Championship Poker Tournament to Offer $3 Million Guaranteed with $1 Million Top Prize
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (November 1, 2022) – High-stakes championship poker returns to Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in 2023. Borgata and BetMGM present “The Return: A Borgata Championship Event.” Four tournaments will take place within seven days inside the Poker Room and Central Conference Center starting on January 2nd, 2023.
“The return of championship poker to Borgata is a long time coming. Borgata is the premier gaming destination on the East Coast, which includes best-in-class poker tournaments.”
Vincent Alonge Jr. – Director of Poker Operations, Borgata
Boasting a $5,300 buy-in, the Championship Tournament begins on Wednesday, January 4th, and Thursday, January 5th. The event will feature a guaranteed prize pool of $3,000,000, with players competing for a guaranteed $1,000,000 first-place prize with no payout structure adjustments. The final table will be on Sunday, January 8th.
BetMGM will offer a host of online qualifiers, with Borgata Poker hosting multiple in-person qualifiers leading up to “The Return,” including a $540+$60 Big Stack No Limit Hold’Em tournament on Tuesday, January 3rd. Players can find details on future online qualifiers on the BetMGM poker platform. Details on additional qualifiers will be announced online and through the Borgata Poker Twitter page @BorgataPoker.
“BetMGM recognizes the strong legacy of tournaments at Borgata and is thrilled to collaborate with the team to bring online qualifiers to ’The Return’. In the upcoming months, we look forward to offering online poker players various ways to qualify for this momentous event which will kick off 2023 with a bang!”
Luke Staudenmaier – Director of Poker, BetMGM
Borgata will host two additional guaranteed events on Friday, January 6th through Sunday, January 8th: a $1,000 Borgata Bounty Event and a $10,000 Super Survivor Event. Tournament room rates are available for players participating in The Return, based on availability.
On January 2nd, Borgata will shuffle up and deal for its first-ever Mystery Bounty event with $1,000,000 in guaranteed bounties. Mystery Bounty events allow players to win big by drawing a Mystery Bounty envelope with a top prize of $250,000. Instead of a standard bounty, players draw Mystery Bounties immediately after eliminating another player.
Early tournament registration for the Championship Event and the Mystery Bounty event opens on Thursday, December 1st, through the BetMGM poker app. In-person sign-ups for all events will begin on January 1st inside the Borgata Poker Room. Poker enthusiasts must have an MGM Rewards account to participate in the tournament.
For more information about “The Return” and all other poker events, visit the poker section of theborgata.com.