Qualifiers From DraftKings.com in the Field

WPT sponsor DraftKings.com is a daily fantasy sports site where players can compete against others for cash prizes. There are two players here in the WPT Borgata Poker Open field who earned their entry on DraftKings.com.

Adam Kapner is a 25-year-old from Long Island, New York, and he earned his entry in a $5 contest. Now he’s sitting in a $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour event playing alongside some of the best poker players in the world.

As for Andrew Atkinson (pictured above), he is 31 years old and from Alexandria, Kentucky. Atkinson has three victories in $100K guaranteed contests on DraftKings.com, and his most recent victory came the same day that he won his seat into the WPT Borgata Poker Open.