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Lots of space between the tables. Everything's still new and in good condition.
The 3-6 tables that my wife played were filled with loose passive players with plenty of drunken players as well. The 6-12 was surprisingly tight. At 40-80 there were plenty of good players, but there were also some tourists who decided to sit down (and one who even checked his quad aces on the river, acting last!).
Overall, the dealers were fine. They seemed to be trained well--there was no excessive chatting or otherwise unprofessional behavior. However, they made more mistakes than I'm used to in LA (failing to recognize the winning hand, starting to push the pot to the wrong player, moving the button incorrectly, etc.).
Above average here. I pay more attention to the poker probably....
From what I could tell, management was outstanding. They were very quick to start new games, even when the game was short. At 40-80, they would let new games go for an hour or two without any time collection as long as the table wasn't completely filled up. In one 40-80 session, I paid a total of $6 time collection for the first four hours. When the game was heads-up or three-handed for an extended period of time, the standard collection seemed to be $3 per half-hour.
Overall, managment seems to be doing all that they can to build the player base of this poker room up as quickly as possible. After dealing with Bellagio waitlists and (non-existence) of comps, this place seems like heaven. As long as the games are halfway decent at the Venetian (or Wynn) I won't go back to Bellagio.
$2/hour (increases to $3 soon) at all limits.
They also have a casino-funded bad beat jackpot that will be hit about once a year.
