how is the action with the USPC starting today?

Will be down on Sunday. Big shout to Stan for showing hospitality to a stranger! The guy is as cool as advertised.

(15) tables open in high limit as of 3PM

(3) 10-20 LHE
(2) 20-40 LHE
(2) 40-80 LHE

(2) 20-40 Stud
(1) 75-150 Stud

(2) 5-10 NL
(1) 10-25 NL

(1) 100-200 O.E.
(2) 300-600 H.O.S.E.

Stan

Stan used to post the # of players in the tournies, but this was before the $ buy in was changed.

Wed's 15k gaurantee ($100 buy in) I believe still draws anywhere from 225-400 people depending on the week. On some Holidays they can sell out (500+). For the others I hazard between 85-125.

Anyone see more than that during the week. How about the weekend tournies?

B

I like your train of thought. I always liked Trop's progression from 2/4, 4/8, to pink chip. The 3/6 LHE regs would either move up to 4/8 or down to 2/4.

Also surpried that a 5/10 O8 game can't go. Maybe a 4/8 half kill game would succeed where a 5/10 full kill game can't ?

Pink chip (in any form) just never caught on @ Borgata. Although a few of us 2+2'ers managed to get pink chip stud h/l spread 3 times ! Pink probably would work with a 15/30, 30/60 progression though, and not Borgata's current 10/20, 20/40 lineup.

Stan has done an awesome job getting the stud games off the ground again, so I wouldn't put anything past him as far as shaking things up a bit.

5:43pm and the "live" table report still says 2pm. It's really not very useful at all when it's 4 hours old on a Friday afternoon.

Can it be fixed to run hourly or something.. or at all?

http://www.theborgata.com/poker_live_data.cfm liar

I am always amazed at the number of people who believe that you can resurrect the popularity of limit poker simply by changing the color/number of the chips used. Honestly, I feel like having too many chips on the table (like when people buy in for $2000 at 20/40) intimidates inexperienced players more than it draws them in.

I'm considering coming down for the Wednesday morning tournament. Haven't played in it yet but would love to. It's been about 3 weeks too long since I've been to the Borgata

Time for a live game report Friday 5:50pm


(41) Live Games


(3) 2-4 LHE
(1) 3-6 LHE
(3) 10-20 LHE
(1) 20-40 LHE
(2) 40-80 LHE


(1) 2-5 PLO
(2) 20-40 Stud
(1) 75-150 Stud
(2) 100-200 O.E.
(1) 300-600 H.O.S.E.


(11) 1-2 NL
(9) 2-5 NL
(3) 5-10 NL
(1) 10-25 NL


(187) 12pm $170 + $30 NL Tournament $20K Guaranteed


BBJP $111,381


Stan

Hey Stan, your name has a new color and a new title. Good news?

I should be in this weekened, hopefully not dumping money in the regular casino lol.

Great news! the handcuffs are off.

Stan

Pretty color Stan.....I'll guess....sea green?



See you soon.

1 week....can't wait

It's almost the end of November, is Razz going to be here in time for Black Friday?

Might be interesting to have a HORSE pink-chip game.

Not sure about resurrecting anything... but, in limit games, having chips that "play easy" makes the game more fun. Waiting for the dealers to make change for 3-5 bets each street, not only slows the game down, but also causes extraneous fills (further slowing the game down).

I think this is at least part of the reason that the Borg's the 6-12 died out.

The number chips in play, along with the carefree attitude that accompanied them, was a big part of the reason that Pink rose in popularity back in the old days at the Trop. Bellagio's "all blue" 4-8 game remains popular to this day.

Color and number of chips do more to stimulate action, than they do to deter noobs. It's definitely +EV.

As for resurrecting limit poker in general... not until the new fish collectively figure out that they will eventually go bust, if they keep playing that game. The popularity of NL has seemed to level off, but IMO, it's a long way from decline. Surprisingly, limit has enjoyed some resurrection over the last two years.

The Borg has had a lot to do with that.

Also when the room moved upstairs the lineup of this game resembled that of a Taj stud game...still a little surprised it died out though.

Most people who are buying in with $200-300 are inclined to play NLHE nowadays.

next time when someone shoves with an ace you call with a Q

congratulations!

Time for a live game report Saturday 1:30pm


(40) Live Games


(1) 2-4 LHE
(2) 3-6 LHE
(3) 10-20 LHE
(2) 20-40 LHE
(1) 40-80 LHE


(1) 5-10 Stud
(1) 10-20 Stud
(2) 20-40 Stud
(1) 75-150 Stud


(2) 10-20 Omaha H/L
(1) 150-300 O.E.


(10) 1-2 NL
(8) 2-5 NL
(1) 3-5 NL ($200 Min $1000 Max)
(3) 5-10 NL
(1) 25-50 NL


(132) 11am $150 + $30 NL Deep Stack (25K Chips)


BBJP $117,629


Stan

1-2 NL killed the 6-12 LHE games.

Stan

Really nice that you guys almost have a 50-50 split between limit and no limit games - I think it's a testament to the Borgata doing everything right; it really is a great place to play and sets the standard (if only it was closer dah).

Jeff

Man...sweet spread of games. I'm going to Williamstown this early evening and be checking the game reports here. If a 1-2 PLO goes, I might sneak down tonight instead of going very early Monday Morning.

Got here a couple of hours ago... Action has been really good in the HL room... Looks like it will be a busy day

Time for a live game report Saturday 3:45pm


(49) Live Games


(2) 2-4 LHE
(2) 3-6 LHE
(1) 4-8 LHE
(4) 10-20 LHE
(2) 20-40 LHE
(1) 40-80 LHE


(1) 5-10 Stud
(2) 20-40 Stud
(2) 75-150 Stud


(2) 10-20 Omaha H/L
(1) 100-200 ) O.E.
(1) 150-300 O.E.


(13) 1-2 NL
(9) 2-5 NL
(1) 3-5 NL ($200 Min $1000 Max)
(3) 5-10 NL
(2) 25-50 NL


(132) 11am $150 + $30 NL Deep Stack (25K Chips)


BBJP $117,629


Stan