Atlantic City Poker Thread

[ReraiseAllIn 0]

I've been told not to make any plans for the weekend after my b-day so I assume I'm getting a trip from the fiance for my b-day. I'm guessing it's a trip up to Foxwoods as I've never been and I've been meaning to go up and play there a bit but I'll see.

GL if you head up to the Fox. I haven't been either but I will probably make a journey up there sometime this winter as one of my friends moved to CT recently.

[SGFULTON83 0]

OK, I have never been to a casino and would like to plan a vacation in the near future. Vegas seems too far for me, so I was thinking of heading North to Atlantic City or Turning Stone which I've had friends tell me is nice, with affordable games. Any regulars to AC have any recommedations as far as where to stay and where to play? Looking for something nice but still affordable. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[7s7c 0]

OK, I have never been to a casino and would like to plan a vacation in the near future. Vegas seems too far for me, so I was thinking of heading North to Atlantic City or Turning Stone which I've had friends tell me is nice, with affordable games. Any regulars to AC have any recommedations as far as where to stay and where to play? Looking for something nice but still affordable. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

For AC, I would recommend playing at the Borgata obviously, but it is not usually that affordable a stay. If you go to the boardwalk, the Marriott (I think it's a Marriott) is right near the Taj (if I recall) and is a pretty affordable stay if I recall. I stayed there earlier in the year on July 4th and it was amazingly reasonable for a weekend and holiday so you might have luck there IMO. It's a nice hotel as well IMO. I don't stay very often but I can pretty much tell you whatever you want to know in terms of casino.

[ReraiseAllIn 0]

For AC, I would recommend playing at the Borgata obviously, but it is not usually that affordable a stay. If you go to the boardwalk, the Marriott (I think it's a Marriott) is right near the Taj (if I recall) and is a pretty affordable stay if I recall. I stayed there earlier in the year on July 4th and it was amazingly reasonable for a weekend and holiday so you might have luck there IMO. It's a nice hotel as well IMO. I don't stay very often but I can pretty much tell you whatever you want to know in terms of casino.

Yeah I agree with basically everything said here The Borgata is definetely the place to play poker in Atlantic City. Its the largest room, provides the best selection of games, and is the cleanest. If you are going during the week, you can probably call in advance and get a room at the Borgata for a semi-reasonable price. The rooms are quite nice, but on the weekends their price extends beyond their value. You might be able to stay at one of the other casinos for a reasonable rate on a weekend if you book it in advance, but I am not 100% on this as I haven't looked at prices recently. Before I moved up here I generally stayed at the Red Carpet Inn off White Horse Pike in Absecon when I made weekend excursions up here. The rooms aren't anything special, but I could roll in at 4 or 5 in the morning, get a room for like 40-50 bucks for the night on a weekend, and get free late checkout until 1 or 2 PM. Was hard to beat that in terms of value, considering all I was looking for was a bed and a shower. Hell, one day I rolled in at 9 AM and was able to get the room for the next day despite check-in normally being like 11 AM and didn't have to pay extra.I don't know if you are trying to play games other than poker, but on the weekend generally the smallest table game at the Borgata is a 10 dollar minimum table on the weekends, and even these can require some waiting around from time to time. The poker room you can generally sit immediately, especially if you are playing 1-2 or 2-5 NL.

[SGFULTON83 0]

Thanks for the insight, I'm going to start looking into a trip soon and now I have a direction to look.

[7s7c 0]

Cool. Ill report back here the week of the 2nd.. Maybe we can meet up... Ill buy ya a bday drink

It is looking more and more possible that I will make an appearance during my b-day. I will confirm during the week with others to see if they want to go. If it's just me it won't be as fun as I would like to do a drink/play/yuckbox on people combo.

[7s7c 0]

I will be in A/C tomorrow from early afternoon until whenever. PM me if you will be also and would like to buy me drinks for my b-day and play ring somewheres for much laughs.

[ReraiseAllIn 0]

How was the birthday drinking & poker? Hope you enjoyed yourself.

[7s7c 0]

How was the birthday drinking & poker? Hope you enjoyed yourself.

Eh. Drinking was goot. Poker was another story. I figured I was supposed to dole out the bad beats on my b-day, not take them. Dropped 2 BI's in NLHE, one was straight vs set AI on turn. River paired board obv. The other was overpair vs weak flush draw on turn shove, flush got there on river obv. After that myself and the fiance began to amuse ourselves at the table by playing mini-games like "no looky" (not allowed to look at your hand until at least the flop and have to at least call all bets blind preflop) and "raise Manilow everytime" (one guy looked like Barry Manilow and we enjoyed raising his blind every time blind because he folded with disgust). Also had some sesame chicken which was superb.

[ReraiseAllIn 0]

What limit were you playing with the fiance? I am definetely a fan of the mini-games, I have played "no looky" myself.

[7s7c 0]

What limit were you playing with the fiance? I am definetely a fan of the mini-games, I have played "no looky" myself.

drunk 1/2 and though I have utter confidence in her skill at 2/5 (and occasionally 5/10 depending on table) I didn't want her playing higher while intoxicated. Though losing is never much fun regardless.

[ReraiseAllIn 0]

We're slacking AC frequenters. Anyone down for a possible meet up at some point during the Borgata Winter Open? Not a WPT event this year ( ) but should still draw a decent crowd IMO. Events are running January 13-29 and details can be found here: Borgata Winter Open InfoLemme know.

[7s7c 0]

We're slacking AC frequenters.

No doubt. I haven't played live in more than a month. Taking a break for a bit as work has been hectic and with the holidays and then my impending wedding in February I haven't had much time. After things settle down a bit I'll be back to my old ways.

[Poppy_Hillis 11]

No doubt. I haven't played live in more than a month. Taking a break for a bit as work has been hectic and with the holidays and then my impending wedding in February I haven't had much time. After things settle down a bit I'll be back to my old ways.

Ummm yeah. Good luck with that.

[7s7c 0]

Ummm yeah. Good luck with that.

Valid point though she plays poker frequently at least...and we've lived together for like 6 years now so I don't anticipate much change. Except a better tax return. GG gov't.I'll disrail (Emmitt Smith speak) this thread for a minute to talk about Emmitt Smith's commentary work. I love both his awkward pauses and his creation of words/phrases. He called the Steve Smith/Ken Lucas internal Panthers fight in training camp "Special". The look on Steve Young's face when he retorted "special?!?" was priceless.Carry on...

[ReraiseAllIn 0]

No doubt. I haven't played live in more than a month. Taking a break for a bit as work has been hectic and with the holidays and then my impending wedding in February I haven't had much time. After things settle down a bit I'll be back to my old ways.

Yeah, I haven't even played that much, I would not have guessed considering I live 5 minutes outside AC now. Just haven't been sticking around the area much on the weekends, and the holiday season is not going to be different. My schedule should be somewhat normalizing once January arrives so I should be back at the tables on a regular basis then. Of course if my friend keeps supplying me with tickets to Maryland basketball tickets and/or Baltimore Ravens tickets, who knows. Here's hoping the Ravens finish out the regular season strong and make it into the playoffs...I agree 100% about Emmitt's commentary on the Smith/Lucas training camp fight, Young's reaction was classic. I felt bad for Young when he got hit with the beer cup during his commentary at the end of the game.

[7s7c 0]

Just got back from a trip to Jamaica. Prolly meeting some friends at the Trop tonight to hang out.

[CaneBrain 95]

I went up 12/15---12/17 to New Jersey for a job interview in Haddonfield. Combined that nicely with a stay at the Borgata and some marathon sessions and some craps action. (I flew from Fort Lauderdale to Atlantic City direct on Spirit Air. Worst airline ever but the price was right. I did not even know AC had a real airport until I booked the flights. Thanks, Kayak)I will write up a trip report later today. I had one session at the 5/10 NL table that I kept notes from (I dont normally play that high live but I wanted to take a shot and keep notes to examine my play). It was a very successful and very interesting session (and it made up for getting bad beat after bad beat playing 1/2 NL later when I was drunk).

[7s7c 0]

I went up 12/15---12/17 to New Jersey for a job interview in Haddonfield.

Were you interviewed by Dr. Loomis?

[Smacciemac 3]

Heading to AC tonight until Thursday.. will most likley be at Harrahs or Borgata as usual

[CaneBrain 95]

Were you interviewed by Dr. Loomis?

nah, lawfirm in Haddonfield. I am sure I dont get some joke.

[TeeSludge 0]

They do not have a train all the way to AC from NYC (which sucks!). They do run a train from Philly to AC.

They will starting in February I think

I went up 12/15---12/17 to New Jersey for a job interview in Haddonfield.

I live pretty close to Haddonfield.. let me know if you take the job.I just found this thread, lol.. I was skimming back over the posts from my poker story thread and saw reraiseallin's msg there that I must've missed before.I will be at Borgata for event 1 of the winter open on day 1b and probably a few other events

[CaneBrain 95]

I went up 12/15---12/17 to New Jersey for a job interview in Haddonfield. Combined that nicely with a stay at the Borgata and some marathon sessions and some craps action. (I flew from Fort Lauderdale to Atlantic City direct on Spirit Air. Worst airline ever but the price was right. I did not even know AC had a real airport until I booked the flights. Thanks, Kayak)I will write up a trip report later today. I had one session at the 5/10 NL table that I kept notes from (I dont normally play that high live but I wanted to take a shot and keep notes to examine my play). It was a very successful and very interesting session (and it made up for getting bad beat after bad beat playing 1/2 NL later when I was drunk).

Remembered I forgot to post this.Trip Report, AC--Borgata 12/15 (5/10NLHE)Buy-in for 1500 dollars. (8 players)First hand in cutoff: Dealt 6s5s. Two limps. I check. Button limps. SB makes it 30. One call, I call, button calls. Flop is 10s5h2s. Checks to me. I bet 85. SB calls. Others fold. Turn is a 6d. Checks to me. I bet 135. SB folds.5 mins later. On Button. Have about 1675 dollars. Dealt AQoff. MP raises to 35. I flat call. BB calls. Flop is Q72 rainbow. MP bets 65. I call. Turn is a 2. MP checks, I check. River is a 4. MP checks, I bet 110. MP calls and shows 1010. I win the pot.few mins later. On button again. Have about 1860 dollars. Dealt Ah4h. 3 limps from EP/MP. I call. SB calls, BB checks. Flop is 442 rainbow. Checks to me on button, I bet 40. BB calls, others fold. Turn is a 5. Check, I bet 90. BB calls. River is the A for a boat for me. Check, I bet 165. He calls. I show a boat, he shows pocket 3s for a useless straight.few mins later, dealt 99 in UTG+1. Raise to 35. Folds to button who calls. BB calls. Flop is J74. Check, I bet 80. Fold, fold.few mins later, I raise to 35 in LP with QQ. BB calls. Flop is A107 all spades. No spade in my hand. He bets out 50. I fold.10 mins later. I am dealt JJ in the CO. Folds to me. I raise to 40. SB moves all in for 260. He just had taken a big hit from someone else. I decide to call. He shows 99. Nice. He misses and I take the pot.BIG HAND: Very next hand I get 9c7c. I have just over 2K. BB has 1.5K approx. One limp from MP, I raise to 45. BB calls. MP calls. Flop is 86K one heart. Checks to me. I bet 85. BB makes it 235. MP folds. I hollywood for 30 seconds and call. Turn is a 5h. Perfect card obv. He bets out 475. I decide to not risk an action killing river and move all in. He thinks for 15 secs and calls and shows K8 sooted. River is a brick 3. I chip up to about 3600.Slow for the next 20 mins. I mostly fold. Then I get AA in the SB. MP limp, CO raises to 50. Button folds. I raise it to 200. MP folds. CO calls. Flop is 663 with two hearts. I bet out 240, he min raises to 480. Odd. He only has about 900 dollars more. I move all in after about 20 secs. He thinks and thinks and thinks. And then folds JJ face up. Nice Fold guy. I show him the aces stupidly. Whatever. Some drunk idiot who has rebought for 1K twice already says he "knew" I had aces. He clearly "knows" a lot. 10 mins later, I have now about 4250 dollars. Massage girl is working on my upper back. Definitely worth the 1.33 per minute the Borgata massage girls charge. Much better deal than the 2/min cost in Vegas. Come on Vegas! Dealt 44 in LP. EP Limp. I limp. SB calls, BB Checks. Flop is J99. Four checks. Turn is a 4. Jeez.My day so far. BB bets 30, I raise to 130. He calls. River is a K. He checks. I bet 150. He calls. I show the boat. He folds telling me had top pair. BIG HAND:30 mins later. I have lost a few pots. Down to 3930. Dealt Ah8h in CO. MP limps, LP Limps, I raise to 50. BB calls. MP folds, LP calls.Flop is 9h6h4c. Checks to me, I bet 110. BB folds, LP calls. Turn is 10d. He checks, I bet 240. LP calls. River is a 5h. LP checks, I bet 440.LP check raises all in for 1120 more. I insta call and show the nuts. He (very) angrily shows QhJh. Cooler. Fine with me. Up to about 5950.15 mins later. I raise from EP with QQ. CO calls. SB calls. Flop is A95. SB checks, I bet 75. CO folds. SB calls. Turn is a 10. SB checks, I check.River is a 7. Check, Check. He shows AJ. Oh well. Down to about 5800 now.LAST HAND.20 mins later. At about 5675. Dealt 87off UTG. Make it 20. MP calls. Button calls, SB calls. BB calls. Flop is K73. Check, check, I bet 30. Button calls, BB calls. Turn is an 8. Check, I bet 100. Button calls, BB calls. River is a 5. Check, I bet 180. Button calls, BB calls. I show two pair. Button mucks. BB shows KQ. Good ending. End up with a little over 4K profit.Lost 400 bucks later than night playing 1/2NL. Was drunk....lost most of it when I flopped a 7 high straight and slow played it and paid for it when someone made a better straight on turn. Ugh. Then lost 300 at craps. Won 200 at 3 card poker. Lost another 100 at blackjack. That was about it for gambling. Rest of time was spent at interview and doing non gambling type things.

[7s7c 0]

GG. The Borgata has the best 5/10NL game by far IMO.

[CaneBrain 95]

GG. The Borgata has the best 5/10NL game by far IMO.

it was surprisingly soft and they had three tables going even during the afternoon. I really enjoyed it. The 1/2 NL games are still pretty damn bad everywhere which is nice. I avoid 2/5NL now though....for whatever reason I find the game is usually tougher than the 5/10.