In my experience in Vegas I would stay on the Strip. Fremont Street is nice to visit for the Light Show and some cheaper table Gambling, but for the poker I don’t think it is great. Bellagio, Wynn, and Caesar’s have great poker rooms going on all the time IMO. I heard Aria is good too. The RIO is great during the WSOP. A lot of action going on at the RIO at that time and during the weekday I got good rates when I stayed using my Total Rewards card. My parents used to have a townhouse in Henderson, Nevada which is about 10 minutes from the strip and I used to love playing at the Green Valley Ranch across the street and at some of the other Station Owned casinos outside of the strip and freemont St.. Those casinos have a more local feel and if you get a players card you can get really good cheap meals at those casinos. Don’t stay at the Excalibur it’s at one end of the strip. I would stay in one of the places in the middle like others said. I stayed at the Hard Rock which if good for Drinking and the Pool, but the poker room was not that great. It’s near the Excalibur. The only bonus is you could walk to Club Paradise which is near Hard Rock and Excalibur. And Remember what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Also don’t stay at the other end of the Strip like Circus Circus or any of the ones at that end. They are old. However, I will say Circus Circus has one of the best Steakhouses in Vegas called “The Steakhouse”.