Atlantic City Newb Questions

[Salerosa]

Thank you very much for those links.

[Hellmouth]

check out the 2+2 mag this month. Its got a whole review of all the good card rooms including what games and limits are spread as well as many other details you might be interested in.

As far as Absecon goes, I stayed there once. The drive is less than 10 min and totally worth it if you cant qualify for a poker rate at one of the casinos.

[cookieb]

Places in Absecon are hit or miss I have stayed at the Days Inn, it was OK. There is also a new Knights Inn just over the bridge past the Borgata that seemed to be in pretty nice shape

[AKQJ10]

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The drive is less than 10 min and totally worth it if you cant qualify for a poker rate at one of the casinos.

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FWIW, I found even the poker rate at the Borgata to be more than i wanted to pay. (They quoted me about $100 i think.)

I really need to save up a bankroll so i can play high enough to make these trips pay for themselves. :-D

[poker327]

During the week (Sun. - Thurs.) the Borgata rate is $39 if you play for eight hours, $59 for five hours.

That article is helpful, but it contains some inaccuracies. For example, it mentions a bunch of games at the Showboat, which is a little misleading, because many times the games are not spread. In all the times I've been there (Friday/Saturday nights) I've never seen a 2/5 NL game, and I've never seen stud there, either.

Additionally, I am pretty sure that the Showboat's Sit & Go's, and the Taj Mahal's are shootouts - not top 3 payouts. I know for a fact the Showboat's were shootouts as of a month and a half or so ago (though one of the dealers told me they often make deals at the end).

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I may be a donk, but I had a tough 1/2 NL table at the house of blues a few weeks ago.

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Interesting.... I was at HOB a few weeks ago as well and noticed it was much tougher and tighter than the first time I went in the summer, when it was full of loose, passive, horrible players. My friend was at the next table (also $1-$2 NL) and the whole table was full of rocks. Much different from its earlier repuation as having "the worst players in AC." Is this a trend?

[RollaJ]

Showboat still has generally weak passive players, but as with any table you ever sit down at there sometimes will be good players. I was there a few weeks ago and I was playing with a guy I have played 10-20 NL with before and another guy who I have played 2-5NL with many times..... that was not a good game for the average 1-2 players, that being said it is "usually" very soft when I am there....and even softer when I am not [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

You ever see this old guy at HOB, looks real out of it...? white guy in his 60s maybe... unshaven, rumpled clothes... every time the flop comes out he stands up and bends over to get his face about 6 inches from the cards like he can't see... plays real sloppy... chips all over the place... makes $25 bets into raggy flops when the pot is only $8... seems to catch amazing suckouts when he stays in... but last time i was there, he finished up about $600! Was it all an act? Anybody recognize this guy...?

[RollaJ]

Sounds like Mike Caro, but Ive never seen him there