Horseshoe Las Vegas formerly Bally's Las Vegas

Horseshoe Las Vegas is a major venue for no-limit hold’em specialists. The Horseshoe brand is famous with poker-industry professionals as a provider of software and technology to gaming companies all over the world. With a history of being at the leading edge of the poker business, it is not surprising that Horseshoe Las Vegas provides one of the most advanced poker rooms in the country.

Horseshoe Las Vegas gives an interesting contrast between the modern and the classic. Old-fashioned features of the poker room include 9-handed tables as standard, meaning that tighter hand selection pays dividends. Although located in the heart of Las Vegas, Horseshoe is free from the ostentatious design features that are synonymous with many of the bigger venues. Plain chairs, unfettered plain walls, and a nondescript carpet prove that this is a venue for true poker players rather than Vegas tourists. Horseshoe is true to this with more than 10 tables of limit and no-limit hold’em action, usually running at stakes of $1-$2, $2-$5, and $3-$6.

Tournaments are the main draw of the daily action at Horseshoe. Multiple no-limit hold’em events run every day and fill the tournament tables in the room. Alongside this, our correspondents report that the playing experience at Horseshoe Las Vegas is enhanced by rapid cocktail and tableside service. Comps are $1 for every hour of play. Earnings can be redeemed for meals, which are often large-scale, filling versions of many American favorites.