Brief history of me. I currently live in Indiana. I play primarily at the Argosy river boat at least 5 times a month. I used to live in Las Vegas and played poker weekly well before No Limit Holdem took roots. I decided to take a trip back to Vegas to test the poker waters since leaving 3 years ago. I arrived Saturday Feb. 21 2009 around 11am and after checking into the Golden Nugget, made a beeline directly to Binions...No not for poker but to their deli for one of the best corn beef ruben sandwiches on the planet. After filling my belly I decided to hit the poker room. Man has things changed. Relocated to the old sports book, it is a very beautiful poker room. Wood accents, flat panel T.V.s, adjustable chairs and of course smoke free. Pretty much the same poker staff that was there years ago...and funny they still remember me! I must say that I had extremely high expectations of the quality of play and skill. I was sadly disappointed. I must say that the skill and quality of play and Indiana Riverboats is superior to the play at Binions. The locals played the $1 $2 no limit like it was limit poker. They got upset if you raised the pot pre-flop anything over $15. It was calling station central. Unfortunately this was not an isolated incident. The Golden Nugget, Wynn, and Fitzgerald's played equally as horrible. It really wasn't the fact of poor calling and suck outs, it was more of the cockiness of the locals. In my opinion, I feel that tourney poker has ruined the lower limit cash games. It seems that everyone just wanted to win enough to get an entry into some tourney. The only saving grace was a 2-5 game at the Wynn that was fun but pretty tough. Needless to say I left this trip with disappointment. I figured that the Midwest was behind the level of play, but the truth is we in the Midwest play a tighter game with higher starting cash for the lower limit games. The positive thing in Vegas is that you have more flexibility on the table. If both players want to chop the pot they can anytime, if they want to run it twice, they can. I will say that I now have a new found respect for Midwest poker.