Atlantic City, Vegas, Foxwoods, Tahoe= My Next 2 months

Anyone wanting to meet up hers the schedule of live tournaments I'll be playing the next couple months:


US Poker Championship - Taj Mahal Atlantic City

September 16 - $550 Stud 8
September 17 - $500 Omaha 8
September 19 - $330 NLHE ($75K GTD Borgata Weekly @12PM this is not USPC Event)
September 20 - $550 NLHE
September 21 - $340 NLHE
September 23 - $180 NLHE (Borgata Daily Tournament @ 7PM - Not a USPC Event)
September 24 - $340 PLO8

Las Vegas Trip: (All Tournaments NLHE) - Staying at Imperial I'm mostly taking this trip for apartment shopping because I'm giving up my apartment in MA on Nov 1.

September 29 - $150 Harrah's 8PM September 29
September 30 - $150 Harrah's 8PM September 30
October 1 - $150 Harrah's 8PM October 1
October 2 - $100 Harrah's 3:30PM October 2
October 3 - $330 Ceasars Tournament NLHE (10K Chips + 40 min levels)


Foxwoods World Poker Finals - WPT Preliminary Events

October 20 - $300 Shootout at Foxwoods
October 23 - $600 Omaha 8 @ Foxwoods
October 26 - $600 Holdem shootout @ Foxwoods
October 27 - $600 Stud 8 @ Foxwoods


Harveys Lake Tahoe - WSOP Circuit Preliminary Events

November 10 - $340 Omaha 8
November 11 - $340 HORSE
November 12 - $550 NLHE


All my hotels, flights, travel plans etc all booked so will be playing all these for sure. A couple substitutions here or there maybe but will be in the areas the dates listed.

Trip is coming up Jim, excited yet? Which event do you predict to be your big score?

I might of said the USPC Stud event because I love Stud tournaments with decent sized fields but first time in Atlantic City so not sure and also haven't seen the structure or anything yet.

The foxwoods tournaments for sure the biggest edge where I know most of the players and floor as well as some of the dealers. Seeing I can crush the stud ring games there and will have reads already on a lot of player I think that for sure my biggest money event. Turn out might be an issue for that one, but with foxoods having ditched stud on its weekly schedule in favor of going all Holdem I'm the turn out will be better than in past years. I more or less delayed my move to vegas for the reason of that stud tournament. That added in with needing to come back here later so didn't want to make two trips back to MA while living in Vegas during that short time frame.

Just got into Atlantic City. The drive sucked, i paid $9 extra in tolls by going the wrong way and needing to turn around. It was such a confusing route, so brutal.

My first impression of Atlantic City is that its nothing like Vegas. The security is super tight here, i had to show a key to a guard to even be able to use the elevator, then need to enter room key into slot to even be able to push a button on elevator and thats for each person too.

They screwed up and don't have a smoking room for me, so I'm smoking in my non smoking room.

The positive so far is that despite this being non smoking room the room is totally off the hook, the only one nicer I've stayed in was a VIP suit at Foxwoods .

Totally exahsted here so going to get some rest, tomorrow I'm playing the Stud Hi.lo $550 USPC event at 11:15AM - strange they all start so early.

The security is super tight here, i had to show a key to a guard to even be able to use the elevator, then need to enter room key into slot to even be able to push a button on elevator and thats for each person too.

That's cause they need the security. You walk 100yards in any direction from a casino and you will be lucky to survive

Thanks for the update. Don't walk 100 yards away from the casino please, I don't want to lose my stake that way!

Come on guys. I grew up in Atlantic City. It's not even close to that bad there. It sounds like your staying at the Taj too Jim which your right has brutal security, but they just over do it sometimes. Now if your near the Tropicana by any chance watch your back if your out late night. Other then that AC isn't all that bad. It's no Vegas, but for us east coast guys it's home sweet home!!!! I can't wait to get back!!!

I haven't been around much yet to say how bad it is or isn't, but first impression was wow why do they need so much security.

Anyways I'm awake now. Only slept maybe 4 hours at best, this happened to me first night in Vegas when playing a noon WSOP and it was worst, I arived to hotel about the same time as I did here and only managed to get 1.5 hours sleep. Not sure if its the anticipation or getting used to the new room. The lack of sleep I didn't feel was a factor in Vegas so hopefully it won't be here either.

Ok I'm off to register for Stud Hi/Lo and then to find some breakfast.

btw villaskid, welcome to the forum.

I was, joking about AC, I haven't been there in over 15 years. I remember when we flew in and took the bus from the airport we went thru some tough looking neighborhoods, and we wee warned not to stray too far on the boardwalk.

The new MGM at foxwoods has guards at the elevator too

good luck jim! Take that bitch down!

Thanks for the warm welcome Jim. Barton you are def right about the "tough" neighborhoods. They are mostly located away from the boardwalk though. If Jim is staying at The Taj, and then maybe taking a car to the Borgata he should be fine. On the security issue again, I'm thinking it must just be a casino to casino thing. I recently stayed at The Orleans out here, and had to show my key to get upstairs, but when I stayed "downtown" @ 4 Queens which is def a worse neighborhood security seemed to be obsolete. Dunno just my observation from casino to casino.