WPT Confirms Removal of January Borgata Stop

The World Poker Tour has confirmed that the Borgata Poker Open, originally scheduled for late January of 2009, is no longer part of the WPT's Season Seven schedule. Reports of the Borgata event being removed from the WPT schedule began to surface more than two weeks ago, but the Borgata stop remained on the WPT schedule of events until being recently being removed and confirmed by the WPT.
Also confirmed is that the Borgata will run a replacement event during the 2009 Borgata Winter Poker Open, with that series' schedule still being finalized. While guarantees and dates are still being finalized, the latest schedule calls for a $3,000+200, four-day event beginning on Jan. 25, 2009, with a probable $500,000 guarantee.