i've played at the Sands tourneys a couple of times. Very small room, but it was well run:
Looking for Atlantic City
poker tournaments and poker rooms in Atlantic City? Your best bet is the Boardwalk and Marina area where a number of major casinos hold regular poker tournaments in some very nice poker rooms.
The poker rooms below offer the best variety of spreads and poker games including
Texas Hold 'em, Seven Card
Stud poker and
Omaha poker. There are plenty of low limit poker games with Trump Taj Mahal and Borgata seeing most of the
high stakes poker
Atlantic City Boardwalk & Marina Area
Bally's
(609) 340-2000 or (800) BALLYS-7
Bally's Park Place Casino has a small 8 table poker room mostly dealing low limit Texas Hold 'em and Seven Card Stud.
Borgata
(609) 317-1000 or (866) 692-6742
The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa opened in July, 2003. It is one of the more luxurious casinos in Atlantic City and its comfortable poker room is consistent with that theme. The poker room hosts over 30 tables in a setting that is elegant and well organized. Daily poker games include Texas Hold 'em, Seven Card Stud, and Omaha with spreads generally ranging from about $3 - $6 to $20 - $40. Larger spreads are often available in the high limit section. Borgata hosts a Texas Hold 'em poker tournament Monday through Friday with buy-ins generally ranging from $20 to $200. Borgata is also host to the annual
Borgata Poker Open in September. The poker tournament is part of the
World Poker Tour. For more info on the Borgata and its poker room, see also
Borgata Casino Hotel.
Harrahs
(609) 441-5000 or (800) 645-6774
Harrahs Atlantic City has a poker room with five tables primarily offering low limit Seven Card Stud and Texas Hold'em. Harrahs is host to the World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit in January.
Sands
(609) 441-4000 or (800) 257-8580
The Sands Casino has a small poker room on the fourth floor dealing Texas Hold 'em, Seven Card Stud, and Omaha with low limits. The Sands poker room hosts a Texas Hold 'em poker tournament every Friday and Saturday with a $35 registration fee.
Tropicana
(800) 843-8767 or (800) 257-6227
The Tropicana poker room has 43 poker tables dealing Texas Hold 'em, Seven Card Stud, and Omaha. This is the place to be if you also have sports action going as monitors showing sports events are visible from every seat in the poker room. The Tropicana poker room has a Texas Hold 'em poker tournament going every day of the week with buy-ins ranging from $20 to $50.
Trump Taj Mahal
(609) 449-1000 or (800) 825-8888
One of the biggest and most popular, the Trump Taj Mahal poker room has over 60 poker tables. Trump deals 7 Card Stud, Texas Hold 'em and Omaha. Most days you can also find Hi-Lo poker games for 7 Card Stud and Omaha Eight or Better. The Trump poker room also has one of the widest varieties of spreads with games beginning at $1 - $3 and $2 - $4 and often as high as $300 - $600 on the weekends. The poker room offers a daily poker tournament Monday through Friday (Omaha on Wednesday and Texas Hold 'em on the other days) with buy-ins ranging from $20 to $150. Trump Taj Mahal also hosts the annual
Trump U.S. Poker Championship in September/October and the Trump Classic Poker Tournament in November/December. The poker room also offers free poker lessons. For more about the Trump Taj Mahal and its poker room, see
Trump Taj Mahal.
