During my trips in 2009, I've seen 2/4 O8 w/o kill and 5/10 O8 w/ kill @ 7.5 BB. Yes, that's right, a scoop of $75 turns the game into 10/20. Read a little further back in this thread for a discussion of the 5/10 game.

Does anyone know when the Taj poker tournaments are coming up? They usually do stud, omaha, etc multi tables once a year and was wondering if anyone knew when that was....thanks!

Hrmmm...I don't mind killing the pot but ouch...

This is my 1st post on any message board of any kind...other than my fantasy football league, but that doesn't count.

Allow me to tell you a story...

It all started when I won the Bad Beat Jackpot @ the TAJ last night at 11:59pm on a $1/$2 NLHE table. My Pocket Aces were bested by Quad Queens on a 4QQ J A board. I moved all-in on the turn and was upset when he insta-called and showed QQ. Before I could even process that I was drawing dead to win the pot but had a 4% chance to win $118,000...BOOM there it was...the freaking ACE of Clubs.

If you were there to witness this, you may remember somebody jumping up and down behind me like HE had just won the bad beat jackpot. This was my friend, Jeff (I only know him from the TAJ, but still a friend) who had just arrived and we traded 10% of our bad beat action with one another. He made it by less than 30 minutes...Lucky Him.

After that Ace of Clubs fell on the river, my world came to a standstill. From a far, It would have been impossible to tell if I had just witnessed a murder or had won over $100k...I was emotionless. I couldn't get excited because I knew that there was a chance that something during the hand would have disqualified it.

The floor person finally comes over to confirm and says..."The supervisor is still reviewing something on the tape. JUST KIDDING." I wanted to punch that man in his face, not a funny joke at all.

Off to the cashier to get paid...$100,000 Check, $11,800 to Jeff (that was not fun to give him but a deal is a deal. And Karma is a bitch). $1,000 to the Dealer. $2,000 to a player who had gotten up from the table and did not receive anything. Without him missing the hand, it never would have happened, so I didn't mind parting with 2K. 2.2K left...of to the Borgata. The Taj refused to give me a room which is dumb on their part but w/e.

In the Bathroom at the Borgata. I'm pissing in a stall and can hear a conversation next me that went something like this. "Dude I just lost $100 playing BJ...But i'm gonna win that back." So I peeled off a Hundred and slid it under the wall to him. I walked out without witnessing his reaction..tho I'll assume it was priceless.

Some bottles of Dom at the B-Bar. $100 tip for the waitress who I think licked my cheek in appreciation...That was weird. I never knew the B-bar was employing hookers, but at least 8 hookers came up to me.

Hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed recounting the MOST WONDERFUL NIGHT OF MY LIFE

lmao great post and congradulations on the fantastic win!

Congratulations on your good fortune and generosity. Jeff had been sitting in a 2-5 game with me and was pretty tipsy. He must have enjoyed a few more drinks after the win!

BTW - nice of you to also share with some other dealers. One was at my table a little later on shared her story of appreciation.

The most fun part of the entire night was passing out Green Chips to all of my favorite dealers. It was Priceless

check ur PM bro

what table # was it?


and congrats man!

It was table 1867. Kind of an odd number but that's what it was

Should be at the 5/10 game quite a bit next few days.

I assume it's pit 18, table 67 or something.

wheww!. glad it wasnt my table, i left around 1030 that night.


going back tonight... weeeeeee love the taj donk fest lol

I would like to extend an apology to the Taj Majal floor man who I jokingly claimed I wanted to punch in the face. I would also like to apology to his Boss, who I do not know personally , but have always respected from a far.

I'm off to Vegas tomorrow morning for a few days, then to Cali to visit my friend.

Ps...Those Beautiful TV's plastered around the poker room sure would look better if they were in High-Def. I'm pretty sure LG designed those TV's with HD viewing in mind.

It would also be nice if they bothered getting the sports packages. Tons of people come from NY yet they can't show any Yankee/Mets games (not sure about Giants/Jets) unless they happen to be part of the local broadcast.

yanks and mets are always on when im there, u can ask the floor person and they'll have it put on.. they have the MLB package for directv in the poker room

In that case they often have no idea how to operate the TVs because the whole room wanted it the last time I was there but the only game they were able to find was a repeat of a Cubs game on the MLB network.

And it certainly wasn't DirecTV because I have that and know what channels things are on. It looked like Comcast.

I barely ever play at Taj and I got a postcard tellin me I have $16 comp dollars that are about to expire. Anything decent (other than food) I can get with that?

EDIT: if food is the only thing worth spending it on, which places are 1-1?

The noodle bar that's pretty much right next to the poker room and the poker room snack bar are 1:1. The quality of both of these places have been commented on earlier in this thread. I can't think of anything else good to spend comp dollars on, but hopefully others can be more helpful on that point.

Just know you're going to be spending much more than $16 if you go to the noodle bar.

Hey jump, congrats. You gonna play the main event out in Vegas? I would. Anyway, sick win.

I'll be at the Taj tonight. Made my return the past few weeks. It's my favorite place to play. Although, I've ran pretty bad the past few times. Which led to me making ridiculous laydowns the last time I went, and shipping it PF with KK. Ran into QQ & AA, respectively. Q on the flop. Insta-shipped $250 on roulette afterwards and called it a night.

Anyways, I'm the tan, skinny kid with black framed glasses. Would like to meet some regs or 2+2ers as I've got no one to talk poker with. Hit me up!

Hcj57 i'll be down at the taj tonight, probably playing some 2/5NL or 10/20LHE or 20/40LHE

You almost have enough for a buffet (not the best, but halfway decent if you're really hungry..) Plate isn't too bad either, and you almost have enough to cover most meals there too.

IMO the best deal at plate are their deli sandwiches, which are packed with meat. Plate is a bit pricey, but if you're just using comps whatever.

Da Burger!

Kobe burger, french fries, and a vanilla milkshake FTW!