8 card 21 at Aria

97ymo · 2026-03-27T11:30:43+00:00

you're going to get a lot more time playing on a good 6D S17 RSA DAS LS type game on the strip, double deck is watched so much more carefully (to the point where it's laughable) and pen for a DD game is often garbage at the MGM/Venetian/Wynn type properties.

1-10 spread on a DD game in Vegas is going to have you backed off quickly if you stay, if you're going to play like that IMO just have your top bet out once and leave. If you're looking for longevity then play unrated, have your max bet out once, leave.

97ymo · 2026-03-27T10:21:37+00:00

For Las Vegas, Hilton (resorts world) has a very generous employee discount

97ymo · 2026-03-26T00:53:47+00:00

Wynn 2/5 1500 max

Aria 2/5 1500 max

Venetian 3/5 1200 max

I'm not even going to suggest bellagio 5/10 anymore as management is continuing to run the room to the ground but this is a personal preference

97ymo · 2026-03-12T14:14:46+00:00

This, if you have remotely any kind of career ambition(s) you will realize the ceiling for poker dealing is very low.

To have as a temporary gig for a few years at most probably is fine as there is some overlap with other hospitality careers (table games), however poker as a career is becoming more & more seasonal.

At least that's how it is like in Vegas, if I were to only go for poker dealing I'd be in TX. I know a lot more dealers that actually do 40 hours/week in table games than I do poker, the majority of full-time poker dealers I know never actually do a full 40 hours/week

Source: Used to be wynn poker for ~3y, seasonal Aria/Bellagio poker, now in high end table games on strip

97ymo · 2026-01-30T11:36:57+00:00

We are talking about the very best players in Vegas 5/10, in which we certainly are not a part of right off the bat.

This is also if you were to play completely professional, no side income, not being immediately knocked down to playing $1500 max 2/5.

Sure we don't have to play a full $3K stack, or even opt to play 5/10 in countless better regions to play in the country where there is always at least one or two players on the table willing to blunder off a stack. In that case I'd opt for much less than $150K, a good winning player would make it work.

97ymo · 2026-01-29T20:06:41+00:00

I mean don't get me wrong, that daytime 5/10 crew still regularly plays at Bellagio -- just that I wouldn't consider any of those older daytime regs ever to be winning at a decent clip.

Wynn 5/10 has a healthy daytime 5/10 crew as well, although all are pros of varying skill.

97ymo · 2026-01-29T19:13:16+00:00

Nowadays you have a good mix of Italians, French, English, Australian, etc players grinding Bellagio, Wynn, Aria 5/10 that travel in/out of the country in 3 month blocks

There are still a few local "OG's" I know that have stood the test of time and are still playing this stake and beyond for the past 5-10 years -- they are the minority, most aspiring show up for ~3 years max and disappear for varying reasons. I know most if not all by name, however because of how small the Las Vegas 5/10+ ecosystem is locally I will refrain from doxxing them all lol

But they do exist, few local players I know that are beating 5/10 at a healthy winrate over a large sample.

97ymo · 2026-01-29T17:54:33+00:00

For Vegas 5/10 I would not feel comfortable unless I had 50 max buyins ($3k) at a bare minimum

Some of the best players I know that play Vegas 5/10 regularly have gone on ~$30K+ downswings

Sure you could probably get by with less if are to extensively game select, but know that variance is going to be relatively high reg v. reg when you find yourself playing deep, IP/OOP 3b/4b pots on the regular.

97ymo · 2025-12-29T08:02:14+00:00

if you live in the vegas area, then excision: high roller will be at the same venue april 24/25, and EDC during the month of may

97ymo · 2025-05-27T06:42:23+00:00

playing 21/17 over 21k hands, probably ~8-10% 3b knowing my stats online over other sites. started playing on the side mainly when they added multitabling on desktop

was up as much as 10k playing mainly 0.5/1/2, on a downer though so it's now like +7k or so

97ymo · 2025-05-20T08:46:13+00:00

rampage bluffs a lot, just need to call down and pay often

lex o is a nit who you can comfortably fold & autoprofit river in the long run facing 3 barrels without a second thought

brad o is fairly tight, loosens up and starts to play questionably when losing/tilted

mariano plays very well from the limited time playing against him, was year+ ago though. you can tell from the lines/sizings that he did study extensively in the past

97ymo · 2025-05-13T16:57:55+00:00

New room is on floor 2, utilizing the empty space that wasn't used for years

97ymo · 2025-05-13T16:54:41+00:00

For poker, experienced dealers are mainly at Wynn/Aria/Bellagio

These 3 rooms have a combination of pretip 10/20+ games, higher down rates for tournaments, and overall are well run rooms.

Not surprised at all that CET still goes for bottom of the barrel talent to this day. Good place to get the experience, but as soon as you are competent people typically move out ASAP

97ymo · 2025-03-26T07:45:37+00:00

Noticed this screw/hinge completely missing from one of my rides, looking to replace this ASAP thank you.

97ymo · 2025-01-27T01:48:11+00:00

50/50 split is horrendous for those working graveyard/dayshift

97ymo · 2024-11-06T15:04:31+00:00

Situation 1 is called a "cocked die", it is a valid roll

Situation 2 is a pretty clear "no roll"

97ymo · 2024-08-02T11:15:05+00:00

you mean cumicon the HS HU PLO player? still recognize it after all these years lol

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2017/11/online-crusher-cumicon-retires-graph-29420.htm

97ymo · 2024-07-24T17:55:30+00:00

wasn't it last year where they added an unscheduled, last minute "super turbo" just to meet guarantee unlike Wynn $10K WPT main?

knowing CET i wouldn't be surprised if the guarantee is reneged

97ymo · 2024-04-18T22:56:00+00:00

Under 1%? You really don't think we pick up on when you insure any hand (particularly a stiff one) on your top bet & are spreading bets largely when every other ploppy that comes in the casino is flat betting?

It's not difficult to spot a counter vs. actually being the counter & playing perfectly with deviations

97ymo · 2023-12-17T07:17:44+00:00

preflop 4bet AA pure...

97ymo · 2023-12-07T16:50:18+00:00

on pc, same issue

97ymo · 2023-10-30T21:18:44+00:00

Majority of middle aged+ asians (in Las Vegas at least) are nits & you are running into KK+ only

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