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Win Your Way to The Borgata Poker Open Championship

August 28, 2013, 1:36 pm
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So you're looking to play in the Borgata Open Championship Sept. 15-20, but that $3,300 + $200 buy-in has you a little worried.

Well, no worries mate.

Borgata has a full slate of satellites at the Borgata Poker Open to help you earn your way into a seat at the championship tables. In all, six satellites are scheduled starting Friday Sept. 13.

That first satellite, starting 3pm Friday, Sept. 13, is also the most - how shall we say this - cost effective. The $175 + $25 No Limit Hold'em tournament will send one in twenty players to the championship. In other words, if 100 players are in, the top five finishers win seats.

The odds of winning a seat go up as the buy-ins go up.

Another five satellites begin Saturday Sept. 14 and Sunday Sept. 15. The championship is a double Play tournament with two starting days, so satellite winners on Sept. 15 start the championship Sept. 16.

Here are the scheduled qualifiers for Sept. 14 and 15:

Event 45:  Sat 9/14 4pm $ 350 + $ 50 Championship Qualifier No Limit Hold'em (~ 1 in 10)
Event 46:  Sat 9/14 7pm $ 700 + $ 50 Championship Qualifier No Limit Hold'em (~ 1 in 5)
Event 47:  Sun 9/15 12pm $ 350 + $ 50 Championship Qualifier No Limit Hold'em (~ 1 in 10)
Event 48:  Sun 9/15 4pm $ 700 + $ 50 Championship Qualifier No Limit Hold'em (~ 1 in 5)
Event 49:  Sun 9/15 8pm $ 500 + $ 50 Championship Qualifier No Limit Hold'em (~ 1 in 7)

And don't forget, a free seat to the championship is also up for grabs through Borgata's online drawing. Enter here.

Here's the Borgata Poker Open's full schedule.

See you at the championship.
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On-site Registration for the Borgata Poker Open Begins Sept. 2

August 30, 2013, 1:08 pm
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Online registration for Borgata Poker Open events is now closed with on-site registration starting up at noon Monday, Sept. 2 - otherwise known as Labor Day.

On-site reservation for all events begins from noon -midnight Monday; reopening from 8am-midnight daily through Sept. 20.

The Borgata Poker Open starts with a $2 Million Guaranteed, $500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em tournament starting Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 11am. Day 1B is Wednesday Sept. 4 at 11am.

Early registration for the opening event, traditionally the biggest field of the open, is always advised.

Here's the Borgata Poker Open full schedule.

Meanwhile, as is it often is, the Borgata Bad Beat Jackpot is at a healthy level heading into the busy times of the Borgata Open. Right now it sits at $392,000 going into this weekend's play. The Small Bad Beat Jackpot is at $50K.

While just a nice piece of serendipity (love that word), the crowds that turn out for the Borgata Poker Open have a way of pumping up the jackpot, so we could see some big numbers soon.

So far in 2013, the Borgata Bad Beat Jackpot has paid out just over $2 Million.

Now for some weekend update stuff.

Both August Bonus Comp Dollars and Borgata'sTournament Leaderboard promotion end Saturday Aug. 31. Still, there's a little  time left to earn some hours and points.

The Borgata Poker Room has also announced some October events.

October's Saturday Series event will be held Oct. 5. The tournament is a $350 + $50 buy-in.

The $150 + $30 Borgata Mini-series returns Oct. 6-10.

Summer is ending folks, but the poker action at Borgata is just beginning.
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High Heels Poker Tour Stops At Borgata Poker Open

September 2, 2013, 10:52 am
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Women at the poker table - it's been a controversial subject among poker players since the game was invented.

Wild Bill Hickock, for example, was reportedly against it, but look what happened to him.

The modern controversy, however, is even worse because of a simple fact. Some of these female players have gotten really good.

Losing to anybody hurts.

And thanks to an organization like the High Heels Poker Tour, which sponsors "Ladies Only" tournaments around the country, there's just more and more female players entering the poker world.

So when that tour hooks up with the premiere poker room on the East Coast - namely the Borgata Poker Room  - you can expect that trend to get even bigger.

Thus, Event 10 at the Borgata Poker Open - $350 + $50 Deep Stack Ladies No Limit Hold'em tournament - is now a stop on the High Heels Poker Tour.

"We've been talking with Borgata for about five years," says Lauren Failla, president of the tour. "Borgata is a giant poker presence in the country - their reputation stands for itself - and they've always been very supportive of women's events. It seemed like a good match."

Still, Failla acknowledges that one of the goals of the tour is to get more female players comfortable at regular events (such as the 54 other tournaments at the open).

"There are basically three types of women who come to play ladies events," Failla says. "There are women who are looking to play in a less adversarial setting than they see at tables playing with men. The second are beginners, and the third are players that are in the regular main events all the time, but they want to enjoy the camaraderie of a ladies only event."

"I've been playing for more than 20 years," Failla says. "I used to be the only girl at the table. Now the amount of known and winning female players goes up every year."

To create more players like that, the tour, through it's High Heels Poker Tour Academy, has scheduled an instructional seminar for women players at Borgata for Jan. 18-19. The academy will feature instruction from two Borgata regulars - Jamie Kerstetter and Marguerite Spagnudio - and a special appearance by Will "The Thrill" Failla (no relation to Lauren that they know of).

In the meantime, the Borgata Poker Open's Ladies Only event, like the Borgata Poker Open Championship which is a WPT event, is now part of national tour.

"Remember, we're not trying to pigeon hole women into ladies only events," says Failla. "We think this is the perfect segue into becoming a force at any poker table."
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2013 Borgata Poker Open Underway

September 3, 2013, 10:29 am
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Cards are in the air and Event 1 of the Borgata Poker Open is packing the house at the Borgata Event Center.

Event 1 is a $2 Million Guaranteed Big Stack No Limit Hod'em tournament. If you missed today's (Sept. 3) action, you can still enter Day 1B on Wednesday (Sept. 4).




Meanwhile, follow all the action on Borgata's live tournament blog.

Also on Today's schedule:

7 PM: Event 26 - $150 + $30 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips
Levels will last 20 minutes each
Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)
1-Day event

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2013 Borgata Poker Open's First Event Sells Out

September 4, 2013, 10:18 am
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It was a pretty ambitious goal when Borgata set a $2 Million prize pool guarantee for the opening event of the 2013 Borgata Poker Open, a $500 buy-in event.

Borgata Event Center
But with 1,670 players turning out Tuesday for Day 1A (184 remain) and today’s Day 1B session now officially sold out, making the guarantee is in the bag.

While a final player count for today won’t be available until late today (Sept. 4), Borgata’s live tournament blog reports that the Borgata Event Center (90 tables) and The Signature Room (26 tables) are full to capacity. And a large amount of tables in the Borgata Poker Room are handling Event 1 play.

Lines of players holding alternate tickets and waiting for a table are out the door and the event is officially sold out.

All this should set a new record for a Borgata poker event.

Like we said – a $2 million guaranteed prize pool? Piece of cake.

If you've been shut out of Day 1B, there is another tournament on today’s schedule:

7 PM: Event 27 - $150 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

• Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips

• This is a Bounty tournament. Players must have their Bounty chip(s) clearly displayed on the table in order to remain active in the tournament. Players that cannot produce their Bounty chip(s) will be disqualified from the tournament

• Levels will last 20 minutes each

• Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)

• 1-Day event
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2013 Borgata Poker Open Tops 4,000 for Event One

September 5, 2013, 9:49 am
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Cards are in the air again at the 2013 Borgata Poker Open after a massive turnout for the start of Event 1, a $500 buy-in event that drew 4,482 entries and a total buy-in of $2,241,000.

That easily covered the $2 million guarantee for the event and sets a new Borgata Open record for the opening event (and we’re pretty sure any Borgata event ever).

Today’s Day 2 action (Sept. 5) has 466 players returning and its likely we won’t have a winner until Day 3 Friday. Play started just 66 players from the bubble and it’s already been broken.

Meanwhile, Event 2 of the Open, a $350 + $50 + $100 Bounty tournament is also underway.

Follow all thee action on Borgata’s live tournament blog.

Here’s the rest of today’s schedule:

12PM: Event 2 - $350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips 
This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chip clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament
Levels 1-10: will last 30 minutes each | Levels 11+: will last 40 minutes each 
Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries) 
1-Day event

2PM: Event 3 - $400 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha H/L 8B

Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips 
Levels 1-10: will last 30 minutes each | Levels 11+: will last 40 minutes each 
1-Day event

4 PM: Event 28 - $350 + $50 Survivor No Limit Hold'em

Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips 
Levels will last 30 minutes each 
Approximately 1 in 10 players wins $3,500 CASH 
1-Day event

7 PM: Event 29 - $150 + $30 + $50 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips 
This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chips clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament
Levels 1-10: will last 20 minutes each | Levels 11+: will last 25 minutes each
Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries) 
1-Day event


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Early Winners at the 2013 Borgata Poker Open

September 6, 2013, 10:41 am
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We've crowned the first two champions of the 2013 Borgata Poker Open even as play continues in Event 1, a record-setting event that drew 4,482 entries.

Eighteen players remained in Event 1, which got underway at noon, playing down towards a massive $363,091 first place cash. That's pretty impressive for a $500 buy-in event.

You can follow all the action on Borgata's live tournament blog as they play down to a winner.


Now, back to the trophies.

Event 2 winner
Porbandarwala
The first main event to finish up early today (Sept. 6) was actually Event 3, a $400 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha H/L 8B tournament. The winner was Joe Palma of Bensalem Pa., who took home $17,110 after a 17.5 hour all-night tournament. So that's like $1,000 an hour, not bad. It's also  notable that third place finisher Ryan Waddell won the event at last year's Borgata Poker Open.

Full recap

The next trophy was handed out a little while later to Event 2 winner Soheb Porbandarwala of Stamford Conn. His win netted him $56,170 for the $350 buy-in, $100 bounty tournament. You can add $700 in bounties to his total.

This event attracted a healthy 689 entries, so attendance for the Borgata Poker Open is off to an amazing start.

Full recap

Here's the afternoon and evening tournaments set for today:

4 PM: Event 30 - $150 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chips clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament
Levels will last 20 minutes each
Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)
1-Day event

7 PM: Event 31 - $150 + $30 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips
Levels will last 20 minutes each
Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)
1-Day event

Here's the 2013 Borgata Poker Open full schedule.
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Borgata Poker Open's $750,000 Guaranteed Weekend

September 6, 2013, 1:38 pm
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The 2013 Borgata Poker Open started with a bang - and an East Coast record for entries in a tournament event - and will continue to keep the Borgata Poker Room hopping through the weekend.

Five main events are scheduled for Saturday including three with a combined $750,000 in prize pool guarantees.

Here's what's on tap:

Event 6 -  $ 1,000 + $ 90 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) $150,000 Guaranteed
Sat 9/7 11am Day 1
Sun 9/8 12pm Day 2

Event 7 - $ 350 + $ 50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed
Sat 9/7 12pm

Event 8 - $ 500 + $ 60 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Sun 9/8 11am Day 1A
Mon 9/9 11am Day 1B
Tue 9/10 12pm Day 2

Event 9 - $ 400 + $ 50 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha High (Re-Entry)
Sun 9/8 12pm

Event 10 - $ 350 + $ 50 Ladies Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Sun 9/8 1pm

Here's the full schedule for the Borgata Poker Open.

Meanwhile, the crowds in the Borgata Poker Room have pushed the Borgata Bad Beat Jackpot to just under $450,000 heading into today's (Sept. 6) play. That's about $180,000 (I make no promise of accurate math) to a full jackpot winner and climbing.

It's post Labor Day in Atlantic City and the big money action is at Borgata.
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Big Winners at the 2013 Borgata Poker Open

September 9, 2013, 11:03 am
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We've changed are online look here at Borgata and we think you’ll like our new website and most of all, at least for the grinders  on this blog, our new poker page.

So check that out.

Meanwhile, here’s an update of what’s been going on at the 2013 Borgata Poker Open, which just concluded a busy first weekend. 

Event 1 set a couple of records with the largest field ever for a Borgata event – 4,482 – and the largest one day field ever for a Borgata event when 2,812 entries were made on Day 1B Wednesday.

The winner was Maksim Rozenfeld of Staten Island, who turned a suited seven, four into two pair against Dan Wach’s (Boonton NJ) pocket kings to win the top cash of $363,091.

Recap

In some other weekend highlights, Event 4, a $500 buy-in Deep stack event attracted 345 entries and a $172,500 total buy-in. Eric Rappaport of Lansdale Pa wins $45,813.

Recap

And Event 7, continued the trend of healthy fields as the $350 Big Stack event brought out 544 entries and a total buy-in of $190,400. The win went to Avik Mittal of Jersey City who takes home $45,987.

Recap

And Alyson Parker of Plainsboro NJ is the Borgata Poker Open ladies champ winning $8,793.

Recap

Check out the Borgata Poker Open’s main event schedule. Two secondary tournaments are still on the schedule for today, Monday, Sept. 9.

4 PM: Event 36 - $200 + $30 SURVIVOR NLH
Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
Levels will last 25 minutes each
Approximately 1 in 10 will win $2,000 CASH
1-Day event

7 PM: Event 37 - $150 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chip clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament
Levels will last 20 minutes each
Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)
1-Day event


And don’t forget, you can still enter a special drawing to win a seat to the $3 Million guaranteed Borgata Open Championship, a $3,300 + $20 buy-in Deep Stack Double Play Sept. 15-20. Satellites for the championship event begin Friday Sept. 13.

And here's a look back at Event 1.


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Celebrating "Will the Thrill" and all the First-Half 2013 Borgata Poker Open Winners

September 11, 2013, 12:13 pm
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When Will “The Thrill” Failla won Event 6 at the BorgataPoker Open, he picked up his fifth trophy at a Borgata Open, which we’re pretty sure is a record.

Failla took home $46,269 in the $1,000 buy-in tournament.


So here’s Borgata’s five-time trophy winner – plus a look at all the Borgata Open winners – talking to Borgata’s live tournament blog. 



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Championship Weekend at the Borgata Poker Open

September 13, 2013, 10:28 am
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The action at the 2013 Borgata Poker Open has been pretty intense this week with large fields (953 entries in Event 13, for example) some great play and some big money. If you haven’t been following the play on ourlive tournament blog, check it out now for event recaps, slideshows and video reports.

Still it all starts to come to a head this weekend as the 2013 Borgata Poker Open Championship, a World Poker Tour event, gets underway Sunday, Sept. 15.

The $3 Million guaranteed, $3,300 + $200 buy-in, Deepstack Double Play starts with Day 1A at 11am Sunday and Day 1B at 11am Monday. As always with the Borgata Double Play, any player busting out at any level on Day 1A can re-buy fresh on Day 1B.

Play runs through Sept. 20 – five days.

Last year’s winner, Ben Hamnett won $818,847 and the total field was 1,181 entries.

Satellites for the championship event starts today at 3pm with a $175 + $25 No Limit tournament that sends one in  20 to the championship event. Five other satellites are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday (Sunday winners play Day 1B of the championship).

Of course, main events continue even as the championship event gets underway. Here’s this weekend’s other tournaments.

Event 19 - $1,500 + $150 NO LIMIT HOLD'EM (RE-ENTRY)

DAY 1 – Sat. 9/14, 11am
DAY 2 – Sun. 9/15, Noon

Event 20 - $350 + $50 BIG STACK NO LIMIT HOLD'EM (RE-ENTRY)               
SAT, 9/14 noon

Main events resume Tuesday after the championships two opening days. Here’s the full Borgata Poker Open schedule.

Meanwhile, for cash players, the Borgata Bad Beat Jackpothas been growing steadily with all these players in town for the Open and is sitting at just under $500,000 going into Friday’s play. That's what we call Bad Beat Mania territory.


Just another big payday waiting for some lucky grinder in the Borgata Poker Room this weekend.
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Online Contest Winner

September 13, 2013, 11:14 am
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Congratulations to the online winner for entry into 
WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship

JOSE PADILLA 



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Borgata Poker Open Spotlight: James Governa

September 14, 2013, 11:28 am
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One of the most popular promotions in any Borgata Poker Open is the tournament leaderboard, which can transform a series of 50-plus single tournaments into one massive two-week run on the tables for some players.

Such was the case for James Governa, a retired police officer from Richboro Pa. who will be playing the 2013 Borgata Poker Open championship (Sept. 15-20) precisely because he had a great run in the Borgata Spring Poker Open this April. 

James Governa
2013 Borgata Spring Open 
With a first place win in Event 12 of the Spring Open, which came right after a second place finish in Event 11 of the open, along with his other showing, Governa knocked down the leaderboard win.

His win netted him his seat in the championship.

“I've been given a special opportunity here and I really hope I don’t waste it,” Governa tells the Borgata poker blog. “Normally I wouldn't play in the championship event, so it’s exciting. But I haven’t been on the kind of run I was on in the spring so far in this open. But I’m hoping I can take advantage of this.”

The leaderboard format awards points for finishes in Borgata Poker Open events as well as tournament buy-ins and total tournaments entered. (Here’s the current standings for the 2013 Borgata Poker Open)

For players, the leaderboard is one of the most watched aspects of tournament play.

“It’s a great part of playing at Borgata,” Governa says. “It gives you something to shoot for even beyond the individual tournaments. The thing that gave me the win in the Spring Open was that I had two final tables in a row. And I almost had two firsts. I had a second and a first place finish back to back. That was by far the best run I've ever had.”

For Governa, who prefers to play in large poker events like the Borgata Poker Open, it fits perfectly with his style.

“I usually only play in the big events,” he says. “I’m a casual player and you won’t see me playing too many daily tournaments or things. I like these big opens where there’s a series of events I can pick and choose. For where I live, it wouldn't make much sense to just come in for a day.

“I do pretty well for the type of player I am,” says Governa. “I’m not a pro, I worked for a living until recently and I've been playing since about 2009.”

And playing very well. Governa’s record for tournament wins tops $170,000, including about $47,000 at the 2013 Borgata Spring Poker Open. He also has a 40th place finish in Event 11 of the 2013 Borgata Poker Open.

That kind of success makes Governa want to take that long drive to the Borgata Poker Room.

“Borgata just runs a very professional operation,” he says. “And the floor people and the supervisors are all very knowledgeable, which is important when you need a ruling on something. And they’re good people that really take care of the players. It’s just a pleasure to play here.”

Hey. it’s Borgata’s pleasure to have you here, Jim.


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2013 Borgata Poker Open Championship Draws 1,189 Entries and Nearly $4 Million Total Buy-in

September 17, 2013, 9:34 am
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The Borgata Poker Open Championship event, a World Poker Tour stop, drew 1,189 entries Sunday and Monday and a total buy-in of $3,923, 700 – easily covering the $3 Million prize pool guarantee.

Starting today’s Day 2 action, 591 players remain.

The winner will take home an $825,099 first place cash with 110 players getting paid.

The Day 1B chip leader was Paul Volpe of Turnersville NJ with 231,800. The Day 1A chip leader was Cong Pham of Naple Fla. With 191,500. Both receive $5,000 bonuses for their finishes.


Cards are already in the air for today’s action and you can follow play on Borgata’s live tournament blog.

Meanwhile, play in other events resumes today and runs through Friday. Check out the 2013 Borgata Poker Open’s full schedule.



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Day 3 of the Borgata Poker Open Championship Underway

September 18, 2013, 9:46 am
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Play in the 2013 Borgata Poker Open Championship is underway for Day 3 with 174 players still in the hunt out of 1,189 entries.

Here’s a look at today’s starting chip counts and a full recap of Day 2 play.





The top 10 stacks going into today belong to:

Raj Vohra  580,700
Katayon Khaterzai 548,000
Edwin Torres 544,900
Ebony Kenney 480,200
Justin Zaki 462,000
Alex Rocha 447,500
Jerry Wong 445,000
Jeremy Kottler 418,600
Cong Pham 416,600
Cliff Josephy 401,400


For live coverage of the championship, and the Borgata PokerOpen’s remaining events, visit Borgata’s live tournament blog. 
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Day 4 Underway at Borgata Poker Open Championship

September 19, 2013, 9:28 am
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The 2013 Borgata Poker Open Championship is down to 36 players entering Day 4 of the $3,300 buy in tournament, a WPT event, as players are counting down to an $825,000 first place cash.

Still in the hunt are players like Vanessa Selbst, Matthew Glantz and chip leader Cong Pham of Naple Florida.

Here’s the chip counts for today’s action and a rundown of Day 3 action. You can follow the tournament live at our Borgata Open Blog.

Boatwright


Of course,  a full slate of tournaments is still on the schedule through tomorrow, as evidenced by Event 23 played yesterday. The $200 buy-in Big Stack tournament attracted 937 entries and a total buy-in of $181,778.

The winner was Joe Boatwright of Woodbridge Va., who takes home $40,905, beating out Borgata fave Lee Childs heads-up for the title. Dreams do come true as this is the 63-year-old Boatwright's first major tournament win.

Recap

Check out the remaining tournaments on the Borgata PokerOpen’s full schedule.


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Final Table at the Borgata Poker Open Championship

September 20, 2013, 9:45 am
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Final table action for the 2013 Borgata Poker Open Championship gets underway at 3pm today, Sept. 20, in the Borgata Event Center. A World Poker Tour stop, the final table will be taped for later television broadcast.

Vanessa Selbst
Here’s your final table players and chip counts:

Cong "Andy" Pham (Naples, FL) 10,190,000
Vanessa Selbst (Las Vegas, NV)  7,910,000
Anthony Zinno (Cranston, RI) 6,935,000
Jeremy Kottler (Los Angeles, CA) 3,925,000
David Randall (Westerville, OH) 3,520,000
Eric Fields (Greensboro, NC) 3,150,000

And this is what they are playing for:

1st - $825,099
2nd - $492,569
3rd - $301,225
4th - $251,968
5th - $208,394
6th - $168,610




Here’s a recap of Day 4 action and preview of the final table. You can follow all the play on Borgata’s live tournament blog. 
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WPT Championship Moving to Borgata

September 20, 2013, 11:57 am
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As final table action gets underway for the Borgata PokerOpen Championship, a World Poker Tour stop, one thing is pretty obvious at this point – Borgata and the WPT make great partners.

Borgata has hosted four of the five biggest events in WPT history and this year’s championship event drew 1,189 entrants and a total buy-in of $3.9 million.

So there’s only one thing to do – bring the WPT world championship to Borgata in April.

Borgata and the WPT announce that the World Poker Tour’s prestigious, season-ending, $25,000 buy-in World Championship will be held at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City.



So with the Borgata Poker Open Championship (to be televised in March) and January 2014’s WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship, Borgata will be home to three televised WPT tournaments in Season XII.

“We’re very pleased to name Borgata the host of the Season XII WPT World Championship,” said WPT President Adam Pliska. “With Borgata’swell-deserved reputation for running world-class tournaments and providing unparalleled service to its players, we believe this venue is perfectly suited to host our season-culminating event. We look forward to working with the team at Borgata to bring the WPT World Championship to new heights.”

Along with the change of venue, World Poker Tour is pleased to welcome PartyPoker as the official sponsor of the Season XII WPT World Championship. “The partnership of WPT, PartyPoker, and Borgata brings together three of the most respected names in poker, and we look forward to making the World Championship more impressive than ever before.” Pliska said.

“We are extremely pleased to be growing our long-standing relationship with World Poker Tour and to be expanding our relationship with PartyPoker, especially as we look to launch Borgatapoker.com,” said Borgata’s Senior Vice President of Operations, Joe Lupo. “Adding the WPT World Championship Sponsored by PartyPoker is a welcome addition and an important new chapter in the history of this illustrious tournament.”

Sorry Vegas, Borgata Atlantic City is the WPT’s home now. 
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Zinno Tops Selbst for Borgata Open Championship

September 21, 2013, 9:38 am
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It was a big win for Anthony Zinno of Cranston R.I. as he took home nearly double his previous tournament winnings with an $825,000 cash at the 2013 Borgata Poker Open Championship.

Anthony Zinno
Ok, a really big win.

Zinno found himself heads-up with pro Vanessa Selbst, but Zinno’s ace held up against a Selbst's king on the last hand and he took the championship. Selbst wins close to $500,000 and just missed another shot to be the first women to win a WPT title.




“Unfortunately cards just don't go your way sometimes," Selbst, who now has nearly $8 million in career tournament earnings, told the Borgata poker blog. "I ran good to get to heads up. I was all in with the worst hand and got lucky to survive. I don't really have regrets."

Read a full recap of the championship here.

Meanwhile, the 2013 Borgata Poker Open, a record-setter for Borgata is in the books and regular tournament play resumes. 

The Borgata BadBeat Jackpot has survived the Open crowds un-hit and stands at an impressive $553,749. That’s a better than $220,000 payoff for a full jackpot winner.

Daily cash games are also underway.

Poker, you see, never stops in the Borgata Poker Room.


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2013 Borgata Poker Open Highlights

September 23, 2013, 11:54 am
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The 2013 Borgata Poker Open is in the books and we can now offer full congratulations to all of this year’s event winners.

The Open began with a record setting field for a Borgatapoker event (and East Coast poker event for that matter) when 4,482 entries were made into the opening $500 buy-in event. Again there were reports that some players were shut out on the second opening day (You should always book your seat early, just saying) and the event set a trend for large fields throughout the open's 25 main events and secondary evening events.



Event 1 was taken by Maksim Rozenfield of Staten Island who received a cash of $363,091 out of a prize pool of better than $2.2 million. Prior to this win, Rozenfield had about $35,000 in previous recorded tournament cashes. 

So dreams started coming true at the Borgata Poker Open right from the start.

Of course the biggest dream went to Anthony Zinno, who won the 2013 Borgata Poker Open Championship, outlasting pro Vanessa Slebst heads-up at the end. Zinno passed up being a lawyer for poker and was rewarded with a $825,000 cash and a World Poker Tour title. 

That’s dreaming big.

As always, the Borgata Poker Room was star studded with poker pros, and even actor James Wood, a Borgata regular who took a second place in Event 20. But as always happens at Borgata, amateurs and up-and-coming pros had their turns in the spotlight as well.

Here’s a look at some other highlights of the 2013 Borgata Poker Open.

Event 2: With such a large amount of players on-hand for the opening event, the second event of the Borgata Poker Open drew and impressive 689 entries and a total buy-in of $241,500. The winner was Soheb Porbandarwala of Stamford Ct. who wins $56,170 and grabbed seven $100 bounties in the $350 buy-in event.

Event 6: One of the highest buy-ins of the open at $1,000, this event was notable for its winner – Willo “the Thrill” Failla. A staple at Borgata Opens, this was his fifth trophy win at a Borgata event, easily a record. He pocketed another $46K for the win.

Event 8: This was the second event at the Open to top 1,000 entries as thee $350 buy-in tournament brought out 1,956 and a total buy-in of $528,000. The winner was Johnson Nguyen of Philly who takes home $111K.

Event 13: There’s something about the $260 + $40 buy-ins at Borgata Poker Opens that brings out the crowds. This event drew 953 and total buy-in of just under $248,000. Perry Kaplan of North Beach NJ wins with $54,000 and Lauren Kepple had one of the best finishes for a female player taking home just under $32,000.

Event 16: It wasn't so much the big field, only 64 players, but just the nature of this event that makes it stand out. This was a $1,500 buy-in, $500 bounty Heads-up affair. Four former Borgata Heads Up champions were in the field, but none of them cashed. Instead Kevin Saul of Chicago took the title and about $37,000, not to mention a $500 bounty for every round.


Event 23: With the Borgata Poker Room packed for the championship event, this tournament drew a big field of 937 for the $$200 buy-in event. The winner, Carless Boatwright grabbed an about $41,000 cash.
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