Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City hosted the Ladies Only Tournament. The poker tournament was the sixth event of the 2006 Borgata Poker Open. Jessica Desantis of Long Island, New Jersey is the winner of the Ladies Only Borgata Championship. She took home the first prize of 27,000 dollars.
Jessica Desantis has been playing poker for three years. She said that her experience as a frequent poker player at the Borgata casino poker room prepared here to winning the Ladies Only Championship. Amy Atkins of Baltimore, Maryland is the second finisher of the Ladies Only event.
On Thursday, September 14, the World Poker Tour Kickoff Party will take place at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. The party will be hosted by poker pros Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari and it will be open for the wide public.
Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming Corporation and MGM Mirage. The casino hotel is located at Renaissance Pointe in Atlantic City and it offers 161,000 square feet of gaming space with more than 4,000 slot machines and 200 table games.