March Poker Mania Profiles: Meet New Jersey's Darren Elias
BetMGM's March Poker Mania New Jersey host Darren Elias boasts an impressive $9.5 million in live tournament earnings and another $8 million in online earnings, per The Hendon Mob, that puts him fourth on the state's all-time money list.
Elias earned his biggest live score in 2014 when he took down the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Championship for $843,744 to earn his second WPT title.
It was the New Jersey pro's second WPT title and wouldn't be his last. He also won the 2018 WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic for $387,580, as well as the Main Event at the 2017 WPT Fallsview Poker Classic for $326,776.
In total, Elias has four WPT titles and $4 million in earnings to earn him a 10th-place spot on the WPT all-time leaderboard.
Back in November 2021, Elias hosted BetMGM's "The End Boss Poker Series" in New Jersey. Players who knocked out Elias in the $150K GTD Main Event Tournament earned a free 3-day/2-night stay at the Borgata in Atlantic City.
As far as March Poker Mania goes, Elias will host a meet-up at the BetMGM Sportsbook at Borgata Hotel, Casino, and Spa on March 24, along with the live Spring Rebound Poker Tournament, an 8-max tournament with a $1,000 buy-in with a $100,000 guarantee from BetMGM and Borgata Poker on March 25.