Las Vegas has almost as many cardrooms as they have casinos. For a few years, poker rooms were being closed down in casino after casino because of the need to maximize revenue per square foot, and management thought that the space that was being used for poker players would be better used for more slot machines.

But with the rise in popularity of poker on television and in the media, the casinos could no longer afford to not have card rooms. Even though the rake generated from the actual games might not be as profitable as more slot machines, the increased amount of traffic to and from the casinos' poker rooms became more and more profitable. (The idea being that people who come to play poker will also spend time at blackjack tables, video poker, and craps, etc.)

So here's a list of the cardrooms in Vegas. Each listing links to an information page for the poker room, including information about the poker games available and the stakes, and how many tables are available, and the phone number and address of each location.

Vegas Poker Rooms Listings

• Aladdin - No food allowed at the tables, but the cardroom is new and the dealers are friendly. Plenty of holdem action. 
• Arizona Charlie's - You won't have to wait, but the cardroom is smoky and old-school.
• Bally's - Enjoy the fish but beware the local sharks.
• Bellagio - Where the pro's play poker. Over 30 tables and great dealers.
• Binion's - Downtown Las Vegas, where people play poker at Binions Gambling Hall.
• Boulder Station - Lots of tables in a tight area, with lots of local color and players.
• Circus Circus - Their poker room isn't just for kids.
• El Cortez - A small but popular poker room with only 2 tables.
• Excalibur - This is one of our premier reviews, longer and more detailed than most of our directory listings.
• Flamingo - Popular no smoking poker room with 10 tables.
• Gold Coast - No smoking poker with no wait.
• Golden Nugget - Texas holdem only, no stud, and no Omaha.
• Green Valley Ranch - Popular cardroom with Vegas and Henderson locals.
• Harrah's - Right in the center of the Las Vegas strip.
• Las Vegas Hilton - Good dealers and waitstaff. The drinks just keep coming.
• Imperial Palace - New tables, and a nice poker room.
• Luxor - The drinks come fast, and the action is pretty loose.
• Mandalay Bay - All kinds of poker and a younger crowd than you'll see at most Vegas cardrooms.
• MGM Grand - Another of our premier reviews, detailed and longer than our normal directory pages. The MGM has a nice poker room.
• Mirage - Big poker room with over 30 tables.
• Monte Carlo - One of my personal favorite places to play. High class, and the action at the lower limit holdem tables is pretty good.
• The Orleans - This poker room allows smoking, if you're into that sorta thing, but only during certain hours.
• The Palms - A premier review of the cardroom where not only does everything that happen there stay there, but it never happened at all.
• Paris - All holdem, all the time. Stud and Omaha players need to look elsewhere.
• Plaza - Great room rate for poker players who play more than 4 to 6 hours a day.
• Rio Suites - A new poker room with older players. Right next to the sportsbook.
• Riviera - A friendly, all-holdem kinda place.
• Sahara - Holdem and stud only, no Omaha. Great service from the waitstaff.
• Sam's Town - Tough competition, but a nice place to play if you can handle it.
• Silverton - Nothing but Texas holdem ring games available here.
• The Stardust - A really great room rate for poker players staying here - one of the best poker player room rates in Vegas, in fact.
• The Stratosphere - Automated poker comps available here. What will they think of next?
• Sunset Station - Texas holdem and Omaha are available here, but no stud poker.
• The Tropicana - A cozy, but not crowded, Vegas cardroom.
• Tuscany - No stud and no Omaha. Another all Texas holdem all the time type place.
• Wynn Las Vegas - A big poker room with lots of people playing big stakes.

This is a complete listing at the time of this writing, as far as I know, but casinos and poker rooms change constantly, opening and closing, so some of this information might become outdated before I can update it.

This page was last updated on January 5, 2006.