2026 Borgata Winter Poker Open to Offer $8,000,000 in GTD Prize Pools

The Borgata Winter Poker Open (BWPO) powered by BetMGM will return to Atlantic Metropolis from January 2-18, 2026.

The Occasion Heart at Borgata Lodge On line casino & Spa will play host to the BWPO competition, which options 37 numbered occasions and $8 million in assured prize swimming pools.

The schedule is crammed with quite a lot of buy-ins for all sorts of poker motion. On-line qualifiers are underway, and real-time registration might be obtainable completely at BetMGM Poker.

Kellie DeCelis, Director of Poker Operations at Borgata, mentioned, “The Borgata Winter Poker Open has grow to be one of many East Coast’s premier occasions, and our 2026 schedule reveals how dedicated we’re to giving gamers in any respect ranges one thing to get enthusiastic about. With a variety of buy-ins and a $3,500 buy-in Championship occasion that includes a $3 million assure, BWPO powered by BetMGM presents massive motion and loads of alternatives for everybody.”

The $3,500 buy-in, $3 million GTD Winter Poker Open Championship begins Saturday, Jan. 10, with the primary of three beginning flights, which is able to kick off at 11:15 a.m. ET. Days 1B and 1C will happen on the similar time on Sunday, January 11, and Monday, January 1,2 respectively. The surviving gamers from all flights will then return at Midday native time on Tuesday, January 13, for Day 2 motion. The championship occasion will finish with a live-streamed last desk on Thursday, January 15.

Extra Borgata Winter Poker Open highlights embrace:

Unique On-line Qualifiers: BetMGM Poker gamers in New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania can win seats to the Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship now by Sunday, Jan. 11. BetMGM Poker additionally will host nightly seat-only qualifiers for quite a lot of BWPO occasions, with buy-ins beginning at as little as $2. On-line registration is on the market for a majority of BWPO occasions completely by BetMGM Poker.Identical-Day Registration: BetMGM will provide same-day, real-time registration by the BetMGM Poker app.On-line to Reside: The $250,000 BetMGM On-line Hybrid Championship begins on-line Sunday, January 4, and finishes with a live-streamed last desk at Borgata on Thursday, Jan. 8.Almighty Winter Kick Off (January 3-7): $400 buy-in and $1,000,000 assure begins off primary occasion motion.Deepstack Principal Occasion (January 7-11): $600 buy-in and $2,000,000 assure that includes “Large Blind Rewind” on Day 2.Combine Occasion Leaderboard: The BWPO will provide a Combine Occasion Leaderboard and the whole prize pool for the leaderboard might be paid out to the highest 20 gamers.

Followers can have the chance to look at stay streams on BetMGM’s YouTube channel.

“The Borgata Winter Poker Open has set the usual for beginning out the 12 months of East Coast poker motion,” mentioned David Mileaf, Senior Supervisor of Poker Operations at BetMGM. “We’ve elevated the variety of primary occasions and whole assure from final 12 months so as to add much more pleasure. Our relationship with Borgata creates an omnichannel differentiator that no different operator can match.”

This is a take a look at the 2026 BWPO schedule:

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