Las Vegas, Sept 27, 2015

The Wynn is one of the nicest venues in Vegas. Everything looks great no matter where you are. After all, it is a 5 star hotel, so you should expect quite a bit. Your expectations will be met. Both rooms and food here are pretty expensive, but not more than most other 5-star hotels. It was new in 2005 and has kept its luxury look since then.

My room was spacy and with a nice view over a green golf course. That is one thing you will notice here: There is a lot more green vegetation around, also outside where most other places has very little living plants.

The poker room is no exception to the luxury. Good chairs and great staff everywhere. The room is in a hallway between the casino and a Ferrari showroom and it’s pretty quiet in there.

The lowest stake here is 1/3 and the buy-in can be from $ 100 to $ 500. I sat down with $ 300. The table was playing tight. Very tight, to say it as it was. I don’t like that of course. Getting money from tight players is a hassle and the games very quickly become boring – at least to me.

It seemed like it was a little bit more grinders here than in the other places I have visited so far. I don’t blame them: this is a very nice room with several tables to choose from. But for tourists I don’t think it is the best option, at least not moneywise.

After I had played for a while a couple of the regulars left and more recreational players took their seats. That helped the game quite a bit. It was now a mix of players from different countries. I prefer that every day of the week. To be at the table with a lot of different people makes poker more fun.

For a long while we really had a good time at the table. We were joking and laughing a lot and I really enjoyed myself despite having bad luck with the cards. As usual I won a lot of small pots, but I lost all the big ones. But having a good time losing is a lot better that having a bad time losing, so I can’t complain.

A little extra note:

I played the daily tournament here a couple of days ago and it was worth playing. My good Norwegian friend, Gunnar Kalleberg, convinced me to come play with him, and I did. The turnout was good (67 players) and the level of the players didn’t exactly scare me. The general mood at the tables were good and I would recommend this place for these tournaments more than the cash games, especially for tourists.

Conclusion:

The Wynn has one of the best venues for gambling and poker (which is not the same) in Las Vegas. That is probably why so many grinding players stay faithful to this beautiful place. But for tourists I think there are better places to play since the competition here will be a bit tough for most of you. For grinders it is pretty good. There are still enough bad players for it to be profitable to play here and the room is among the nicest ones in Vegas. I would recommend this place for the tournaments. They have a good structure and a decent number of players attending.

Moneywise:

Another screw up. For the first time I left in the red without loosing all I had at the table. I was winning for a long time, but for the last few hours I played I couldn’t win a pot. Total loss: $ 180.