I have two completely unrelated questions, both of which are probably dumb.

1. On the wait list, some people's names/initials are colored -- I've seen pink and orange, and maybe one other. What does that mean?

2. What is the deal with those two tiny windows on the side of the building, totally breaking up the nice shiny facade?

I'm not sure what the color code is exactly, but I think people with different colors means they are on the list for multiple games or something like that.

Oh yeah, I forgot another one:

3. Forgive my ignorance, but what does it mean when eateries offer 1/1 comp prices vs. 2/1?

And as a follow-up, which places inside Borgata offer the best value when paying at least part of your meal with comp $? A bunch of eateries have been mentioned, but it's hard to put it all together.

I think pink means your name is on more than one list and orange means you're on the dinner list.

1/1 comp dollars mean it counts 100%. So if you have $20 on comps on your card and you want the buffet for $28, you use $20 comp and $8 cash.

2/1 is worth 50%. Lets say you order $28 worth of crap at the cafeteria. You use your $20 comp and it only counts for $10 since they are a 2/1 place. Then you need to pay $18 on cash as well.

Basically comps count 1/1 at Borgata owned places. They count 2/1 for places that just pay rent to operate at the Borgata.



Your best values of the Comp dollars are the Buffet which is excellent, and Bread & Butter which is pretty good IMO. Other 1/1 places I'm not as crazy about are The Metropolitan and Risi Bisi.

im thinking of playing the 50k guarantee at borgata this friday at 12 noon right?
can anyone give me indepth analysis of this specific tourney......also about what 1st pays..and how many people make the money and so on

lol, I've always wondered that

Those are the mechanical rooms.

B+

Anyone gonna be in town this week/weekend? 3-day weekend for most.

Anybody going to the Borgata tonight or tomorrow before 8pm? I have a room and leaving out of Port Authority tonight. PM me if you're down to come down or playing tonight. Would enjoy talking poker with somebody from the forum while down there. Let me know!

yea, i just got an email from borgata with a bbj promotion. They have a link now with current bad beat jackpot status.

Some people are actually falling for the BBJ promotion.

Last weekend at a 3/6 LHE table, someone asked a woman, "don't you usually play 10/20 and 20/40?" Her response, "at this table I have a better chance of hitting the jackpot."


BTW -- if a casino HAS to have a BBJ, I wish they'd make it Aces-full to qualify. I fully understand the reasoning for making it so hard to win, so they can advertise how big the jackpot is. But if I have to lose $1 from every pot I win, I'd rather it be a smaller jackpot, if it will give me better odds to actually hit the damn thing!

Promotions are good for the game.

I know they hurt our bottom line a bit, but the types of action and players they bring to the game very much overcomes that.

gonna be around Friday and Saturday playing 2/5, anyone else?

Last time I sat at the 10/20LHE, it was not eligible for the BBJ. Also, it is tends to be "easier" to see the river at 3/6. Not sure about the eye roll.

Hey, i will also be around friday and saturday playing some 2/5. I live in CT so I spend all my time playing at Foxwoods and Mohegan...but Borgata is my favorite, can't wait.

I just thought it was crazy that she would play so far below her normal stakes, just so she has a shot at winning the BBJ

Assuming that she is a winning player at 10/20 and above -- that's a huge drop in her win rate, to win something that has odds roughly equivalent to a PowerBall lottery ticket.

Why was 10/20 not eligible & yet 3/6 is eligible ? Was there not enough players at the table or somthing, makes no sence ?

Anyone here like cheese?

At Borg, 10/20 originally wasn't eligible because supposedly management realized that most of the players didn't want it. Then a quick informal survey of a table or two supposedly changed that perception and they began taking the $1/hand and having it eligible. Within the last couple of weeks, they have changed the rule to where they now only take the $1 when the pot hits $100 (at $10/20 only).
They also require 7, yes seven!, people need to be in the hand at 10-20 for the hand to be eligible. So when the game is short, they stop taking the $1.
IMHO, if they took a comprehensive survey of all the regs who've logged long hours in this game, they would decisively prefer that 10/20 NOT be BBJ eligible.

From a thread i asked about the different Qualifications in
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...24&postcount=8 here was Borgata's Response.

wow...great answer..makes sence now...im a 5/10..6/12 or 7.5/15(pink chip)..and was going to start to move up to 10/20..so i was a little surprised to hear the no BBJ at 10/20..but clears it up.

I played at the Borgata 2/5 NL on Thursday/Friday for the first time in probably close to a year and...wow I forgot how good the action is. I was card dead for the most part, ran horribly when any money went in, and had my largest 2-day loss ever but I don't think I can justify playing 2/5 anywhere else.

In other news, my friend made the house ship it to him in roulette. I saw him hit $75 on 8 for $2,625 and after I left he texted me to tell me he hit again for ~$2,400. I felt nauseous after the first one because I almost threw down $50 just in case.