Called 8/20 to try again for the comped two nights free. Nothing available till after labor day unless I wanted to pay. At this point I'm sticking with the Borgata.

^^^^^^^^^

This STINKS !!!

7K points & $70 in comps.

The offer was that you were good until 9/30/18. They should honor their offer, there was never a stipulation about play as far as I know, and this fellow has points/comp $.

Of course people are going to take advantage but is Qcean surprised by that ?
Their pretty damn dumb if they are.
This is ridiculous.

It says in the fine print in all of these casino loyalty programs that the card is their property, they have the right to revoke privileges or cancel promotions at any time.

If you are showing up every day and abusing the system, I have no problem with the card being revoked. I don't think they should freeze his comps but this issue actually affects me personally.

People just completely taking advantage of the system and trade up program without playing are just flooding the clubs to the point where you can't even get in. To see the place come in dead last in casino revenue but have a black card lounge that is packed to the brim and a sold out hotel every night, it's not hard to imagine what is going on.

I can't wait until the promo period is over.

I do not understand why you think I am taking advantage of anything. I was following their rules as they set them. It's not like everyone who gets a promo offer needs to make more money for a business. Why should I be penalized for following their rules?

Additionally, the poker room is... very weak. One would think that they would throw some decent incentives to people who play there. My 35(?) hours is not nothing. (Not that they would know this, but I'm one of the people willing to start new tables and play short handed.)

I do not remember how many times I used the lounges. I would guess 10-15 times. They couldn't be loosing that much money on the pretty skimpy selection/no redbull/etc.

So true, the Ocean Resort rushed to match the opening of the Hard Rock but came to the table with a lack of the amenities that A.C poker-players are in pursuit of, high hand jackpots, bad beats or tier point multipliers, the smoke and mirrors will fade after the summer season as the poker games don't generate the rev to keep them going. There is no poker mgr listed cause there is no poker room, remember when the Hilton had a few tables on the floor after the room up stairs closed.....read the righting on the wall.

Now more than one player has spoken up about being cut off at the premium clubs and lounges, I'm not all for camping out for a bowl of soup or a snack, but like a can of cat food on your porch at night they will be there tomorrow for that freebee, weigh it out.

That's writing.....sorry the keyboard slipped not me.

Just returned from a few days in AC. Used my comped rooms at the HR, but played mostly at Ocean. The B offered up a generous boost to play a little and maintain status, so I made sure to get a couple of sessions there this trip.

Saw the same few guys there, wondering if any were 2+2ers. I was there on Monday for a session from around 2pm to 9:30. Then back from 11:30 - 2am.

On Tuesday, it was a short night session, from around 9pm - 11.

If you were there at the same time, please reach out to me (PM or on this thread). I try to be discreet about 2+2, and only chatted up one guy quietly. He knew about it, but sounded surprised that there was an Ocean thread (new and small numbers). He was either not on this thread, or wanted to remain anon. If you want to remain anon, I'l simply say thanks for the pizza and the burger was great.

I'm the MAWG, usually with some Giants gear. When I take breaks, they are almost always cigar related.

I dig the room, would prefer to stay/play there, but last time I called there were no more Aug or Sept comps, and the discounted rooms (email) weren't available either.


Regarding the people cut off. I chatted up one of the regs, a guy who says he has lots of hours, points, rooms etc. Said he never heard about anyone getting cut off. Again, either not on this thread, or prefers to stay anon. If you want to remain anon, thanks for the laughs and keeping it fun.

The irony in this is that just 2 weeks prior I had no trouble booking my 2 nights and they gave me Friday and Saturday night.

With the unofficial word that Hard Rock poker room will open later in the year, I will just wait to give them my poker business. The HR lounge is so much better, the rooms are also pretty nice, and casino floor doesn't feel like a dungeon. I don't do any casino games and all the memorbilia is at least a bit entertaining.

Where's the irony?

My September offers,
For being a loyal player,
Include:
1) 6x tier credits every day
(Makes black card attainable,
I think this is available for all
Players at all games.)
2) earn $5 comps Tuesday,
Get $20 more (the
dream of every comp ho.)
3) Wednesday gift card
(similar to the Tropicana gift cards.)
4) friday mystery free play
(Similar to the offers
Borgata gave everyone
At slot machines 15
years ago, when the were
Recruiting degenerate gamblers
For their one armed bandits.)
5) free play offer
(Helps cover my
Losses playing Borgata
regs @ Ocean while
Helping to pay $80
Rake an hour for the table.)
6) 2 complimentary rooms
A week (I was able to book
Them for September.)
7) all sorts of slot offers

I called yesterday and was told by the poker room thaty they don't offer poker room rates no matter how many hours played. Makes it hard for any fresh money from out of state to come there to play.

Guess I'm stuck staying at the Borgata with the same old men/stale players.

Tom Gitto, former manager of the Taj poker room is their poker room manager.

Maybe he doesn't have the power to offer incentives to players. I fly in from out of town and refuse to pay $200.00 a night for the right to spend 16 hours a day playing in their poker room.

Besides Borgata, where you need a black card to get a decent room rate (being from clear across the country, makes it hard to attain/maintain), does anyone know of a decent room with decent poker rates for their hotel?

I've been playing at Foxwoods, 2 free nights a week and decent rates the remainder of the days. I fly in for 7 nights, get four comped and pay the other three.

The Taj would give you a great room rate if you played so many hours per day during your stay. I wonder why Tom Gitto isn't at least offering that incentive. It would get more players from out of state to come play/stay.


If anyone knows of a decent poker rate for a room in AC, please reply. Thank you. And please, Tom...get us a decent room rate like you did at the Taj.

Gitto is not pulling the strings. Not in charge of anything. Just a name.

Source?

"Unofficial" is the key here. Before they opened, I heard from a couple sources that they would DEFINITELY have a poker room. We see how that turned out. If they were going to put one in, wouldn't they have done it during the initial construction? What could the reason be for waiting? I'd love to see one there but I have my doubts.

I have my doubts too and at the end of the day there is a very limited pool of people who play poker. Starting a new poker room is not going to magically increase that pool of players by much.

Since poker is not a priority, I figured they focused on actually getting their main operations running well, instead of doing a little bit of everything half assed.

Plus promotions including high
Hand promotions start on Saturday!

borgata gives out free room for poker.
it has nothing to do with your tier status.

correction: Promotions start midnight Friday night.
They'll have cash back, high hand and Bad Beat.
Also there's a huge cash giveaway September 3rd
poker players are eligible for.
Comps have gone up to $2.50 an hour.
I get free rooms at Ocean based on my
Poker play. I played about 150 hours in July.

Any more details you can add? The cash giveaway? Rake back tiers?, bbjp qualifiers? HH amount and qualifiers?

Cash giveaway on September 3rd:
https://www.theoceanac.com/grand-opening-giveaway/
@TheOceanAC #TheOceanAC
The entries must be
activated on September 3rd
At a kiosk between 6 AM
and 2:45 pm Monday.
BBJB qualifiers:
don't know yet.
Will show on Bravo soon.
High hand amount and qualifiers:
Don't know the amount,
if I understand correctly there will
Be qualifiers Friday night,
Saturday, but not weekdays.
Again see Bravo.
The rake back is supposed
To be the best in AC.
DON'T know the amounts,
but the first cut off
will be at a minimum of 50 hours,
don't quote me, lol.
Two qualifiers:
(1) subject to approval of higher management
(2) Bravo should be updated
In the next few days to answer
most/all your questions.

Cash back: 50 hours, $150. 80 hours $250, 130 hours $400, 200 hours $500.
High hand: must use 2 cards. No qualifying hand 6Am Monday to 6pm Friday. Friday 6pm to Monday 6Am AAA-1010 minimum. $100.
Bravo should be updated shortly.

so 3/6 limit game is same comps/tier credits as a 2/5 game?

I believe all games are 2.50$/hr