Level 4 (Blinds 100/200)

As players return from break, many new fashionably late notables take their seats for the first time today. Matt Milliken (Madison, WI) is one of those players, a primarily cash game player who frequents the higher value tournaments when available. Matt (better known as “Warlock” from his online days) has just under $100,000 in career tournament earnings, with his last recorded cash coming in this event during last year’s Borgata Poker Open (235th place – $1,442). Here are some other names to be spotted for the first time around the break:

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Joe Black Mike Azzaro
DJ MacKinnon Chris Leong
Jake Perry
Andrew Zhu
Asher Conniff
Ahmed Mohamed
Dan Walsh
Rabbit Everson
Tim Little
Julie Anna Cornelius

Level 3 (Blinds 75/150)

See the schedule for the Borgata Spring Poker Open 2019.

Rewind three months to Day 1A of Event 1 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open and it was Joe Wertz (Montoursville, PA) bossing the Day 1A field and bagging the most chips.

Wertz would take a top five chip stack into Day 2 and turn that into a 48th place cash, good for just over $1,300, and he is hoping to start the Borgata Poker Open the same way, as he is in today’s $2 million guaranteed field.

Since then, Joe has had two live rated cashes, one in the Parx Big Stax 300 for just under $1,000 and a 377th place finish in the WSOP Monster Stack event for just over $5,000.

Wertz has had his fair share of success at the Borgata and while Septembers have not been as good as the other months of the year, Joe is hoping to regain some of his 2011 form, when he finished 2nd in the $400 + $50 NLH RE tournament, good for $87,989.

Joe is currently sitting with around his starting stack. Players have over 15 levels to run up a baggable stack before the end of Day 1A.

Level 4 (Blinds 100/200)

Players have just headed on their first (10) minute break of the day, with some clearing the room altogether, while others take advantage of the food court for the first time. When those players do return to their seats, they will be posting new blinds of 100/200, the last pre-ante level of the day.

Level 3 (Blinds 75/150)

Things are moving along as players enter their third level of the day, now posting blinds of 100/200 in Level 3. In a great move to further overall player experience, a new and improved players lounge has opened it’s doors along with the Event Center. Located to the right of the Registration Desk in Studio 2, the lounge offers free wi-fi, computers to play on BorgataPoker.com, televisions for viewing, and the all important stations to charge phones. The doors are open twelve hours a day throughout the series (11:00am-11:00pm), so make sure to check it out and let us know what you think:

#BPO Lounge open 11a-11p with FREE wifi! Charge phones, watch tv and play http://t.co/hP0eGWBhhQ! pic.twitter.com/g3srdcQ7bE

— BorgataPoker (@BorgataPoker) September 2, 2014

Level 2 (Blinds 50/100)

Joe McKeehen (North Wales, PA) is making his first appearance at Borgata since the Borgata Spring Poker Open, now a household name in the poker community (if he wasn’t already before). McKeehen left for Las Vegas with just under $900,000 in career tournament earnings, and returned with a number double that amount.

McKeehen’s summer started with a six-digit score right off the bat, as he won the $2,100 No Limit Hold’em (Event #26) event at Venetian during the DeepStack Extravaganza III. The first place finish would earn him just over $101,000, but that wasn’t even close to the highlight of his summer.

Last year it was the Millionaire Maker that took the WSOP by storm, attracting an enormous field. This year it was the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Monster Stack that would make waves, boasting a field totaling 7,862 entries, and a prize pool of $10,613,000. Joe managed to navigate the field over a span of a few days, reaching the final table and getting heads up with Hugo Pingray (Matigmy, France). First place was over $1,300,000, and although McKeehen fell short of his first ever WSOP bracelet, he did earn himself a life changing score of $820,863 for his runner-up finish. Joe took his seat in the field just moments ago, and currently sits with the starting stack.

Level 2 (Blinds 50/100)

The first level of the day is in the books, and players are now posting blinds of 50/100 in Level 2. As the players continue to file into the Event Center, they will recognize some differences from series prior. There are two new projection television screens hanging from the ceiling for players viewing pleasure, just in time for the start of the 2014 NFL season. Media row has also been shifted towards the back of the Event Center, only to make room for the live stream set. Located next to the food court, the area consists of a stand alone table (the eventual final table), as well as seating for players friends and family.

On the wall directly across from both the food court and live stream, players will notice the #BorgataPokerOpen live Twitter feed. Players Tweets scroll across the screen, offering up to the minute updates, hand histories, and chip counts throughout the day. The only way to be seen is to use the #BorgataPokerOpen or #BorgataPoker included somewhere in the Tweet:

The twitter wall is back! Use #BorgataPokerOpen and you might see your updates in the feed!

— BorgataPoker (@BorgataPoker) September 2, 2014

Level 1 (Blinds 25/50)

The last time a seasonal series ran, it was the Borgata Summer Poker Open in June, with many of the tournament regulars in Las Vegas for the WSOP. Their minds are now set solely on the Borgata, and we are seeing many faces for the first time since April (Borgata Spring Poker Open)…mixed in with those who seem to always make it regardless of the series:

Jimmy Lillis
Aaron Freese
Stephanie Hubbard
Ilya Ekshtut
James Kaplan
Frank Ingaurdia
Paul Shedaker
James Governa
Eric Rappaport
Gordon Eng
Jonathan Kramer
Christine Brewer
Michael Marder
Alyson Parker
Andrew Lydon
Jennifer So

Level 1 (Blinds 25/50)

Tournament Director Tab Duchateau has just made the rules announcement for players already seated at their tables, and the cards are now in the air for the 2014 Borgata Poker Open.

It could be today (or the next few that follow), but someone in this field is going to turn a $500 buy-in into a six-digit tournament score. The sound of chips being shuffled currently echoes through the Event Center, and as players being to get settled, a list of notable “early birds” will be posted shortly.

There are only a handful of events that poker players circle on their calendar each year as a “can’t miss” tournament. Event 1 of September’s Borgata Poker Open is just that, and the cards will be in the air in less than (30) minutes. This year’s opening event carries a $2,000,000 guarantee, offering unbelievable value for a $500 buy-in tournament. The numbers for the opening event of this series over the past few years have been staggering, as 3,705 total entries made up the tournament in 2012 ($1,852,500 prize pool), and a record shattering 4,482 walked through the doors last year ($2,241,000).

Walking into the Event Center for the first time each year is similar to entering the hallways of school for the first day, as the rows of tables seem to last forever and familiar faces greet each other after time apart. Those sitting down before the “shuffle up and deal” announcement is made will be getting comfortable with a starting stack of 20,000 (as will those entering late or re-entering). Levels 1-16 will last (30) minutes, with Levels 17-25 transitioning to (40) minutes, and Levels 26+ lasting (50) minutes in length. Today is the first starting flight of five for this event, with Day 1A action wrapping up at the conclusion of Level 18.

While there is a long way between now and Saturday (which is Day 3), let’s not forget to mention that the final table for this event will be streamed live!!! The finishing touches are still being put on the set, but the area where the final table will take place is available for all to see, located next to the players food court in the Event Center.

The doors have just opened for the first time and players are filing in to find their respective table number and seat. While Event 1 gets a lot of attention, there is another event that will take place today, as Event 2 ($350 Omaha/Stud 8B) will get underway at 4:00pm. Action for both events (as well as all main events throughout the series) will be covered live on the blog, so make sure to save this URL and keep up with all the action over the next two weeks!!

We’re gearing up here at Borgata to make the Borgata Poker Open in September the best it’s ever been. We’re adding live streaming, new and exciting tournament structures, and two charity tournaments to our line up! This time around, if you’re looking for any additional information, we have a microsite specifically for the Borgata Poker Open: borgatapokeropen.theborgata.com . You can register for an event, enter into our Sweepstakes (to win a seat into the WPT Championship), or tune into our live streamed events on September 6 & 12.

Some notable tournaments to highlight:

Event 1: $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (RE) $2 MILLION GUARANTEED
*The final table of the opening event will be live streamed on September 6 in the Event Center.

Event 10: $350 + $50 Deep Sack No Limit Hold’em (RE) $1 MILLION GUARANTEED
*The final table of the opening event will be live streamed on September 12 in the Event Center.

Event 8: $500 + $60 Borgata Ladies Championship No Limit Hold’em $25,000 GUARANTEED

Event 14: $300 + $40 + $10 Inaugural Mike Sica Memorial Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold’em (RE)

Event 19: $130+ $40 + $130 Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) Tournament
* More information: charityseriesofpoker.org

Event 20: $3300 + $200 Borgata Poker Open WPT Championship No Limit Hold’em (RE) $3 MILLION GUARANTEED

To view our complete schedule, please click here.

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All eyes might be focused on Las Vegas for the big series going on in the heart of the desert, but the spotlight is about to shift to Atlantic City as the Borgata Summer Poker Open gets underway this July at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

This is the big series you’ve been waiting for, right here in New Jersey. And BorgataPoker.com is your best bet for grabbing seats in these three big tourneys:

• $1 million Guaranteed Kick-off event
• $300,000 Almighty Stack Tournament
• $1 million Guaranteed Summer Poker Open Championship

Borgata Poker has had a long history with the Cabot Creamery Co-op of hosting a charity poker tournament to raise money for the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Southern Branch.

For this year’s Eighth Annual “Put a Bad Beat on Hunger” charity tournament, we’re incorporating the event as part of the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Event 3 of 20 main events for the open (July 12 to July 29), the “Put a Bad Beat on Hunger” tournament is scheduled for Friday July 15 at 4pm. The tournament is a $250 + $30 + 20 buy-in, with that last $20 being donated to the Community Food Bank. In addition, the winner receives a $3,500 entry voucher into the WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship in September.

As much as poker players may love going to first-rate casino rooms like Borgata’s Poker Room to test their skills, you can bet on one thing. Pretty much everybody learned to play poker at home in a game with family and friends.

And whether you started playing for Oreo cookies, matches or pennies, chances are you have pretty good memories of those games—especially the weird ones that seemed made up out of thin air.

You know which games we mean. There’s the game where you stick a card to your forehead or grandpa’s game where all the red cards are wild.

One of those games that you may have played is Crazy Pineapple, a variation of Hold’em. Yes, not only is the game named after a fruit, it’s named after a mentally unstable fruit. But not in a bad way though. You know, wild and crazy fruit.

Dad had to have made that game up, right? Wrong, it’s a real game, though trying to figure out where it came from is anybody’s guess.

But we do know where it’s landed—at Borgata’s Summer Poker Open. Yes, for the 2015 edition of the open, we’re introducing Crazy Pineapple for Event 7 of the open, Saturday July 18. The tournament carries a $300 + $40 buy-in.

Crazy pineapple is a pretty straight-forward game that uses one simple rule change to dramatically change the game play of a Hold’em hand. Each player is dealt three hole cards before the flop. That’s right, three cards. After the flop, any players staying in the pot has to put one of those cards into the muck. The turn and river play out normally.

The main event schedule for the Borgata Summer Poker Open, July 14 to July 31, has been released and as usual, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is making a lot of guarantees.

Specifically, $1.55 million in guaranteed tournaments starting with the $500,000 guaranteed opening event July 14.

It’s a pretty eclectic mix of tournament action for the summer open with bounty tournaments, Omaha, deep stack and turbo tournaments. There’s even some Crazy Pineapple on the schedule (Event 7, July 18). Check out the full schedule here.

The opener is a $500,000 guaranteed, $350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit tournament with four opening sessions scheduled for July 14 and 15 (two a day).

Another major event is event 10, a $200,000 Guaranteed, $260 + $40 Almighty Stack (100K starting stack) No Limit tournament that also has four opening sessions split between July 19 and 20.

Of course the other big event is the Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship, a $500,000 guaranteed, $2,300 + $200 No Limit event that starts July 26. Opening sessions are July 26 and July 27 (one each day).

Other big guaranteed tournaments are:

The Borgata Summer Poker Open is marching on towards Saturday’s (June 21) start of the $500,000 guaranteed Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship.

And one grinder who’ll be in the field will be Jack Chow of Clarksburg, Maryland who has won Borgata’s online Sweepstakes for a seat at the championship. That’s a $2,000 buy-in (plus $200) for Chow courtesy of the Borgata Poker Room.

Meanwhile, Borgata Summer Poker Open events keep crowning winners and you can follow all the action on our live tournament blog.

The 2014 Borgata Summer Poker Open is cementing its status as the East Coast alternative to the World Series of Poker, as it once again sets new Borgata records for players.

Event 1 of the Summer Poker Open, a $350 buy-in Deep Stack No limit Hold’em tournament brought out 1,436 entries, breaking the 2013 Borgata Summer Poker Open record of 1,383 entries.

That created a total buy-in of $487,522, easily smoking the event’s $300,000 prize-pool guarantee.

Borgata Spring Poker Open Schedule Tonight

Day 2 of the event—after three separate opening sessions—saw 275 players advance and compete for the first place cash of $101,401. The event pays off the top 140 finishers.

The Summer Open also saw its first online satellite winners playing at BorgataPoker.com in the live field. Online satellites are continuing for Borgata Summer Open events through the weekend.

The Borgata Summer Poker Open starts Tuesday, June 10, presenting 47 tournament events in the Borgata Poker Room from June 10 to June 27.

Borgata Summer Poker Open Blog

So if you’re a loyal grinder you probably have a lot of questions. You know, like “What’s the tournament schedule?” “When are the satellites?” “How can I follow all the action?”

Well, check this out—our new Borgata Summer Poker Open micro-site. It’s basically everything you would want to know about the Borgata Summer Poker Open from schedules and results to links to our live tournament blog.

From Event 1, the $300,000 guaranteed three-day $350 + $50 opener starting June 10, through the $500,000 guaranteed Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship on June 21 to the final daily main event on June 27 — it’s all there.

Online registration for the Borgata Summer Poker Open, is now open and for most Borgata grinders, it’s about time.

After all, it’s been, like, three weeks since the Borgata Spring Poker Open ended and people have been getting a little antsy.

Ok, seriously, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa offers more poker action than any casino on the East Coast including five, count ‘em, five seasonal opens like the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

The summer open offers up 19 main events including a combined $1.1 million in guaranteed prize pools over its 18-day run.

Borgata Poker Open 2019

The opening event—always the biggest field, so online reservations are recommended—is a $300,000 guaranteed, $350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Tournament that kicks off June 10. The tournament has three opening sessions with one on June 10 at 11am and two on June 11 at 10am and 8pm respectively.