Silverton poker room

After an unbelievably lucky first half-hour at South Point (see post immediately below), I knew that it wasn't going to get any better than that, and I might as well stop playing before the luck shifted directions on me. I had to go almost right by the Silverton casino on my way back to I-15, it was still relatively early (midnight), and I hadn't played at the Silverton in about 18 months--since right after I first moved to Vegas. So I decided to see what was happening there.

They've re-done the roads and driveways leading up the casino, and I ended up parking in a different area than I had on my two previous visits, which meant I entered through another door--one right next to their giant aquarium. I had never seen this thing before. Maybe it's new, maybe it's been there the entire ten years the Silverton has been open. I really don't know. But I have to say, it's very, very nice. It's not as spectacular as the one behind the check-in desk at the Mirage, or the shark reef at Mandalay Bay, but it must be the third-nicest in town.

The poker room isn't what I remember. I liked it before, except that it's so far from my downtown apartment (which explains my long absence). It was small, quiet, cozy, isolated from the rest of the casino. Now, though, it's just a roped-off area, with the nasty smoke and noise from adjacent slot machines intruding. I hate casinos that treat poker that way.

Fortunately, though, when I asked what happened to the old poker room, I was told that it's being expanded, so the current digs are temporary. It must be a big remodeling project, though, because I was told it would be another ten months before they move into the new room. I guess I'll wait another year before heading back there.