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Old 07-29-2007, 06:55 PM
bph bph is offline
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Hi guys, I am making my first trip up to AC in about a week and want to know about which games are recommended. For nl, if I want to buy in about $300 at a time, would you guys recommend buying in the full amount at 1-2 or buying in a little short for the 2-5? Is the quality of these two games significantly different? Also, for limit in the 5-10 through about 10-20 range, are there any particularly juicy games? I've heard a lot about the pink chip game so that may be what I do. Any other suggestions for this range would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 07-29-2007, 07:27 PM
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1/2 NL, best game in town is at Caesars hands down. People play very bad there and the game is super loose. Buy in for the max.

Borgata will have the most 2/5 games going on any day of the week. I wouldn't suggest buying in for less than the max, its a swingy game. I usually end up re-buying when I get down to $400 and many times I am in for $800-900 before I start hitting some big hands. You wan't to have $500 in front of you at all times so when you get a big hand you get paid. The 2/5 players are generally better than the 1/2 players, but if you select the right game I'm sure you can find just as many donkeys.

Don't know anything about the limit games.
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Old 07-29-2007, 08:40 PM
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1/2 NL, best game in town is at Caesars hands down. People play very bad there and the game is super loose. Buy in for the max.

Borgata will have the most 2/5 games going on any day of the week. I wouldn't suggest buying in for less than the max, its a swingy game. I usually end up re-buying when I get down to $400 and many times I am in for $800-900 before I start hitting some big hands. You wan't to have $500 in front of you at all times so when you get a big hand you get paid. The 2/5 players are generally better than the 1/2 players, but if you select the right game I'm sure you can find just as many donkeys.

Don't know anything about the limit games.

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Do you play a lot in the Caesar's 1/2 and 2/5 games? Advice is spot on, wonder if I've played with you, this is where I play pretty much 100% of the time.
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Old 07-29-2007, 09:16 PM
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1/2 NL, best game in town is at Caesars hands down. People play very bad there and the game is super loose. Buy in for the max.

Borgata will have the most 2/5 games going on any day of the week. I wouldn't suggest buying in for less than the max, its a swingy game. I usually end up re-buying when I get down to $400 and many times I am in for $800-900 before I start hitting some big hands. You wan't to have $500 in front of you at all times so when you get a big hand you get paid. The 2/5 players are generally better than the 1/2 players, but if you select the right game I'm sure you can find just as many donkeys.

Don't know anything about the limit games.

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Do you play a lot in the Caesar's 1/2 and 2/5 games? Advice is spot on, wonder if I've played with you, this is where I play pretty much 100% of the time.

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me too...as in 50-70 hours/wk throughout all of june and july
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Old 07-29-2007, 09:30 PM
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1/2 NL, best game in town is at Caesars hands down. People play very bad there and the game is super loose. Buy in for the max.

Borgata will have the most 2/5 games going on any day of the week. I wouldn't suggest buying in for less than the max, its a swingy game. I usually end up re-buying when I get down to $400 and many times I am in for $800-900 before I start hitting some big hands. You wan't to have $500 in front of you at all times so when you get a big hand you get paid. The 2/5 players are generally better than the 1/2 players, but if you select the right game I'm sure you can find just as many donkeys.

Don't know anything about the limit games.

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Do you play a lot in the Caesar's 1/2 and 2/5 games? Advice is spot on, wonder if I've played with you, this is where I play pretty much 100% of the time.

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me too...as in 50-70 hours/wk throughout all of june and july

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You never responded to my PM asking if you were the kid in the Yankees hat last weekend in the 2/5. You play only during the week or weekends as well?
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Old 08-01-2007, 02:46 AM
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Do you play a lot in the Caesar's 1/2 and 2/5 games? Advice is spot on, wonder if I've played with you, this is where I play pretty much 100% of the time.

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I used to play 30 hours a week at Caesars when I was playing 1/2. I've probably played about 100 hours of 2/5 there before I made borgata my home. I like the availibility of the games at borgata and the floor runs everything much better over there. The floor at Caesars has no idea how to run that room on the weekend when it gets crowded, its a joke.
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Old 08-01-2007, 03:02 AM
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I would def. recommend 2/5 in AC, i used to play 1/2 up there and then played 2/5 one day and havent looked back since. I usually buy in with $300-400 but thats at the Tropicana, hilton, Taj. I dont play the Borgata to often other then their tournies but they do have a very nice poker room.

As for limit games, Pink chip - Tropicana has the best Pink Game going hands down but sometimes you have to ask them to run it during the week. Weekends its usually always running. 5/10 limit and up I'd say Borgata, Tropicana, Taj (although its a dump IMO) in that order.

Not sure about Ceasars but I am definitely going to check it out after seeing the above posts. I've been playing AC for awhile and just have become accustomed to playing only a few places. Guess its time check out Ceasars.
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Old 08-01-2007, 10:07 AM
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As for limit games, Pink chip - Tropicana has the only Pink Game going hands down but sometimes you have to ask them to run it during the week. Weekends its usually always running. 5/10 limit and up I'd say Borgata and Taj (although its a dump IMO) in that order.

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Old 08-01-2007, 10:10 AM
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I think the people saying the Taj is a dump hasn't been there in a while. They've upgraded their whole casino, trying to modernize it. Their chips aren't dirty anymore.

The only things that qualify as "dump" are the poker players. And even them have improved, I think.

I'm playing the Taj/Borg about 50/50 now, depending on my mood.
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Old 08-01-2007, 03:03 AM
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caesars take an extra rake of $1 for their bad beat jackpot. stick to borgata and you'll want to go back.
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