One of the Mid-Atlantic’s premiere poker series is kicking off next month at MGM National Harbor, with the addition of their Potomac Winter Poker Open.

Tournament Details. The ECPT schedule will kick off in February at the MGM National Harbor. The Potomac Winter Poker Open will take place from February 5 th through the 17 th. This stop on the tour will include a guaranteed $500,000 championship with a $3,000 buy-in. This is the only stop thus far with a full schedule. Information and Reviews about MGM National Poker Room in Oxon Hill, including Poker Tournaments, Games, Special Events and Promotions.

The series runs February 5-17 and features 14 events with more than $1 million in guaranteed prize pools. The series is highlighted by their $400 No-Limit Hold’em opening event that features six starting flights and the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event with three starting flights. Both of these events feature a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

The opening event kicks off on Wednesday, February 5, with Day 1A starting at 5 p.m. Day 1B will also start at 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 6. Friday and Saturday feature an 11 a.m. flight 1C and a 5 p.m. flight 1D to close out the Day 1’s. Day 2 will start on Sunday, February 9 at noon and will play down to a winner.

The Main Event is the other bookend of the schedule with Day 1A starting at 11 a.m. on Valentine’s Day. Day 1B and 1C start at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 15. Players will start with 50,000 in chips and enjoy levels of 45, 60 and 75 minutes as the tournament moves deeper into the structure. The Main Event will play down to a final table on Sunday, February 16 and declare a winner on the final day of the series.

Other noteworthy tournaments that are on the schedule include a $1,200 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha event, a $400 single day No-Limit Hold’em with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool, a $600 Heads-up event, a $600 8-game mix, and a senior’s event. You can check out the entire schedule at MGM National Harbor’s website.

The Potomac Winter Poker Open also kicks off the start of MGM Resorts East Coast Poker Tour. Participants can qualify for the ECPT Leaderboard from February 5 through August 24, 2020 with tour stops at MGM National Harbor, Borgata, and MGM Springfield. For more information, please visit MGMECPT.com.

MGM National Harbor is just minutes from the nation’s capital in Oxon Hill, MD, just off I-495. It’s known for having employing some of the best staff on the entire east coast.

The highly-anticipated MGM National Harbor casino will open Dec. 8, the casino operator announced Monday. The $1.4 billion casino will be the sixth in the state of Maryland.

MGM says that the casino will be “the first luxury gaming resort experience” in the region around the nation’s capital. The property is next door to Washington D.C. on the banks of the Potomac River. The casino will have more than 125,000 square feet of gaming floor space, which includes a poker room, table games and more than 3,300 slots.

The casino should add to the state’s roughly $3-million-a-month poker market, as well as the overall casino gambling market worth about $100 million a month.

“After years of planning, designing and developing, we are thrilled that the moment is almost upon us to share this very special resort with the community and visitors from around the world,” Lorenzo Creighton, president of MGM National Harbor, said in a statement. “We are grateful to Prince George’s County, the state of Maryland and all of the local designers, artisans and businesses that have collaborated with us to deliver this international resort with very local roots.”

Construction on the casino began in May 2014.

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Here’s a time lapse video of the casino’s construction.

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