Borgata Poker Room - Red Bull? - Page 3

Bishop22 · #21 07-20-2007, 04:02 PM

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It is quite feasible to get a black card just playing high-limit poker if you are a regular player. You have to earn 1000 comp dollars per year, so if you play a game that comps $2/hr, that's 500 hours/year, or 10 per week.

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That's the letter of the law but it reality you can get floor person to upgrade you much much sooner if you play in the high limit area. That's why everybody has one.

AlexisBelle · #22 07-21-2007, 12:15 AM

bally's sucks and they give free red bull at any limit table

hilton is 5 bucks a pop

ackid · #23 07-21-2007, 06:20 AM

You could get free red bull at the Trop too.

JPantz · #24 07-21-2007, 08:02 AM

I've been wondering this now for awhile.

DrewOnTilt · #25 07-21-2007, 10:25 AM

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mmmm those sandwiches are extremely good....as is the fresh fruit when that comes around...some of the tastiest melon/strawberries I've ever had.

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QFT. That fruit tastes like it comes straight from the farmer's market.

In regards to the OP and others who whine about higher limit players getting Red Bull, Fiji, etc. - get over it. As has already been said a million times, casinos make very little profit from poker rooms. It's unreasonable to expect them to bend over backwards for everyone.

DrewOnTilt · #26 07-21-2007, 10:27 AM

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Just about every player in the high limit room at Borgata clocks in with a black card. They aren't getting that card playing poker OR low limit BJ, slots, etc.

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Seriously, I'm the only 40/80 and 80/160 player I've ever seen with a Red-label card. I think it gets me more action because when Black-label regulars see it, they think I'm a small-stakes player taking a shot. Advantage: me.

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But you don't get free parking, access to the black label lounge and buffet, or a pass to the front of the line at the regular buffet. Advantage: not you. I seriously doubt that having a Red Card creates a +EV table image for you, since half of the players in those games are brain dead anyway.

PokerDonkey27 · #27 07-21-2007, 11:14 AM

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In regards to the OP and others who whine about higher limit players getting Red Bull, Fiji, etc. - get over it. As has already been said a million times, casinos make very little profit from poker rooms. It's unreasonable to expect them to bend over backwards for everyone.

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Can you please tell me where in my OP I was whining? I asked a simple question.

I actually understand the logic behind it. Unlike a soda or mixed drink that may cost the casino $.25, Red Bull costs about $1.75 retail, so Borgata is probably paying $1 a piece. Sure, the player may tip $1/$2 dollars, but the waitress keeps that. If the waitress had to pay the house the cost of the Red Bull, none of them would serve it, as they would make no tips.

I have never played poker at Borgata, and in fact, never stepped foot in Borgata until my last AC trip. All my play is at Trump Taj, where Red Bull is served to anyone playing. Now during my next trip, I plan to upgrade to Black Label using my Trump Card and maybe play some lower limit poker. My post was to inquire about something that I had heard but could not confirm, since it was a different situation then what I was used to experiencing.

If I need a Red Bull that bad while I am playing, I'll stop at the Sunoco on the AC Expressway and pick up a four-pack.

DrewOnTilt · #28 07-21-2007, 12:22 PM

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Can you please tell me where in my OP I was whining? I asked a simple question.

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Sorry, you were not whining, but other people who responded in this thread certainly were.

psandman · #29 07-21-2007, 12:28 PM

The other night I was watching a short handed $2-$4 game in my room and commented to the floor that the game was loosing money for the casino.here was virtually no action and barely any rake. In the mean time the casino had to pay a dealer and all the players were drinking alot, so between the labor cost and beverage cost the casino was paying more than it was raking.okingly I proposed a system where everytime a player bet they got a ticket, and they could save up there tickets to buy drinks. Want water thats 1 ticket, want to get the ultra expensive water that tastes exactly like the cheap water anyway thats three tickets. Want to get ultra premium vodka, thats 10 tickets.