Starting August 1 and continuing through September 4, Party Poker is hosting satellite tournaments into the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open taking place September 18 -22, 2011 in Atlantic City, NJ.
The PartyPoker WPT Borgata Poker Open prize package is valued at $7,000 and includes the $3,500 ticket into the main event, a 7-night stay at Atlantic City luxury accommodations, a voucher worth $100 to spend at the hotel’s restaurant or spa, and $2,000 cash to spend as you like.
As is standard for Party Poker’s World Poker Tour satellite series’ players can start out on the road to Atlantic City for free, with daily freeroll tournaments, each awarding the top 25 players seats in the sub qualifier speed rebuy event. That event, also daily, has a $1 buy-in and awards one seat in the qualifier for every $40 in the prize pool. There’s also a $5 + $1 daily sub qualifier speed event with no rebuy that awards 1 in every 8 players seats in the qualifier. The WPT Borgata Open qualifier is also daily event, with a $37.50 + $2.50 buy-in. On Sundays, this event is a Turbo event; the rest of the time a normal paced tournament. One out of every 10 players in the qualifier will make it to the $350 + $25 weekly satellite, held Sundays and awarding at least one WPT Borgata Poker Open prize package guaranteed.
Last year’s WPT Borgata Poker Open saw the prize pool top $2 million, with the winner taking $750,000. There’s no telling how high the prizes will go this year.