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* Your hotel price and location are just fine.
* 5-6 tables of 6/12 are run on weekends.
* Get there between noon and 1pm on Saturday, between 2 and 3pm on Friday if you want to wait for less than 30-45 minutes or more.
* No, they do not do call ahead seating for 6/12 or as far as I know, any level. (Maybe high limit, but I do not know)
* There is no reason why everyone doesn't do the 'candy-cane', some people are new to the game, some people just dont get it - with a competant dealer, the speed of the game is marginally unaffected. But yes, please do it.
* $5 to park. Don't walk over from the Trump, get a cab.
* Sign up for a Borgata card when the floorperson seats you. Give him your license and he'll return with a card. You get $1 per hour while playing 6/12.
* There are not multiple parking garages, per se-there is the valet lot, and the parking garage. The valet entrance to the Borgata is closer to the poker room by probably 500 feet. When you go into the parking garage, if you should choose to park there, go up to about the 2nd or 3rd level, turn right, turn right again and start looking (that'll put you headed towards the casino entrance). If you're lucky you'll find something close, if not, it's not a big deal.

No other real tips except if you're a drinker, they have Heineken and Corona in bottles, and top shelf drinks available on request while playing. Also if you're planning on eating on either Friday or Saturday night, you will be waiting a long, long time if you have plans to go anywhere besides the Call Grill in the poker room. If you do dine at the Call Grill, the burgers will make you take a dump shortly after, the fries are like mini-potato sticks of poor quality, and the chicken fingers are huge, but with a ton of breading, so be warned. Also at the Borgata you must buy your chips at the window, not at the table.

I will be down there this weekend (saturday afternoon and evening), probably make a post about it sometime in the coming days so maybe the 2+2'ers that will be down there (TT i know you're going too, right?) can maybe meet up and whatnot. Good luck!