considering I have never been to the Borgata, and have no plans to ever visit New Jersey...

I support this boycott

You're not missing much. At 1 time Borgata was the nuts for not only east coast poker tournaments but ranked right up there nationally. Now, meh.

+1

The SPO just got 2500 people for event #1, easily crushing the guarantee.

Stop

Nothing has changed. Borgata still runs the best variety of mid and high stakes cash games and largest mtts outside of the wsop.

Ive only played nj once or twice but I AM IN for a boycott

I will boycott playing there, but I ain't boycotting staying there for free and chillen

Done with Borgata. It took two hours for a bottle of water during tournament.

Ok iam in , harrahs pool partys from now on

I think the Borgata is sleazy for how the handled this, but the alternative to playing poker at the borgata is paying an extra dollar at CET properties in AC. I will still probably boycot the borgata though cuz playing at CET properties is good for building comps for vegas trips.

I'm certainly not in.

I will continue to patronize the Borgata. They're a fine casino, a great place to play poker, and they did nothing wrong in this incident. Lusardi was the criminal, and both Borgata and the players were victims. The Borgata and the DGE crafted a very fair, well-reasoned settlement, with Borgata kicking in plenty of extra money (the entire accumulated entry fee).

There was nothing that the Borgata could have done to make the hordes of poker kids happy, nothing. Look at that thread; it's ridiculous. Forty-five pages of entitled crazies suggesting ludicrous ways that the Borgata should spend the prize pool 10 times over. Each moron posts his own moronic idea, then says "Borgata should do the right thing." And it's all OK, because after all they're a big, evil corporation, so why shouldn't they hemorrhage tons of money in all directions?

Good luck with your boycott. The Borgata deserves better customers.

I occasionally go down to Borg. Parx took a good chunk of their business and Maryland Live has also hit them hard. When NY starts to open their Casinos, RIP Borgata.

The borgata makes a profit off of running tournament poker so they should be held responsible when they fail to do so.

strongest contender for biggest toolbox 2014 so far. there's so much brainwashed nuthugging here it's not even worth to pick this post apart. well done, champ!

Obv settlement for final 27 is complete bs, but the masses getting paid was required by the gaming commision if I'm not mistakin.

Barely meeting the $1 mil guarantee was probably due to this tourney going on in Florida you may have heard about.... Don't think this thread has started working that fast.

Confession: If a significantly large number of above average poker players boycott any casino, then that poker room moves up on the list of places I want to play.

Keep in mind that you need not bring Borgata to its knees to succeed in your boycott. You only need to show that you've cost them a million or maybe two million depending on how you look at it. That should be relatively easy to document. For example, send them a copy of your hotel room receipts and your play log from the weekend you spent at the Taj rather than Borgata. Copy some entry receipts from properties offering alternative tournaments to Borgata...etc.

Borgata could be setting a new standard for being penny-wise and pound-foolish. Find an appropriate social-media outlet to display the fruits of your boycott. Poker players uniting should have more than enough power to cost Borgata a few million. You can show it. You can prove it.

If their ridiculous begging for freeroll posts are any indication, then these aren't above average poker players.

Did you play BWO? You do realize taking 900k of equity from 27 is not "very fair" you dunce

I already boycotted the entire state of New Jersey, but I am happy to boycott Borgata on top of that. As for Sands, Venetian already boycotted me. Evidently they didn't care for gigantic bet spreads on their double decks

well said !

If that was what happened, then you'd be right. I notice that you follow the pattern of one-liners, coupled with personal insults, but with no evidence of critical thinking.

Instead of talking about "fair," why not explain why the players who may have been cheated, and who are getting refunds don't deserve them? And if you think that they do deserve them, could you please explain why the prize pool should be double-awarded? And if you think that, please describe your unique definition of "equity."

Yes, it's all brainwashed nuthugging toolboxing, so easy to refute if only it was worth the effort to get off your parents' basement couch to generate a grammatical response.

Ahhhh, why bother? After all, you can boycott corporations without getting off the couch. Hell, why get out of bed when you can be a leader from the basement. Thanks mom! Thanks dad!

I think the most commonly agreed upon definition of a player's equity in the prize pool, at any given stage of a tournament, is: "What share of the prize pool I can be expected to win on the assumption that I really am as good as I think I am, and I am immune from any future cooler or bad run of cards."

The best argument ive seen is that over 4000 people entered a $560 buyin where all they could win was $19000.

No one knew, including the borgata, that this would be the case

I still have a feeling this isn't all over and they somehow will make it "right'.

Borgata is one of my favorite venues.

Unfortunately no poker boycott ever has a chance to make any difference. It's too much of a "me first" occupation.

But a dedicated group of 40-60 people can cause some real havoc tying up the tournament registration desk during a busy time and maybe the cashier's cage on a Saturday night. Everyone request tourney receipts for like the past 5 years or just stand there.

Get creative and create a little havoc imo