First trip to Vegas - seeking advice

**Diane** · 7th January 2011, 07:02 AM

Others may disagree..........but if you only have a few days and don't expect to be back in the next year.........just have fun and avoid the lines at the players clubs.

Just relax, don't worry about points and be sure to "People Watch". Vegas is the best spot for "variety" within the human race.

Diane

PS remember downtown!

**Darem1** · 26th January 2011, 11:16 PM

One of the best places for coupon books is at the airport, around baggage claim. Lots of discounts for some of the less expensive shows, some freebies, etc. You could spend all your time just people watching and doing all the free things. If you can spend more time, do. Have a great time.

**hittingpoints** · 27th February 2011, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by gerilege

For games we plan to play slots, any coupons, cashback, bonus tips are welcome

But we plan to focus on our eyes and stay, and not on spending a lot on casino games. Furthermore we might want to play some hold'em, 3/6-5/10 fix limit hold'em or a small tourney with a buy-in up to $50 would be nice.

For slots and slot dollars I've seen ads for casino royale offering $50 slot dollars (there's almost always a catch, though) and having a bunch of penny slots.

One resource i found for poker and poker tournaments is here:
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I have NO CLUE whether this is accurate or not. If it is, it shows how many tables, what limits, what games each casino offers. If they have tournaments, what the buy ins, limits, if there are re-buys, etc.

I'm going out in Mid-May, I'm a craps player, but also play poker(pretty much nothing else) and plan to use that resource for poker tournaments.

**gerilege** · 3rd March 2011, 05:05 PM

We have arrived now back home, and our Vegas trip was really nice, although the weather was not really nice to us (although we arrived to Vegas from Phoenix, Arizona so had high expectations

) Thanks to all again for your tips.
We were accomodated in the MGM Grand, I was amazed actually how big the hotel was. I have found the room to be big and nice, however it looked slightly fresher and nicer on the pictures we have seen (Grand Tower, level24, King-size be double room). Advice to European future visitors, all hotels in Vegas seemed to have free public parking for free. It was amazing for us how open the casino areas in general were, together with restaurants, hotel territory, shopping malls, everything built together.
We walked a lot on the strip, used the bus and the monorail to spend time there. We also visited downtown, a really good experience.
As for poker we decided not to play, tourneys in MGM, Venetian, etc were in the range of $100+15 NL holdem, etc, 2/4 limit holdem I could have played, but we decided to spend the time somewhere else.
As for casino play we played some slots and video poker all over the casinos, MGM, Harrah's, Casino Royale on the Strip, Binion's and Fitzgerald's in downtown, and probably also in the Stratosphere, I do not remember exactly. It is recognizable that the payouts in Vegas are a lot lower than online. We have played some triple play, sevens and bar, and some other regular reel slots at $.25, $.5 and $1 denominations for 2-3 coins per spin, spent around $200 on that without hitting anything except a cherry for 6 coins a few times and any bar for 15 coins once. Actually as a first experience we put $100 into a .5 machine and we only get a cherry twice before losing all in 5 minutes, so my wife completely lost her interest in reel slots, which I would normally prefer B&M over video slots.
We have also played some video slots, Zeus and co, and it was fun, although we didn't play a lot. We got a few features, but our best win was around 30xbet, and at no point we were ahead. Our single positive gambling experience were when playing video poker at 2.5 per pull, we won $50 at a point. Overall I think we finished around $500 down without a real good win, stakes were ranging from $0.60-$1.5, with a few spins at $3/spin, and we did not have a win worth mentioning.
Overall Vegas is a great experience, the athmosphere, the big casinos, wide selection of slot machines are great. For me as a player this was my first B&M experience after a long online history, I have found and felt (also reviewing the payout percentages on the web) that it's much harder to come out ahead in Vegas than online.
Thanks a lot to all again for your valuable help and advice.

**Jasminebed** · 4th March 2011, 04:56 PM

Glad you had a great trip. I've yet to go, but I think if you and the missus only lost $500 between you, you did pretty well!

**Diane** · 5th March 2011, 07:04 PM

Thanks for letting us know -- we are glad you had an enjoyable trip!

It certainly is a one of a kind adventure and a trip ever gambling enthusiast must make.

Diane