Borgata getting bigger and better - Page 2

dcJohn · #11 09-10-2004, 01:16 PM

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Interesting. I prefered the Bellagio over the Borgata. I was very comfortable, and I was glad that the felt was tight. The Borgatta has that untra-suead feeling that looks beutiful but is not as easy to stack your chips on.

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Ahh, good point about the felt. It was easier to stack chips at Bellagio, and fun to watch the card go "woosh" across the faster felt when mucking (hey, when you're having to muck a lot because of a cold deck, you've got to find fun in the little things).

In retrospect, there is at least one other thing Bellagio has going for it... Vegas offered a lot more for fun things to do (vs AC) for my wife and in-laws to do.

Still, I'll take the Borgata for poker any day.

neotope · #12 09-10-2004, 01:53 PM

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3. The live straddle. Yes, I did it. It didn't pay off for that hand--clearly I needed to be drinking and blind re-reaise as well--but oddly enough, one live stradle was enough to by me a (very unfitting) table image of maniac for well over an hour--with all the great calling and $ that implies.

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Does the Borgata not allow a live straddle?

Even though most people frown over the live straddle I usually use it once a session. It usually ticks people off and results in making me more money.

slamdunkpro · #13 09-10-2004, 02:32 PM

No Straddling is illegal in New Jersery (go figure!)

SunTzu68 · #14 09-12-2004, 10:53 AM

Odd....I usually tip the dealers 1 or 2 dollars....I usually don't use a $5 chip or a $25 chip to tip dealers.

Lou · #15 09-12-2004, 12:55 PM

$10 and $20 chips play at $20-40 at the Borgata. ALthough most players don't sit down with a rack of blue or yellow, they play. I played 20-40 last Friday and 40-80 player came over with a rack of blue and no one said a word.

daryn · #16 09-12-2004, 01:58 PM

85 tables? bah. doesn't foxwoods already have more than that? if not foxwoods is expanding also.

SunTzu68 · #17 09-16-2004, 09:08 PM

They let it go alot of the time, but if you ask the floor people they will tell you only the $5 and $25 chips play.

Glenn · #18 09-16-2004, 10:56 PM

One thing I really like about the Borgata is that in the bigger games they let the players decide some of the more trivial rules, and don't get all nitty about things for no reason. This is as much a function of the players as it is the management/dealers, but regardless, it makes the Borgata a nice place to play.