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Time for a live game report Sunday morning 6:50am

(20) Live Games

(1) 10-20 LHE
(1) 20-40 LHE
(1) 40-80 LHE

(1) 75-150 Stud
(2) 150-300 O.E.

(8) 1-2 NL
(4) 2-5 NL
(2) 5-10 NL

(79) 11am $150 + $30 Deep Stack NL Tournament
(60) 6pm $150 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo Tournament

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Stan

The $25/50 NLHE/PLO game...How many were sitting at that table? Was curious to see if it was a full ring game or shorthanded.

Last edited by ShipFaced12; 01-10-2011 at 05:23 PM. Reason: May take a shot in the coming weeks.

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01-10-2011 , 08:34 PM

#12702

pokerished

adept

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 824

Stan,

Any plans for ipoker from Borgata now that NJ bill is passed and waiting for governor to sign or is it too early to ask ?

Thanks.

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01-11-2011 , 01:25 AM

#12703

Prep04

journeyman

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 300

Went to borgata saturday night to play 1-2NL, went to get my chips and asked for $250... the guy at the cage said "I can't give you $250".... i said "can i get $260?" he replied "yes" and gave it to me... kinda out of shock i didn't ask anything just thinking in my head why can't i have $250.

Is this really true that they can't give $250 or was he pulling my leg?

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01-11-2011 , 01:29 AM

#12704

BlaneH

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,831

I believe I was told the same thing the second time I ever played at the B. It would make sense for it to be in 20 dollar increments I guess. I always just pick up 2 or 3 even when I get my initial buy in though.

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01-11-2011 , 01:31 AM

#12705

acdawg712

veteran

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,164

You have to get in increments of $20. Why? 20 chips. They must fill up an entire 1/5 of a rack. It is pretty weird. I usually buy 100, 200, or 300 so it doesn't matter. But once I tried to buy some random amount and they wouldn't give it to me.

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01-11-2011 , 03:22 AM

#12706

Lyrrad

adept

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,012

If you really want $250, buy $260 and sell $10.

Presumably they have this policy either to speed things up or so that the cameras can always see exactly how much is being bought.

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01-11-2011 , 07:11 AM

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Tomark

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Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,836

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Originally Posted by =VH= Fan

Someone at my table this past Saturday apparently was able to get some take-out pizza slices from there too. I never knew quick and/or take-out eating was an option there.

Yeah my days of paying $22 in comp dollars for Fatburger or Villa Pizza are over.

thats awesome. Yeah, my friends and I have wasted tons and tons of comp dollars lol. Oh well. Ill be going by wolfgang puck's and the metropolitan (I went there last time, the philly cheesesteak was incredible)

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01-11-2011 , 07:16 AM

#12708

Tomark

veteran

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,836

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Originally Posted by Lyrrad

If you really want $250, buy $260 and sell $10.

Presumably they have this policy either to speed things up or so that the cameras can always see exactly how much is being bought.

really annoying policy, not because I want to buy $250 (I have no problem with this policy from a personal purchasing standpoint), but because whenever people by $60 or $80 of chips, they show up at the table with 4 stacks of $1 chips, and if I get in a pot with these people my stacks get out of control... which is particularly bad for me because I got stupid hands and knock my stacks over constantly... (to give some idea of how bad my hands are, I never stack higher than 10 chips, and prefer stacks of 5 despite it making me look like a huge fish...)

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01-11-2011 , 09:58 AM

#12709

hamsamich

veteran

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,327

They can't sell anything other than full sticks no matter what denomination you are buying. This is a good thing for the casino and the players IMO.

I always thought it was a gaming regulation and not a Borgata specific policy but I could be wrong.

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01-11-2011 , 10:36 AM

#12710

esch

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 528

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Originally Posted by hamsamich

It's not a CCC rule. Might be Borgata specific. Other rooms will sell you chips in quantities of less than 20.

I can see why they might have the rule, but I always try to buy the white chips from the "$60 white chip buy in" people because they are almost always terrible at putting out any sort of bet over $2.

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01-11-2011 , 12:56 PM

#12711

dela

centurion

Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 146

Selling in stacks of 20 also speeds up the process at the window, I vaguely recall years ago they would sell any amount and changed it to stacks of 20 at some point, I think it's a Borgata thing.

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01-11-2011 , 01:12 PM

#12712

ThePokerFink2

adept

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 850

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Originally Posted by hamsamich

They will sell you any amount of chips $100 and greater.

It's not a regulation as other casinos will sell you in less than full stacks.

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01-11-2011 , 01:41 PM

#12713

pokerjunkie62

newbie

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 21

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Originally Posted by Prep04

yes its true, its because they dont know how to count in less than full stacks!!!! It is really annoying!

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01-11-2011 , 01:50 PM

#12714

cl0r0x70

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Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,313

It's true, and a good thing when there's 20 people in line. It moves much quicker when they're passing stacks around and not having to hand count.

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01-11-2011 , 02:38 PM

#12715

=VH= Fan

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 315

Can you take out from Metropolitan or do you have to be seated? During normal hours, when I want to eat, I'll pay $10 comp dollars for Amphora. However, when I was there on Saturday, I didn't get out of there until 1 AM. I wanted some food but didn't want to wait to be served. Are Metro and Fatburger the only places open at that ungodly hour?

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01-11-2011 , 03:12 PM

#12716

chekraizme

stranger

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 13

Stan, what is the room rate for weekdays? I plan on coming down tonight until Thursday. I want to get snowed in my HAPPY PLACE!!

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01-11-2011 , 07:27 PM

#12717

SQD8GOING

enthusiast

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 68

Never played at the Borgata before but will be coming up for a night or 2 starting tomorrow. Any tips or rules I should know about? Also how do you clock in and out?

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01-11-2011 , 07:56 PM

#12718

acdawg712

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Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,164

Depends on what you play. If you play high stakes 5/10+ NL or 20/40+ Limit, go in the back left area when you get to the poker room and everything is handled there. If you play lower, go to the cashier to buy your chips (Increments of $20) and ask a floor person for a seat.

To clock out, go to the desk that is immediately to your right as you walk in in the lobby area and left as you leave. You can also ask any floor person.

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01-11-2011 , 08:10 PM

#12719

Ruler of the East

Poker Room Rep

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4,423

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Originally Posted by chekraizme

Stan, what is the room rate for weekdays? I plan on coming down tonight until Thursday. I want to get snowed in my HAPPY PLACE!!

Sun and Thu $79
Mon Tue and Wed $59

Stan

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01-11-2011 , 08:14 PM

#12720

Shagadelic

adept

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 875

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Originally Posted by Prep04

Just ask for 200 in red, and two green chips. If you verbalize then you can buy what you want.

But reds/whites are always going to be sold in 20 chip increments.

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01-11-2011 , 08:20 PM

#12721

p566

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,736

I also found the fact that I could only buy in $20 increments (and those were in whites) a little inconvenient. Then I realized I could just buy hundred increments and pocket some reds.

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01-11-2011 , 10:34 PM

#12722

BlaneH

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,831

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Originally Posted by Shagadelic

Just ask for 200 in red, and two green chips. If you verbalize then you can buy what you want.

But reds/whites are always going to be sold in 20 chip increments.

Really? This will help me if so. I always prefer to have add-on chips in big denoms as to not make dealer change out.

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01-11-2011 , 11:23 PM

#12723

Shagadelic

adept

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 875

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Originally Posted by BlaneH

Really? This will help me if so. I always prefer to have add-on chips in big denoms as to not make dealer change out.

Anything over red chips can be bought for whatever number you want. I mean if they required you too buy a full stack of green, that would be $500, and really only 5/10NL is a regular green chip game.

Back in my 1/2 days I used to buy in for 300 in red, and have either black or green chips that I colored up from previous sessions in my pocket too add on too my stack too keep it full/larger stack than anyone else at the table.

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01-11-2011 , 11:48 PM

#12724

ThePokerFink2

adept

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 850

I dont know if they changed their policy, but they never would give me less than a full stack of green.

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01-12-2011 , 12:09 AM

#12725

rockyraccoon222

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 334

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Originally Posted by ThePokerFink2

I dont know if they changed their policy, but they never would give me less than a full stack of green.

I've had the same problem trying to buy $200 red and $100 green. They wouldn't give me the green at the cage. Guess I didn't know the secret hand sign.

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