The $150,000 Guaranteed Big Wednesday tournament is underway in the Event Center. This crowd will continue to grow through the next five-plus hours of late registration and re-entries.
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #23: $300 Big Wednesday
Day: 1
Today's one-day trophy event is Event #23: $300 Big Wednesday Deep Stack NLH. Big Wednesday due to the Big $150,000 guarantee on total buy-ins. Players get 25,000 chips to start with an optional dealer toke $5 add-on for 5,000 more chips. All levels are 30 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are possible until the start of Level 11 (about (4:45pm).
This event was not on last year's BWPO schedule, so there is no defending champion. It first appeared on the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open schedule last November, with a $75,000 Guarantee. With 356 entrants, the prize pool came close to $90,000! The final five players cut a deal shortly after 3 a.m. and Tom Coan took first place and nearly $15,000, along with the BFPO trophy.
Event #23: $300 Big Wednesday
Day 1 Started