I'll have a lot more comments when I get back home.
But I agree with GonZo. The show floor is a joke. You can easily go thru it and see everything in 10 minutes.
Porn Poker Tour was very popular as usual. During the early rounds there were a lot more people in there than on the show floor.
One observation...I've been on the show floor 3 times, and each time within 5 minutes of me walking in, they've announced on the PA that I should go somewhere else. Twice it was start of poker, and once start of a seminar. With floor that dead, I'd hate to have paid for a booth and have regular announcements to pull what few people are there away.
The one seminar I attended, probably my first one in 7-8 years or more, was well attended. But like the rest of the show, the people who are here are mostly program owners and their employees.
There's a lot of sheep herders, but few sheep. From my standpoint, this will be the first time I haven't managed to at least accidently get a lot of business done. Everyone here I either already do what business I want to do with them, or there's a reason I dont do business with them. I'm seeing not much new. Have met a few new folks, but that's only because I dont go to every show on the circuit.
As usual, if you really wanna find someone, the action is at the square bar (the center bar in Mandalay is square not circular). Park there in the afternoon and sooner or later everyone comes thru. Though even that is a problem as there's some television convention here as well and they're competing for space at the bar with us.
My gut feel right now is this is likely the last year of Vegas Internext in winter in any form we currently know.
I just wish the Phoenix Forum would move to Vegas.
