Borgata lowers WPT Main Event buy-in, guarantees $2 million prize

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

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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 be used to seeing guaranteed prize-pools this is something new for a live poker tournament. In fact, this could set a major precedent if the Borgata tournament is a huge success.

Another eye-popper is the extremely low buy-in for a WPT Main Event. The $3,500 entry-fee seems like a mid-level preliminary event buy-in, not a WPT Championship. However, the move makes sense if you look at the recent numbers at other WPT stops: Attendance has plummeted roughly 25% across the board; and in some cases over 40%!

The people at Borgata are definitely thinking outside the box, which is a good thing; but I have to question their judgment in making both changes simultaneously: If the tournament is a success they will be left pondering if it was because of the low buy-in, the guaranteed prize-pool, or a combination of the two factors. Shuffle-up and deal Borgata!

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