Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Sorry I didn't respond to this yesterday, but looks like you got most of it figured out.
First, yeah, the "suites" at Rio often aren't suites at all, and the few real suites aren't that great anyway.
No reason to stay there other than WSOP time.
Paris is the best non-Caesars-Palace hotel of the bunch, but the renovated rooms at Flamingo and Harrah's are decent, too. PH is okay too, but nothing special.
Harrah's is actually the best value nowadays, provided you stay in the Valley Tower, which is all renovated. The showers have no doors though, so that's kinda annoying.