The poker room was as packed as I've ever seen it on Sunday and Monday. There was some sort of pub poker tournament series and also some sort of poker-playing biker gathering there too. Really fun people to play with.

well, this had its advantages and disadvantages:

the disadvantages include (1) the dealers were quite tired (sleepy) of long shifts by Monday noon, (2) the seating turned into a fast production line cattle call, good luck getting a seat... (3) there wasn't nearly enough floor people to handle the volume, - didn't get into my game until Monday, and even then mostly by accident, that I showed up as the game was being called, and (4) there was way too much noise in the low limit area, - still, the advantage was significant: I did appreciate the action and friendliness of the numerous pub guests...

a final point for the peanut gallery: there wasn't nearly enough staff to serve drinks as demand warranted which kept the homey insane asylum feel intact without moving us all into a bar room brawl atmosphere that drinks on demand though out the long nights might have produced...though the poker room was prepared for this final scenario with security and time-outs...

Hello,

As my first post I would like to address the bathroom situation at the taj. The ONLY bathroom that I use at the Taj is the one in the high roller pit. Sure it might be about 15 steps further then the disgusting one in the back of the poker room but it is ALWAYS clean, you never have to worry about getting robbed and they have clean cloth towels to dry your hands off for those of you who actually wash your hands . The floor in the high roller pit will NEVER say anything to you for using the bathroom. I hope this helps out my fellow grinders as I am sure that many of you have had issues with the bathroom during a session.

I walk over out the back of the room towards where that bar that has the loud music near the arena. Is that what you mean?

Yes, the exit in the back is an exit only so you have to walk through the front of the pit to get in and exit the back and come out by the players card service and the back of the poker room where the horse betting is.

I didn't even know there was one in the area. Last time I walked out the room to the one across from the noodle bar.

The bathroom across from the noodle bar is not the high stakes bathroom that was mentioned earlier. The Noodle Bar bathroom is miles way better than the crappy bathroom on the other side of the poker room, where legend and truth will both say people get stabbed there.

To get to the high stakes bathroom, you have to go on the casino floor from the poker front entrance, stay on the right and down to the high stakes area where the dealers are all wearing tuxedos. Go up the stairs in the back and the bathrooms are on the left. They are very small bathrooms, with one toilet and a couple urinals.

This is known as the high stakes for life bathroom (HS4L)...

hey guys whats the pokerrate midweek and on weekends? thanks

$65 weeknights, $85 weekends. Extremely tough to get weekends during the summer though.

Are you even watching this thread develop?

I doubt the shooting will have much affect on poker room rates or availability.

Just...wow. Uh....maybe I should take my black card and go to Borg now.

This doesn't scare me at all, but I am wondering if they shut down the poker room tonight - one of the articles says they closed the pit. I was planning to go tomorrow, hope the room is still open and there are still plenty of players.

speaking of trump security:

Gunfire Erupts Inside Trump's Taj Mahal Casino

There was a shooting inside the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency units responded to the casino just after 4:30 p.m. to remove a woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Witnesses said the assailant was man. Beyond that details are sketchy. The Taj Mahal is a Trump hotel and casino on Virginia Avenue along Boardwalk at the famous Steel Pier.WCBS-TV New York - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

...Police said they recovered the gun used in the shooting after arresting the suspect in a parking garage...

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...ntic_city.html

http://www.fox13now.com/news/nationw...0,784635.story

[ed. ...now I feel safer in the parking garage...I hope the employee was not seriously injured and gets well soon...]

APNewsBreak: Employee shot at NJ Taj Mahal dies

http://www.wqow.com/global/story.asp?s=10433908

...Ray Kot was a shift manager who had been with the casino since the day it opened in 1990...



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090527/...no_shooting_10

...management shut its table games down Wednesday evening and sent home workers assigned there. Slot machines remained open...

http://wcbstv.com/entertainment/taj....2.1021380.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/...no_shooting_12

information available this morning:

Shift manager shot, killed at A.C. casino
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/lo...C__casino.html

and this:

Division of Gaming Enforcement agents handling the case said the motive was unclear.

"We are so sorry about this situation," Trump spokeswoman Mary Moyer said. "Our thoughts and prayers are going out to the victim and his family."

Read more: "Manager at Atlantic City casino slain" - http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009...xzz0GniBROLt&A

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009...ino_slain.html

thanks. whats the required time on the felt per day? 5, 6 hours?

I'm going down to the Taj on June 17-20 and they were SOLD OUT of poker Rate on Friday...so they gave me $229 but I did get the $65 for Wed/Thurs

Surprised there isn't more about the shooting on this message board...obviously did not happen near the poker room.

I haven't tried to get any of the comp rooms for June/July yet; hopefully there will be some available.

There's an NVG thread running on the same issue, so that's where the discussion is.

I am quite suprised as well. I was in the poker room when it happened, and had no idea anything had happened, until maybe an hour later when the story/rumors gradually spread into the poker room. I'm sure if I had actually heard the gun shots this would have affected me differently, but the overall mood in the pokerroom/my table was business as usual. It wasn't until later when it was confirmed by a dealer who the victim was and that he had died, that the mood changed a bit. She (the dealer) seemed deeply saddened by this.

My thoughts go out to the family, friends, and co-workers of Mr. Kot.

The shooting did not happen on the casino floor, it happen near where they store cards and dice etc.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/lo...C__casino.html

Anyone here a regular 10/20 player at the Taj? I play it a few times a week and just wondering who I might know from the tables. I am the arabic guy who gets massages and my hair is low cut fade.

I'm a pretty regular 10/20 player. I don't get to play all the time right now seeing as how I am a full time student. You sound familiar but I cannot put a face to you at the moment.

I am a younger asian guy (look more mixed) with a shaved head, normally wear some sort of black baseball cap and some kind of tee shirt with a lot of designs/crap on it. I'm pretty talkative also.

Hello,

Anyone here a Omaha player ? I came on Saturday night and their was only 2 2/4 tables and no 5/10. Usually on Saturday night theirs always a juicy game. What happened ?

Strange. I don't think I've ever been to Taj and not seen at least one 5/10 O8 game going. Last time I was there they had two 5/10 games and only one 2/4.