On my 'escape from AC' - I had a real scare on Friday as the Borgata had confirmed my rooms as Late as 10am Friday, and then I had a quite scary walk in solitude on Pacific Avenue only to find Greyhound shirking their responsibilities all over the NorthEast, thank god for the police and NJ transit. What I found at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel was a HUGE billboard promoting the September tournament at the Borgata, great work!

I think all the floor personnel that work at 5am do a great job. Their is a lot of nonsense that goes on at that hour and I have great confidence in the ability of the floor to draw the line in the sand in just the right place. One of the reasons I play at the Borgata at 5am is my respect and confidence in the floor personnel that work at that hour. I think the attitude they take is just the right one. I have no complaints!

After many adventures, (there were 65 people on the waiting list for 1-2 at the Sands Friday night, I never wait to play 1-2 @ Borgata, and a more pleasant stay on Saturday @ Foxwoods, an excellent buffet, but the Borgata buffet is of a much higher quality and in a different league) I found a 'safe harbor' in the woods of New England. A sharp cracking noise followed by a loud grim sound woke me up this morning. A tall tree had crushed a shed a few feet from my bed. Being an 'action' player, trees are my friends, even when the tops blow around like kites. My question: will there be a free-roll on Tuesday at noon?

Any idea if the poker room will be open today?

Barrier island
Evacuation lifted

It should be in a different league. It's almost twice the price of FW's buffet.

We are shooting for a noon start tomorrow. I will keep you guys updated through out the day. The free roll is still on for Tuesday.

Stan

^^^You, sir, should be banned from humanity. Let's ask those who died during this storm whether this was a "non-event." Idiot.

Yeah but you know what Zoltan it could have been much much worse. This was supposed to be a hurricane and it was a tropical storm because it abated once it hit land. But I bought candles, stocked up on water, bought lighters and extra food, etc. And I saw people walking around outside occasionally when the storm was supposed to be at it's worst. So it really was over hyped tbh.

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You wold have a different opinion if "YOU STILL HAD NO POWER" or A ""BASEMENT FULL OF WATER ""-Right now........

they HAD TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST and actually did a very good job! -chill!

I agree the Media Has and Always will OverHype these things Tho!!!!!!

hope everyone makes out ok,,, and
Lets just get back to poker soon!

This is so pointless and not part of this, and will hopefully all be deleted. Do you know what happens when there is no power to power sump pumps? Tons and tons of damage, huge sections of NJ roads are completely flooded and under water. I know personally peoples businesses who were destroyed completely by flooding from this. Just because you personally didn't see anything bad doesn't mean it hasn't messed up other peoples lives. Like I said before you are being completely results oriented, they had the information that it could have been worse, they acted on it. This is like saying "I had a flush draw and it didn't come in, I should not have drawn to it even if the odds are right." The other thing is that people don't respond to "we think it may be bad." They have to be super serious to get people to listen. It could have went either way, there actions had to be made ahead of time. Everyone gets to be Captain Hindsight now.

Troll gonna troll.

Anyways, back to the thread...

I'm actually surprised AC casinos aren't opening today. I guess they have to give employees, most who probably evacuated, time to get back and take care of home first.

Would have been weird to see an empty casino floor on a Saturday summer night.

http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-iren...191720639.html

permaban please.

I'm sure you would. You sound like someone like that.

Heh, a tornado hit only 5 minutes from my house but didn't head towards my way. It was headed off in the opposite direction. Most of South Jersey and Atlantic City are very fortunate that the storm didn't cause the damage we thought it would cause. The real damage is to those who live near rivers, streams, creeks, and low lying streets that flood easily.

Don't know about the poker room but:

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa to Reopen Monday, August 29

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Aug. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa will reopen at noon ET on Monday, August 29. *

Hotel guests with reservations for Monday night may check in at any time after 3 p.m.

We would like to thank our customers and associates for their cooperation and understanding during the severe weather interruption.

http://www.istockanalyst.com/busines...nday-august-29

Booked for Monday and Tuesday, not sure I should go. Do y'all think the games will be dead?

BBJP over $411,000 and the $15k Free Roll on Tuesday. We will have games

Stan

Going to be playing Event #8 of the Poker Open. Most likely will be my first trip to Borgata since late July. It's been too long...

Glad there was little damage. Plan on arriving Thursday for 6 days and 5 nights of non-stop "holiday weekend enhanced" poker action.

Hey Stan -

What will the structure be like for the Sep 6 freeroll... that same turbo-fest as the other ones? Not complaining about your generous freerolls, fast can be cool! Just thinking ahead a lil....

See you guys at noon.

Stan

I send it over to you when I get to work today.

Stan

for anyone driving down from the new york area this week please let us know how the drive is the turnpike, the GSP and the ac expressway

I think the GSP is still closed Southbound from 98-91.
Just FYI

Poker will open at noon. We have staff here and we are ready to go.

Stan