Event 1: Off With A Bang

$500 + $60 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
             $1 Million Guaranteed

Today's opening event is a first-time ever event for the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

It carries a $1 million guarantee on the prize pool and has two starting days.

Players who bust out today (day 1A) may re-enter through the end of level 8 and may also re-enter tomorrow (day 1B).

Levels 1-4 are 30 minutes long, then levels 5-18 will last 40 minutes.

That's all they'll play on day one -- 18 levels -- then call it a night.  Survivors will bag their chips and return for day two on Thursday at noon.

Players began with 20,000 chips.

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50.

Cards are in the air!!