Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa announced the results of the Borgata Summer Poker Open Tournament. The poker event was held between July 8 to July 20, 2006 in Borgata Casino new poker room. Carmine Tirone of Manheim, Pennsylvania who took home a prize of 267,300 dollars is the Borgata Summer Poker Open Tournament champion.
About 4,000 local poker players and poker pros took part at the Borgata Summer Poker Open Tournament, which took place in the new 85 table poker room at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City. The event contained 32 different poker tournaments including limit and no limit HoldEm, Omaha, seven card stud, sit and go tournaments and super satellites.
Borgata new poker room was launched on June 30 and the Borgata Summer Poker Open was the first big event it has been hosting. The 21,500 square foot poker room contains 85 poker tables including a high limit room with 18 tables, a tournament area with 9 tables. Borgata poker room is the biggest poker room in Atlantic City and it offers the widest variety of poker games and limits.
Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is located at Renaissance Pointe in Atlantic City. It is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming Corporation and MGM Mirage. In addition to the 85 tables poker room, Borgata casino offers 200 table games and 4,100 slot machine spread in the 161,000 square gaming area.
