Atlantic City Poker Tournament Makes Record Books

The first day of the 2nd annual Borgata Winter Poker Open opened events on January 17th, and the 1,370 poker players participating in Event 1 made the event the largest poker tournament in Atlantic City's history. Novice and pro players joined together, both live and internet players, all to participate in the WPT Classic and the Borgata Winter Open, which will run through January 30th. Poker fans would have recognized plenty of standout pros taking place in the event, including Daniel Negreanu and Men Nguyen, and one of the latest poker champions, 2006 WSOP winner Jamie Gold.