Hi CS, tourneys have not gone yet, we have been pretty much a cash room but to be honest the schedules were just posted for the first time last week so hopefully more players will know,,Thanks for your interest

HI Chew, I know exactly the seat you mean..next time ill get you a different one lpl...glad you had a good time and thanks for the kind words

BIG blue, next time check out Lukes kitchen

thanks for your response

i was on your website and saw the tourney calendar for July & got interested

please advise when you start actually running the tourneys & i will check out your room as i am mainly a tourney vs. cash player

Tony you should have gotten a card because parking is free all summer. plus im not sure if you came all the way in to the nroom because we ahd alot more than 2 games on the 4th. Anyway we average 8 to a2 games on fri and sat sometimes a couple more. see you soon, tournament time does not apply to comp time

the poker room getting out there on twitter!

https://twitter.com/RevelResorts/sta...34393608232961
BTW, I had my first celeb sighting at Revel last weekend. Sarah Silverman was checking into the hotel. Didn't realize she was performing at Caesars that night. I thought she was there to see West....

ill be staying at revel this weekend, hoping to see some nice turnouts for the tournys! are these tournaments brand new or have they been running every weekend?

I played at Revel on Tuesday night from 7pm-1am for the Hotel comp promotion. I’ll list some pros and cons. Tried to find Frankie, but he was enjoying the night off!

Pros: -Floors were very helpful and friendly, and there were definitely plenty of them.
-Game was super soft, probably due to it being a resort and not exactly a poker destination.
- Dealers were very friendly; game was relaxed and fun.
-Cocktail guys were great
-New chips and tables are always a plus

Cons: - Location in the casino is TERRIBLE. Obviously not Frankie’s fault, but there is ZERO foot traffic passing by. It’s located upstairs and across a long catwalk. Not many signs, really hard to get to, and most of the casino staff were pretty clueless with directions.
- There was only ½ NL. It alternated between 1 full table and 2 shorthanded tables all night. Not very good for 7pm-1am. I don’t mind playing shorthanded at all, but some other players were complaining.
- Some dealers were a little new (1-2 months experience). Not a big deal though. Still working out the kinks with straddling too.
- One of the floors was very unsure of himself with a ruling regarding a hand being played with the button in the wrong spot. There was already significant action so it had to play out, but it took a few minutes to sort it.
- Loud house/club music was being played for the entirety of the night throughout the casino. Terrible. The floors said it was even louder on the weekends. I do get that the music is part of the “feel” the casino’s management is going for, but it is truly horrible.



I’m sure I forgot some stuff, but I’ll add it as I remember. Overall, I had a great time and will almost definitely play again. There are obviously some wrinkles that need to be ironed out, but it will come with experience.

One, a restaurant downstairs near the boardwalk view and the parking garage, has breakfast Fri-Sun. It's solid

He made the right ruling.

A "wrong" spot button doesn't break a hand in play. It can be a misdeal if there is no action, or even if a few poeple limp.. but IMO once someone calls/limps, the hand plays as is.

something I read in an AC news article about the Revel poker room's location:

They mentioned that they wanted it close to where the concerts, clubs, etc are so when people leave those areas, there may be foot traffic for the poker room. Does this make sense?

Well there could be some spill from the concert hall which is on the same floor. As for the club and other things, not really. They are all on the lower floor.

One really needs to have an intent on finding the poker room to do so.

I like the room and the location but I'm in the minority. It was a mistake to locate the room where it is.

Here's a link to the article and the quote, "Foti said Revel’s poker room was strategically located to take advantage of the crowds that surge out of the casino’s 5,000-seat Ovation Hall after concerts." http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/n...9bb2963f4.html

I'm sure that was an afterthought. Most poker rooms with the exception of PA Sands aren't in the main flow of the casino. It's clear that the designers put the room there so that if it failed it could be converted into meeting space. Poker rooms take time to grow. Why players Don't move from the Taj is a mystery.

Agree with almost all of this. I think the complaints about having to walk a long way to get to Revel's poker room are overblown but that's the perception so many players have.

The Taj and Revel properties appeal to different types of people. Most of Revel's poker players are 52 years old and younger according to Frankie. I would bet that most of Taj's regular poker players are over that age and so the whole of the Revel experience just doesn't suit them.

As a former Taj regular I can tell you that I do see some Taj regulars there. Some play others just come to check it out....

There are a few reasons I made the switch. First, I can travel from NYC by bus to revel since it's on the boardwalk. Second, much better comps. Third, new poker room that clean. Fourth, better eye candy (just sayin). Fifth, more fish.

Really it is not so much that the poker room is out of the way, but that it is so hard to find; better signage would go a long way. One can be on the mezzanine level, just down about 10 steps from the room, about 20 feet away, and still not know where it is. I had trouble finding it even the second time. It amazes me that they didn't put a few more signs in.

It's fairly easy to get to after the first time. During the soft opening some of the employees were confused where it is located.

Simplest directions. If one is coming in off the beach through the main doors, go up the first escalator and then head all the way to the back of the casino to the box office. Make a right up the escalators and make a right when you get off....

Better comps mean $2/hr instead of $1? Or is there anything else that you're referring to?

As far as eye candy, I haven't seen it. Of my 2 waitresses while I was there, one was an old guy. Still nobody is touching the Borg in the eye candy department.

Not only are the $ double but spending them is also 1 for 1. So, in reality I'm make 4x not 2x. (Instead of making $1 and it being worth $.50 when spending).

In terms of eye candy there are plenty of attractive women, not just the staff....

Yeah, but we are still too small in number. It's been tough to make converts.

It really is easy to do this. And if you come in from the parking deck take the elevator on the city side (not the oceanside) of the deck up to the casino floor, walk past the box office and take the escalator.

Unfortunately, Revel has a stupid layout to get to the poker room from the hotel if you are staying there. You either have to go "out" to the parking deck elevators, go down to the casino level, then walk over to escalators to get up to the mezzanine level; or walk across the lobby level to the oceanside, go down to the mezzanine level by elevator or escalator, and then make the long walk around the conference rooms to get to the poker room.

I've seen this statement a lot about the Borgata waitresses. I've always been confused, maybe one or two of them are attractive. The rest are old and/or meh. This goes for the poker room, don't know about the casino floor.

supposed to be spending next weekend in AC ages 22-25 . (non poker trip when friends are with me) One of my friends told me he wont be coming till late and figured we would just go check out revel friday night. I am assuming on a friday in the summer the girls rival harrahs/borgata and the royal jelly place with the strippers will be out between 11 and 1? The casino floor should be decent place to meet girls?

Anything else good to check out for entertainment at night? I dont know if i want to wait on the line for the club at that hour yet

Check out the pool if you are there during the day. You might need to be a guest though. The club just opened -- last weekend i think -- so i'm not too sure (although the pic on facebook look awesome). I'd also check out the level between the gaming floor and the concert hall. gl... let me know how it goes!

Pool only available for guests of hotel. The new club is five levels if fully opened and should be the new spot in AC.