I like Sam's Town. They have some of the cheapest live poker tournaments in town.
http://www.samstownlv.com/play/poker-room
These can really stretch out gambling dollars. The early morning tournament has about an hour of limit poker before the tough game even starts.
Sam's Town also spreads a 2-6 spread limit game, but it is pretty local dominated and can be tight or tough. Good players will feel comfortable enough. They have great bonuses. Playing early in the morning if the game is still going can be a great deal. I once woke up at 3 AM and went down to play. There were five of us and four of us just passed around the fifth loose and very bad player. Three people that morning hit cracked Aces and got paid on that.
Check the entertainment. Sometimes the Nite Kings are playing.
http://www.nitekings.com/nitekings/Welcome.html
If you like older music and harmony, these are a class act. Wednesday's they are at the Orleans.
On Sunday's there is a free variety show in the afternoon at Sam's called Toast of the Town. It is different every week and again reflects older music, but is very much like an old Vegas review with music, perhaps a comic, perhaps an animal act.
Sam's Town has a bank of full pay Deuces, rare now in Vegas. There are some machines in quarters and some in nickels. Other full pay games are scattered around and some of those that are almost full pay have progressives that will get to full pay when they are high.
http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/sams-town-casino
I have not been in the Sam's Town pool in a while but it was one of my favorites back a few years because it opened early in the morning, had a pleasant ambiance and music that was older and not the modern nasal whine stuff.
Walmarts is close so it is very easy to stock up cheaply with room snacks.
You can easily walk to the Eastside Cannery to see yet another casino, and while the Longhorn across the street from EC is a bit of a dive, there are matchplays in the American Casino Guide and the food there is basic diner type food and gets good reviews. A walk back to Sam's from EC is perhaps not a good walk in the early hours of the morning, but I do it without incident. Across from the Eastside Cannery is a Bank of America drive up. I walk up to replenish my gambling money.
The Eastside has yet another inexpensive buffet. Or it can be free if you join their site and play games or do puzzles so as to earn points toward food, free play, free drinks. I find I can grab two free wines and carry them into a free buffet almost every trip. There too are some full pay VP and good music in the lounge.
Eastside Cannery has an interesting poker room as well.
http://www.pokeratlas.com/poker-room...nery-las-vegas
I think the 2-4 game has 6 bet on the river although I can't seem to confirm that on line.
http://www.eastsidecannery.com/gaming
Again it will be local dominated, but they are not all skilled players. If you like baseball, start a conversation at this table and they will talk forever.
Buses will work for getting to Boulder Highway casinos. Some require you to take two buses, but Boulder Station, Henderson Fiesta, Sunset Station are others are all accessible. If you are going to ride buses, start a thread with bus questions. City buses complement the shuttle so that you have good flexibility, even getting to the strip (although that is a 45 min, city bus ride) The Sam's shuttle gets you to Harrah's, but the city bus from the Eastside Cannery gets you to any destination along Flamingo, to Ellis Island for the steak special, to the Gold Coast and so to that free Boyd shuttle. Sometimes Sam's shuttle ( which is faster) is quicker because it just goes to Harrah's. Sometimes a city bus is the better deal. Check the schedule. Taking the 202 down Flamingo, even late night, to either Sam's Town or Eastside Cannery has never felt sketchy (like the BHX) to me.
The BHX gets you downtown. It rides through a pretty poor area and will put you on the bus with pretty poor folks, so for some the fellow riders may make it uncomfortable
Remember that all these bus rides are "residential" bus rides and cost $2 one way or $5 for 24 hours, or if you are over 60 and have ID, half that cost. Getting a bus ID downtown at the BTC is good once folks turn 60. But if you have a Medicare Card that will work as well.
More information on this thread:
http://www.vegasmessageboard.com/forums/showthread.php?121522-Sam-s-Town-Some-Questions
other related links on food specials:
http://www.samstownlv.com/whats-new/...eekly-specials
http://www.samstownlv.com/whats-new/.../table-for-two
http://www.samstownlv.com/whats-new/... ak-and-lobster
http://www.samstownlv.com/whats-new/...y-bird-special
http://www.samstownlv.com/play/poker-room
These can really stretch out gambling dollars. The early morning tournament has about an hour of limit poker before the tough game even starts.
Sam's Town also spreads a 2-6 spread limit game, but it is pretty local dominated and can be tight or tough. Good players will feel comfortable enough. They have great bonuses. Playing early in the morning if the game is still going can be a great deal. I once woke up at 3 AM and went down to play. There were five of us and four of us just passed around the fifth loose and very bad player. Three people that morning hit cracked Aces and got paid on that.
Check the entertainment. Sometimes the Nite Kings are playing.
http://www.nitekings.com/nitekings/Welcome.html
If you like older music and harmony, these are a class act. Wednesday's they are at the Orleans.
On Sunday's there is a free variety show in the afternoon at Sam's called Toast of the Town. It is different every week and again reflects older music, but is very much like an old Vegas review with music, perhaps a comic, perhaps an animal act.
Sam's Town has a bank of full pay Deuces, rare now in Vegas. There are some machines in quarters and some in nickels. Other full pay games are scattered around and some of those that are almost full pay have progressives that will get to full pay when they are high.
http://www.vpfree2.com/casino/sams-town-casino
I have not been in the Sam's Town pool in a while but it was one of my favorites back a few years because it opened early in the morning, had a pleasant ambiance and music that was older and not the modern nasal whine stuff.
Walmarts is close so it is very easy to stock up cheaply with room snacks.
You can easily walk to the Eastside Cannery to see yet another casino, and while the Longhorn across the street from EC is a bit of a dive, there are matchplays in the American Casino Guide and the food there is basic diner type food and gets good reviews. A walk back to Sam's from EC is perhaps not a good walk in the early hours of the morning, but I do it without incident. Across from the Eastside Cannery is a Bank of America drive up. I walk up to replenish my gambling money.
The Eastside has yet another inexpensive buffet. Or it can be free if you join their site and play games or do puzzles so as to earn points toward food, free play, free drinks. I find I can grab two free wines and carry them into a free buffet almost every trip. There too are some full pay VP and good music in the lounge.
Eastside Cannery has an interesting poker room as well.
http://www.pokeratlas.com/poker-room...nery-las-vegas
I think the 2-4 game has 6 bet on the river although I can't seem to confirm that on line.
http://www.eastsidecannery.com/gaming
Again it will be local dominated, but they are not all skilled players. If you like baseball, start a conversation at this table and they will talk forever.
Buses will work for getting to Boulder Highway casinos. Some require you to take two buses, but Boulder Station, Henderson Fiesta, Sunset Station are others are all accessible. If you are going to ride buses, start a thread with bus questions. City buses complement the shuttle so that you have good flexibility, even getting to the strip (although that is a 45 min, city bus ride) The Sam's shuttle gets you to Harrah's, but the city bus from the Eastside Cannery gets you to any destination along Flamingo, to Ellis Island for the steak special, to the Gold Coast and so to that free Boyd shuttle. Sometimes Sam's shuttle ( which is faster) is quicker because it just goes to Harrah's. Sometimes a city bus is the better deal. Check the schedule. Taking the 202 down Flamingo, even late night, to either Sam's Town or Eastside Cannery has never felt sketchy (like the BHX) to me.
The BHX gets you downtown. It rides through a pretty poor area and will put you on the bus with pretty poor folks, so for some the fellow riders may make it uncomfortable
Remember that all these bus rides are "residential" bus rides and cost $2 one way or $5 for 24 hours, or if you are over 60 and have ID, half that cost. Getting a bus ID downtown at the BTC is good once folks turn 60. But if you have a Medicare Card that will work as well.
More information on this thread:
http://www.vegasmessageboard.com/forums/showthread.php?121522-Sam-s-Town-Some-Questions
other related links on food specials:
http://www.samstownlv.com/whats-new/...eekly-specials
http://www.samstownlv.com/whats-new/.../table-for-two
http://www.samstownlv.com/whats-new/... ak-and-lobster
http://www.samstownlv.com/whats-new/...y-bird-special
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