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09-15-2021 , 12:41 AM

#30426

SteveP502

centurion

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 102

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Originally Posted by FromACtoLV

I was just told by the womThey en at the desk that tournaments are coming back 2 days a week.

They will be Wednesdays and Fridays to start and all info will be in the Bravo app by tomorrow night.

Looking forward to tournaments returning, but nothing on bravo yet.

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09-15-2021 , 11:05 AM

#30427

sevendeuce4evr

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 519

Whoa whoa whoa..I haven’t been here in a while will be going in next few weeks..what is this I’m reading in the thread about room comps? Do they not give room comps for poker anymore?

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09-15-2021 , 01:12 PM

#30428

natureboy

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 261

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Originally Posted by sevendeuce4evr

Whoa whoa whoa..I haven’t been here in a while will be going in next few weeks..what is this I’m reading in the thread about room comps? Do they not give room comps for poker anymore?

Check your account online at Borgata to see if you still have comp room offers . MGM had made some changes as of end of April 2021 including the Borgata website. I would say the changes are not good including inconsistent comped room offers to poker players.

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09-15-2021 , 01:17 PM

#30429

Playbig2000

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 13,425

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Originally Posted by 3rdCheckRaise

Borgata 2/5 on the weekday is not so much tough as it is just plain boring. There are 2/3 tables full of regulars who played against each other every day. Some of them played against each other in the mid-80s at the Taj, they know each other for decades. They know each other's betting pattern, know the playing style at that particular time of the day. So naturally, "tourists" are at a bit of a disadvantage since they have to make decisions based on what they see during this particular session and this particular hand but reg have considerably more information based on years of knowing the opponent. With that being said i am very curious to hear what other people think is happening there that could be interpreted as implicit collusion.

I am guessing we played at the same table once or twice

Nothing here about collision though, yes in every poker room there are regs who've played against each other for years and years. That's the same everywhere. I don't see how this is scaring away tourists. Also, when you play with the same dealers yes they get to know you and engage in small talk at the table. It's nothing that should alarm you.

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09-15-2021 , 01:41 PM

#30430

QuaDxAceZ

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 333

Tournament schedule is back up on bravo. Wednesday’s and Fridays in October to start

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09-15-2021 , 01:57 PM

#30431

sevendeuce4evr

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 519

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Originally Posted by natureboy

Thx

My phone has bad reception at work so I’ll check when I get home

**** So the the one 7.5 hour session no longer get guarantees comped rooms?

The reason I ask I’m 70 miles away and there are closer options to me

I might just head to Parx

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09-15-2021 , 07:13 PM

#30432

George Rice

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,913

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Originally Posted by poker327

This is much worse than in previous years, where if you picked the most games, you would share like $10,000 or something like that. One week the final team I picked (the Eagles) lost by three points on a Monday Night game, and I would have had a share of it...

There were about 1000 winners last week. I just got an email stating I won $15 slot dollars and have 30 days to use them (I had Cincy). Hardly worth the trip unless you live close by or are coming anyway. The sportsbook went an unimpressive 6-9 last week, so there may have been more winners than the average will be per week going forward. They were 2-4 in the lower point spread games. This week they picked all favorites except in two games, taking dogs Cincy and Dallas (Drat, I wanted Dallas for my contrary pick), and the line is moving towards Cincy but I doubt they will be favorite at game time.

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09-15-2021 , 09:45 PM

#30433

WhiteJesus

adept

Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 962

I don’t have bravo. What are the buy ins for the tourneys?

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09-15-2021 , 10:23 PM

#30434

brianr

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,893

$350

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09-15-2021 , 11:54 PM

#30435

WhiteJesus

adept

Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 962

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Originally Posted by brianr

$350

Cool thanks

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09-16-2021 , 08:58 AM

#30436

SteveP502

centurion

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 102

Slight correction to above.

Starting OCTOBER ( none in sept)
Wed 260 + 40
Fri 350 + 50

With minor changes 10/27 & 10/29.

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09-16-2021 , 10:00 AM

#30437

QuaDxAceZ

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 333

maybe a longshot, but hoping for a fall open series in November

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09-16-2021 , 11:41 AM

#30438

WhiteJesus

adept

Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 962

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Originally Posted by SteveP502

Slight correction to above.

Starting OCTOBER ( none in sept)
Wed 260 + 40
Fri 350 + 50

With minor changes 10/27 & 10/29.

Ahhhh ok. Yea the Friday one probably gonna have more traffic

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09-16-2021 , 12:18 PM

#30439

nomz

newbie

Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 19

I knew it was only a matter of time after supplemental UE benefits ended that tournaments would be back. I feel like these tournaments are just to help accustom the dealers, new and old, to tournament dealing for the first time in months. Shouldn’t be too much longer before we have a series again. Hopeful for a winter open!!

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09-16-2021 , 06:42 PM

#30440

George Rice

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,913

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Originally Posted by nomz

They've been hiring new green dealers the past several weeks. No doubt some dealers have been waiting for their UE to expire, but some of them may be SOOL if they rejected a request to return to work and didn't, as they've been replaced. Others left the business completely or relocated. Some of these green dealers will be dealing in the tournaments, so expect a learning curve.

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09-16-2021 , 06:50 PM

#30441

Jkpoker10

veteran

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,095

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Originally Posted by QuaDxAceZ

maybe a longshot, but hoping for a fall open series in November

Pipedream…. Not even a long shot. I feel we will be lucky if we get a big mtt series at the end of next year. They are running 2 tournies a week starting in October. It would be crazy to think they will start running big field mtts so quickly.

Btw anyone have thoughts when big series at borgata will resume? I would guess a long time but time will tell. Would say fall 2022 at earliest and even that might be too hopeful.

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09-16-2021 , 09:36 PM

#30442

WhiteJesus

adept

Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 962

Fall seems like a stretch, anywhere from winter to spring 2022.

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09-17-2021 , 02:07 AM

#30443

nomz

newbie

Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 19

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Originally Posted by Jkpoker10

i literally think we'll have a series by end of february. Borgata isn't stupid, they know their demographic and they know they have a cash cow in being *the* premier east coast casino for tournaments. I think they're testing the waters rn to see how the dealers are and how demand is. I for one am dying to get into an almighty stack tournament ASAP

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09-17-2021 , 02:35 AM

#30444

WhiteJesus

adept

Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 962

A deep stack tourney would be fun. I think the first few tourneys at borgata might have a very high turnout

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09-17-2021 , 07:33 AM

#30445

George Rice

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,913

Quote:

Originally Posted by nomz

Borgata isn't stupid, . .

One of the problems is that it's 100% MGM now, and MGM is stupid. Plus they really don't care much about poker.

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09-17-2021 , 12:44 PM

#30446

TheGramuel

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 8,365

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Originally Posted by George Rice

One of the problems is that it's 100% MGM now, and MGM is stupid. Plus they really don't care much about poker.

How is MGM stupid?

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09-17-2021 , 02:21 PM

#30447

HomeStar

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,582

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGramuel

How is MGM stupid?

Oh God, in way too many ways to count

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09-17-2021 , 06:45 PM

#30448

Jkpoker10

veteran

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 3,095

Quote:

Originally Posted by nomz

I hope you are right however I don’t think tournaments yield profit like a cash game.

Nobody in the northeast is running big mtts. Why would borgata go out and run a series when no one else is. I feel it’s kinda a meh sign they are offering 2 tournies a week. Normally it’s like 2 dailies a day lmao. Testing the waters? I don’t think they would possibly even have the staff to run a big mtt. Hope I’m wrong but no way I see a series early in 2021.

I fee tournaments aren’t worth this risk honestly. There is a reason no casinos in the northeast are running mtts. Cash games are way more profitable in comparison to tournies.

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09-17-2021 , 09:47 PM

#30449

punkass

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 12,564

Maryland Live dailies and awesome weekend mtts. A couple multi-day 1 tourneys a month. But they seem to be the only one in the NE.

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09-18-2021 , 12:00 AM

#30450

HomeStar

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,582

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jkpoker10

Casinos don't really care what kind of poker is running because it's a loss leader and more about drawing people in to spend/lose money in other parts of the casino. If they feel like adding a tourney series is going to get people in the door, that could move them to do so. You're right that staffing a big issue, though.

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