Cardroom Roundup: Wynn Poker Room

Wynn Las Vegas is quite simply the plushest destination resort and casino on the planet. The magic that produced this Las Vegas landmark comes from the Wizard of Las Vegas, Steve Wynn. The tallest building in Nevada provides 2,716 luxurious rooms and magnificent suites for the most discerning guest. Located center stage on the famous Vegas Strip, the magic is just behind a curbside Alpine mountain range that has a great copper hued arc of a building rising above it all.

The Wynn Las Vegas represents the state-of-the-art in accommodations, entertainment, food, customer service, world class shopping and Wynn style gaming. Steve Wynn brought all of the best from creating his previous generations of Vegas luxury resorts and combined them to create this striking fourth generation property. Typical of Wynn designs, he provides the guest with a visual overload of colors, internal and open air vistas and art.

Pleasing gardens with flowers always in bloom fill the public spaces. Artistic use of living trees combined with a variety of exotic plants are found throughout giving visitors unmatched splendor. Attention to the smallest of details is quite apparent in this latest Las Vegas project. Guest accommodations are simply the best, amenities are extensive and cutting edge high-tech digital including big screen plasmas with in-room programming and super speed Internet access.

Guests can shop from famous designers', appraise crown sized jewels, consider priceless art, even buy an Italian rocket at the Wynn's full service Ferrari-Maserati dealership. Stroll along the mosaic flowered paths fronted by exclusive names including Cartier, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Brioni and dozens more.

Wynn Las Vegas includes 22 restaurants and a staff of world renowned chefs creating dining experiences that are unsurpassed. You will find an endless variety of culinary offerings ensuring Epicureanism to be an art form practiced at the Wynn. Your Wynn dining experience can be a once-per-lifetime evening marked with dozen dollar signs, a hundred dollar truffle rich hamburger or just a cup of rare coffee, whatever you choose, it will be the best you've ever had.

The Wynn Las Vegas Poker Room has the best parking in town making for the quickest and most convenient access. The spacious poker room has 26 tables offering a variety of games and limits including some of the biggest in town. The No-limit Hold'em crowd will find games with blinds $1-$3, $2-$5, $5-$10, $15-$30, $30-$60, $100-$200 and up. The No-limit Hold'em games have no maximum buy-in cap. Limit Hold'em is offered with all of the popular blind structures: $4-$8, $8-$16, $15-$30 and $30-$60. The poker room usually has a $10-$20 'mix' game in progress. The room will spread most poker games with player interest.

Poker operations for the Wynn are under the expert guidance of Deborah Giardina, Director of poker Room Operations. Deborah has more than fifteen years in the poker industry including nine years with Lyle Berman Enterprises. Her management style keeps the room filled with poker players. Typical Wynn elegance and upscale decor combine with digital room management, shufflemaster equipped tables and a friendly, well trained room staff makes this a must play Vegas poker room. Players can order food served at the table. Don't forget the Wynn's Red Card to receive $1.50 in food comps per hour of play with no daily cap. It is generally known the Wynn poker room has a very liberal comp policy.

Tournament Director David Eglseder brings 15 years of poker tournament management experience to the Wynn's daily poker tournaments. $300 + $30 buy-in No-limit Hold'em tournaments are offered at Noon on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday plus Friday's Noon event is a $500 + $40 buy-in. The Tuesday thru Friday Noon tournaments have a guaranteed $5,000 prize pool. Single table satellites are available on tournament days beginning at 8:00AM. Phone the room at 702.770.7654 for complete details information including any recent changes.

The Wynn Classic brings major tournament poker action to the resort. Beginning with satellites on February 21 and concluding on March 11 when the nine survivors from the $10,000 buy-in Championship event meet to determine a champion. This inaugural event marks Wynn's entry into the world of big-time multi-event tournament poker. Expect all the professionals to be in town for the fun at the Wynn.

The Wynn Las Vegas is the only resort in the world to have a Mobil 5 Star rating and a AAA 5 Diamond rating. So what do they do for an encore? They do Encore, the $2 billion plus super luxury tower expansion to double existing space while establishing a new world benchmark for luxury resorts. Stop by this magnificent joint on the Las Vegas Strip and play poker in one of the world's best poker rooms in the heart of Las Vegas.

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