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Location
The
Rio Hotel and Casino is located in a large
resort building on West Flamingo Avenue . This
means that it is essentially just off the Las
Vegas Strip. While it is not on the road that
happens to be the most famous in Las Vegas , it
is close enough that you can easily walk to the
strip and all of the attractions that it holds.
If you wanted to you could crawl to the nearby
Bellagio as well as the nearby Caesar's Palace
and of course this means essentially that The
Rio is located in some of the best real estate
off the Las Vegas Strip that exists.
Gaming
The Rio Casino is definitely a casino that's all
about poker and this shows through quite clearly
in the table games they choose to have. While
they do have the typical blackjack, baccarat,
craps and roulette games all of their other
selections worth playing are essentially poker
ones. These include let it ride, stud poker, Pai
Gow poker and Asia poker. Stud poker and Asia
poker are rare table games in Las Vegas .
As for the actual poker room at the Rio Casino,
it is simply one of the best poker rooms in Las
Vegas . They typically stock Texas Hold ‘Em,
Omaha and Seven Card Stud at the tables in the
poker room, but something else that is worth
knowing is that if there is at least a table
full of people that wants to play a specific
poker game, the casino will dedicate a table to
it. This means that if you want to play Anaconda,
Omaha/8, Razz or any other poker variant, you
just need to get enough people for a table of
the game to be viable. Add this element of
choice together with the daily No Limit Hold ‘Em
tournament offerings and you have a poker room
that is definitely worth pursuing.
The poker elements are definitely the main ones
to love about the Rio . The slot machines and
video poker machines are still good and
definitely worth playing, but neither the
selection nor the number available is good
enough to compete with casinos that specialize
in offering slot machines for play. The slot
machines at The Rio are intended more as a
complimentary item to the table and poker gaming
they have available. The same can also be said
for the keno, racebook and sportsbook operations
that the casino runs on its premises.
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