Located on the South end of the strip beside the Luxor, the Excalibur is one of the older hotels on The Las Vegas strip, and the poker room appears a little aged as well, but don’t let that stop you from trying them out - they have quite a few nice features.

Tables and Stakes

There are around twenty tables and there have always been at least two or three tables running every time I have been there, and I have been there at just about every hour. In the evenings and on weekends there are plenty of full tables at all levels. The last time I was there, they had planned to start offering low buy in tournaments, but had not started yet.

The Excalibur offers some of the softest games you will find anywhere. This is the best poker room available for new players and/or low limit players in Las Vegas. The 1 – 3 game is filled with players who have no idea how to play correctly and even the no limit games have their fair share of poor players.

There are also a few unique features that new players will be sure to enjoy. They have a prize wheel in the poker room that awards players between $20 and $200 with a spin at any limit table other than 1 – 3 for any hand of four-of-a-kind or better or if they have pocket Aces beaten. Be warned though, you will suffer many bad beats here because many players will chase hands all the way to the river, correct pot odds or not.

Limit holdem is offered in spread limit at 1 – 3, 2 – 6 and 2 – 10. No limit holdem is offered with a maximum $200 buy in. Though it doesn’t run very often, they also offer 7 Card Stud in 1 – 5 spread limit. You can’t find many places any more that offer spread limit, but the games at the Excalibur run very well.

Staff

The dealers are competent and friendly for the most part, falling into the middle of the road for Las Vegas. Actually, the last time I was there, every dealer was very pleasant except one, who was grumpy but otherwise very efficient. They are far from the worst, but also far from the best. The cocktail waitresses are not the best looking either but they were fast, friendly and accurate while I was there.

If you have never played poker in a casino poker room, like spread limit holdem or are a player who just enjoys low limit games, then you owe it to yourself to make time to play at the Excalibur on your next trip to Las Vegas.