If you live in the eastern half of the United States, the best opportunities for playing live poker and, especially, lucrative poker tournaments are in Atlantic City. Every day the poker rooms of Atlantic City's biggest casinos offer lots of cash and ring game action, plus daily tournaments.

The Borgata, Tropicana and Taj Mahal have the best known and most popular poker rooms in Atlantic City, but the rooms at Caesars and Showboat aren't far behind. And the list continues to grow as almost all of the city's casinos now offer poker.

For poker players who have only played online, playing in a "bricks and mortar" live poker tournament can be a very different kind of experience. But if you're looking to become famous at The World Series of Poker or on the World Poker Tour, you need to get live tournament poker experience. Playing in some of the less expensive tournaments offered regularly in Atlantic City can get you the experience you'll need.

Click on the hotel-casinos listed below for more details about playing poker in Atlantic City.