Played poker here a couple of times during my stay at the Golden Nugget. First time was late morning. Played 1-2 NL, the table was pretty much locals and regulars. Most everybody called each other by name. Was a pretty wild game because of one guy who sat down with a mountain of $100 bills and was open raising most hands $15. Didn't play a lot of hands, but got doubled up so that was nice. The dealers were efficient and ran the game.
Second time I played was late night. Sat down at a 2-4 limit game. Again the dealers were very good and kept the game moving. The table was mostly tourists this time and was kind of quiet when I first sat down. After about 20 minutes a couple of people left and the table started to talk and we were having a lot more fun. The dealers we had didn't mind chatting during hands and were a lot of fun to talk with. Overall the poker room is very nice and the dealers are very good.