21 following its closure earlier this year amidst the coronavirus crisis. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa – an MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) ('MGM Resorts') luxury resort and casino – will reopen The Poker Room at 10am on Wednesday, Oct. Spectators will also be prohibited from entering the poker room.ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Oct. 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.

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