September 17 2013, by Eric Danis
WPT World Championship Moves to Borgata
Shocking news out of Atlantic City as the World Poker Tour announces it it moving its World Championship to Borgata:
EXIT BELLAGIO, ENTER BORGATA
The first 11 WPT World Champions were crowned in Las Vegas … after an 11-year relationship with the prestigious Bellagio, the tour’s next World Championship will be played at Borgata in Atlantic City. The Borgata has hosted four of the five biggest WPT events in the tour’s history.
WPT President Adam Pliska: “With Borgata’s well-deserved reputation for running world-class tournaments and providing unparalleled service to its players, we believe this venue is perfectly suited to host our season-culminating event. We look forward to working with the team at Borgata to bring the WPT World Championship to new heights.”
A move to the US’s East Coast seems to be a popular one amongst the poker playing community:
Big congrats to @borgatapoker @TabDuchateau & Ray Stefanelli. Long time coming and well deserved.
— Matt Glantz (@MattGlantz) September 17, 2013
@MattGlantz wow!
— Dan Smith (@dansmithholla) September 17, 2013
Congrats to @TabDuchateau and @BorgataPoker for getting to host the next $25k WPT Championship
— Cliff Josephy (@JohnnyBaxPoker) September 17, 2013
great news about the wpt $25k championship moving to borgata this year. I'll be in there
— David Tuthill (@davidtuthill) September 17, 2013
@TabDuchateau and @SavagePoker are the best, they deserve success. Congrats Tab and borgata staff. #wptchampionships
— David Paredes (@gaucho2121) September 17, 2013
Holy shit. WPT Championship is coming to borgata??! Oh my! Awesome.
— Christian Harder (@realcharder30) September 17, 2013
PARTYPOKER ON BOARD AS MAJOR SPONSOR
The WPT also announced that PartyPoker would be the official sponsor of this year’s WPT Championship. The move makes sense as PartyPoker look to launch BorgataPoker.com, a regulated online poker site to serve residents of New Jersey, in the near future.
Congratulations to the good folks at Borgata!
For the full WPT press release ›› CLICK HERE!
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About the author
Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.
