{"id":11847,"date":"2018-08-13T17:41:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T17:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=11847"},"modified":"2018-08-13T21:19:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T21:19:56","slug":"if-youre-looking-for-the-best-poker-rooms-in-atlantic-city-look-no-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/if-youre-looking-for-the-best-poker-rooms-in-atlantic-city-look-no-further\/","title":{"rendered":"If You\u2019re Looking For The Best Poker Rooms In Atlantic City, Look No Further"},"content":{"rendered":"
Atlantic City<\/strong> has a storied poker past.<\/p>\n There\u2019s little doubt there were underground games in America\u2019s Playground<\/strong> when political boss Nucky Johnson<\/strong> ran the city in the 1920s.<\/p>\n Legalized casino gambling came to Atlantic City in 1976, but that didn\u2019t bring the poker games out of the back rooms.<\/p>\n In fact, the state didn\u2019t allow poker games at Atlantic City casinos until the summer of 1993.<\/p>\n The debate<\/strong> rages on to this day as to which casino dealt the first poker hand<\/strong> in AC. It was either the Atlantic City Sands<\/strong> or the Showboat Casino<\/strong>, both of which have since ceased operations.<\/p>\n Regardless, poker in Atlantic City immediately became all about Trump Taj Mahal<\/strong>, which opened 50-table room<\/strong> around that time and lead the market by a long shot.<\/p>\n No one could touch the Taj. In fact, it was the biggest and best room in town until 1998, when another contender for the AC poker room crown emerged.<\/p>\n A 40-table poker room opened at the Tropicana<\/strong> and the two properties spent the next few years embroiled in a rivalry<\/strong> for the top spot in the city. Like Coke<\/strong> and Pepsi<\/strong>, you were either Trop or Taj.<\/p>\n That is, until 2003, when the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa<\/strong> opened up with a 34-table poker room<\/strong> and became the center of the entire East Coast\u2019s<\/strong> poker universe. Borgata soon underwent an expansion of up to 85 tables<\/strong> and cornered the market.<\/p>\n The Taj shut down and has since re-emerged as Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City<\/strong>\u00a0but without a poker room. The Trop shut down its room and built a new one. At 18 tables, its nowhere near the size of what it once was and isn\u2019t even really trying to compete with Borgata.<\/p>\n When it comes to the best poker rooms<\/strong> in Atlantic City these days, all discussions begin and end with Borgata Casino. However, there\u2019s still plenty of poker elsewhere, and at least two rooms are trying to give Borgata a run for its money.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a look at the top three poker rooms in Atlantic City, starting with the king of the hill:<\/p>\n The 85-table poker room at the Borgata in Atlantic City\u2019s Marina District<\/strong> is the premier poker destination on the East Coast.<\/p>\n It is more than double<\/strong> the size of any AC competitor and offers the largest variety of cash games, tournaments, and poker promotions around.<\/p>\n It was once the home of the World Poker Tour<\/strong> season-ending championship event. To this day, it hosts massive seasonal tournament series and an annual WPT stop that continues to break entry records.<\/p>\n The Borgata offers the full Las Vegas<\/strong> casino and poker room experience in Atlantic City. It\u2019s always packed and the action is legendary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It spreads all kinds of games at stakes as high as a player wants. Borgata also runs its own online poker room (Borgata Poker<\/strong>) using GVC Holdings<\/strong> software.<\/p>\n Bally\u2019s Atlantic City is hone to a 42-table World Series of Poker-branded<\/strong> poker room that delivers on its promise to bring the WSOP experience east.<\/p>\n It spreads Hold\u2019em<\/strong> and Omaha<\/strong> cash games, daily tournaments, and has played host to the WSOP Circuit National Championship<\/strong> and other WSOP Circuit<\/strong> events in the past.<\/p>\n The WSOP poker room also hosts its own annual Bally\u2019s Poker Classic<\/strong> tournament series.<\/p>\n While it doesn\u2019t come close to the size of Borgata, Bally\u2019s does have the second biggest<\/strong> room in the city. The use of WSOP branding certainly helps keep the room busy. Its Boardwalk location doesn\u2019t hurt either.<\/p>\n In the end, however, Bally\u2019s is really more about low-limit games<\/strong> and tourists than poker purists who really have very little reason to ever leave Borgata.<\/p>\n Parent company Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> also runs a WSOP-branded online poker room in New Jersey (WSOP NJ<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Play At Golden Nugget Online With A Free Bonus<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe backstory of poker rooms in AC<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Bally\u2019s Atlantic City<\/span><\/h2>\n
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