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I'm already booked for the start of the 2014 WSOP. If you happen to haven't made plans yet, the WSOP starts Tuesday May 27th with the two-day casino employee event, and while it starts at noon, not all the tournaments do! The primary normal, average Joe no-limit Texas Hold'em event is Thursday, a $1,000 tournament, but action is heavy and it's planned as a three-day jam-fest. Wait, just about all the tournaments are! That's to allow them to get multiple events going along side quite a few cash games jointly. What's that mean? It means you want a room for several days. What to do?
Well, rather than staying at Aunt Flo's house in Henderson, if you want inexpensive accommodations, you better hop to it. The Rio is a Harrah's property (alright, Caesars, whatever) and their rates are reasonable right now, as are the rooms at Bally's, Flamingo and Quad. Surprisingly, the rooms on the Rio, where the WSOP is held, are still really low, although the weekends are $200+, and please note they charge a $20 per day resort fee. Bummer. If you wish to stay close but not on the Rio, the Gold Coast is sort of round the corner and the weekend rates are about half the Rio's. The Orleans, which has a gorgeous nice low-limit poker site in their own, is across the corner.
If you have not been to the WSOP, the large events hall isn't quite the similar since online poker moved clear of the US, but possible buy a variety of logo items like $30 tee shirts, $10 shot glasses, and $5 tins of mints - the dimensions of a poker chip. And, the action within the poker area remains to be unbelievable. There may be a number of parking within the back (long ago) of the property, otherwise you can come down out of your room and walk approximately 7.2 miles to the convention center (yes, I exaggerated, slightly.) I usually see several well-known poker players on the craps tables. They've no questions about craps, but I always wonder why they play in the course of the few 1/2 hour breaks from the tournament.
If you might be hungry, like I always am, you'll grab a sandwich, burger or other choices right outside the poker rooms. In case you are on break, you will not have time to get to 1 of the regular Rio restaurants, so don't bother. Are there any slack-times through the WSOP? No. It's usually busy. Enjoy.
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