Aria Report

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zoomie

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Not long ago I stayed at Aria for 3 nights. For those who care about accommodations, I must say that the Aria room (not upgraded) was awesome. Curtains opened when I first entered the room. Two sinks in the bathroom, a WC (toilet) behind a door, and a "bathing room," meaning a room with both a shower and a separate bathtub. Wife wanted to steal the mattress. We were on the 29th floor (out of 54!) so we had a great view. Room service was almost too fast ("No more than 30 minutes? Jeez, I better get in the shower!" :)) The staff was really quite pleasant, from front desk to dealers and floor supervisors to servers. Ceilings in the room and in the casino are high - the casino almost doesn't have a ceiling. On the other hand . . . the casino is definitely minimalist Italian in dark tones (including the dealer uniforms) and comes across as DARK. And, the service in the "house" restaurants (coffee shop, buffet) was strangely slow (but not in the high end branded restaurants). And, . . . the taxi/valet stand is maybe 1/4 mile (may be exaggerating here :)) around the semi-circle from the front door, instead of being directly down/up an escalator from the front desk.
 
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NightStalker

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agree

Aria room's are definitely good. I liked bellagio and mirage also..
Dislikes: MGM, NYNY and excal.. bed was uncomfortable
 
aslan

aslan

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zoomie said:
Not long ago I stayed at Aria for 3 nights. For those who care about accommodations, I must say that the Aria room (not upgraded) was awesome. Curtains opened when I first entered the room. Two sinks in the bathroom, a WC (toilet) behind a door, and a "bathing room," meaning a room with both a shower and a separate bathtub. Wife wanted to steal the mattress. We were on the 29th floor (out of 54!) so we had a great view. Room service was almost too fast ("No more than 30 minutes? Jeez, I better get in the shower!" :)) The staff was really quite pleasant, from front desk to dealers and floor supervisors to servers. Ceilings in the room and in the casino are high - the casino almost doesn't have a ceiling. On the other hand . . . the casino is definitely minimalist Italian in dark tones (including the dealer uniforms) and comes across as DARK. And, the service in the "house" restaurants (coffee shop, buffet) was strangely slow (but not in the high end branded restaurants). And, . . . the taxi/valet stand is maybe 1/4 mile (may be exaggerating here :)) around the semi-circle from the front door, instead of being directly down/up an escalator from the front desk.
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smiley-signs103.gif Is this the travel channel? What about the blackjack games! :mad: :laugh::whip:
 
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StudiodeKadent

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I already wrote about the games in my trip report, but when I was there (September), it was pretty similar to Mirage and Bellagio.

$10 and $15 (mostly the latter) low limit games were 6d CSM H17

$25+ for both 6d and 2d liberal rules S17. Limits go up when things are busy.

When things are busy, 6d H17 shoe games are opened. I'd expect $25 for these.

Advice: gamble during the day when you get the good rules for $25.
 
moo321

moo321

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Be careful playing rated there. The games are good, but surveillance has nailed a couple people I know quite fast.
 
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StudiodeKadent

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moo321 said:
Be careful playing rated there. The games are good, but surveillance has nailed a couple people I know quite fast.
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Spread modestly, comp hustle, play slow.

If you simply play rather slowly, you can come out ahead on basic strategy play after comps. Add a 1-2 or 1-4 spread to that and no one will bat an eyelid.

I admit this wouldn't work for someone that wanted simply to win cash and leave the place. But it isn't that hard to at least recoup your expected losses after comps.
 
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21forme

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moo321 said:
Be careful playing rated there. The games are good, but surveillance has nailed a couple people I know quite fast.
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The key is a short session.

On a recent trip, I was playing their DD spreading from 50-300. After about 15 minutes of play, came along an opportunity to receive an Ace. I pushed out 2K, got my BJ and headed for the hills.
 
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aslan

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21forme said:
The key is a short session.

On a recent trip, I was playing their DD spreading from 50-300. After about 15 minutes of play, came along an opportunity to receive an Ace. I pushed out 2K, got my BJ and headed for the hills.
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When you have an opportunity to receive an ace and it's strong enough to warrant a $2K bet, I guess it is indicative to keep one's session short. Unfortunately, I have never had such an opportunity. I trust your "opportunity" was not predicated on counting.

Hit and run is always the best way to score big because you don't have to worry about the size of your bet in a plus count so long as your bankroll can sustain it. You have the potential to either win big or lose big, and in the long run that will equate to winning modestly in relation to the size of the bets you put out (IF we are talking about COUNTING, not some other advantage play). But this we all know. The only way we can enhance our chances is to back count, and this is generally not possible in a DD game due to NME. But we all know that, too.
 
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