Main poker returned to the Borgata in Atlantic Metropolis this yr with its Summer season Poker Open, and the MGM Resort Worldwide-owned on line casino will proceed getting again into the event sport by internet hosting three collection this fall: The Borgata Huge, Huge Purchase Sequence, the Lions of the Atlantic and the Borgata Fall Poker Open.
The on line casino can even open its new BetMGM Poker Match Room at Borgata on Sept. 7, with a celebration. In keeping with its web site, “the BetMGM Poker Match Room at Borgata has 18 tables and showcases the expansion of the partnership and the online-to-live ecosystem of MGM Resorts Worldwide and BetMGM.”
BetMGM is the corporate’s on-line suite, which, after all, contains poker.
The Borgata will break-in its new event space the very subsequent day with the beginning of the Borgata Huge, Huge Purchase Sequence powered by BetMGM Sept. 8–Sept. 17, which options 9 occasions and greater than $6.5 million in ensures. A few of the highlights embrace:
- The $1 million assured Huge, Huge Kick Off (Sept. 8-9): A $2,200 occasion with two Day 1 flights.
- Etay’s Huge, Huge 9 Recreation Combine (Sept. 9–10): A $2,500 buy-in with a $250,000 assure occasion with Esther ‘ETay’ Taylor. Over the summer season, Taylor grew to become solely the second lady WSOP’s historical past to succeed in the ultimate desk on the Poker Gamers Championship.
- The $2,200 Huge, Huge PKO Bounty (Sept. 10-11): A Progressive Knock Out Bounty with a half-a-million assure.
- The BetMGM Huge, Huge Baller (Sept. 11 – 12): A $10,000 buy-in with a $500,000 assure the place entry charges will likely be coated by BetMGM Poker by way of credit score to gamers’ on-line accounts.
Additionally a part of this collection is the $5,300 BetMGM Poker Millionaire Championship Sept. 13–17. This occasion has a $3 million assure, and the winner will take dwelling not less than $1 million.
Subsequent up is the Lions of the Atlantic powered by BetMGM, operating Oct. 8-19. This would be the on line casino’s first occasion that takes place throughout two of its properties, MGM Nationwide Harbor close to Washington. D.C. and the Borgata. The $600 occasion with a $2 million assure may have a complete of 10 beginning flights break up between the 2 properties.
The primary 5 flights happen at MGM Nationwide Harbor Oct. 8-12, with the following 5 operating on the Borgata Oct. 14-17. Gamers who make it to Day 2 resume enjoying on the Borgata on Oct. 18. Each Day 2 seat features a two-night keep on the Borgata.
After that, it’s the Borgata Fall Poker Open powered by BetMGM Nov. 3-17. The complete schedule will likely be launched in late September, however the on line casino guarantees greater than $2 million in ensures.
On-line satellites for gamers in New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania that begin as little as $5 are actually operating on BetMGM. In-person satellites are additionally on each on line casino’s schedules.
“These three occasions straight exhibit the expansion of BetMGM Poker and our continued partnership with Borgata,” mentioned David Mileaf, senior supervisor of poker operations at BetMGM. “By bringing greater buy-ins, bigger prize swimming pools and a various event construction to gamers this fall, we cement our standing because the premier on-line and on-property poker locations.”
