I visited a few poker rooms during my last trip, a few weeks ago, and kind of liked this one as much as any other. There is a bar right next to the room, and it is close to a night club, so expect some noise and music, but I liked the hip, modern feel to it. It is a terrific room, and I would highly recommend it to my friends. Picked up some good games, very competitive. Players at my table seemed to know what they were doing, by and large, and I came out on the plus side. It is nice to have some patsies to play with, but I get satisfaction in besting better players.

Plenty of space between tables, with very comfortable chairs, which is most important to me, as I have back problems and get thrown off if I am hurting. The many large plasma screens in view can be distracting to some players, but I find it relaxing in between hands, or when I have folded and want to get my head away for a few minutes.

No complaints here. The best description would be professional. They ran their games well and fast, and I noticed that they were polite with the few new players, not lording it over them, and correcting them if they failed to know the rules. Basically, keeping the chatter down, handling pots and change easily are what I look for in a dealer, and I found them at the Grand.

The ladies were quick with the drink service and pretty friendly. My table mates seemed to be happy, particularly when our server turned out to be very pretty. I was not into food, so did not pay attention to food service. I carry some health bars around with me, and do not care for poker room food anyways. There are always good restaurants around most of these hotels, and I would rather enjoy a relaxing meal away from the poker.

They really know how to manage tables here. Seat availability is tracked on a panel of buttons in front of the dealers, so seating is fairly quick. The wait list was visible from anywhere on big screens. I rarely had to wait longer than ten minutes. Chips were promptly brought to your table, and you could get right into the game. In short, the staff was very helpful and did not lord it over you, like in some other Vegas rooms. You felt that you were welcome here.

I'm not familiar with the comps here. In fact I never am interested, because they never amount to much, so why bother?

This room is very nice with the best tables in Vegas. The management is also among the best. The only thing i don't care for is the load night club adjacent to the poker room. Its hard to hear anything in the evening when they're playing load music.

The room itself is nice and spacious. I love the tables with the auto shufflers and the marble ring (for stacking chips) between the felt and the rail. The rails have nice cup holders. The tables feel solid. The chairs are very good. The night club next door is a negative.

They seem very good to me.

Better than average service.

I have played 1/2 nl cash here many times and I dont think I've ever waited more than 5 minutes to get a seat. The last time I was there, there were 14 people ahead of me on the 1/2 list. I walked around for 5 minutes and they had a seat for me at that point. Excellent job! The tourneys are well run too, although the rake is too high ($125 game, $25 goes to the house and $100 to the pot).

Don't know, didn't ask.

This room is very enjoyable. Living in Vegas, I have had an opportunity to play pretty much every room in town at all days and hours. MGM is a fun room with an interesting mix of players. I have brought many people from out of town to play here. It has always been a positive experience.

The room is spacious and very modern. There is a video board for the wait list, pagers that can be used while waiting for a seat, and the dealers swipe your players' card at the table to track your time for comps. The one negative, and this is always mentioned, is that there is a lot of noise from the Centrifuge bar in the evenings. However, I believe the noise chases away the local rocks and brings in the Los Angeles silk shirt crowd on the weekend.... It's a theory anyway.

Nearly every dealer there seems to be very experienced, friendly, and technically sound. They do a pretty good job of keeping the game moving and have always thanked me when they are tipped.

Drink service is one of the best on the strip. If you like strawberry smoothies, they have one they make there. I have never had one, but people rave about them.

Wait time is about standard. Weekends can be up to an hour, but any other good room in town will be the same. They make an effort with the video waiting list and the pagers.

Standard $1/hour, with your card swiped at the table.