Borgata Summer Poker Open Is Back on Track

The closing caused the cancellation of the $560 and $810 no-limit hold'em events and a $350 stud event. Including the events that took place this weekend, the Summer Poker Open will have 10 events. The series comes to a close July 20 when the scheduled four-day $5,200 no-limit championship event will be decided.

The Summer Poker Open will be the first series to take place in Borgata's newly remodeled poker room, which opened June 30.

Tournaments will take place every day from until the start of the championship event July 17. The Borgata is also holding many satellites, supersatellites, and single-table tournaments during the Summer Poker Open.

For example, players can win their way into the championship event in one of seven $290 supersatellites that take place throughout the month. Players can even win their way into the championship for as little as $130 by qualifying in the Act I and II supersatellites.

Daily single-table tournaments will run the length of the Summer Poker Open. Buy-ins for these range from $65 and go all the way up to $1,040. Buy-ins also cost $120, $270, and $530. These tournaments run 24 hours a day while the WSOP is going on.

The casinos were shuttered because lawmakers allowed July 1 to pass without approving a new budget. Gov. Jon Corzine ordered all but essential state government offices closed because of the impasse, which included the state's Casino Control Commission. Without the Commission and its inspectors operating, the casinos were order closed.

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