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- Atlantic City is 6 hours away and in my opinion the only place to go from Pittsburgh.

- Niagara Falls is about 4 hours away and has three casinos with card rooms. Senaca Niagara is on the US side and is fairly well run. Casino Niagara is on the Canada side and supposedly has a lot of low limit action, but I have not been there since they opened the room. Fallsview Niagara is also on the Canadian side and had decent action last time I was there but the room was horribly run.

- Detroit is five hours away and it has three casinos with poker rooms. I've only played at Greektown which was a fairly decent room, but could be a lot better.

From now on I think I will only go to Atlantic City. The options are just a lot better and the action is a lot better. Detroit is mostly local grinders that are grumpy and just not good to play with in general. Niagara is OK but the pirce of rooms is so expensive up there.

I also think going to AC save me money in the long run. I mostly play 2/5 NL. At Greektown the NL had a $8 (I think) time charge per half hour compared to $5 at The Borgata. I also get $2 in comps per hour at The Borgata. So if I'm paying $16 at Detroit and only $8 (technically) at The Borgata I am saving $8/hour. I usually play at least 10 hour sessions, so in the end I'm saving a lot of money by playing in AC.

AC might not be worth the extra two hour drive for you, but for me it definitely is. I was just at The Borgata this past weekend and I made reservations for Labor Day on Tuesday when I got back.