Posted by Carolyn on Oct 02, 2017 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Poker pro Phil Ivey has fought long and hard to keep his winnings of $9.6 million which he won in 2011 playing four sessions of baccarat with Cheng Yin Sun at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. The MGM owned Borgata filed a lawsuit against Ivey back inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 25, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The experiment that was the Borgata Poker Open Main Championship has come to close with Frenchman Oliver Busquet walking away with the coveted title, and around $925,000. Busquet went into the final table with a commanding chip lead (nearly 2-to-1 on his nearest competitor) and was able toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 24, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

When officials announced the buy-in for the WPT Borgata Main Event had been reduced from $10,000 to $3,500 they knew attendance would be up. What they weren’t banking on was seeing a field of 1,018 players vying for the coveted WPT title. With 1,012 of those players nowRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 21, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

When the dust settled it appears the organizers of the Borgata Poker Open made a great decision by dropping the buy-in for the Main Event (a WPT Championship tournament) from $10,000 to $3,500. When the final tally came in on day 1b, a whopping 1,018 had entered theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 20, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Tournament officials for the Borgata Poker Open took a calculated risk by dropping the entrants-fee from $10,000 to $3,500, and guaranteeing a $2 million prize-pool. And after day 1a the results the verdict would be: So far so good for the organizers of the Borgata Poker Open. DayRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 11, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The Philadelphia Daily News ran a story today on a couple of changes at the Borgata Poker Open. The paper stated the buy-in for the Main Event (a WPT tournament) would be set at $3,500 with a guaranteed prize-pool of $2 million. While online poker players may beRead Full Article