Borgata Spring Poker Open Begins This Weekend

The Borgata Spring Poker Open begins on Saturday, April 10 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The first tournament is a $500 no-limit hold’em event with a $250,000-guaranteed prize pool that begins at 11 a.m. EDT. The $3,500 no-limit hold’em championship is the marquee event on the tournament schedule, and it begins on April 25. The championship has two starting days, and the prize pool is guaranteed to be at least $1 million. The tournament series will come to an end when the champion is crowned at the final table of this event on April 30.

An interesting feature at this year’s Borgata Spring Poker Open is the $8,000 East Coast Championship no-limit hold’em event. This three-day tournament begins on Tuesday, April 13, and it has a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000. Players will begin with 30,000 in chips, and the blinds begin at 25-50. Levels will be an hour and 15 minutes long.

The tournament series will spread no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, Omaha eight-or-better, seven-card stud eight-or-better, and H.O.S.E. Other no-limit hold’em variations will include six-handed and survivor formats, as well as ladies and seniors events. Check out the schedule below to see a full list of the tournaments. Keep up to date with the field sizes and winners during April on the tournament’s landing page.

A super-satellite for the East Coast Championship will run on April 10-12 at 7 p.m. and the buy-in is $800. The $3,500 no-limit hold’em championships super satellites will run once daily on April 16, 17, and 22-24. The buy-in is $400. There will be three championship event satellites on April 25. They will run at noon, 3 p.m., and 7 p.m. The 3 p.m. satellite on April 25 is the only qualifier that will feature a $750 buy-in.

Players will begin with 30,000 in the championship event, and blinds begin at 25-50. Levels will be 75 minutes long and there will be a 10-minute break after every level. Here is a look at the full schedule for the $3,500 no-limit hold’em championship:

NOTE: All tournament days begin at 11 a.m. in the championship event.

Sunday, April 25: Day 1A (play ends after level 7)
Monday, April 26: Day 1B (play ends after level 7)
Tuesday, April 27: Day 2 (play ends after level 15)
Wednesday, April 28: Day 3 (play down to 27 players)
Thursday, April 29: Day 4 (play down to 9 players)
Friday, April 30: Final table

Here is a look at the schedule for the tournament series:

Saturday, April 10: Event No. 1 ($560 no-limit hold’em — $250,000 guaranteed)
Monday, April 12: Event No. 2 ($450 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, April 13: Event No. 3 ($400 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, April 13: Event No. 4 ($8,100 East Coast Championship no-limit hold’em — $500,000 guaranteed)
Wednesday, April 14: Event No. 5 ($230 no-limit hold’em — $50,000 guaranteed)
Wednesday, April 14: Event No. 6 ($400 Omaha eight-or-better)
Thursday, April 15: Event No. 7 ($450 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, April 15: Event No. 8 ($400 pot-limit Omaha)
Friday, April 16: Event No. 9 ($700 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, April 16: Event No. 10 ($400 Omaha 8OB/seven-card stud 8OB)
Saturday, April 17: Event No. 11 ($1,090 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, April 17: Event No. 12 ($550 no-limit hold’em survivor)
Sunday, April 18: Event No. 13 ($250 ladies no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, April 18: Event No. 14 ($300 seniors no-limit hold’em)
Monday, April 19: Event No. 15 ($560 deep stack no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, April 20: Event No. 16 ($400 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, April 21: Event No. 17 ($200 no-limit hold’em w/rebuys — $100,000 guaranteed)
Thursday, April 22: Event No. 18 ($450 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, April 22: Event No. 19 ($400 H.O.S.E.)
Friday, April 23: Event No. 20 ($1,650 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, April 24: Event No. 21 ($1,090 six-handed no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, April 25: Event No. 22 ($3,500 no-limit hold’em championship — $1 million guaranteed)
Monday, April 27: Event No. 23 ($450 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, April 28: Event No. 24 ($400 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, April 29: Event No. 25 ($350 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, April 30: Event No. 26 ($230 no-limit hold’em)

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