The $2,200 Big, Big Kick Off is starting to fill in, as the $1 million guaranteed tournament has reached 94 players on the Day 1a session.
The field will continue to grow, and then many more will register for Day 1b, which kicks off at 6:15 p.m. this evening.
And, just like that, the $1,100 Big, Big Welcome H.O.R.S.E. has gone from six to four. The remaining players are now in the money, all guaranteed at least $3,240. But the champion today will take home $12,150.
The Big, Big Series will feature a $2,500 E-Tay's Big, Big 9 Game Mix, a $100,000 guaranteed tournament hosted by BetMGM ambassador Esther "E-Tay" Taylor.
Action begins at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, with Day 2 — the finale — scheduled for the same time on Wednesday at Borgata.
The $1,100 Big, Big Welcome H.O.R.S.E. is down to the final six players, and only four will be paid. That means we'll be on the bubble after the next elimination.
First place is set to pay $12,150.
The first session of the $2,200 Big, Big Kickoff, a $1 million guaranteed No-Limit Hold'em tournament, has begun at Borgata. There are currently 57 players registered for Day 1a, a number that will grow significantly throughout the session.
A second starting flights begins at 6:15 p.m. tonight.
The second day of the Big, Big Series at Borgata kicks off at 11:15 a.m. with two events.
The first event is Day 2 of the $1,100 Big, Big Welcome H.O.R.S.E., which played down from 27 to seven on Sunday. Only four of the remaining players will be paid, with the champion taking home $12,150. They'll play it down to a winner before the day wraps.
One of the biggest events of the $6 million guaranteed series starts on Monday, and that is the $2,200 Big, Big Kickoff, a No-Limit Hold'em tournament with $1 million guaranteed. Day 1a starts at 11:15 a.m., while the Day 1b session begins at 6:15 p.m.
Those are the only two opening flights in this tournament, and players can enter either one. Everyone who bags a Day 1 stack will return to action on Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. for Day 2.
The session is over after 15 levels of play at Borgata in the $1,100 Big, Big Welcome H.O.R.S.E., the first event of the $6 million guaranteed Big, Big Series.
There were 27 entrants when registration closed, including BetMGM ambassador Michael Gagliano. When play concluded at about midnight, just seven remained and Robert Seinfeld held the chip lead.
Play will resume at 11:15 a.m. on Monday. Four places are paid, with the winner taking home $12,150.
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Seinfeld | 266,000 |
| 2 | Dongwuk Yoon | 254,000 |
| 3 | Lonnie Heimowitz | 86,000 |
| 4 | Thomas Hedlund | 72,000 |
| 5 | Ross Hoffman | 58,000 |
| 6 | Menachem Rosenberg | 47,000 |
| 7 | Vincent Basilicata | 27,000 |
Only a few minutes remain on Day 1 of the $1,100 Big, Big Welcome H.O.R.S.E., and just eight players are left.
One player who is no longer in the field is Michael Gagliano, a BetMGM ambassador who finished fifth in the WSOP Main Event this summer for $2,750,000.
Four players will be paid in this tournament, so we won't quite hit the bubble before the session wraps just before midnight.
Borgata is currently hosting the Big, Big Series, powered by BetMGM. There are plenty of huge events in the next few days, as you'll find on the schedule.
But there's one tournament that stands out from the rest, and that is the $5,300 BetMGM Poker Big, Big Championship. This one is going to be BIG (so big it deserves capital letters).
The No-Limit Hold'em tournament, which starts Sept. 19 at Borgata in Atlantic City, has a $3 million guarantee. There are three Day 1 starting flights, one each day for three days starting at 12:15 p.m. Day 2 is slated for Sept. 22, and the finale will take place on the following day.
One player is likely to walk away with a trophy and somewhere likely close to $800,000. There are qualifiers running this week both at Borgata and online on the BetMGM Poker app.
The Big, Big Series powered by BetMGM Poker runs from September 13-23, with more than $6 million in guaranteed prize pools as Borgata celebrates the one-year anniversary of the BetMGM Poker Tournament Room.
And as the name suggests, Borgata is going big. Very big.
The biggest chunk of the $6 million-plus in guarantees belongs to the $5,300 BetMGM Poker Big, Big Championship, which puts $3 million guaranteed on the line.
The Championship begins with Day 1A at 12:15 p.m. on September 19, followed by Day 1B at the same time on September 20 and Day 1C on September 21.
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