hi,

1. there should not be a problem. this is what i usually do. go down on bus, play until i'm tired, take bus back (and sleep on bus).

2. yes... at the borgata... sometimes at revel and taj mahal on weekends for 1 table each... but go to borgata for plo. the buses don't go straight to borgata though... you'll have to get off at another casino and either take a taxi or a jitney bus.

Borgata does not have a 24/7 PLO game.

Revel basically never does. (they are lucky to get 2 tables of 1/2 nl)

I have never seen or heard of a PLO game going at Taj - but i don't play there very often.

Borgata is your best bet though, just don't expect a 24/7 plo game going.

CET AC jackpot hit last night, 10/19. Reset at $302k, KKKK qualifier.

Math is hard.

Weekends just put your name on the board, ask the brush to make a couple calls, get 5-6 people to start a game, and it will hopefully fill. just ask the brush to make some announcements. usually a red chip game will fill faster though.

Does anyone know where to stay friday/saturday night in AC where one doesn't have to pay so much for a room?

If you have a car then Absecon is always cheaper. Otherwise the hotels on Pacific. I always scour Expedia for rates but they are generally still expensive on Pacific.

i was planning on coming down this sunday to tuesday morning from NYC, but this frankenstorm thing is making me think twice. Anyone have any thoughts?

frankestorm is actually making me think i should go down there so if i get trapped... i get trapped in a poker room!

I have been down there in storms in the past, the island gets cut off from the mainland, and no poker room open (casino was closed) it was a night mare.

with the hurricane last year they evacuated the City and the casinos were shut down

World be awesome to get trapped at borgata and have a good excuse to call out of work for a few days. Would be awful if they shut down casinos like they did for Irene. Still tanking about my decision.

I think the Nj governor just declared a mandatory evacuation of the barrier beaches which includes AC.

Casinos will be closed by 4pm Sunday. Borgata's poker room will be closing at 10am Sunday.

Yup just heard this too all casinos to close tomm. I guess this is looking bad for AC. Im gonna leave tonight and beat the Traffic.

Borg going strong right now.

Just curious, are people being kicked out of the rooms? I'd love to see what the bus terminal at taj looks like tomorrow night. Prob more like a homeless shelter than a casino.

They're being kicked out as we speak. No one in casinos this afternoon.

Yeah, I left AC yesterday to beat the rush, though now I'm in NYC jonesing for some poker that doesn't require playing in some sketchy $1/2 club with $15 rake...

As for folks looking for affordable accomodations in AC, I get great comps at Borgata any day, and might be willing to work something out with people who are driving down. The public transit from Williamsburg to AC takes 10 hours r/t, and is starting to drive me insane. I'd have to drive with you first and I'll kick in for gas and tolls, make sure we get along (read: have similar standards of sanity and hygiene) before sharing a room.

I go down almost every weekend, so would like to set up some kind of regular arrangement if anyone is heading down from NYC/Hoboken/JC, etc... PM me if this is you.

Also might consider splitting rental car costs if other carless folks are interested.

You guys be safe down there!

Sincerely, Upstate NY

x-post from OOT. AC/Brigantine/Absecon -- all getting hit hard

They just showed the Revel garage with several feet of water in it on the local news... Parts of the boardwalk have been reported to be slamming into garage doors on houses a couple of blocks inland... And the storm is only now touching land.









This one is titled "80 feet of boardwalk floating free at Atlantic and New Hampshire Ave."





This probably isn't standing anymore:



White Horse Parkway, the strip where some of us got cheap rooms and others just drove through to the casinos:



This is pretty unreal. I hope that everyone got out of the city safely.

As for the future, this is going to hit the casinos - who are already reeling from summer ending, the economy still in recovery and competition from other new casinos - really badly. Aside from lost revenue from being closed, the properties on the water will undoubtedly need a lot of work when the water finally retreats.

I would not be surprised if the boardwalk rooms are unable to open for weeks and have to spend millions just to reopen. How will this affect Revel, which has already been struggling just to survive?

I realize that this is terrible for the region and everyone who lives and works there. But this being a poker forum, I am looking at it from that perspective. But it's pretty bleak... Good luck to everyone involved out there.

bye-bye AC... see you next year or so....

I am hoping that this won't be a mini-Katrina for the area... But I saw that 85% of the city is underwater right now and the storm is only about 1/2 over.

I would say the AC Boardwalk casinos will be closed for sometime ...we might see some not re-open at all...... What a Mess

I have to think between Gov recovery aid and insurance coverage, the casino's won't have too much trouble re-opening. It may take a while for everything to get back to normal though.