Event 1: Ready to Roll

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

You know there's going to be a huge field when Tournament Director Tab Duchateau announces, "anyone with a table number higher than 90, is downstairs in the Poker Room."  This as the doors open and players file into the Event Center.

With a $1 MILLION GUARANTEE in the opening event of the 2012 Borgata Poker Open, players are anxious to start playing on one of the 170 poker tables on property.

Players are gearing up to take multiple shots as there are plenty of re-entry opportunities over the two starting days.

"As many as it takes," says Austen Johnson (Woodsboro, MD), a former Borgata Leaderboard Open winner (June, 2011), who plans on re-entering if necessary.  "Put it this way, I'll be playing Day 2 no matter what. There's too much value."

There's a slow simmer as players wait for the magic words, "shuffle up and deal!"