The Song Retains The Game
The ever curious Krude took another road trip down
the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey to Atlantic City to see the new Hard
Rock Hotel. Why the fuck not?
The Hard Rock Hotel+Casino is the once mighty Trump
Taj Mahal hotel/casino with a current 2018 face lift. Most everything was the
same.The only thing that was radically different was the elimination of the
poker room. That was a major punch to the dick for Krude. I first played poker
at the Taj in 1994. Best poker room I ever played in. Including any in Las
Vegas.
Hard Rock name is synonymous with rock star memorabilia.
Check some out:
Sitting at bar at 11:30 am near casino playing joker poker
while sipping Sam Adams Summer Ale. Won about $200 playing 3 hands at once. Two
dudes sit near me and order drinks. They have Corona beers and some kind of
whiskey/cognac straight. Then their bill comes. $268. WTF!!! Not sure what the
dark hooch was.But it surely wasn't worth $125 each. If I had won more at joker
poker,I may have picked up that tab and had myself one as well. And been rated.
Ha!
The crowd at new Hard Rock was mainly Taj veterans mixed
with current tourist types. Not too many kids,which was nice. Playing table
games was a letdown though. The Taj used to have the best dealers and croupiers.
Only a few are still there. Now its amateur city in that casino. Hopefully they
work out the kinks soon.
I ate lunch near the Boardwalk at Hard Rock. Standard burger
and fries fare. A small band was setting up getting ready to play when I was
eating. Classic rock tunes. A jukebox would've been better. Don't expect
anything other than mediocre rock cover bands to play at this hotel in the
lounges. Beats Muzak or Michael Bolton, I guess.
The last time I saw a show at Etess Arena in the Taj was Motley
Crue in 2013. The arena still stands and plays host to all kinds of live
music. If you come to AC, definitely check out a gig at Hard Rock. Music is
the best- Frank Zappa
For the past 2 years,the northern part of the Atlantic City
boardwalk has been a ghost town. Taj and Revel both went belly up. Now things
are picking up. A few tweeks here and there and the Hard Rock Casino just may
become the new Krude place to chill in AC. Mahalo
Toll roads and a farmer's tan,
KK
@kapn_krude
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