Vegas Cash Game Bomb Pots

Venetian and yes.

What 'KarmaDope' said above, but yes - Venetian have PLO Double Board bomb pots every 30 minutes (dealer change) in all their NLH-games. Quite fun, although can be expensive if you suck at PLO (like me) or just not get dealt quite good enough hands to get involved much.

At $1/$3 they take $6 per Double Board Bomb Pots ($5 in the middle +$1 to the dealer), and at $2/$3 they take $11 ($10 in the middle + $1 to the dealer).

Bellagio $2/$5 NLH have double board bomb pots as well, but these are Hold'em. Probably some other bomb pots around town as well, but these are those I have personally experienced.

Wynncore does them at least at PLO (dealer change), but for the life of me I can't remember if they are one board or two -- and I was there in April! Getting old 😉

Some casino (Resorts World?) has a double-board PLO bomb pot game.

Wynn's was double board if I remember correctly and that was from last year unless they changed that ;-)

Resorts World has bomb pots but they are holdem (not PLO). can be single or double board.

Venetian is the best for it.

Bellagio allows for one bomb pot on the dealer push, but holdem games can only do holdem bomb pots. I don't see a lot of it on Day shift though, except for the 5-10 NL games, who routinely bomb pot for time -- $30 per player, with $7 of it going to the time collection.

They do run a double board bomb pot cash game though, which is usually 5 Card PLO High Only, although some nights it's mixed high only + best/best.

People already mentioned Venetian but let me just add, if you have a basic understanind of PLO you will print infinite money at PLO double board bomb pots at Venetian. It is literally insane how bad players are. In October I won a 3 way $2500 all-in where BOTH players were playing one board only and BOTH players managed to misread their hand thinking they had like third nut straight and they had like 6 high or something. I have won many pots in similar fashion where players just pile in all their chips playing a non-nutted one board hand thinking they are good.

people get wrecked then learn pretty quick. the more experience these guys get the less dumb they'll play them. definitely helps if it's NL but the DB are plo.

I remember when they first got them at Wynn and Aria people would go apeshit protecting one board deep stacked when they literally can't win the other board. They'd have 78432 on 456 flush draw they don't have and aqk and just get all in dead on the broadway board and maybe 60 percent on the other board.

One of my smartest poker decisions ever, was to always sit out of those.

I played at MGM last night and they give the players the option of participating in a double board bomb pot for $6 at every dealer change. I didn’t see any crazy pots/hands, but I can see the potential for it especially as people drink more.

Thanks. That’s how my home game plays — a $1-$2 NLHE format with a PLO double board bomb pot with $5 ante every hour. I agree that a lot of people inexperienced in PLO are in over their heads in the bomb pots and you can print money if you know what you’re doing.

Glad to hear there are options in Vegas. I’ll definitely check out the Venetian game.

in my experience at V a few weeks ago, I was definitely one that took advantage of others' terrible play, while also sometimes being a buffoon misreading my hand. they can be very high variance up and down

Last time I was at MGM Grand maybe 2 years ago they had double board bomb pot but NLHE only not PLO, has that changed?

You should be aware that these bomb pots do NOT have a separately rotating "bomb" button.

Playing bomb pots on the regular dealer button gives a giant edge to a savvy player who finds the right seat. Likewise it puts the player in a seat that is usually in poor position in a bomb pot at a huge disadvantage. I assure you the bigger winners among the regulars are aware of this.

There is a correct, fair way to do bomb pots as part of a regular NLHE or PLO game. You need a separate button. It is done this way in Oregon and in Reno and probably other places I don't know about. It is not done this way at any Strip casino I've played at.

The "bomb pot only" games obviously don't have this problem. But beware of dealer-push bomb pots in other games because if you're in a bad seat you might never get the button in a bomb pot the whole day. Don't get fleeced by the sleazy regs.

The Venetian has had dealer bomb pot buttons that rotate in the game since forever, so that’s not an issue.

Even found my own pic from March

OK, I haven't played at the V in years. But what I said was definitely true for the A, B, and W a few months ago.

Apologies for any confusion-I thought the question was about any double board bomb pots. Didn’t realize the question was for PLO double board bomb pots.

You are correct-MGM was holdem not PLO.

It’s the best room in Vegas now imo, and the dbl board plo are a goldmine.

Agree.

The bomb pots at Venetian do have a rotating bomb pot button. And yes, the bomb pots are great if you are half competent at PLO and split pot games. Even lots of the good NL regs are bad at bomb pots

x2, have barely played at Aria or Wynn in 6 months

I saw the rotating button on Detroit as well and it's definitely fairer that way.

I'm always quick to call someone out who sits out of most bomb pots then plays them in the cutoff and button to the table. A few times everyone basically called the guy a scumbag and we didn't do them when they had position.