

Ireland’s Sven McDermott found Aces one seat over and reraised to 48,000. He opened the action to 17,000 under the gun. NFL Hall of Fame Patriots and Raiders defensive lineman Richard Seymour thought he might have a chance with his Ace-King. One hand recently at the PokerStars No Limit Hold’em Players Championship (PSPC) caused a couple players to have their tournament life cooled down in a heartbeat. Spectators will also be prohibited from entering the poker room.It might be warm in the Bahamas right now, but players have seen some coolers. The poker room will allow the sale of alcohol but food will not be allowed to be consumed. Borgata’s Bad Beat Jackpot will start to run immediately, whereby players win up to $100,000 for a losing hand. The casino is not allowing tournament play for now, and is only offering seven-handed live cash games. In order to maintain the required social distancing, Borgata has also reduced the number of tables from 77 to just 30 for now. Hand sanitizing dispensers are available all over the venue, everyone is expected to wear masks, and polycarbonate barriers have been placed between seats around the poker tables. A number of measures have been taken to keep staff and visitors protected and to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. It wasn’t business as usual at the Borgata poker room, for obvious reasons.

The president and chief operating officer of Borgata, Melonie Johnson was quoted as saying: “We are happy to welcome back our loyal players as we reopen Atlantic City’s market-leading East Coast poker destination.” According to Press of Atlantic City, more than 100 poker players visited the poker room on its first day open. This week, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa was the first casino in Atlantic City to reintroduce live poker since properties closed their doors in March due to COVID-19.
