Planet Hollywood

Formerly the Aladdin casino, this hotel was completely remodeled in 2006 to become Planet Hollywood. It is now aimed directly at well-to-do young people in their 20's and 30's. It's connected to the Miracle Mile upscale shopping mall, and shares its parking garage.

Games
Wait Time: Varies, but can be very long - they often only have one or two tables running.

Game Character: Mostly populated by dabblers, gamblers, and people just "trying out this poker thing". Very few skilled players.

Posting: New players need not post.

Shuffling: All tables machine shuffled.

Rake: 10% max $5 + $1 jackpot (jackpot rake taken when pot hit $10). No flop, no drop.

House Rules: Cellphones are allowed to be used at the tables.

Tournaments


Daily tournaments, unknown schedule or entry fee. They are small affairs, usually only 10-20 players.

Jackpots and Promotions
Unknown.

Atmosphere
A somewhat secluded area in the back of the casino, right next to the entrance to the connected Miracle Mile mall. The poker area is not a room at PH, but a roped-off section of 12 tables behind the backmost table game pit. Although it is surrounded by slot machines, those machines are not often being used, so the noise level is tolerable. A lot of foot traffic goes by as people head for the mall or the connected parking garage, or vice versa.

A couple of hanging TV stands from the ceiling, each with a triad of flatscreens so that you can easily see them by just looking upwards.

Smoking: Smoking not allowed in the room, but drift occurs since this is just a roped-off area next to a bank of slots.

Tables and Chairs: Unusual for Vegas, the tables have only 9 seats each. They have red felt, a wooden racetrack, commit line, black armrests with inset cupholders. Nice swivel-and-roll comfortable chairs with no arms, and nice fabric cushioning. Tables have the players-card swiping system seen at Station Casinos.

Parking: One of the downsides of Planet Hollywood - they share parking with the Miracle Mile mall, so when you park you have to walk through the whole mall to get to the casino. Luckily, the poker room is right inside the mall entrance, and not that far from the front street entrance either.

Service
Standard casino cocktail service, with standard frequency.

Other Notes
Visited by MarkT in Sept 2010.