Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa: http://www.theborgata.com/main.cfm?category_1=3000&category_2=3500
With 85 poker tables in their specially designed poker room, the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is probably top of the poker players Atlantic City list. The casino constantly runs events, tournaments and high pay outs. Most events are centered around No limit Holdem guaranteeing a mixture of tight and loose tables as well as professionals and amateurs in residence. Borgata casino may offer a lot of Holdem games but they also have mutli-player blackjack as well as various types of pots and player numbers for their poker games. Always best to check their website to see what’s going on before you register.
Harrah’s Resort and Casino:
http://www.harrahsresort.com/casinos/harrahs-atlantic-city/casino-gambling/
Besides daily tournaments, Harrah’s large casino room offers 40 poker playing tables 24 hours a day. Besides No Limit and Limit Holdem, they offer Seven Card Stud. The low start limits (between $1 and $5) makes this an attractive place to get your casino poker practice in without too much of an investment. As the location of satellite events for the WSOP tournament, the casino can get pretty crowded but still a great place to practice.
Tropicana Casino and Resort:
http://www.tropicana.net/Atlantic-City-poker/index.htm
One of the oldest and most established casino’s on the Atlantic strip, the Tropicana poker room features 35 poker tables in their poker room. They offer two daily tournaments and limits as low as fifty cents making this a nice place to play loose tables. The room features Holdem poker only but there are more gaming tables located in the main casino. Play includes blackjack, craps as well as three and four card poker.
Caesars:
http://www.caesarsac.com/casinos/caesars-atlantic-city/casino-gambling/poker-detail.html
This large casino offers everything from slots and video poker to daily tournaments and poker events. A nice feature for some are the 20 no smoking tables. They offer a variety of poker games including variations on Holdem that include heads up play between dealer and a single player. Low buy in limits make it a bit of a free for all but you can request higher limit poker games for the select few. A classic place to play and a comfortable atmosphere.
Resorts:
http://www.resortsac.com/casino/index.shtml
Atlantic City’s first casino is still holding strong. Like every good casino in the town, play is 24 hours a day. They have a couple thousand slot machines to distract the majority of the amateurs and a great location for poker play. A little tourist filled for some, the loose tables can be attractive to those looking to increase their bankroll. Besides the usual table games and a few Asian variations, Resorts offers a few variations on Holdem which give great odds to the experienced player.