The decline of the Trop...
 

I used to be a fan of the Trop in AC, decent games & room overall, quieter than Taj & Borg...

...That has all changed now. On a midweek session recently I noticed that the Trop is in serious need of upgrades.
Their old sign-in dry erase board was falling apart, the desk person then yells at the top of their lungs asking the floor if there's an open seat. The place has always been knocked for being dimly lit, but it's getting darker. The little green carts that they put the food on are just everywhere for you to trip over, and they're usually covered with trash also. The place looked like it hadn't been vacuumed in a month, there was garbage all over the floor. There were A LOT of grouchy dealers too, they were all griping about a mass firing of floor people/managers.

Autoshufflers on all of the tables would be nice, and maybe have a designated tournament area, away from the racebook. How about another beer besides Natty Light ? Oh, BTW the "legendary" pink chip game had only one game going all day. They mainly spread 1/2NL, 2/4, & 1/5 7CS. They had one table of 4/8, 5/10 7CS, & pink chip. I used to really like this place, but in the matter of a year or so it has really gone downhill.

BTW, the Taj with it's recent upgrades (new chairs, carpet, TV's, autoshufflers, electronic sign-in list) looks like a palace compared to the Trop now. If they could only get some new clean chips...

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Trop has never been one of my favorite places, but at least you can still get poker rate rooms there....$99 on Friday night is a pretty good deal.

I will be there most of next week....hopefully playing in the pink chip game when it's running. Were they not spreading 2/5 NL? Because I was hoping to finally move up from 1/2 NL if I run good my first couple days.

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BTW, the Taj with it's recent upgrades (new chairs, carpet, TV's, autoshufflers, electronic sign-in list) looks like a palace compared to the Trop now. If they could only get some new clean chips...

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Apropos of nothing, the last time I was at the Taj it looked like they had rotated in a new set of red chips. The key clue was that the chips no longer stuck together.

On a whim, I once took two $1 chips home from the Taj and spent about an hour cleaning one with alcohol and a little bleach and then comparing it to the other, uncleaned chip. The uncleaned chip was a dull to dark gray and the cleaned chip was blindingly white. The moral: always wash your hands after playing.

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The uncleaned chip was a dull to dark gray and the cleaned chip was blindingly white. The moral: play at the Borgata.

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FYP

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Cmurl,

The Trop has a cult like following. The Trop has more of a "club" feeling than the other casinos.

The Trop will continue to do well. They have created their own niche and despite the rooms archaic nature the room will always attract players.


They had one table of 4/8, 5/10 7CS, & pink chip. I used to really like this place, but in the matter of a year or so it has really gone downhill.

Its more than a year. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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Rgold79 you are to funny man,lol.

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Nick,

The Trop spreads 1-2 2-5 5-10 no limit on a daily basis. The Trop speads a $10-$20 game most weekends. The game fluctuated between $10-$20 and $10-$25 depending on who starts the interest list.

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spent about an hour cleaning one with alcohol and a little bleach

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The Taj chip crud may be icky, but it doesn't require an hour, alcohol or bleach to remove. (And alcohol and bleach are probably quite bad for the chip itself once you've stripped it of its protective crud.)

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I've always thought the Trop was kinda trashy, but continued to go there anyway. I feel like I play my best game there. But you're right, lately it has been getting kinda gross....drinks NEVER come (and I drink water + soda...wtf?)....and the past two times I've gone they had some temperature control problems. Like it was literally freezing at one table for like an hour...I was playing with my jacket on, lol.

I started playing at the Taj, which is a little better I suppose. Still dirty. Not a fan of the Borg's chips, which is the primary reason I dont like playing there.

I need a regular room, Trop used to be it... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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The Taj chip crud may be icky, but it doesn't require an hour, alcohol or bleach to remove. (And alcohol and bleach are probably quite bad for the chip itself once you've stripped it of its protective crud.)

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I was using hyperbole.

By the way, if memory serves me correctly, the Trop was known at one point for having the most generous benefits to players - something like $4/hr. Anyone know if that still continues?

I play almost exclusively at the Borgata now.