However, the greater diversity in the Vegas player pool, fueled by visitors from all over the world, does tend to be reflected in a wide range of styles and abilities, with “tourist rooms” typically having the best action. This is obviously a gross over-simplification.
One could argue the local/tourist divide is over-emphasized in Vegas: the conventional wisdom is that the locals are in some sense “solid” players (typically a misnomer for overly nitty players), whereas tourists are looser and easier money. If you’re used to playing poker in Vegas, another major change you’ll experience in L.A. We acknowledge that seasonal, day-to-day, and hour-of-the-day game texture variations in a given location can sometimes exceed variations between regions, but nonetheless feel there are definite exploitable styles that dominate the poker-playing centers around the U.S.
In this series of articles on regional poker, our goal is to provide advice on how the idiosyncrasies of games in different geographical locations can be maximally enjoyed and exploited.
