Seriously?

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saturday night in the 1 seat? hispanic woman? yes they were huge.

I just recently started to play at the Borgata. Very nice room. I see that have a freeroll torney in March if you played a large number of hours in February. How many runners do they usually get for the freeroll and is this a monthly event - or is this a special event for February only.

Usually somewhere around 200 runners. We have a freeroll usually once every few months. The last one was in December. There is one in march. The next one after march is in April.

If they got it in on the flop that would be such an epic emotional swing for 78dd.

To be honest, I don't really remember the exact order of the cards. My last memory is my friend telling me the flop was J24. Really insane if so. I don't know if the players were regs or not. The dealer looked like she was about to cry. Was happy for her.

The winning hand- an older Asian reg - was sitting 10/20 and 20/40 limit with me a few hours after the BBJ hit. He, according to several other regs - and himself - will likely blow through the money on baccarat. "I know I have problem with baccarat," he said.

One player who went by Elvis ripped the guy for playing poker when he should be out celebrating. Another chided him for playing such low stakes instead of taking a shot higher or at the mixed game.

I simply rubbed his head for good luck.

it was 8-7d versus k-qd. flop was j-9-4 of diamonds they got it all in on the flop and the river was the 10d. i'm almost positive that was right. i ran over from the plo tournament i was in. (of course i do well in a tournament the one day the BBJ hits)

describe the chaos/celebration

Did you play at table 1 in the tournament? I busted out 17th and was wondering if we played together.


literally waves of people rushed the table. dealer was crying out of joy. the top 2 winners were extremely happy of course. The rest of the table I didn't really see. One table share winner said plainly 'finally grinding here x hours the last few days has paid off'

I didn't rush over from the high-lim area, but everyone knew something big hit. The guy to my right said it wasn't loud enough and it was likely the small BBJ. We bet $100. He lost.

I could hear the jag-offs playing 10/25 NL making fun of how the action must have went and how awful the play must have been. Such critical dicks in what must have been such an awesome experience.

Be jealous, but don't hate.

Congrats to the winner/loser! Imagine if the guy folded thinking only one card may save him if another diamond hit!

You can calculate approximately how much the players got: the winning hand got 20%, the losing hand 40%, and the other players split 40%. I really think it is inappropriate to talk about how much a dealer was tipped, and if anyone mentions it, it will likely be deleted and discussions moved to the thread dedicated to tipping anyway. I hope no one tipped a floor person since that would be illegal, and a Borgata high limit floor (allegedly) lost his job several months ago because of accepting a tip.

I know at the Taj, funds were set aside so the next jackpot started at 20% of the previous one, and I believe based on history that the Borgata policy is about the same. The reserve amounts are not shown in the published totals though; the amounts shown in this thread and in the room should be what was actually paid out, and there should be a separate amount held for the next jackpot, which I am guessing will start at about $115K.

Edit: just checked the Borgata website, the BBJ is already back to $161K. My best guess is that they started it out at 25% of the old jackpot amount and then it already went up another 15K or so from the heavy weekend traffic.

In other casinos, 20% of the collected BBJ drop is set aside to fund the next jackpot and not reflected in the stated BBJ jackpot. Thus if 2 BBJs hit back to back the 3rd BBJ jackpot might start at zero or some nominal casino funded amount.

Damn. this is the third time in a row that the BBJ hits just a couple days before I go.

For the 10/20 regs: Should I be cautious of the main game on weekends? This weekend I spent most of the time at the first must-move but I can say that if I was called to the main game, I would've moved and racked up soon after. Its not that I don't think the regs that populate the main 10/20 isn't beatable (I've played that lineup and definitely feel it is), it just feels a bit inhospitable towards tourists/non-regs. But that may just be the way limit hold'em goes now that there's not as much new blood coming into the game.

The players seem nice enough, just the lineup feels much tighter than the must move games ever do.

For the records I did start up the pink chip mixed but no bites on Friday night.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by inhospitable. The main game on Thurs-Sat usually will have mostly regs and be tighter than the must move games, but still beatable by good play. No teaming up vs. non-regs or anything like that. Sometimes if I don't think the game is as good.as I would like I will just go to dinner then come back later into the must move game(s).
For the record, I added my name to the pink chip list on Friday, but no one else (or hardly anyone else) did. Better luck next time.

Must moves are softer of course. The main game regs are a little community, play enough and they will open up to you. If you want looser action sit out for an hour and get back in the first of most likely several weekend tables. Im a reg and the must moves are usually much more fun.

For games that regularly only have a few tables, they use a 'must move' system. The first game started is the main game. The next game started is treated as a feeder game: when a player leaves the main game, another player is moved from the second table to the main game.

Those games and any bigger ones, plus 10/20 Omaha on the occasions they get a second game.

Thanks, Stan

Would you know what rules they will be playing with in Badeucey?

1. Does the Ace play as high in badugi? In other words is the nut badugi a234 or 2345?
2. Do you have to have a 4 card badugi to qualify? (This rule is not that common I think..but I've heard of it before.)

Thanks

that's a good question... I've played where the A is nut badugi(thus you couldn't scoop) i'd like to think that causes more action. But maybe i'm nuts.

It definitely should be made clear.

A is low in badugi, at least when I played at Borgata

yes it is, but there are some rules variations when you put it in Badeucey

At Bellagio, 2345 is nut badugi