Bobby Flay, hands down, for quality. Old Homestead for quantity.

Rob, interested in starting the pink with me today?

I'd go with Bobby Flay.

I've had two so-so experiences with the Old Homestead in the Borgata wheras I've always loved Flay's joint.

My two cents.

Not headsup, but I might be interested in playing.

I'll also stick in a vote for Bobby flay's...the philly style sirloin is amazing, and try the baked Alaska for dessert....top notch!

Nit.

How many would you need?

Not sure, it depends on who the others are and how I am feeling. I am about to leave the room to eat something and maybe take a nap, I should be back later.

Stan-

PLEASE activate the bravo app OR have a real time posting on the website (not just every few hrs like currently)

when the choice is- deciding to drive an hr to Borg where I don't know the games (and calling doesn't really work, the staff never gets mixed games right)

OR

driving half an hr to Parx where I know exactly what games are in the rotation and what limits are currently running

I will always NOT go to the Borg

Borg = the premiere East Coast room in so many ways (and arguably the premiere nationwide room for low to mid stakes mixed games)...but in this one you are def loosing

Have enjoyed both many times. Im going to give a nod to Bobbys because it caters to a younger crowd and has cool bartenders. I love talking about these 2 to anyone who will listen. People are almost 50/50 in their preferance. On a strictly food plane either one works. Some people dont like spice rubs and use that as a knock against Flay. Homestead seems more formal and old fashioned. Not stuffy really but like a steak house of yesteryears. Not as lively as the other.

Bravo would be great and I am hoping they implement it as well. However I disagree with you regarding calling in. I was going to head down today made a 20 second phone call and even though the games were dry the answer was quick and to the point. I have never had any problems with them.

Thanks for the recommendations everyone. I booked Bobby Flay's for the trip. Can't wait to come back to AC!!

Stan, I was looking over the game lists you have posted recently, and I haven't seen a low limit stud game (5-10 or less) at all. Does anything like this get spread on the weekends??

Joe

Not lately but I would love to try and get one.

Stan

Glad that it was easy for you, sometimes it is for me, sometimes its not....it's staff dependent

I'll never forget the time recently during a tournament series the normal 10-20 Omaha8 game was actually a 10-20 Omaha8/Stud8 game- all day when there was an empty seat they would alternately (albeit randomly) call the "10-20 O8" list vs the "10-20 O8/S8" list

it was an honest mistake, but no matter how many times it happened and we corrected them, it lasted all day

I guess my point is...humans are humans...some are friendlier and more helpful (or less busy)

machines are machines...there is no human error...it's always the same customer service experience

both have their purpose

I'm not knocking the room, and judging by Stan's lack of response to these threads, I'm going to infer that the Bravo app just isn't budgeted...that said...this could be yet ANOTHER thing the Borg excels at

on a related note...can we get a live game report PLEASE?

how many runners does the 11a during the week normally get

if you look through the last few weeks of "Ruler of the East"'s game reports...he lists it everyday (but somewhere in the 70-110 range iirc)

One vote for Bobby Flay as well.

However, the best steak I had at the Borgata was at Wolfgang Puck. That guy just knows what buttons to push with food imo.

+1 for bobby flays if you're getting it comped. Not sure I'd pay 100 bucks a person to eat there

Its at teh beginning of our trip, so I'm sure there will be no comps on this meal. The end of the weekend might be a different story though.

Joe

If you're there the weekend of the 18th, I may have a few players to start one up.

Joe

lets see what a tuesday afternoon looks like at the borg

game report please!

Well, it's good but fairly expensive (but so is everything here I guess). You can always charge it to your room too. If you have any tables/slots players with you, they can try to get a host to pick up the charges at the end of the trip. And you can use comp $ when checking out.

+1 to getting something like the Bravo App to work. I definitely enjoy Stan's thorough game update posts, but a human can't possibly replace real-time automation...

Either way, is there someway for the Borgata to post a tournament archive that lists the number of entrants that each MTT had in the recent weeks(especially the dailys)? I find the tournament numbers very useful in deciding whether to make the trip out there (if on a given day, the morning tourney has a large turnout, that often correlates to a large turnout for that day's evening event as well).

Stan used to always include the MTT entry #s in his game reports, but recently, they seem to be absent.

Time for a live game report Tuesday 3:30pm


(24) Live games


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


(1) 40-80 Mix


(10) 1-2 NL
(6) 2-5 NL
(2) 5-10 NL


BBJP $341,187


Stan

Stanstrickland@theborgata.com

Staying off site at my timeshare. The rate is good (free). And of all the degenerates going on this trip, the best we're gonna do is drop a couple of grand on the Asia poker tables! But that will be money won in the poker room.

Joe

Will there be the bonus comp dollar promotion in November? That was always my favorite promo. I checked the website and it wasnt there for November .