It’s no longer possible to pose, as my daughter and I did, on the sweeping staircase that Julia Roberts walked down during the 2001 film Oceans 11. The staircase, in luxury hotel Bellagio on the Las Vegas strip, was removed during a revamp in 2006. But you can still marvel at two thousand hand blown glass flowers on the ceiling, real flower displays in the Conservatory, and the dancing fountains which also feature in the film. We were slumming it at the Venetian, but this hotel, which quite literally dazzles, would be my first choice if money were no object. Imagine, a Bellagio Tower Suite with enough floor space for even my daughter’s strewn junk.

www.bellagio.com

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I was in Vegas a few weeks ago and I stayed in Harrahs Hotel. It's right in the middle of the Strip, has a monorail stop, is cheaper than some of the other hotels nearby yet is still excellent.

Also www.lasvegasculture.co.uk/ is a new site on Vegas and has some good info added daily.

Harrah's Las Vegas
3475 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
www.lasvegasculture.co.uk/

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Vegas is a city that runs on tips. It's no different checking into your hotel, where a discreetly placed $20 bill - sandwich it between your photo ID and your credit card- will often earn you an upgrade.

FrontDeskTip.com ranks major Vegas hotels by how likely tipping the check-in clerk is to get you an upgrade, based on users' field reports.

www.frontdesktip.com

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We booked the hotel on the hotel's webpage, far cheaper than going via an agent. Look for the special rates, we got a room for US$129 Mon-Thurs, and US$159 for the Sunday. I mentioned that it was a wedding anniversary and got a room upgrade to a fountain view, and free gifts for both of us. The room was fabulous. The resturants are over priced, and the coffee shop where the chocolate fountain is was grossly over priced and very weak.

www.bellagio.com/index.asp

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Best location on the strip. Directly across the road from the Mirage and the Bellagio and next to the Flamingo. It is excellent value for money.

www.imperialpalace.com

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I can thoroughly recommend the poker room at the rather hideous Excalibur Hotel. Great dealers, friendly atmosphere but admittedly the poker isn’t of the highest standard. Perfect for the intermediate player or those looking for a more social game.

Excalibur Hotel and Casino
3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South
P.O. Box 96778
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109-6778
www.excalibur.com

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We were recently married in Las Vegas and chose to stay at the Golden Nugget as we wanted to be away from the strip, and also its advertised rates were very reasonable.

This downtown hotel is off strip in 'old' Vegas, it was built in the 1940s and was an old hang out of the Rat Pack. Unlike many of the glitzy hotels on the strip it is fabulous inside as well as out - gold and glass everywhere, murano glass in the bar. And since a recent refit it also boasts a huge shark tank in the centre of its swimming pool.

Handily for us, it is also the closest inhabitable structure to Clark County's Marriage Bureau and License Office...

For some 'old' Vegas glamour, you can't really go wrong at the Golden Nugget.

www.goldennugget.com

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Lots of bad players who have watched too much Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey on TV and try to play the same way (e.g. raise with Q-7 offsuit).

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