Borgata Trip Report

Last night I decided to go to AC. On the way there I was deciding between the House of Blues and the Borg. I havent been in a B+M since Vegas last winter.

The action was pretty good, but it seems like the Borg has more college age kids with some grasp of the game. The average table makeup while I was there was one or two LAGs, 4 or 5 TAGs including two dealers, one complete degenerate gambler and a few weak tight types.

Here are some hands I played (details are foggy)

KK in the BB, people make it 12, I make it 30. Flop comes low cards, I make it 25, LAG calls. Turn in an A, I check LAG makes it 50 and I muck. He turned over a flopped straight. The turn ace kept me from getting stacked.

Next hand, I get JJ in the SB. Everyone puts in 6, I bump it to 20 or 25 and a different LAG calls. Flop has an A, but I bet 15. Turn is a rag and I put him on a baby ace and I want to push him off of it so I bet 30, he calls. River is another rag, I check, he bets 20 and I muck. The table thinks I'm crazy for folding 20 into a 130 pot, but I think I'm beat. Also, the 20 seemed like he was value betting a good hand.

Last hand I am there, I am UTG+1 with JTo and fold...Everyone limps and the flop comes TT7 two spades. The table had been raising over half the hands, but it was getting more limp-tacular towards the end. I thought I was saving 2 bucks, plus more if I'm against QT or QJ etc. I usually get last hand syndrome and overplay marginal holdings, but it looks like I played this one too tight and missed out on some cash.

One hand I saw, a LAG open raises to 50, which was way out of line at the table. A dealer calls and the flop is something like 3 4 7 check check, turn is a 7 check check river is a 2 check all in call. Dealer turns over 22 for the boat. WAHHHHH? That was awesome.

In conclusion, I think I recieved below average cards. I was there for 4.5 hours and I flopped one set after calling a 10 dollar bet, no trips, no straight and no flush. I got big slick once, which paid off a little, AQ once and not too much else. I don't think I'm good enough to play garbage like the LAGs do.

I finished with 317, but -2 for the PA turnpike, 5 for the ACE, 5 for parking and 3 for the Walt Whitman Bridge. Looks like I have 2 bucks left for gas, too bad it cost around 15. The last hand and the 30 dollar turn bet kept me from coming out truly ahead.

Edit: there werent 4 or 5 TAGs, it was more like 2 or 3 TAGs with some passive callers.