Brick and Mortar Poker Rooms Top-10  Bicycle Casino: Los Angeles, California 120 game tables and host to world-class poker tournaments, Bicycle is currently featuring the "Legends of Poker" Tournament (August, 2001) with an estimated $2 million prize pool. Check out Tiger's Trip Report via GoCee.  Foxwoods: Mashantucket, Connecticut If you're planning a trip to this lavish casino resort, you can check out About's handy Guide to Foxwoods. You can also visit Foxwoods' gaming page to access their schedule of poker tournaments and games info link.  Mirage: Las Vegas, Nevada
Known for extraordinary high and middle limit action, you can view the PokerPages' profile or check out Alan's Poker Page which references many of the rooms here and includes both the Mirage and Bellagio below as the "nicest rooms to play" in Las Vegas.  Bellagio: Las Vegas, Nevada Famous for its beauty, gourmet restaurants, and $2.5 million state-of-the-art poker room with 30 tables, Bellagio is considered by many to be an incredible experience. GoCee features two trip reports of such experiences: newcomers might be interested in the one by Diane; advanced players might like the poker play details by Sgt. Rock. For more about Bellagio's decision to go smokeless, read the PokerPages article. Update: Bellagio has responded to the new Wynn Casino by pumping $6 million worth of upgrades into their poker room.  Commerce Casino: Los Angeles, California Billing itself as the "Poker Capital of the World" with over 125 tables devoted to poker, Commerce Casino is host to tournaments such as the LA Poker Classic and more. Tiger provides a brief trip report while CardPlayer discusses Commerce's newly opened (October 2001) luxury hotel, the Crowne Plaza Los Angeles. With the Crowne Plaza's dedication to the finer things in life (including food), Commerce is setting out to be a poker vacation destination. Poker Host Jerry Stensrud happily declares, "Never underestimate the power of good food." Good poker, good food- what's not to like?  Taj Mahal: Atlantic City, New Jersey With a reputation for being the most popular Poker Room in Atlantic City (with 68 tables) and host to the US Poker Championship, Trump's Taj Mahal gets a 4.5 Banana rating (out of 5) from TravelApe . For more info, Mark Napolitano covered the 2000 US Poker Championship in PokerPages.  Hollywood Park Casino: Inglewood, California Host to various major poker tournaments, Hollywood is also home to the Mike Caro University of Poker, daily poker tournaments, and more. Tiger from GoCee provides his typically excellent trip report.  Aviation Club: Paris, France Why is "style everything" at the Aviation Club? For the answer, check out Jan Suchanek's trip report in PokerForum. Michael Wiesenberg has an amusing tale about the Aviation Club to peruse in CardPlayer. You might also be interested in dual interviews with Bruno Fitoussi (from PokerBooks) and Isabelle Mercier (from PokerPages).  Binions Horseshoe: Las Vegas, Nevada Binions is the one and only host of the World Series of Poker.  Wynn Casino: Las Vegas, Nevada This brand new, $2.7 million casino opened it's doors on April 28th, 2005 and already there is all kinds of buzz about the caliber of the poker room. Mike O'Malley, writer for CardPlayer and poker room shift manager at Wynn, provided some insight prior to the opening in this April 19th article. You can also read CNNMoney's opening day report here.
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