I was once told that you can not love something you are not willing to hate. This describes my feelings of the Bellagio poker room. There are so many great things about playing poker here that I love. The professionalism of the poker staff, the valet proximity to the poker room, and the game selection, I could go on and on. Personally I play a lot of limit poker and Bellagio is the only place in Vegas where you can consistently get a 10-20 20-40 and 40-80 limit game going. However some things about this place drive me crazy. I hate that when you call in you get transferred to about 20 different people and it’s 50/50 whether your name will even be on the list. (except when Boba is working). I hate that the games don’t have a 3rd man walking rule and people take ridiculously long dinner and lunch breaks. It sucks even worst because many of the red chip (10-20 or bigger) limit games only have 1 or two tables going. Players waiting have to wait 30 - 40 minuets sometimes just to get a seat. Those two are bad but nothing tilts me more than the wait staff at that room. Again part of this is because I play there so often. But the other part is that they are genuinely terrible, I mean like Charles Barkley terrible. It takes forever for them to come around and when they do get to you your lucky if you get what you ordered. You know how I know the staff is bad because I can point out the good ones. I estimate that I have seen at least 15-20 different waitresses there. Out of those there are only two good ones, oddly enough these two aren’t just good they’re Tony the Tiger great. They get to you in a timely manner, they are very polite and courteous and Even when it’s not “their table” they make sure to let you know that they will get your waitress for you, now I don’t know if this is true or not, but at least they make the effort. To this day it is the only room in Vegas where I bring my own bottle of water just in case it takes forever to get a drink. Despite this I do love the room. If you can eliminate all of the outside distractions it’s one of the purest and best poker rooms in the world. The attitudes of everyone from the poker staff, to the Valet and in many cases even the players, is world class. The energy in the Bellagio is something that is difficult to explain or duplicate. The closest thing I can think of would be if your local men’s bball league game was held in the same gym as the US Olympic team, lot of high level poker players in that room. The table side food service is a nice bonus, the fact that it is free with your M life card points makes it great. The best thing going for them is that every day you play at Bellagio you are sitting in close proximity to some of the greatest poker minds in the World. I think in the case of the Bellagio the pros’s out way the cons. Overall Bellagio is the nuts, from the players, to the staff, the Bellagio poker room is the cream of the crop when it comes to Las Vegas Poker Rooms.
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