Look on line to find the best deals on a place to stay. Be careful picking non casino hotels. Some of the cheaper ones are in bad areas. I highly recommend getting the best deal at a casino you can find and stay there.
Are you looking for a tournament or cash games? I don't play cash games so I can only tell you about tournaments. I have played at Borgata, The Taj, Showboat, Ballys and the Hilton. The Bogata has the best players. The Friday $300 tournament is a lot fun and during the summer the prize pool would get to $100,000. The Showboat $65 game is a good mix of weak and Ok players. Ballys $50 game is the weakest I played. I also like the Taj.
I like staying at Showboat and Harrah's but stay at the new tower the rooms are much better. Caesars remodeled this year and all the rooms I stayed in were great. Borgata had the best structured tounaments.