Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, MARK JULIANO, certify that:



|1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc., Trump Entertainment Resorts Holdings, L.P. and Trump Entertainment Resorts Funding, Inc.
(the Registrants);
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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|4. | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) for the registrants and we have:
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| | a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
to the registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
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| | b) | designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such internal controls over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | d) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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|5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
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| | a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal controls over financial reporting.
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|Date: November 9, 2007 |  | /s/ MARK JULIANO                                                     
|                       |  | Mark Juliano                                                         
|                       |  | Chief Executive Officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.         
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|Date: November 9, 2007 |  | /s/ MARK JULIANO                                                     
|                       |  | Mark Juliano                                                         
|                       |  | Chief Executive Officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts Holdings, L.P.
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|Date: November 9, 2007 |  | /s/ MARK JULIANO                                                     
|                       |  | Mark Juliano                                                         
|                       |  | Chief Executive Officer of Trump Entertainment Resorts Funding, Inc.