A.C. -- brief trip report, plus Borgata review.

[VarlosZ]

I just got back yesterday from a 9-day trip w/ the family. We started out at a motel across the street from the Tropicana, then moved to the Borgata halfway through. I played 4/8 hold 'em at the Trop, 5/10 at the Taj, and 6/12 at the Borgata, as well as two tournaments at the Taj.

From the Monday Taj tournament ($100+$20, 5000 starting chips, no rebuy/add-on), I'd like some opinions on the following hand:

Blinds are 50/100, I have 3500 in chips. I'm dealt JJ in 3rd position. The first two players limp in, but the table has been pretty loose to this point so I'm not too worried about slow-played monsters. I raise to 700, it folds around to the CO who thinks for a second and pushes (w/ about 5500), everyone else folds. Now what?


I only played 2 nights in the Borgata card room, but both nights the quality and the atmosphere of of the tables changed pretty dramatically as it got later -- the tables went from friendly and weak to nasty and solid.

I should note that on Thursday I sat at a phenomenal 6/12 table. Of the other 9 people at the table, 3 were solid, 4 were fish, and 2 aspired one day to evolve into fish (swimming around without gills, eating sand, bumping into things, etc.).

For the trip, I lost $185 playing two tournaments, but won $486 in ring games, giving me a total profit of $301.


A note on the Borgata: a beautiful, comfortable hotel, with excellent restaurants and a pleasant casino and card room. The pool is very nice, if a bit small.

However, it is not a good place to bring kids. It's not near the boardwalk (or, for that matter, anything other than the highway), so you can't just kick them out the door and go gamble. There's no Cartoon Network or Nickleodeon on the TV. You can order old Nintendo64 games on the TV, but at $7 an hour (for obsolete games) it's not really a child-entertainment option -- in fact, I'd rather it wasn't an option at all, since its presence ensures a ton of whining about wanting to play video games.

[Mike Gallo]

I should note that on Thursday I sat at a phenomenal 6/12 table. Of the other 9 people at the table, 3 were solid, 4 were fish, and 2 aspired one day to evolve into fish (swimming around without gills, eating sand, bumping into things, etc.)

I played Thursday night. I sat in the 4 seat and I use a pyramid to protect my chips. I sat in a very good game as well.

[daryn]

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Blinds are 50/100, I have 3500 in chips. I'm dealt JJ in 3rd position. The first two players limp in, but the table has been pretty loose to this point so I'm not too worried about slow-played monsters. I raise to 700, it folds around to the CO who thinks for a second and pushes (w/ about 5500), everyone else folds. Now what?


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seems like an easy fold to me


early in the tourney, and with a few limpers, i'd probably limp in here with JJ.. looking to bust some mofo with trips.

[scrub]

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I only played 2 nights in the Borgata card room, but both nights the quality and the
atmosphere of of the tables changed pretty dramatically as it got later -- the tables went
from friendly and weak to nasty and solid.

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I used to play overnight at the Borgata pretty regularly, and while I'll agree that the players tend to get less pleasant as the night wears on, I've found that the games are better. Then again, I like to play in shorthanded limit games, and most "solid" types in AC don't have a clue how to play shorthanded.

Also, the nastiest limit game I've ever played in overnight at the Borgata was twice as friendly as the friendliest overnight red chip game I've ever played in at the Taj.

scrub

[slamdunkpro]

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From the Monday Taj tournament ($100+$20, 5000 starting chips, no rebuy/add-on), I'd like some opinions on the following hand:

Blinds are 50/100, I have 3500 in chips. I'm dealt JJ in 3rd position. The first two players limp in, but the table has been pretty loose to this point so I'm not too worried about slow-played monsters. I raise to 700, it folds around to the CO who thinks for a second and pushes (w/ about 5500), everyone else folds. Now what?

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Most likely you are in against 2 overcards KQ or possibly AQ or AJ. The Monday Taj tournament is a marathon (Iv'e won it twice - shameless plug). Since your are only at the second level - I'd have been tempted to just limp with Jacks. But back to the question at hand - even though it drops you to T2800 I think you have an easy fold here. As slow as the blinds go in that event you've got plenty of time to recover.

[VarlosZ]

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Most likely you are in against 2 overcards KQ or possibly AQ or AJ. The Monday Taj tournament is a marathon (Iv'e won it twice - shameless plug). Since your are only at the second level - I'd have been tempted to just limp with Jacks. But back to the question at hand - even though it drops you to T2800 I think you have an easy fold here. As slow as the blinds go in that event you've got plenty of time to recover.

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Yeah, this should have been an easy fold, or so I realised on my way back to the motel. At the time, I was sick of being pushed around by aggressive players, and called in hopes of a coin-flip. CO turned over AA, and I was out the door.

[casinogosain]

Nice report - good to know about the kids.

As far as the hand goes, I agree with those that said you should limp, especially this early in the tournament. Regarding what I would do in this specific case - if niether of the limpers ahead of you called it is an easy fold. You are at best a coinflip, likely way behind. If one or both of those limpers call...I don't know.

-Ash