Lots of action at the Taj Mahal. The poker room had twelve $1/$2 NLHE games going at noon on a early December Tuesday afternoon. They also had a $1/$5 Stud game, which runs every day and two Omaha H/L games as well. The daily tournaments have been a bit sparse this week, with two or at most three tables. But the NLHE action is hopping and at night the room is even faster. Just one tip, if you valet park, you can walk right into the poker room and since the parking structure is five bucks anyways--save the walk.
Taj has pretty good tournaments, fairly generous starting chip counts, the structures are fair (quick early, but more deliberate after the 6th or 7th level), and the dealers keep the action moving. Some of the better dealers I've seen, and pretty friendly and sociable, too. ... If cash tables are your thing, you'll find some loose lower-limit games here. The 3-6 Omaha hi-lo (8-or-better) w/full kill may be the loosest cash game I have EVER played, and this one was full of fish who would call down any raise with less than the high or low nut hand. It was a skilled player's dream, and even reasonably patient players who know when to push a big hand could make a killing despite the lower stakes.
The Taj room has a lot of tables going at one time, I'll give it that. But the room is amazingly loud and chaotic and you MUST listen for your name to be called from the Brush Desk or you're DONE. They'll remove your name from the list without thinking twice. Also, the players tend to be the crusty old regulars, so watch out for that. The room has been cleaned up quite a bit, but isn't clean by any stretch of the imagination. On the plus side, there is always action going at many different levels and is the ONLY room in town where you can get a low limit stud or Omaha game. I don't like the tourney structures either. Very fast and luck oriented.
Lots of tournaments and very well run! Lots of options for ring games! Had a very good time in this poker room! Well worth checking out!
