Are poker players at the Borgata able to earn comp rooms by just playing poker? I play 10/20 limit at another AC casino and earn 2 comp rooms a week from doing so. I wanted to know if I can get the same thing playing enough 10/20 limit at Borgata, or do I have to play table games and slots for that?

Hey Stan--

Headed down tomorrow around noon for a 3-day stay. Will your daily tourneys run tomorrow or will there not be enough room?

how do you qualify for the bad beat jackpot at the borgata?

Quad deuces or better beat; both players must use both hole cards. Qualifier is the same as all other casinos in AC at the present time except for the Taj, which is the last holdout for aces full of jacks or better beat with both players using both hole cards.

I think it's in fact a common lack of knowledge. At least in my case that was, anyway. It took me a long time to get into the habit of checking out, and I originally learned about having to check out from 2+2. I like the system they have in MGM Grand much better, where you're clocked in and clocked out right at the table. I'm sure it's also much more efficient in other aspects as well.

What do you get comped when you forget to clock out? I always assumed it was 0.

We will go back to our normal schedule tomorrow at 7pm. The 11am morning tourny is cancelled.

Stan

You would be correct sir.

Stan

I was wondering why I always had very few comp dollars - I guess I missed out on a year's worth of comps.

This should probably be posted somewhere in the poker room or something... over a year playing and no one has mentioned this.

Yes, this is a big problem in every room. I guess casinos think that if you don't know to clock out, then you're not the kind of player needing to be comped.

We have a "time played" based comp system. If we do not know how long you played, how do we know how to calculate your comps? We are not like table games (black jack, craps etc.) where they keep up with your win/loss and time played. Please remember to swipe out when you are leaving.

Stan

Not true. Casinos love for players use their cards and use them correctly. How could we market to you if we do not have good and usefull information about your playing habits. Saving comp dollars is not even a thought for us. We would rather be able to offer even more to you.

Stan

games update stan.thanks

When you guys built the new poker room did you look at the tables where you clock in when you sit down and when you leave a dealer pushes a button and clocks you out automatically?

The requirements are stricter than this. Quads must be made with a pocket pair and aces full (Taj) must be made with pocket aces.

I am sure we would love to get to that point some day.

Stan

I totally agree.

AC limit poker is filled with older regs - AKA 'creatures of habit', who will freak out if their game of choice is eliminated. Dropping 3/6 would chase those players to either Taj or somewhere else.

I'm not so sure a 4/8 game would take off. I think Stan tried it out a few months ago, and it lasted a weekend. 4/8 would only go if the 3/6 game is gone altogether.

Yes 5/10 as a structure stinks. I'm not surprised that the 5/10 LHE game rarely goes.

Honestly, the NL boom killed all the low/middle limit HE games, and low limit stud.

Also, the 6/12 game was very good until most of the casual players (AKA fish) started playing 1/2 NL.

IMO, a 7.50/15 'pink chip' game would probably be a huge hit at Borgata.
But, I also thought the 4/8 HOSE game would be too...

What tables are running?

A simple lower cost interim solution would be to get a card swiper at each cashier window with a small sign stating, "Please clock out to get your comp credits". If we could swipe ourselves out without involving cashiers that would be best.

Also, an interim idea on the tight spaces near the front of the room: you could try putting up a few "velvet ropes" to discourage folks from walking between those tight spots. Not an elegant solution, but it would help until tables could be moved a bit.

Yeah, in this economy they sure want to make it easier for you to remember to swipe out.

Eventually their tables will/should have the swiper with the dealer, like many other casinos do. So the dealer simply swipes you in, and presses a button when you leave.

Whay they should have is the self sign up kiosk. Taj has it, as does Foxwoods.

Any chance of seeing a list with the starting stacks for day two of the deep stack tournament thats going on? Maybe a link for the start of the day count?

Thanks

I don't see what is so complicated about the current system, I didn't swipe out my first few sessions at the Borgata but that was before I asked a floor man if you needed to swipe out (some casinos auto swipe you out when your seat is filled or table breaks). Just look for a floorman near a podium, it isn't hard to find one and while you are waiting you are still clocked in.

Any chance of seeing a list with the starting stacks for day two of the deep stack tournament thats going on? Maybe a link for the start of the day count?

Thanks

Borgata Deep Stack
PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTION
$1500 + $150 No Limit Hold'Em
END OF DAY 1 CHIP COUNT
August 2-5, 2009
Number of Entries: 921 Prize Pool $1,381,500
FIRST NAME LAST NAME CHIP COUNT Table Seat
1 CHRISTOPHER DILL $280,700 26 6
2 JASON LASO $272,700 21 6
3 KONSTANTINO PASHOS $255,800 22 8
4 VINCENT NUZZO III $245,700 11 7
5 ALEX ZAVERUKHA $238,100 24 9
6 NATHAN SIPPLE $223,800 1 7
7 MATTHEW CASTERELLA $211,000 1 6
8 ALEXANDER BERGER $208,500 7 4
9 SALVATORE SIMEONE $194,700 21 3
10 CHRISTOPH KLODNICKI $184,000 25 7
11 HOWARD BROWN $180,700 19 7
12 ROBERT WEISSMAN $179,000 16 6
13 CATHERINE DEVER $176,000 3 1
14 EMAD ALABSI $174,200 15 7
15 STEPHEN HARKAVY $172,700 28 1
16 RICH AUSTIN $170,500 17 1
17 MARK IOLI $169,900 9 6
18 JEFFREY RANTZ $169,400 20 5
19 JOHN LAKATOSH $168,200 18 8
20 YIN CHHAT YOUNG $162,700 31 9
21 JAMES SALTERS $161,700 21 9
22 PHILIP NEIMAN $160,200 5 3
23 JUNG LAU $159,600 7 8
24 DANIEL CHAN $159,100 19 4
25 STEVEN KARP $156,200 1 3
26 LOUIS LOPEZ $156,000 28 4
27 MICHAEL LIU $155,000 35 5
28 MATTHEW ELSON $154,700 11 1
29 CARLOS ZAMBRANO $154,200 3 4
30 ANDREW STERN $154,200 17 9
31 THOMAS POLLINA $148,000 25 8
32 THOMAS ROSS $147,700 24 1
33 DONNA DICRESCENTO $147,300 25 10
34 ANSEL ALLSOP $144,600 2 1
35 NGUYEN BUI $143,600 20 10
36 WILLIAM BRADEN $143,500 15 2
37 ALAN GOODMAN $138,500 34 2
38 MARK GUTHRIDGE $136,600 22 7
39 ROBERT HWANG $134,100 19 6
40 ANTONIO CAVEZZA $134,100 20 4
41 TOM HU $132,800 4 4
42 ANDRE DEMOYA $132,800 4 8
43 STEPHEN LAMB $132,500 15 6
44 ALON SHAHAR $132,000 28 7
45 DAVID DALESANDRO $131,700 11 10
46 LEONARD CORTELLINO $130,000 6 8
47 VASILLIOS HRISAFINIS $128,900 25 3
48 HIEP NGUYEN $128,500 31 7
49 ALFRED WARRINER $125,600 13 2
50 HENRY OLSZEWSKI $125,500 10 2
51 JOSEPH MOSCA $124,000 21 1
52 ROB SIEGAL $122,000 4 5
53 EDWARD ESPINO $121,100 20 3
54 KEVIN MULLIN $120,600 30 1
55 JOHN WILHELM 3RD $119,700 30 7
56 RODNEY BLISS $119,000 9 9
57 VYACHESLAV GORELIK $117,400 35 1
58 GUOJI ZHAO $116,700 4 9
59 CHARLES GEIER $114,800 11 9
60 JEFFREY IZES $114,800 16 7
61 KYLE BOWKER $113,800 8 6
62 DALE JAMISON $113,400 8 5
63 GEORGE WALTHER $112,800 32 1
64 CHRISTOPH LOVETT $112,700 2 4
65 JOHN PANNUCCI $110,800 19 5
66 THEEN WEY $110,400 36 10
67 RYAN CONNOR $110,300 12 6
68 STEVEN ABT $110,100 35 10
69 JEFFREY SHAFFER $109,500 4 10
70 TODD TERRY $109,500 11 3
71 ANNA ANTIMONY $108,700 17 6
72 VINEET PAHUJA $108,300 5 1
73 MOHAMED ELKERDAWY $107,200 9 5
74 FARZAD ROUHANI $106,200 4 7
75 LOUIS LYNCH $105,300 21 4
76 FEMING CHAN $105,000 18 2
77 JOSHUA PAUL $104,600 11 8
78 JOHN COPPLA $104,200 11 2
79 MARCELLO MORELLO $102,800 1 5
80 SCOTT JACKSON $101,700 20 6
81 STANISLAV KUSHER $101,700 26 7
82 LUIGI SANTORO $101,300 1 2
83 DIMITRIOS MOUTAFIS $101,300 20 7
84 BRETT WATTS $101,100 12 10
85 NIKOLAY VOLPER $100,700 14 7
86 MORAN MICHILOVICH $100,400 17 8
87 MICAH RASKIN $100,000 20 1
88 ANDREW LEE $99,800 10 9
89 DIMITRIOS BERGOS $99,300 3 8
90 ERIC DOERR $98,600 33 5
91 MING ZHENG $97,600 34 5
92 NICHOLAS TALIERCIO $97,300 19 1
93 ELIZABETH ROBINSON $96,800 23 2
94 JOHN BROCK $96,600 34 1
95 BRIAN WOLFE $96,200 13 1
96 MATTHEW MATARAZZO $96,200 27 8
97 JACOB RODEN $96,000 26 5
98 GARY BOGDANSKI $95,400 14 2
99 PETER LUBRANO $95,300 19 2
100 GUO WEI $94,800 26 3
101 RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ $94,700 15 9
102 JACKIE SUAD $94,600 8 3
103 AMIR MOSHIRI-AZAD $92,800 21 7
104 ALEX SMITH $92,500 30 4
105 JOEL BIDNICK $92,100 26 8
106 RAED SHIEKH-YOUSEF $91,500 12 3
107 CHRISTOPHER LIM $91,300 6 3
108 EDWARD PHAM $91,000 31 2
109 PAUL RAMBO $90,300 5 10
110 JOSE PEREIRA $90,000 19 9
111 RICHARD DECKER JR $87,500 6 4
112 ANDREW KNEE $86,000 12 2
113 TIMOTHY FINNE $85,700 25 2
114 JOHN MORRIS $85,600 20 8
115 CAESAR CARNEVALE $85,200 14 10
116 HERBERT TURNER $84,800 15 10
117 LAWRENCE PADEN $84,700 31 1
118 ANDREW INTERDONATO $84,100 36 6
119 RAJINDER CHANDIHOK $84,100 36 9
120 JONATHAN HAMILTON $83,400 14 5
121 KEN GOLDIN $83,100 24 10
122 NATHANIEL MARMUR $83,000 19 8
123 ALAN KRAUT $82,800 3 3
124 MEHRDAD YOUSEFZADEH $82,500 8 9
125 STEVEN SAUSER $82,300 6 1
126 JONATHAN LESSIN $82,200 33 10
127 STEVEN HAMMOND $81,300 29 10
128 JIMMY BARKAN $80,600 30 5
129 TREMBETZKY H. BARRY $80,500 27 5
130 JAMES KAPLAN $80,200 26 2
131 STEVEN CALVANESO $79,400 29 7
132 MICHAEL TAIT $79,000 12 8
133 VYACHESLAV EYZEROVICH $79,000 31 3
134 ATHANASIOS DIAKOS $79,000 33 7
135 ANTHONY ARCURI $78,400 22 4
136 GABRIEL AMINOV $77,500 23 8
137 ILKWON KIM $77,200 34 6
138 YOSEF LEVI $77,000 6 6
139 ALBERT WINCHESTER $76,800 25 1
140 JON-MICHAEL REA $76,400 7 5
141 ERIC BANKOFF $75,700 5 9
142 BRIAN TAYLOR $75,700 13 8
143 RYAN BAMBRICK $75,700 27 10
144 ANTHONY BERTUZZI $75,300 3 10
145 JOHN GULINO $74,500 9 3
146 JOSHUA LAWSON $74,000 22 2
147 DUC TRAN $73,700 10 6
148 PAUL GORAY $73,300 30 2
149 RICHARD MAURER $72,600 37 5
150 ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ $71,500 14 9
151 PAK KONG $71,300 20 2
152 ALEKSANDR BOLOTIN $71,100 29 3
153 CHRISTOPHER BONITA $71,000 15 1
154 ANDREW ROSEN $71,000 27 9
155 JESSE YAGINUMA $70,500 8 8
156 SUNIL WALIA $70,500 37 7
157 CHARLES HOOK $70,000 2 10
158 JAMES CALLARI $70,000 28 8
159 JOHN REISS $69,800 6 2
160 ROLAND ISRAELASHVILI $69,700 27 3
161 DAVID ROUNICK $69,600 15 3
162 ANTHONY SALERNO $69,300 6 10
163 STEVEN TABB $69,200 8 7
164 MICHAEL DICHIARO $68,800 30 8
165 RAJENDRA PATEL $67,900 32 8
166 JAMES BOYLE $67,700 27 4
167 JASON HENRICI $66,800 22 9
168 ASSAF ALSTER $66,300 16 3
169 ADAM SELMAN $66,300 34 3
170 KENNETH TESCHLOG $66,000 12 7
171 JOSEPH LOGUIDICE $66,000 13 5
172 NACHMAN BERLIN $66,000 22 6
173 STEPHEN BARBELLA $64,800 25 4
174 MICHAEL MICHNIK $64,100 30 3
175 JAMES ANDREW BARNES $64,000 9 2
176 MATTHEW GLANTZ $63,400 30 10
177 WILLIAM HEGER $63,200 3 7
178 HEUNG YOON $63,200 21 10
179 VICTOR MONTILLA $63,100 14 3
180 TREMAYNE JERNIGAN $63,000 8 4
181 JIMMY CHAN $62,700 15 8
182 VIPUL KOTHARI $62,500 28 10
183 RICKIE KLEMPNER $62,400 11 4
184 SCOTT ANDREWS $62,400 13 3
185 VIET NGUYEN, $62,400 27 1
186 MATTHEW DWECK $62,400 32 2
187 ROBERT GALLAGHER $62,300 24 6
188 JASON BEERS $62,300 36 1
189 JOSEPH CAPPELLO $62,200 2 8
190 JAMES STENELLA $62,200 9 8
191 MICHAEL RUBY $62,200 33 4
192 SCOTT GALLANT $62,000 21 5
193 ANDREW FINELT $61,200 32 9
194 STEVEN DANNENMANN $61,100 37 3
195 EMANUEL FAILLA $61,000 3 5
196 ALEXANDER KRAYZEL $61,000 33 3
197 STEPHEN HORNICK $60,600 22 10
198 BARRY WENGER $60,100 1 8
199 MIKAIL VAINSTEIN $59,700 31 6
200 JOHN LAROSA $59,100 16 5
201 STEVEN LERNER $59,000 31 4
202 DAVID FISHBAUM $58,600 23 6
203 LORI BELOW $57,900 20 9
204 KEITH CROWDER $57,800 27 7
205 MARK ZAND $57,700 27 2
206 ANTHONY LAM $57,600 26 4
207 JOSH SPIEGELMAN $57,300 31 5
208 RENE BATTISTON $57,100 17 10
209 ANTONIO WALKER $57,000 25 6
210 ROBERT TOFT $56,800 32 7
211 AARON GUSTAVSON $56,500 29 8
212 DAVID WATERS $56,100 1 10
213 THEODORE ELY $55,900 16 4
214 ARI BUCHMAN $55,900 32 3
215 DEAN JOHNSON $55,900 32 5
216 BRETT BORGERSEN $55,900 34 7
217 ALBERT KRUX $55,800 37 4
218 BALINT BARTA $55,700 24 2
219 MICHAEL NORMAN $55,600 10 1
220 FRANCO MASTROIANNI $55,600 21 8
221 ERIC SIEGEL $55,000 29 4
222 ALAN HADDY $55,000 31 10
223 ANTHONY SANTERAMO $54,800 10 4
224 HOA MINH NGUYEN $54,800 19 10
225 LEE KIRSCH $54,600 5 7
226 DAVID ZEITLIN $54,600 16 9
227 KARL TRETTER $54,500 29 2
228 SCOTT YOUNG $54,400 29 9
229 DAVID VIGIL $54,100 4 1
230 JARED HUTT $54,100 7 9
231 PETER IPPOLITO $53,200 11 5
232 PHIL LIFSCHITZ $52,600 29 1
233 JOHN CAPOSSELA $52,500 12 5
234 SANJAY PANDYA $52,100 28 3
235 GIL BETZALEL $52,100 30 6
236 ROBERT MARQUETTE $51,900 37 2
237 DAJUAN WHORLEY $51,700 7 7
238 MICHAEL MATRONE $51,400 8 2
239 DANIEL JIACOPELLO $51,400 18 3
240 RICHARD HALL $50,700 10 10
241 JOSEPH AARONS $50,700 24 5
242 ANTHONY RUBERTO $50,600 18 10
243 LEONARDO PALERMO $50,500 34 8
244 ALAN ENGEL $50,200 29 6
245 JAMES LADEIRA $49,400 10 5
246 FRANK PARISI $49,300 14 4
247 MARK MORRISON $49,100 7 6
248 GAUTHAM JETPOLURU $49,100 14 6
249 SURESH SURYAWANSHI $48,600 4 3
250 MICHAEL HACK $48,500 23 5
251 GORDON ENG $47,300 33 2
252 SUDHISH SURYAWANSI $47,200 7 10
253 MARTHA PATELLA $46,800 3 2
254 JAMES ARVESEN $46,100 27 6
255 SETH AMPOLSKY $46,000 24 8
256 ALFRED MOTTUR $45,900 33 8
257 JIMMY ALIMONOS $45,600 6 7
258 JAMES OMEALIA $45,600 9 7
259 GARY TAVELLA $45,500 18 1
260 THOMAS BALLA $45,300 35 4
261 LEONID LERNER $45,200 18 7
262 CHEN XIDONG $45,100 33 1
263 CARLOS DELAFUENTE $44,600 17 7
264 ROBERT ANDERSON $43,900 13 7
265 JOANNE DORIN $43,200 24 4
266 PAUL LAM $42,700 25 5
267 MARGENT MASLINKA $42,600 13 9
268 DOUGLAS KIM $42,200 2 7
269 MICHAEL ALOSCO $42,000 10 3
270 KEVIN CARROLL $42,000 17 3
271 ALEX NEPOMNYASCHIY $41,500 36 5
272 EUGENE SMITH $41,400 22 1
273 NICHOLAS POMPO $41,300 28 2
274 VICTOR CIANELLI $41,300 35 2
275 STEVEN MONACO $41,200 23 4
276 IGNAZIO AZZARA $40,600 5 8
277 SAMIR HUSAYNUE $40,500 9 10
278 ANTHONY CASAGRANDE $40,300 28 5
279 MARK DIKKER $40,100 18 4
280 JOHN LOONSTYN $39,800 4 2
281 TAYLOR SHPUR $39,600 2 9
282 DANIEL FISCHER $39,600 18 6
283 DAREN WEAVER $39,300 6 5
284 JAY ZIMMET $38,900 4 6
285 ERAN DANAN $38,800 36 4
286 KEVIN WERT $38,400 15 4
287 SAMUEL BERNSTEIN $38,300 12 1
288 LUKE SERAFIN $38,100 23 10
289 JAMES MCLAUGHLIN $38,000 33 9
290 JAMIE KERSTETTER $37,800 2 5
291 JESSE BANE $37,000 3 6
292 DAVID JOHNSTON $37,000 5 6
293 GILBERT SACKS $36,700 23 9
294 JOSEPH HAMMERMAN $36,200 8 10
295 BENJAMIN MODO $35,900 26 1
296 DEAN SCHULTZ $35,800 3 9
297 LAURENCE GRONDIN $35,800 29 5
298 ILYA VASSERMAN $35,400 9 4
299 YLON SCHWARTZ $35,400 34 9
300 ALAN COLON $35,100 5 4
301 PETER MOFFATT $35,100 16 8
302 HOVAN NGUYEN $35,000 14 1
303 SUK LEE $34,900 7 3
304 GREGORY MCCURRY $34,900 16 2
305 MIN DONG $34,600 12 4
306 NATALE KUEY $34,500 24 3
307 JACK BARNES $33,000 2 6
308 RICHARD PYNE $33,000 33 6
309 MANISH PATEL $32,900 6 9
310 JEREMY PAIT $32,600 26 9
311 GREGORY CARLL $32,000 14 8
312 MARK LESSNER $31,400 1 1
313 WILLIAM LEFCHUCK $31,100 18 9
314 LYNNE MITCHNICK $31,000 26 10
315 BENJAMIN MCLAUGHLIN $30,700 17 5
316 JON GIOVINCO $30,600 23 1
317 JEFFREY PETRO $30,500 17 4
318 JOSEPH BEST $30,400 1 4
319 EDWARD JONES $30,200 5 2
320 LARRY RIGGS $30,000 32 6
321 JAMES MALTZ $29,900 9 1
322 BRIAN EDMONDS $29,500 13 6
323 MARK NAGLE $29,300 37 1
324 TAM CHI LY $29,200 24 7
325 THOMAS DALY $29,100 17 2
326 DAVID FOX $29,100 25 9
327 VLAD ENKISHEV $29,000 23 7
328 DENNIS POULSON $28,800 35 6
329 ANTHONY CAMPAGNA $28,400 36 7
330 DONALD ENGELDRUM $28,200 37 9
331 LISA PICKELL $28,100 18 5
332 JOSEPH LOPES $27,600 5 5
333 TAE BAIK $27,000 2 2
334 LEWIS LARGENT $26,900 11 6
335 SAHU HABIBI $26,800 28 6
336 MICHAEL CHAPMAN $26,700 10 8
337 JERRY BURGESS $26,700 22 3
338 JOHN DULEY $26,500 10 7
339 SARAH MIHALIK $26,500 31 8
340 RAGAVAN THIAGARAJAH $26,300 35 3
341 THOMAS ZINN $26,000 2 3
342 GARRICK MCELROY $26,000 35 8
343 LOUIS RUSSO $25,800 8 1
344 MICHAEL SALZANO $25,800 16 10
345 VIRGIL PAGE $25,800 37 6
346 BRETT BAUMEISTER $25,400 36 3
347 KENNETH WEINER $25,300 12 9
348 PHILIP COLE $24,900 7 2
349 DONALD ABRAMSON $24,800 32 4
350 CARMEN LABRUTO $24,600 7 1
351 LEONARD GREEN $24,600 36 2
352 $24,100 30 9
353 DICK CARSON $23,600 22 5
354 DALE BURKE PINCHOT $23,100 1 9
355 MATTHEW HENRY $23,000 37 10
356 ADAM FRALEY $22,700 19 3
357 MICHAEL EVANS $22,000 13 4
358 NORIK RIZAJ $22,000 34 4
359 PASQUALE DIGIULIO $22,000 37 8
360 CHARLES FORSCH $20,800 35 9
361 JOHN CURCURU $19,900 16 1
362 PATRICK HAYDEN $19,600 13 10
363 JOSEPH KAKOUN $18,600 36 8
364 JASON BROHM $17,400 28 9
365 PETER SCOTT $16,300 35 7
366 VINCENT CAESAR $15,200 21 2
367 VLADIMIR GEYKHMAN $14,900 32 10
368 MICHAEL DENTALE $13,600 15 5
369 JOHN DELAY $10,800 23 3

Time for a live game report Tuesday 1:30pm

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

(1) 1-2 PLO
(2) 10-20 O.E

(11) 1-2 NL
(10) 2-5 NL
(4) 5-10 NL
(1) 10-20 NL
(1) 25-50 NL

BBJP $161,411

Stan

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