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Not surprisingly, the Wynn poker room is quite nice. The chairs are very comfortable and the room has an excellent decor. Like many of the other newer rooms, they have screens showing the wait lists, and there is a cashier in the poker room that makes it easy to cash out when one is done playing. The room is pretty quiet. Some of the tables are close enough to the rail that spectators can easily watch. This did not bother me, but if someone did not like tourists watching them play, this could potentially be an annoyance.
This room, unlike most of the others I played in, seemed to have a good slice of local players. After playing there only three days in the span of about a week, I recognized several of the same faces. Most players were pretty solid, making smart bets, with minimal craziness. Even the few players with large stacks did not play very aggressively.
The dealers at the Wynn room were definitely the best I encountered in Las Vegas. All of them were more than competent, making few if any mistakes. Some of the dealers were very personable, whereas some others were pretty quiet, and stuck to dealing. They were all highly competent, which is probably the most important thing about them.
While I did not get any cocktails myself, the service seemed very attentive and those who did or drinks seemed to get them promptly.
The management here seemed great. The player list was very well organized, and everytime the waiting list grew large enough, the room started a new game. On Friday afternoon, the room started several new tables in the three hours that I played. Additionally, I was impressed when a player asked about tournaments at another hotel, and the dealer/manager accomodated the player by finding him a Card Player magazine with the listings. While the Wynn does not currently run tournament, it was good to see that the room cared about their customers enough to give them information that could cause them to leave and play elsewhere.
I did not get a Wynn Player Card, but I believe they give the standard $1 per hour. There is also a poker room rate, which requires playing for 6 hours a day (one player said that if more than one person share the room, it is six hours amongst all of them, not each, but I do not know for sure). I didn't see any free food or anything like that. To my knowledge, there are no jackpots.
