all around! The only bad thing was that 90% of the players in the room genuinely thought that they were the next Phil Ivey (you know the type if you've ever been to a poker room). Hence, I did not spend much time there. Last but certainly not least, I played about 15 hours total at the Venetian. After reading the reviews on this site, I expected to walk into a rock garden (and then go back to Aladdin). Fortunately for me (mostly because I stayed at the Venetian) what I found was a great group of players who were there to do nothing more than have fun playing poker. Conversation at the table was plentiful. Granted, I did run into a few I-am-the-smartest-poker-player-and-I-must-let-you-know-it types of people at the Venetian, especially in the evenings. However, those people were in the minority. In fact, at the $2/4 game, I noticed at least 3 people who admitted that they had never played poker in a casino before! The dealers and floor at the Venetian are more than hospitable. Dealers are always willing to engage in conversation and were very good about not showing disdain for a newbie who asked "I don't understand the blinds... what is that about?" Unfortunately, I did witness a premature burn&turn... twice! Protocol calls for the natural river to appear as the turn and the exposed card to be re-shuffled into the deck prior to revealing the new river card. The dealers knew exactly what to do, and did a great job of explaining it to the players, but they had to call the floor over every time (must be Venetian protocol). Another thing I noticed was that when a player wishes to re-enter a game after an absense, they only required that player to pay the BIG blind that he/she missed, and not the small blind as well. Hence, in a $2/4 game, if you missed your blind, you only have to pay $2 instead of the usual $3 to see cards immediately. Granted, this doesn't buy you the button, though. The Venetian staff was especially hospitable. I played an 8-hour session at night, and ordered the quesadillas (very good, by the way) towards the tail end of the night. The next afternoon, when I walked up to the host desk, Laticia (floor mgr) said with a smile, "Hello! How were the quesadillas last night?!" Class act. I'll definitely be playing at the Venetian in my next trip to Vegas. The only bad thing - they require 8 hours of play to be eligible for the poker room rate. Of course, this does bring a $400/night room down to $169, and the Venetian's rooms are absolutely top-notch! |
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