Announcing the 2025 Hunter Burton Memorial Open

The best gaming event is back for 2025, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever! Are you ready for the first details? Let’s jump right in:

Hunter Burton Memorial Open: March 14th-16th, 2025!
Join us again at the Hurst Conference Center in Hurst TX for 3 days of gaming, community and suicide awareness/prevention.

Featuring Lorcana, Pokemon, Flesh and Blood all return in 2025!

Pokemon returns with events all weekend! The main feature will be the HBMO Pokemon TCG Championship on Sunday morning.

Lorcana will hold a 2-day event starting Saturday (March 15th) in the afternoon, livestreamed on twitch, to crown our second Lorcana TCG champion.

Flesh and Blood will have a PQ+ on Saturday, as well as competitive challenge events all weekend long.

Have no fear, Magic the Gathering is here!

Our Main Event Magic tournament returns, ready for you to bring your cotton-balled opals and twins back to play in Modern, again playing for $15,000 over two days of competition.

Magic will also feature a Legacy $2k on Sunday, brought to you by CM games.

Standard $5k on Sunday, brought to you by Card Cache.

Vintage $1k returns as well, a highlight of the weekend for some of our most dedicated fans!

Pioneer $1k (Jarrod Keys Memorial) brought to you by Common Ground Games.

Free-Play Commander Area brought to you by Generation X Games & Comics! *
*Look for additional announcements about CEDH and Organized Commander events!*

Jeff Zandi Chaos Sealed
Speaking of dedicated fans, this event returns of course, with a plethora of new packs and sets and treatments to open in the most decadent tournament of the week. This fan favorite event has limited spots and is always the first event to sell out at the HBMO!

Expanded Trials
With Legacy moving to Sunday, and Lorcana a two-day event, we are able to offer byes in more events this year.
– Modern HBMO Trials are available on Friday, players can win up to two byes playing Modern or Draft
– Lorcana Trials are available on Friday, players can win up to one bye playing Core Constructed
– CM Games Legacy $2k Trials are available on Saturday, players can win up to one bye playing Legacy
Stores can still apply for in-store trials now.

Artists!
We have five artists booked already, you can check them out at the 2025 Event Details Page

Panels and Other Events
With panels under our belt from last year, we are expanding our offering for 2025. Some guests are already confirmed and we have some exciting podcast recordings that will be happening live

Stay tuned for updates to the page as we continue to add more events! Subscribe to our blog to get emails as soon as new posts go live.

Additional 2025 Information

– The Hilton Hotel room block is open now and you can BOOK HERE . You can also view the 2025 event details page.

– Preregistration can be found at THIS LINK or on the 2025 Event Details Page

– Community Impact Award Nominations are open now! NOMINATE HERE

Schedule

Friday – March 14^th 2024
10am – Ian Jasheway Memorial Sealed RCQ (MTG)
3pm – Armory Flesh & Blood Event (FAB)
10am to 5pm – Lorcana and Modern/Draft trials for byes
7:30pm – Opening Ceremony Cocktail Party (Tickets Required)

Saturday – March 15^th 2024
8:50am – Seating Begins – Opening Speeches
9am – $15k Modern HBMO (MTG)
9:30am – HBM cEDH Championship (MTG)
10am – Classic Constructed ProQuest+ (FAB)
10am-5pm – Legacy trials for byes
2pm – HBM Lorcana Championship

Sunday – March 16^th 2024

9:00am – Card Cache Standard $5k (MTG)
9:30am – HBM Pokemon Championship
9:30am – Pioneer RCQ $1k Event (MTG)
10am – CM GAmes Legacy $2k (MTG)
10am – HBM and Lorcana Day 2
3:30pm – Jeff Zandi Chaos Sealed (MTG)

*On demand events such as Commander pods, booster drafts, and other events will be ongoing through out the weekend.