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Venetian Poker Room Review Last updated: 07/08/08 Sponsored Advertisement Phone: (702) 414-7657 Web: www.venetian.com/POKERROOM.aspx Email: poker@venetian.com Address: 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South Editor's Review Venetian Poker Room News Venetian Poker Room Information Tables: 39  Full Tilt Poker 100% Deposit Bonus up to $600! Use Code: ALLVEGAS. Full Tilt Poker Betting Limits:
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Weekend Wait-Time: 15 to 30 minutes. Smoking Allowed: No No smoking inside poker room. Poker Room Rate: Yes Daily Room Rates: $169 (Sunday -Thursday) $259 (Friday & Saturday) Daily Play Requirement: 8 hours Editor's Review - Venetian Poker Room Total Rating: 4.20 Room Quality Rating: 5 The Venetian poker room sets the standard in Las Vegas for elegance. In terms of quality furnishings, there is not a nicer poker room in town. The Venetian poker room provides poker players with the ultimate setting to live out their high stakes poker fantasies. When I walk inside The Venetian poker room, I feel like I have arrived. I’m not the only poker player who gets this feeling entering The Venetian poker room either. Everyone here feels like a VIP. It might be the rich wood and milk-chocolate colored interior, combined with the stunning chandeliers hanging overhead. Or perhaps it’s those comfortable lounges, which are freely available for use by all poker players, even those of us playing low or mid-limit games. Or maybe it’s the table-side food service, also available to even the lowest of low-limit players. Speaking of tables, the poker tables at The Venetian poker room are richly appointed with high quality felt and arm rests. Built-in drink holders are present at most of the poker tables, and automatic shufflers are standard at almost every poker table in the house. While the poker tables themselves are terrific, the really amazing feature here is the generous spacing between the tables. The Venetian management could have easily crammed another six or eight tables into the main floor, but instead they listened to their players, and created an environment that is extremely comfortable. Shaquille O'Neal could sit at almost any poker table at the Venetian, lean back in his seat, and stretch his arms to the limit without any fear of brushing against another player at a nearby poker table. Shaq couldn’t get away with this stunt at The Venetian’s main competitors (Bellagio and Wynn). At those poker rooms, Shaq might not even be able to squeeze into a low limit game. The low limit poker tables at Bellagio and Wynn are just too close for comfort. But let’s face it, if Shaq were at The Venetian poker room, he wouldn’t be playing low limit poker. This is why The Venetian built a true high limit area; two of them in fact. The “regular” high-limit area sits partially hidden behind a short wall across from the cashier. It’s far enough away from the main floor that the rail birds usually steer clear. But if you’re a true high roller you might find yourself seated in the “premium” VIP high limit area. This is a separate room inside The Venetian poker room. It’s comparable to Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio poker room. Word on the street is that the “Big Game”, regularly played at Bellagio, may be slowly migrating to The Venetian. In case you’re wondering, the Big Game is usually a cash game with blinds of $1,000/$2,000 and up. Naturally, to hold the title of the most elegant poker room in Las Vegas, The Venetian must have some killer plasma televisions; and it does - more than 20 of them in fact. They display the usual array of sports, tournament information, and wait-list information. I really have to stretch to find any problem with the furnishings at The Venetian poker room. My only gripe is that from the interior poker tables in the main poker room, it is difficult to see the televisions on the walls. It would be nice to have a few more plasma televisions on the interior columns, but now I’m being a real nit. The poker room at The Venetian is the classiest poker room in Las Vegas, so if you’re looking for the high roller vibe, you’ve got to check this place out. You won’t be disappointed. Competition Rating: 2 Many of the players at The Venetian poker room are experienced poker players. If you are looking for a sea full of fish, please go elsewhere. You won’t like it here. On the other hand, just because many of the players at The Venetian are experienced, does not mean they’re the best poker players in the world. And at the lower limit games, you’re a lot more likely to land at a table full of fish, particularly at the $3/6 limit game. My personal experience at The Venetian has mostly been in the $3/6 and $6/12 limit games, with about 75% of my time spent at the $6/12. Compared to the only other regular $6/12 game in Las Vegas at The Mirage poker room, I strongly prefer The Venetian’s game. This is because at The Venetian I’ve found myself seated at the $6/12 table many times with two or three total novice players who are just dumping their money into the table. This was much less likely at The Mirage, where I might find myself seated with the same eight or nine players almost every night. What a rock garden that was! More and more local players are migrating to The Venetian poker room however. The Venetian offers some fantastic poker comps and freebies, and the word is getting out. This means the local crowd is growing. Again, just because these players live in Las Vegas doesn’t mean they play great poker, but they’re not usually going to make the rookie mistakes that can really pay you off either. Dealer Rating: 4 The dealers at The Venetian poker room are mostly very good. In terms of speed, they are almost all very fast, which is crucial if you’re trying to see as many hands per hour as possible. However, The Venetian poker dealers tend to make more mistakes than at other places with more experienced poker dealers like Bellagio and Wynn. The most common mistake is accidentally exposing cards. This slows the game down, and usually doesn’t make players happy. I’m not saying it’s a “problem” at The Venetian poker room, but it feels like there are other poker rooms in Las Vegas with more experienced dealers, who make less mistakes. In terms of personality, the dealers at The Venetian are good, but I can’t think of any shining stars. A shining star is a poker dealer who always makes me smile. Lots of card rooms have shining stars, but I don’t know of one at The Venetian. On the other hand, I can’t think of any tools either. A few Vegas poker rooms have dealers that I dislike for one reason or another, and so far I don’t have anything bad to say about the personalities of any of the dealers at The Venetian. Cocktail Rating: 5 The quality of the cocktails at The Venetian poker room is the stone cold nuts! These are the best drinks in town. Poker players can order almost any alcoholic beverage, even those made with the most premium liquors. Many of the premium drinks even come in large glasses, and the cocktail waitresses have absolutely no problem providing a double shot of Grey Goose (or whatever you like) if requested. They even serve frozen drinks at The Venetian poker room, and these are very good also. The Strawberry Julius is terrific. And of course they serve Red Bull (in the can), which is becoming a requirement if a poker room expects to earn a rating of 5/5 in the cocktail department from me. In terms of eye-candy The Venetian cocktail waitresses are generally attractive. They can’t compete with the drop dead gorgeous super-models you will find at Wynn, but the ladies serving drinks here are generally good looking. The only issue with The Venetian cocktail service is speed, and recently it hasn’t been an issue at all. When The Venetian poker room first opened, cocktail service speed was abysmal. Even with the killer drinks and good look’n ladies I would’ve been stretching the truth to rate the overall cocktail service higher than 3/5. I’m pleased to report however that the speed of the cocktail service has improved considerably as the poker room has picked up momentum. On my most recent visits to The Venetian poker room the drinks have come faster than I could suck them down, which is great! My guess is that because the popularity of the poker room has improved, management has dedicated more cocktail resources to take care of the poker players. Personal note: If you happen to find yourself seated at the Venetian poker room and you are being served by Tara, you're a lucky poker player. Tara is a voluptuous blonde who sometimes wears glasses, and always provides killer cocktail service. Be sure to say Hello from Doug. She knows me as THE "Sugar Free Red Bull / Kettle Monster", who wears the trucker hat. Management Rating: 4 If I could divide the management rating in half, I would give the management at The Venetian poker room 5/5 for friendliness and 3/5 for general poker room management. Management at The Venetian poker room really know how to treat their players well. They do their jobs with a smile, and they go out of their way to accommodate their players. Here’s a short story in support of my management rating. On a recent visit to The Venetian poker room I forgot my player card. This card is required if I want to earn comps. I asked the desk manager if she could help. She asked my name, picked up the phone, called the casino comp desk, and asked me to have a seat in the player lounge. Five minutes later she personally walked over to me, handed me my new card, and thanked me for playing at The Venetian. That’s quality service. On the other hand, I can’t tell you how many times a manager at The Venetian poker room has directed me to a poker table only to discover after I walk over that there are no seats available, or that I was directed to the wrong poker table. Also, although I’m happy to see that The Venetian invested in a computer list management system, it must have ordered the cheap software package because not only can management not swipe player cards at the poker table, but the computer doesn’t even provide for table change management (e.g., player request to switch from one table to another). The managers have to track table change requests manually, and they’re not terribly efficient at it. Lastly, it would be nice if the desk managers made a more concerted effort to remind poker players to provide their comp cards when they check-in. On more than one occasion I’ve taken a seat a poker table, only to realize half an hour later that I forgot to provide my comp card. Comps Rating: 4 The Venetian's comp system has adapted to the modern norm of the Strip. Most poker players get $1 per hour in comps on the Venetian players card. Playing 5/10NL or higher, you will get $1.50. There are no jackpots, high hand bonuses, etc, which is standard for larger rooms (no jackpot drop). When the room first opened, they were very generous with hourly comps and freerolls, but now that the room has been opened for a couple years, the room has adopted a more generic $1 per hour comp system (the hourly comps can be used at specific food outlets at the Venetian, not all). Venetian Poker Room News Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza IV Poker Tournament Series,Venetian poker tournanments, Venetian poker room Date: 10/10/08 Summary:The Venetian poker room will be hosting their 4th Deepstacd Tournament Series in November, and will be offering several deepstacked NLHE events every week! The Venetian Poker Room Las Vegas: Off The Hook! Date: 08/05/06 Summary:The Venetian poker room was the busiest I’ve ever seen it tonight. Props to Venetian for drawing a crowd! The Venetian Poker Room: Grand Opening Review. Date: 04/03/06 Summary:The highly anticipated poker room at The Venetian opened tonight, and All Vegas Poker was right in the middle of all the action. |
Venetian Poker Room Player Reviews Summary of Player Reviews: Overall: 4.06 Room Quality: 4.76 Competition: 2.89 Dealer Rating: 3.72 Cocktail Rating: 4.06 Management Rating: 4.06 Comps Rating: 3.61 Venetian top notch, Best in Vegas By: Frend 09/22/08 Beautiful room, beatable competition By: Aces 07/09/08 Week of 22-June-2008 By: bscrivener 06/29/08 Great room...will come back By: ricro 06/23/08 Empereor By: anubis 05/24/08 The best big room in Vegas By: poker4life 05/21/08 Posh and inviting By: BSiegs 05/20/08 very nice room By: checkonetime 05/20/08 Probably the BEST room ive played in By: aub51 05/11/08 Top notch room in every respect. By: loose cannon 05/08/08 Nice room as always, not without flaws By: AdRock 05/03/08 Lokk no further !!! By: slamdunc 04/30/08 Another fan By: Hunter747 04/28/08 Favorite Room in Vegas By: mauidakine 03/27/08 Someday It Will Be Great, Not Today By: Denise 03/19/08 WHAT IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT? By: vanloon 03/06/08 Great Freaking Room!! By: argall2368 03/03/08 One of, if not THE best for low limit By: Bullitt5135 02/05/08 Are you kidding me? By: cthtown 01/31/08 Hats Off To The Dealer And Managment By: Saso 01/31/08 Nice but no cigar (big room ?) By: vanloon 01/31/08 Shockingly good poker room By: flintsword 01/24/08 Best Tourneys in Vegas By: Reflex 01/21/08 Pretty good By: Blue 01/19/08 Still Classy By: IAPETE 01/19/08 My new playground By: dvsrock 01/07/08 World Class Venetian Poker Room for New Years By: MauiPunter 01/03/08 Really Nice By: gpardo1 12/26/07 Rock garden By: messymarv 12/24/07 All round good place to play By: Frank735 12/13/07 Second-best room in Vegas By: Gman 12/04/07 One of the Best in Las Vegas By: Taz007 11/28/07 I love this room By: PlayersOnly 10/31/07 pretty crazy play over here By: jeru101 10/28/07 I really need some advice on where I can play and get experience By: Officer2646 10/27/07 One of the Two Best Big Rooms In Las Vegas By: joel1968 10/26/07 What a great room By: barracuda 10/23/07 Great Strip Poker Room! By: Krafte1 10/23/07 The best room on the strip, period. By: redright88 10/22/07 The way poker should be By: guynotes 10/17/07 Nice room but not that nice... By: #1BuckeyeFan 10/16/07 9/25 1/2 NL Game By: Santa Fe Rail 09/29/07 CLASSY, CLASSY, CLASSY By: ddmacRN 08/22/07 Outstanding room and GREAT Tournaments! By: curtom 08/16/07 Poker Room at The Venetian = Top Notch for 1/2 NL Players. By: iStack 08/15/07 Play here, but more importantly stay here... By: BobbyFL 08/09/07 Great tournaments, great action. By: Yappy Dave 07/25/07 Venetian is NICE! By: hiroller 06/19/07 What a Poker Room By: Kolbster 06/18/07 Best Room I've Played in Vegas By: IAPETE 06/07/07 Luxury By: irwins0001 05/28/07 Great Room By: BigSlick75093 05/20/07 Great service, good action By: Grange95 04/29/07 Great place to play! By: bothebu 04/21/07 great poker room By: shiki31 04/18/07 The Only Game I Can Afford at Venetian By: ringo 04/12/07 Poker in the lap of luxury, bu tthe devil is in the details By: twriter 04/03/07 most comfortable, good action, luv this room By: paulgref 03/31/07 Comfiest Chairs By: skybuckets 03/29/07 What a room By: bigpoppapdx 03/28/07 One of my favorites, maybe the best room overall By: AdRock 03/24/07 over rated? yes. bad room? no. only place i felt comfortable? yes. By: pocketjokers 03/17/07 The best in town By: BigT025 03/16/07 Very Plush By: chektorazor 03/12/07 A must play for the poker lover By: Acehater 03/01/07 THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY By: stillherehmm 02/22/07 My favorite room in Las Vegas By: LeatherAss 02/16/07 Nice room, good tournaments By: gjw61 02/14/07 A review from the vegasgrinder By: vegasgrinder 02/10/07 Good room, but some poker "snobs" By: Zurg_ 01/30/07 FUN TIMES By: SpecReynolds 01/24/07 best place on the strip By: callaway06 01/11/07 Wonderful Room By: eyu830 12/30/06 awesome By: jimmythekid 12/23/06 Best room on the Strip By: reyesaj 12/19/06 Perfect room By: emoneye 12/18/06 Best in Vegas By: payne 12/06/06 the best By: junkadelic 12/04/06 Great tourneys and cash game action By: juju96 11/15/06 Best Room in Vegas! By: whitedog 11/06/06 Has it all...except for the lower mid-limits By: Hoss1193 10/24/06 A must see when in Vegas. By: The Big D 10/24/06 Bad Calls By: Tucson Jim 10/09/06 Supposedly this place is great? Not to me. By: RAB777 09/06/06 An Objective Review By: RPB 08/28/06 In the minority By: JalHampsen 08/27/06 Back to basics By: toshirotakashi 08/22/06 comfortable, fun, poorly managed By: scurvy 08/21/06 Excellence!!! By: dcarp 08/16/06 Venetian poker room impressive at high and low limits By: ibara 08/08/06 Very Nice Room, Slow Late on Sundays By: pmulry 08/08/06 dry as the desert By: jwrules547 08/03/06 This is the one! By: Scampman 07/30/06 learn how to run a room!! By: dafish1970 07/22/06 Very Elegant and Comfy By: joeyphresh 07/17/06 Back for a Second Look By: Gaggles 07/17/06 Won't ever go back! By: Rabbit 07/06/06 A Poker Room for All Levels of Players By: AsianPlayer 07/06/06 I love this room. By: anners 07/05/06 Comfortable room all around By: Alexandra 07/04/06 I still don't see it By: DenverBrian 07/03/06 Working on setting the bar very high By: lvpkrdlr1 06/27/06 Great Tourney Structures at Noon/ 8pm daily By: sheevs 06/25/06 Beautiful Room, Good Players , Bad Tournys By: daBears 06/21/06 Awesome new room By: Clem2754 06/09/06 As Advertised! By: IAPETE 06/08/06 Memorial Day Dive By: senatorkevin 06/03/06 Now, now...it's not THAT spectacular By: DenverBrian 06/02/06 Great Room and a Good Crowd By: ladydibari 05/28/06 Poker is Poker By: tontra76 05/25/06 Gorgeous room and waitresses, great play... what more can you ask for! By: purplekegler 05/24/06 Change in Low Limit By: tinman 05/22/06 Change in Low Limit, Now Spreading $3-6 By: tinman 05/22/06 Found a new home! By: BlakeB 05/20/06 Getting Better By: hratmsu 05/18/06 Plush poker room at the Venetian By: jrbriggs2 05/12/06 Best Room In Town By: spyu 05/10/06 Heading in the Right Direction By: Elcar88 05/09/06 Great new room, but no action By: AdRock 05/04/06 Beautiful, empty room By: Northern Dancer 05/02/06 Best Room On The Strip By: joshuatree78 05/01/06 WOW By: Super9 04/29/06 What were they thinking? By: Big Ocean 04/27/06 Will be Closing Soon By: crocodile13 04/24/06 venetian has it all By: spader 04/24/0 |