Locals flock to Back Bay, located along the water in the historic Gardner’s Basin area of Atlantic City, on the first sunny day over 60 degrees for the bar’s infamous Mason jar drinks. They open early at 11AM, so you can make a stop here after getting breakfast at the adjacent Gilchrist Restaurant. The Tropicana, or 'trop' to its familiars, is another super poker room on the boardwalk. It's really well-run and they have a great variety of games at their 43 tables, including their unique 'pink chip' game which uses special $2.50 pink chips in a $7.50/$15 hold'em game. Reslock, a former Atlantic City cab driver who has an affinity for pinball machines, has had his fair share of deep runs here at Borgata including a 10th-place finish in the 2014 WPT Winter Poker.

When it comes to poker in Atlantic City, Chris Reslock is a legend. The veteran of the game has amassed nearly $2 million in lifetime earnings dating back to 1996, and he’s looking to add to it as the mixed-game aficionado is in action here in Event #2.

Reslock, who currently ranks 21st on New Jersey’s all-time money list, has eight World Series of Poker Circuit gold rings to his name, as well as a bracelet for winning the 2007 WSOP Event #11: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Championship for $258,453.

That’s not his biggest score though, as he took down $335,235 for his 2005 WSOP Circuit Atlantic City $10,000 Main Event.

Reslock, a former Atlantic City cab driver who has an affinity for pinball machines, has had his fair share of deep runs here at Borgata including a 10th-place finish in the 2014 WPT Winter Poker Open Main Event for $46,625, 11th in the 2009 WPT BPO Main Event for $39,976, and second in the 2009 BPO $2,150 H.O.S.E. event for $38,080.

He also won the 2009 BPO $400 PLO event back in 2009 for $16,277 and then defended his title by winning it again in 2010 for $9,370. Another Borgata victory came in 2012 when he won the $450 H.O.R.S.E. for $14,085. Only time will tell if Reslock can nab his fourth Borgata title.

Bar Poker Open Atlantic City 2019 2020

While thousands of players from around the world have flocked to Sin City to play the 50th anniversary of the World Series of Poker, east coast grinders should not feel left out as the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey has announced the full schedule of its upcoming premiere live tournament series.

Bar Poker Open Atlantic City 2019 Calendar

Scheduled to return from July 9 (four days after the final starting flight of the WSOP Main Event Day 1), this year’s Borgata Summer Poker Open (BSPO) boasts $3.4 million in guarantees spread over 21 tournaments.

As already revealed by pokerfuse last month, the series will kick off with the traditional $600 buy-in Deepstack event featuring six Day 1 starting flights. The event boasts a massive $1 million guarantee and will run for five days (July 9-13).

Another event featuring a seven-figure guarantee is the marquee $2700 buy-in Summer Poker Championship event scheduled to run from July 21 to 25. It will once again feature two days of Day 1 starting flights. Day 2 and Day 3 will be played on July 23 and July 24 respectively. The final day of the event will be played on July 25 and it will be live-streamed on Borgata’s Twitch channel.

Other highlights include the $450 buy-in Almighty Stack event boasting $500,000 guarantee. The event runs from July 16 also featuring five starting flights with the final day to be played on July 20.

There will also be a Pot Limit Omaha event with a buy-in of $340, a $100,000 guaranteed Saturday Series Deepstack on July 20, as well as a Ladies event and a Seniors event.

Bar Poker Open Atlantic City 2019 Results

Online qualifiers and satellites to the million guaranteed events will run on BorgataPoker.com from June 23 to July 21. Players can qualify for the land-based events for as low as $5.

The Borgata Summer Poker Open is the casino’s third of its five major live series held at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa every year. The recently concluded Borgata Spring Poker Open paid out more than $4.5 million across 21 tournaments. Each of the tournaments except for two surpassed their guarantees with ease. The $2700 Championship event attracted 505 total entries to amass a prize pool of $1.22 million.

Ahead of the BSPO in July, Borgata has scheduled two live tournament series. The first is the Deepstacks challenge featuring over $300,000 in guaranteed prize pools across 13 tournaments. The series runs for 13 days from June 10-22 hosting one tournament on each day. Buy-ins range from $120 to $400. Each of the tournaments carries a guarantee.

On June 29, the casino will host the Borgata Sportsbook Poker Open tournament to mark the opening of the new sports betting venue. Two new sportsbook bars dubbed as the Moneyline Bar & Book and Level One Cocktail Bar & Lounge will be launched on June 29. As per the press release, Borgata spent more than $12 million in development of this project which the casino initially called a new “destination bar.” The construction of this new venue began in late January.

Bar Poker Open Atlantic City 2019 Schedule

The Sportsbook Poker Open tournament will cost $300 to enter and it will feature $25,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Borgata Summer Poker Open runs from July 9 to July 26.