So who IS going to Vegas...

DeVore

Regardless if you are playing or not, who's heading over??

There is an irish/scots bar in the Rio where we started to hang out last year, hopefully we'll get a few games of pool in again.

So, you are are going or know of players who are, please you post here.
We'll be making a WSOP specific forum on Antesup soon to facilitate WSOP specific chat (particularly between people out there).

DeV.

carrigeen

Myself , Dave Curtis , Derek Murray and John Cullnane are coming from Galway so far. We get in on the 26th.


Staying MGM myself and Curtis others in New York New York

cant wait

sikes

ill be down a few days before ME probably, to try a few sats etc. not sure how long ill be there, depends if anyone goes deep. not sure how many, if any, are coming with me from chicago but will see.

cardshark202

I'll be there for almost three weeks trying to go broke around the time of the main event.

CoD

Im over but not for WSOP, over at end of august, 21st - 31st

DeVore

Ah Mathew, you're going to miss it all!
Theres going to be a big contingent from outside Dublin this year.

DeV.

mewso

3 weeks from the 21st. Getting close now.

Bandana boy

DeVore wrote:

So, you are are going or know of players who are, please you post here.

Me make big war on pale face

NickyOD

I'm there from the 26th to the 11th. Staying at The Orleans.

ocallagh

19th to 11th! Flamingo

Samson

I'm off next Friday for 8 days (staying in The Mirage). Will be playing a couple of the smaller buy-in events.
Still trying to win a seat in the main event so that I can get back there later in the month.

jimbling

not quite sure of the dates yet. ill be over for a long weekend from 21st/22nd to the 25th or 28th, depending on work demands. doubt ill be able to stay around for any of the main event......

CoD

DeVore wrote:

Ah Mathew, you're going to miss it all!
Theres going to be a big contingent from outside Dublin this year.

DeV.

next year i guess! im letting you guys go ahead and find all the good games, and pubs for me.

Seriously have a good time. Im sure it'll be fantastic.

kinaldo

myself and pokypoky from the 24th July to 11th August

loosecannon

i'll be going from the 24th to the 10th, have a pretty decent crew of mainly non poker playing mates coming with me too, looking forward to it, mainly for the boozing!

and u never know, a miracle could always happen and i might cash in the main event! lol

ocallagh, i was also thinking about booking the flamingo, the special rates offered by the wsop look to be about as cheap as there is going and location and hotel standard look very good, what do u think about the place? or is there a better deal elsewhere?

kinaldo

loosecannon wrote:

i'll be going from the 24th to the 10th, have a pretty decent crew of mainly non poker playing mates coming with me too, looking forward to it, mainly for the boozing!

and u never know, a miracle could always happen and i might cash in the main event! lol

ocallagh, i was also thinking about booking the flamingo, the special rates offered by the wsop look to be about as cheap as there is going and location and hotel standard look very good, what do u think about the place? or is there a better deal elsewhere?

hey andrew,

lots of people are staying at the flamingo from what I can gather, including myself, karl, reggie and dave m. maybe we can all play football!

loosecannon

wicked mate

i shall book ahead to try and get their 5 a side 'Soccer' pitch booked!!! lol

what sort of price did u get on the flamingo? did u use the special wsop entrant rate?

looking forward to it, glad to know there'll be a few more lads to get boozed with, bring on the large quantites of free alcohol!

kinaldo

loosecannon wrote:

what sort of price did u get on the flamingo? did u use the special wsop entrant rate?

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/reservations/

Unfortunately I haven't qualified yet so I'm paying quite a bit more than you would be. However, pre-entrant rate means that when I do qualify I stand to get the huge discount. The biggest problem for me is getting my home internet connection back in time so I can start playing online.

Ollieboy

Will be there from the 26th to the 7th and maybe longer hopefully.

Staying in MGM

Norwich Fan Rob

26th - 11th, playing main event and maybe one or 2 others, staying in the Rio.

ocallagh

loosecannon wrote:

i'll be going from the 24th to the 10th, have a pretty decent crew of mainly non poker playing mates coming with me too, looking forward to it, mainly for the boozing!

and u never know, a miracle could always happen and i might cash in the main event! lol

ocallagh, i was also thinking about booking the flamingo, the special rates offered by the wsop look to be about as cheap as there is going and location and hotel standard look very good, what do u think about the place? or is there a better deal elsewhere?

Flamingo is the oldest one on the strip, and up until 2003 it was a dump apparently...:eek: but it was renovated in 2003 and now it's supposed to be nice enough. Nothing amazing.. the pool looks nice though and it's close to everything. 24th to 11th is costing about $1700 for twin room (so $850 each) i think with the wsop rates.

plus theer are so many staying there we should be fine for sharing taxis etc... go on... book it!

Marq

I'm also at the Flamingo, with Dave, Niall and Oscar.
I was thinking that it would be a great idea to get some football going with all the Irish who are going to be there.

Norwich Fan Rob

so thats my goalkeeping gloves i have to pack now aswell as the pool cue and the golf clubs !!!

karlh

25th July til 11th August and staying in the Rio.

stick me down for that soccer match

kinaldo

Norwich Fan Rob wrote:

so thats my goalkeeping gloves i have to pack now aswell as the pool cue and the golf clubs !!!

you bring your own cue? la-di-da!

ocallagh

Norwich Fan Rob wrote:

so thats my goalkeeping gloves i have to pack now aswell as the pool cue and the golf clubs !!!

i'm gonna lose all my money playing pool...

careca

This whole thread should be posted in the Religion/South East Forum, where us poor unfortunates staying at home, won't find it.

Jammy bas_tards, one and all.

PS. Prob bet for the Vegas crew. five a side astro game when ye return for a nominal fee. Pick your best five out there !

bohsman

Im staying in the Flamingo 11th July to 11th August.

Ollieboy

So should we pick a spot before heading out for all the boards and irish in general to hang out, maybe a coffee shop or something.....lol

bohsman

Ollieboy wrote:

So should we pick a spot before heading out for all the boards and irish in general to hang out, maybe a coffee shop or something.....lol

"The tilted kilt" I think its called scottish/irish wannabe type bar with pool tables in the Rio, around an hours walk from the wsop hall though.

NickyOD

I haven't kicked a ball in two years. Can't believe I'll be making my comeback to football in Vegas.

DeVore

Lol... I'll probably stay out of the footie. But last year prop bets were flying on pool, bragg and a certain frame of 10-pin bowling

The Tilted Kilt in the "village" area of the Rio became our unofficial home last time.

DeV.

Norwich Fan Rob

bohsman wrote:

"The tilted kilt" I think its called scottish/irish wannabe type bar with pool tables in the Rio, around an hours walk from the wsop hall though.

Crikey, this Rio place must be HUGE.

MadsL

Crikey, this Rio place must be HUGE.

As the sign says, "Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas!"

bohsman

Norwich Fan Rob wrote:

Crikey, this Rio place must be HUGE.

slight exageration, good 10 minute walk though

kpnuts

Looking forward to Team Rio v Team Flamingo... Don't forget those gloves, Rob!

karlh

we need entrance music.

i'm going for the perfectly themed 'Rio' by Duran Duran

jimbling

just curious, since a lot of ye seem to be in either the Rio or the Flamingo, what are the poker rooms like there?

The last time I was in vegas I stayed in the MGM and quite liked it there. Nice pokerroom and always had a few 1/2 tables (for this poor fish to prey on the poorer fish) on the go.

I went around to a few others and found that the poker was pretty poor in a lot of them. i.e. excalibur only had limit. bellagio was plush, but only had higer nl limit tables, the luxor is madness, don't think new york had much poker at all...... etc etc.

I never got near the flamingo, rio and a few others. Contemplating where to stay for the few days (looking like ill only get the weekend out of it). trying to weigh up price Vs location Vs poker.

mewso

As far as where to stay I went for cheapest. In the end I chose the Imperial Palace and the Trop. As for the poker well I don't mind travelling to another casino to play.

carrigeen

I agree I think the MGM has the nicest poker room , for value the orleans room is always busy and the hotel a lot cheaper. I was in vegas six weeks ago and a lot of the poker rooms were very quite (Paris Venitian Caesers) . I dont know does it really matter where your staying though as on the strip its only 10 minutes on the monorail or in a taxi to any hotel.

Fatboydim

For anyone wanting to play away from the WSOP I'd recommend the new poker room at Caesars. What's so nice about it is the fact that it's an actual room away from everything else.

Scuzziest poker room had to be the Sahara. Might be good for a laugh.
Cash games at Mandalay Bay were good as well.
And I liked the Green Valley Ranch out in Henderson.

Don't whatever you do eat at Gaylord's in the Rio. Expensive and rubbish.

And if you are in the Tilted Kilt someone order the Corned Beef and Cabage which is apparently a traditional Irish dish?????? It can't really be corned beef can it?

jimbling

carrigeen wrote:

I agree I think the MGM has the nicest poker room , for value the orleans room is always busy and the hotel a lot cheaper. I was in vegas six weeks ago and a lot of the poker rooms were very quite (Paris Venitian Caesers) . I dont know does it really matter where your staying though as on the strip its only 10 minutes on the monorail or in a taxi to any hotel.

ya, thinking of staying in Excalibur now. Its a cheap hotel with a ****ty casino, but its connected directly with the MGM, and close to pretty much everything.

Ollieboy

I played in the Aladdin and MGM the last time and like both poker rooms, also heard great things about Ceasers.

Luxor was a horrible game and the Excalibur was meant to be good for fish.

The best tourneys seem to be the Bellagio.

Marq

I don't plan on playing in the Flamingo. The advantages of staying there are:

- Its centrality at the heart of the strip.

- Price

- Proximity to Caesar's and Bally's, where I have heard there are great NL games for my budget.

- Its swimming pool stays open until ten.

karlh

Just thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention on the offchance that someone had an old passport and didn't realise...

http://oasis.gov.ie/moving_country/passports_and_visas/machine_readable_irish_passports_and_travel_to_the_US.html

all passports have to be machine readable to get into the US. 90% of passports issued are but if anyone planning to travel got a 10yr passport a few years ago, it is worth checking.

basically if your passport has <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< at the bottom of your picture page then you're fine.

my good deed for today. kinda hoping someone with a main event ticket can now play becasue of me and will cut me a %

5starpool

I'd imagine there are very few who would be affected by this as I got my passport renewed last year, but the one I had for the 10 years previous was machine readable also. I'm sure some may be produced somewhere (perhaps embassies in other countries??) that may not be readable but pretty much everyone should be ok. You will have to get fingerprinted though as the biometric ones are not in general issue yet (and if they are there are very few out there).

No harm for people to be aware though I s'pose, I'm not trying to contradict you Karl (just in case you think that), I am just adding to it.

karlh

i hear ya, i just read something about it and nearly shat myself thinking i didn't have one.

i heard that it is possible to have gotten a passport in this country which may still be valid for travel but not necessarily machine readable.

don't think the fingerprinting is going to go down too well with some on this forum though

mewso

My mate got caught out on this one last year. After a worrying delay he was let through. My passport runs out next year but is machine readable so yes it looks like most should be fine.

DeVore

Zeik Tuit had to get an emergency one in London last year, then he flew to Los Angeles and got *a taxi* to Vegas. Arrived 24 hours late, showered, registered for the PLO and monied!!

DeV.

Scotty #

I may be wrong (and probably am) but don't you have to have the passport now with the really hard plastic ID page in it to get in to the states? If you hold the page up to the light you can see an image of your picture drilled in to the plastic beside your actual picture.

karlh

stop scaring me :mad:

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/content_multi_image/content_multi_image_0021.xml

"If your passport does not have this feature, you can still travel without a visa if you:

* Were issued a valid passport before October 26, 2005, with a machine-readable zone"