As everyone has said...Taj was a special place for me too. First place I ever played live casino poker just days after I turned 21. Rounders played a role in that. My first day in there was a Friday night. It was mobbed. Spent many hours in that room. Very often found myself heading back to my room at Resorts at 2-3-4am. Shame it became a shell of itself in the months leading up to Taj closing.
I’m still peeved that Hard Rock didn’t put a poker room in especially since it was in the original floor plan. If they had, I would have no excuse to ever leave when there. Now with Ocean eliminating their poker space, there’s again no room at the North end of the boardwalk. When COVID ends, Hard Rock needs to put one in and they will do very well.