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Borgata Poker Open Tournament at Borgata Casino Hotel    

The Borgata Poker Open poker tournament is an annual poker tournament at the Borgata Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  It is a young poker tournament, first held in 2003, the year the Borgata opened.  The Borgata Poker Open has quickly become one of the top Atlantic City poker tournaments of the year.  The Borgata Poker Open draws poker professionals from around the world as well as plenty of local poker talent.  These are often the top prize money poker tournaments in Atlantic City.

As a sign of its growth in popularity, the inaugural Borgata Poker Open Championship Tournament drew 235 players and had a prize pool of $1,175,000.  In 2008, the Borgata Poker Open Championship attracted 516 players and offered a total prize pool of $5 million.

The Borgata Poker Open takes place in September and is an official stop on the Word Poker Tour.  The Borgata poker room is spacious, comfortable, and one of the classiest locations on the World Poker Tour.  As an official World Poker Tour event, the winner of the main event Borgata Poker Open Championship receives not only the tournament prize money, but also a seat at the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.     

The Borgata Poker Open consists almost entirely of no limit Texas Holdem poker tournaments, with one limit Texas Holdem poker tournament and one Seven Card Stud poker tournament.  There is also a Ladies no limit Texas Holdem poker tournament.  Poker tournaments take place daily during the course of the Borgata Poker Open Tournament series which lasts about two weeks.  Buy-ins for the daily Borgata Poker Open tournaments are very reasonable generally ranging from $300 to $5,000 (plus entry fees ranging from $50 to $200).

The main event of the Borgata Poker Open is the $10,000 buy-in no limit Texas Holdem Borgata Poker Open Championship poker tournament.  This is a five day poker tournament with some very skilled competition.  The Borgata Poker Open Championship is a regular stop for many poker pros following the poker tournament circuit.  Like many top poker tournaments in recent years, however, it is not unusual to see unknown but talented poker amateurs make it to the final table.  Online poker has allowed many poker players to skill up quickly and these days there are plenty of new faces at all of the major poker tournaments.

The Borgata poker room holds plenty of satellite tournaments in the weeks preceding the $10,000 Borgata Poker Open Championship Tournament.  Satellite tournament players have a chance to win a seat at the main event Borgata Poker Open Championship Tournament.  Satellites are one day poker tournaments typically with 13 levels, each level lasting about 40 minutes, and each satellite tournament awards as many seats to the $10,000 Borgata Poker Open Championship Tournament as possible.  Satellite tournament buy-ins generally range from a couple hundred dollars to a couple thousand dollars.

In addition to the Borgata Poker Open Tournament, the Borgata Casino poker room is also the venue for the annual June Borgata Summer Open Poker Tournament, as well as the January Borgata Winter Poker Open.

The typical Borgata Poker Open tournament schedule is below.  Contact the Borgata Casino Hotel for more information prior to the poker tournament at (609) 317-1000.

Borgata Poker Open Tournament Schedule

The Borgata Poker Open at Borgata Casino Hotel in Atlantic City is an
official poker tournament of the World Poker Tour.

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