I leave for Atlantic City on Sunday morning and will be staying there five nights. I ended up booking the Waterfront Premium Suite at Harrah's and plan on asking if I can upgrade to the corner penthouse-style suite when it's time to check-in. Right now there is still availability so I'm hoping I can get the upgrade at a discounted price.
I asked about comp for the current stay. They told me I need to get a Harrah's card and then all my comp points whilst gaming can be used for future stays. Well... no shit.
I once again asked if there is any discount for my current trip if I play X amount of hours each day. After the woman began repeating herself I just gave up. Atlantic City is no Vegas. This much I know already.
Speaking of Vegas ... my girlfriend and I might be going out there at the end of the month. One of her friends wants to have her birthday there. She's trying to get everyone to stay at Treasure Island but I have other plans. I haven't been out there since a few of the newer places were built and I can't decide between Vdara, Palazzo, and Wynn/Encore. The reviews for THEHotel at Mandalay Bay look good, too. So many options ... anyone out there have opinions?
I digress.
I've been playing a fair bit of online poker lately and am sad to say I still can't kick Rush Poker. I played $100 NL for 600 hands this morning and made 2.5 buy-ins. Nothing fancy, really. I flopped a set versus top pair top kicker to win one buy-in and had a bigger flush than my opponent for the second buy-in. The tables seemed a bit more loose which I think was a direct result of playing early in the morning against more Scandinavian and Russian players. The Germans seem to have turned into competent poker players. For a while they were the dead money at the table. Now it's the French, Romanians, Bulgarians, Hungarians and the like.
I also managed to satellite into the PokerStars Sunday Million and the Full Tilt $750,000 Guaranteed. I'm not sure if I'll play or take the $T on both sites. Actually, I take that back. I'm playing. The possibility of a six figure score or 20 more donkaments ... yeah, about that ...
4 comments:
Stay anywhere on the strip and you should have a blast. I stayed at the Mirage in August; it was amazing.
The going out scene is obviously off the hook everywhere. But I felt The Palms Casino/Resort was the best of the best going out wise. I'd definitely make a stop at Palms. Ghost Bar and Playboy Club are unique in the world. They are must see; even if you just stop in one night.
As for your poker-fix the options are pretty much endless. I played at the Mirage mostly and the games were good; but that's where my room was.
I'm not really into the club scene but I feel like it's a waste of a trip if I don't go to one or two just for the experience. So, Playboy Club and Ghost Bar it is.
As for poker I'll probably stick to whatever gets me comp points on the Harrah's card I'm signing up for. I want to start building that up for future trips to AC and Vegas.
have a nice trip!
/j.
Good choice. MOST GOOD!
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