Table Games How's the Pai Gow (Poker)?

Last time I was in Vegas, $10 Pai Gow could still be found on the strip in a lot spots and all over downtown. Some had $5 min on the bonus and others still had the $1 bonus with $5 envy bonus. Does the El Co still have $5 Pai Gow? Does anywhere downtown have $5 Pai Gow?

Have all casinos transitioned in to the $5 bonus only? Commission still 5%? With the current state of blackjack, I figure they may make change to the Pai Gow commission eventually.

Several years back, some of the higher limit tables didn't offer the bonus, I actually prefer this. Does anyone offer a bonus free table?

Lastly, I have heard some heard some about commission free Pai Gow, is this game common? Is it offered in place of or along side of regular Pai Gow?

 

Hi aggie,

Seems like you haven't been to Vegas for a long time.
$10 PGP still not hard to find downtown.
commission-free PGP still not common, but you can find it Strip, downtown and off-Strip.

You are from Missouri? Sienna, Riverstone or Olympia?

 

Sienna.

 

Last time I was there was probably 3 years ago. There was plenty of $10 on the strip and pretty much everywhere downtown. I wasn't suggesting it was hard to find, if it came across that way.

 

$10 Pai gow poker can be found at lower end casinos (NYNY,Luxor,excal). In the lotus room at Mandalay Bay it's almost always a $25 min and at MGM its a $15 in the am and $25 at night. All that I have seen require $5 for the envy bonus but one can bet the fortune bet at a $1min. Commission is still 5%.

I normally play $200-$500/hand do you know of any high limit games? I've never seen a min greater than $25

 

A few years ago Bellagio had a $100 min in the evenings with no bonus. It was outside of the high limit area but the high limit bathrooms were the closest.

 

Thanks may try that sometime, I never hit greater than an a full house (one straight flush in my lifetime) so a no bonus game would save me a min of $5/hand.

 

The golden nugget has commission free pai gow. The minimum is either 10 or 15 depending on how busy it is.

 

Green Valley Ranch has no-commission Pai Gow poker.

- Linda in TX

 

I dont think the el-cortez has any Pai gow anymore.

 

Stopped by Sam's Town (off strip) a month ago and found a $5 Pai Gow table.

 

Last trip played Pai Gow at Treasure island for $10, I believe it was commission free. Earlier in the year I played $10 table at Tropicana, with commission, and $10 commission-free at Downtown Grand. I 90% all of them accepted $1 bets on the bonus, but you had to bet at least $5 to get envy.