![]() ![]() However, my non-scientific sense is that they’ve turned down the volume on the nearby slot machines – there isn’t a constant shriek of bells and whistles. So there is certainly big casino ambience. The room is actually in the Wynn’s sister Encore property, at the nexus of a couple of major hallways. ![]() ![]() The first impression of the room is “bright and airy.” In future reviews of other rooms, I’ll contrast that, but suffice to say that it’s not the default ambience in Vegas poker rooms. These days, Allahu Akbar, the Strip is full of vibrant poker rooms, and there are a handful that a reasonable card player could call “the best.” The Wynn will appear in every one of those discussions. There was a time where you could assert it was the Venetian, were it not for the unfortunate ownership. In the mid-90’s, well, you can’t argue with Mike McDermott, who was thinking about nothing but the ******* Mirage. The competition for poker customers is fierce, and the quality bar is high, so it’s saying something that a room is in the running for “Best in Vegas.” There have been many times in my poker career where that title was just a given. In that same time, you could get dealt into games in four different Vegas rooms. Even in a poker-rich region such as the Los Angeles basin or the San Francisco Bay area, you might have to drive nearly an hour to get from poker room A to poker room B. While regulated live poker is available all across the United States (just ask this guy), Las Vegas is, without doubt, the highest concentration of poker rooms in the nation. ![]()
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