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The Road to Glory Begins: $400 Atlantic City Championship Returns to Borgata With The Bar Poker Open
An exciting week of poker is underway at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa as the Bar Poker Open (BPO) returns to Atlantic City for its highly anticipated $400 Atlantic City Championship.
This year's series runs alongside the Borgata Fall Poker Open, which features more than $4 million in guaranteed prize pools across an extensive tournament schedule.
The action gets underway today, November 14, 2026, at 11:15 a.m. local time, as 2026 BPO seat winners join Super League invite winners for Day 1a. Day 1b follows on November 15, giving players from the opening flight another chance to advance. Players who advance in both Day 1a, and Day 1b will surrender the shorter stack and receive an automatic $1,000. Survivors from both starting flights will return for Day 2, November 16, where they will compete for a place in the money and a shot at the Atlantic City Championship title.
The Bar Poker Open has continued to deliver memorable moments and life-changing opportunities for its players. Earlier this year, Germain Mingo made his mark after just two years on the tour, climbing to the top of the Long Island leaderboard before capturing $100,000 at the 2026 BPO Vegas World Championship in June.
In March, Bryan Ducharme also celebrated a major victory, taking down the BPO Florida Championship and earning an impressive $26,000 payday.
Now, a new field of aspiring champions heads to Atlantic City, each hoping to add their name to the Bar Poker Open's growing history and claim a share of the prize money.
Qualified entrants will start with 30,000 chips and play 30-minute levels on Day 1a beginning at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. The schedule includes breaks after every two hours, and action will continue until 10 percent of the field remains to advance to Day 2.
Players can take advantage of the single reentry per flight, and all players from today’s opening flight can buy in on Saturday’s Day 1b.
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