If you're on the bubble about coming to the next WPBT because of hotel costs, Travelocity has some dive casino-hotels that include a $50 discount if you charge with MasterCard and use the code hotel50.

I plugged in Dec. 8-10 and pulled four that are the cheapest and closest hotel-casinos to MGM Grand, which seems to be the favorite place to play for poker bloggers since Excalibur downsized and became persona non bloga (biased here, MGM is my favorite poker room in Vegas).

I'm familiar with all of them, and they're all for check-in Dec. 8 and check-out Dec. 10 (three days/two nights). If I've made them sound worse than they really are, well, you won't be staying in the room that much, right?

The prices listed also include taxes and fees (which normally jack up your final bill 11 percent).

Remember, the prices are for both nights:

Wild Wild West -- $70.61
Wild Wild West is across from Pauly's Red Neck Riviera, a.k.a. the hookers habitat. Because they don't john where they sleep, the ladies take their clients across the street to Wild Wild West. But don't worry, it's only for a short time. If you're lucky enough to be in the room next door, think of it as getting free Magic Fingers. The casino-hotel is in walking distance of In 'n Out Burger, but for my money, I prefer Wild Wild West's own $2 burger or their terrific $9.95 prime rib special (including a big slice of chocolate cake). Both are available 24 hours. Though I don't recommend it because of the insane Vegas drivers, Pauly once walked from here to MGM Grand during the middle of summer, and he was only accosted three times.

Palace Station -- $90.46 (courtyard)
"Courtyard" here means the rundown motel that used to be there before Palace took it over. It's pretty scary, but the pool and the locals you'll run into are scarier, trust me. Many a time I've almost tripped on a granny's oxygen tank. Palace is also where I played a slot machine and sat in urine... and continued to play. On the positive side, Palace is centrally located to gentlemen's clubs. Crazy Horse Too (which reopened) is in walking distance. On check-in, I would bat your eyelashes and ask if there's any room available in the tower. It isn't worth the $20 trick for an upgrade; after all, if you wanted to blow another $20, you could've picked another hotel. Palace also has a free shuttle that will take you to and from the airport. That's $30 saved right there.

Binion's -- $94.74
Staying at Binion's with its constant mazelike hallways reminds me of the Overlook Hotel. My room looked like a little apartment, with medicine cabinet and a double mirrored closet with only one side that opened. I slept with one eye open, expecting the other side to slide and reveal Jack Nicholson with a skinny actress. Nothing like staying downtown, though. It's Binion's, for goodness sake. Great Boyd soaps, too. And a $5.95 sirloin steak special, served in their cafe 24 hours. Ask for another vegetable in place of the horrid succotash.

Sahara -- $105.88
Elevators are right near valet; no traipsing across the casino floor for a quick run to the bathroom. Plus Sahara has terrific soft NL poker tournaments every day at 11 a.m., 7 p.m. (with free subs at the first 8 p.m. break), and 11 p.m. Buy-in is $42 with a $20 rebuy, and there are typically over 100 people playing. I played the most amount of tournaments at Sahara. The monorail stops directly here, with the endpoint being MGM Grand. The monorail has gone up to an absurd $5 per trip, but it's still cheaper than cabbing it.