During the wsop? Besides renting Micons place or blowing the dust off my wallet for a strip hotel are there any other decent (RE: Cheap) options near the Rio?
During the wsop? Besides renting Micons place or blowing the dust off my wallet for a strip hotel are there any other decent (RE: Cheap) options near the Rio?
i never even considered not staying at the rio for a second.
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Originally Posted by sonatine
it's hugely convenient to be able to hide in your room during dinner break, decompress, charge your phone, etc.
and at the end of the night you don't want to have to wait in line for a taxi with the other 2000 players
not to mention, the thought of trying to fade the heat + taxi just to get to the fucking poker room is horror itself.
it's hugely convenient to be able to hide in your room during dinner break, decompress, charge your phone, etc.
and at the end of the night you don't want to have to wait in line for a taxi with the other 2000 players
no thank you. ill pay the extra, wake up to breakfast being delivered at like 11, and drink my third cup of coffee in the elevator on the way to the poker room.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
You think you have the PFA splitthis tourney final table wrapped up already?
For price, Treasure Island is about the cheapest decent strip hotel IMO. I stayed at Caesars and Mirage last week and the rooms weren't much better, if any, than TI
It's hilarious that we as a society think everyone can be a dr, a lawyer, an engineer. Some people are just fucking stupid. Why can't we just accept that?
Palace Station is pretty close and cheap but it is an absolute shit hole.
I would just find a holiday inn extended stay place and take a taxi if you are on a budget, If you try to go cheap with casino hotels you will want to noose after a few days, Even staying at nice hotels with casinos I cant stand for any length of time. The smoke, the fucking drunk frat guys with their drinks tied around their necks. Fucking awful.
I am going to WSOP this year and be at the Vdara the whole time. I am completely over the casino shit now.
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It depends...How long are you planning on staying? I usually stay at Aria if I'm in town for 2-3 nights. If I am there on a longer trip I stay at Vdara.
I also have to recommend the "Stay Well" rooms at the MGM Grand. I was at a convention there for a week last year. I usually start feeling like shit the 2nd to 3rd day in Vegas. I also find it harder to sleep while I'm there. When I stayed there I've never felt better and energized. It probably was due to the fact that I was able to sleep normally when I slept there.
Rio isn't as bad as people make it out to be.
It is the best place to stay if you're playing a lot of WSOP events and you can get it fairly cheaply.
You just have to understand its idiosyncrasies, and prepare yourself for it.
- You really want a car staying there, as walking over the freeway to get to the strip is very unpleasant in the summer
- You should get the Ipanema Tower and a low floor. This is for two reasons. First, the Ipanema Tower is quiet, and the other tower isn't. Second, the low floor will allow you to not have to wait through long elevator rides up and down, especially on WSOP breaks. (It will stop at a ton of floors.)
- If the room you get has a maintenance issue, either call immediately to get it fixed or switch rooms. Most rooms there are still in OK shape.
The biggest advantage of the Rio is the dinner break, as you aren't forced to wait around like an asshole for 90 minutes in the hallway or some other crappy place.
The Rio rooms are pretty large and have a refrigerator, so you can be plenty comfortable there if you aren't expecting a luxury hotel.
I'm amazed that your foul reputation hasn't been circulated to every hotel manager in Vegas to deny you service under any circumstances
complete with your mug shot next to the white courtesy phone
I plan to go for 4-5 nights. Didn't want to drop $1400 for a room at the rio so I'm being a cheap asshole and asking for other alternatives. I'll probably just stay at flamingo or the like and go for to the hip for $500.
What dates are you going and do you have an MLife card?
I'm tentatively going 6/28-7/3 and can get a Stay Well Room for $80 a night plus the lame resort fee through MLife.
Lately I've been renting out in Summerlin, but a good option is staying at the Gold Coast. It's inexpensive, a short walk to the Rio, and the rooms have recently been renovated, and are actually quite nice. Plus the Chinese restaurant in it is excellent.
Renting a car is -EV when there are free shuttles. Use the money for something else imo. I always stay at Paris and walk thru the shops to Ballys to catch the shuttle. They run every 15 minutes. I do agree that a room at the Rio is convenient for crashing and having a meal tho. Ive heard other players talk abt the Gold Coast and that the rooms are reasonable and not that bad. They also have a shuttle that takes you to Ballys and then you can cross the bridge to Bellagio and take tram to Aria. Walking a little ways in doors is good for you when you are going to be sitting so long. A short walk outside is good to get some fresh air too.
It takes two jews to keep an eye on one greek....
Last time I made a wsop run (6 years ago) I stayed at Ballys and used the shuttle. Seems like I'll probably do the same thing this time.
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