Borgata Poker Room Rates

[Poseidon65]

I'm planning a trip to AC, and looking to get more information about poker rates at the Borgata. It all seems quite complicated compared to the Vegas rates; it sounds like you need a players club card, need to log a certain number of hours before you qualify for rooms on different nights of the week, etc.

Can anyone tell me the details of how this works, such as the number of hours you need to log to get a room on each night of the week?

[Jeffage]

You basically can't get a poker room rate on weekends there without a history of consistent high limit play. You also won't be able to book one on a weekday without a history of play (not sure what the limit requirements are for that). You MAY be able to show up during the less crowded months, play for a bit and get a poker rate. But I wouldn't count on it.

It's relatively easy to get a poker rate at Taj midweek by just showing up, playing and asking.

Alternatively, book a room at Sheraton by the Convention Center - it's reasonable during the week, very nice, a 5 minute drive from Borg or boardwalk casinos (and you can walk in like 15-20 mins to boardwalk as well).

Jeff

[FiveFingerz]

Borgata requires a minium of 4 hours of play but you wont get a room trust me. Even if you are a regular and only hold a red players card the room rates are still like 149 a night and its no guarantee you'll get one. Weekends completly out of the question for red card holders, ok well not completly but i think they run like 200-250 on the weekend and you have to reserve way in advance at least a few weeks.

My recommendation go play BJ or Craps for a few hours drop a couple thousand on both then you will get your black card and free rooms whenever you want them......LOL Kidding but without a black card you are pretty much better off staying somewhere else.

[StrictlyStrategy]

I'm there quite a bit so.

You will not be getting a poker rate.

You need an established history and then the next month you'll be eligible for it. So yes, you will need a card.

It's $100 and after taxes etc. $119, you will be eligible Sun-Thur. I've never asked about weekends because I'm never there but judging the way Borgata handles its poker comps I'd be blown away if they gave you the rate on a weekend playing anything less than 40-80 for 90% of the time.


The difference between red and black means nothing as far as I know. If you have like $600 dollars annual-earned on your card and go ask at that back desk(not the one in the pit, the board on the right adjacent to the tournament section) they'll often just nod you along for black label.

At $10/whack the Amphora is very worth it.

[FiveFingerz]

I know quite a few people with Black cards but the play a lot more then just poker and they have no problems getting rooms whenever they want them. Most of the time they dont even have to ask they just get the vouchers mailed to them.

Sorry about the misinformation about the room rates I knew it was somewhere around 100-150 area for regulars during the week.

[esch]

Jeffage has most of the details. Some additional randoms....

It is $100 for Sun-Thurs. You usually don't need to book ahead - though for some reason, this past Sunday, nothing was available at the poker rate.

For the weekend it's $125, but those almost always have to booked ahead. You can try bothering the floor and asking day-of if something popped up, but that doesn't work too well.

I've had 500+ hours this year of 10/20 or 1/2 and do not qualify for weekend rates.

My brother has ~100 hours of a mix of 2/5, 5/10, and a touch of 10/25 and he not only gets weekend rates, but also gets concert ticket offers. All I got was a stupid Maxim subscription. He also got his black card just for sitting at the 10/25 while he was waiting for a 5/10 seat to open up and the floor offered it as a consideration for the wait.

Me, even though Joe is really nice to me, he wouldn't reissue a black card until I was 975+ comp dollars for the year. (I let my play lapse while on six month break)

No play requirement anymore.

I once got a free room by collapsing in front of the slot machines right near the escalators, back when the poker room was downstairs. Security brought me up to a room in a wheelchair.

[DrewOnTilt]

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For the weekend it's $125, but those almost always have to booked ahead. You can try bothering the floor and asking day-of if something popped up, but that doesn't work too well.

I've had 500+ hours this year of 10/20 or 1/2 and do not qualify for weekend rates.

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I used to be in the same situation. I played higher limits regularly and had a black card but still only received Sunday-Thursday poker room rate offers. Stan the poker room manager and Mabel the host fixed this for me.

If you log a decent number of hours of play, Stan will SOMETIMES give you a black card. It can't hurt to ask him to do so.

Mabel the host gave me her business card and cell phone number. When I want to reserve a room at the poker rate on a weekend, I call her cell phone rather than the reservation line (if I call the main reservation line, I am denied the poker room rate). I don't know if Mabel gives her cell phone number out to anyone or only to certain players; again, it can't hurt to ask.

[esch]

Good info. I'll definitely give that a try.

[poker327]

I play 5/10 NL weekly and do not qualify for weekend rates. I never stay over on a weekend, so I don't push the issue.

[tikipirate]

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I once got a free room by collapsing in front of the slot machines right near the escalators, back when the poker room was downstairs. Security brought me up to a room in a wheelchair.

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Wow, good deal. Def would have thought they would have wheeled people out if they collapsed in front of a slot machine. Borgota scores more points in my book.