$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH Re-Entry $50,000 Guaranteed Structure Sheet Payouts. Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante Entries: 461 Players Remaining: 75.
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Level 19: Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 67
The 2018 Borgata Poker Open came to a close in the early morning hours of Saturday morning when the 21st BPO trophy found a new home. Erkut ‘Eric' Yilmaz About eight hours earlier, Erkut Yilmaz took 1st place in the Championship event, along with $575,112 and both BPO and WPT Champions Cup trophies. $3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship January 26-30, 2020 Event #19: $220 Charity Series of Poker January 25, 2020 Event #18: $1,560 Purple Chip Bounty January 25, 2020.
Shawn Best – 950,000
Christopher Guth – 450,000
Mark Leviton – 500,000
Nan Min – 410,000
Carlos Figueroa-Fernandez – 320,000
Sangho Yi – 260,000
Jeff Shurilla – 260,000
Steve Rozanski – 50,000
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Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 75
Players are now gone on a 15-minute break to clear their heads.
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Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 75 Mail slot eyes pictures.
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The player under the gun limped along with Jason Andrew on the cutoff, the button, and the small blind. The big blind checked.
The flop fell and action checked to the player on the button who bet 22,000. The player in the small blind and Andrew were the only callers.
The turn came the and the small blind checked. This time, Andrew led out with a bet of 50,000 and the button folded but the small blind check-raised all in for about 310,000. Andrew snap-called, with his last 92,000 and the cards were tabled.
Jason Andrew:
Opponent:
The player in the small blind had top pair but Andrew had turned a straight. The river brought the and Andrew doubled up.
Jason Andrew – 240,000
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Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 95
The player in early position opened to 30,000 and Christopher Guth called from middle position along with the player on the cutoff. The big blind three-bet shoved for 92,000. The player in early position added the remainder to call and Guth reshoved for about 385,000. The player on the cutoff, and the player in early position gave up their hands.
Opponent:
Christopher Guth:
The runout was and Guth raked in the pot, eliminating his opponent and increasing his stack to 610,000.
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Level 17: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 95
The player in middle position raised to 20,000 and Torrence Varvaro called from the small blind along with the player in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of that was checked around to the turn. Varvaro threw in a bet of 50,000 and both of his opponents folded. Varvaro tabled before raking in the pot.
Torrence Varvaro – 450,000
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Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 95
Shawn Best is currently in the lead with an impressive stack of 650,000. Best has been quietly building throughout day, winning pot after pot, and is now at the top of the leaderboard. Sangho Yi is also one of the top stacks with 500,000 in chips.
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Level 16: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 134
Paul Volkwiang moved all in from the small blind for about 45,000 and Jeff Shurilla called from the big blind.
Paul Volkwiang:
Jeff Shurilla:
Shurilla hit a pretty favorable flop of but the turn brought the giving Volkwiang a set of jacks and the river filled up the board improving Volkwiang's hand to jacks full of fives and making his double official.
Paul Volkwiang – 105,000
Jeff Shurilla – 295,000
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Level 15: Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 166
On a flop reading , Sangho Yi checked from the big blind along with Carlos Alvarado in middle position.
The turn brought the and Yi checked. Alvarado fired 8,000 and Yi check-called.
The river completed the board and Yi checked for a third time. Alvarado threw in a bet of 50,000 and Yi check-raised to 130,000.
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'Wow, jack no good?' asked Alvarado.
Yi kept his poker face on and after a minute of reflection, Alvarado threw in chips to call.
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Yi tabled for jacks full of sevens and Alvarado flashed for a straight before tossing his cards in the muck.
Sangho Yi – 485,000
Carlos Alvarado – 123,000
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Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 166
Christopher Guth opened to 15,000 from the button and the player in the big blind three-bet shoved for about 70,000. Guth made the call and the cards were tabled.
Opponent:
Christopher Guth:
The board came and Guth raked in the pot with aces and tens, eliminating his opponent.
'Merry Christmas!' muttered a player at the table to Guth.
Christopher Guth – 200,000
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Level 14: Blinds 2,000/4,000/4,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 166
Players are now gone on a 60-minute dinner break and action will resume at approximately 7:53 p.m.
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Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 485,000
In a battle of the blinds, Zhaoxing Wang opened for 25,000 from the small. James Lillis (bb) 3-bet to 85,000. Wang 4-bet to 190,000, James shoved for 503,000, and Wang snapped, showing pocket Kings. James had pocket Queens and appeared to be destined for 8th place.
Then the board came and the river saved James. He doubled up to 1,014,000 and is our new chip leader. Zhaoxing Wang saw his stack cut down to ~480,000.
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Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 485,000
On a flop of , Anthony Antico (bb) checked, James Lillis shoved, and Anthony snapped, showing pocket Aces for top set and the current nuts. James rolled over for the open-ended straight-draw.
The on the turn completed the straight for James. Anthony needed the board to pair on the river to survive, but the was not one of the cards he was looking for. James took the pot, stacking up to about 480,000.
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Anthony Antico finished in 9th place, earning $1,129.
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Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Zhaoxing Wang has been punishing the table. The last two hands pushed his stack up to ~1.1 million.
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Level 17: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 95
Shawn Best is currently in the lead with an impressive stack of 650,000. Best has been quietly building throughout day, winning pot after pot, and is now at the top of the leaderboard. Sangho Yi is also one of the top stacks with 500,000 in chips.
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Level 16: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 134
Paul Volkwiang moved all in from the small blind for about 45,000 and Jeff Shurilla called from the big blind.
Paul Volkwiang:
Jeff Shurilla:
Shurilla hit a pretty favorable flop of but the turn brought the giving Volkwiang a set of jacks and the river filled up the board improving Volkwiang's hand to jacks full of fives and making his double official.
Paul Volkwiang – 105,000
Jeff Shurilla – 295,000
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Level 15: Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 166
On a flop reading , Sangho Yi checked from the big blind along with Carlos Alvarado in middle position.
The turn brought the and Yi checked. Alvarado fired 8,000 and Yi check-called.
The river completed the board and Yi checked for a third time. Alvarado threw in a bet of 50,000 and Yi check-raised to 130,000.
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'Wow, jack no good?' asked Alvarado.
Yi kept his poker face on and after a minute of reflection, Alvarado threw in chips to call.
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Yi tabled for jacks full of sevens and Alvarado flashed for a straight before tossing his cards in the muck.
Sangho Yi – 485,000
Carlos Alvarado – 123,000
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Players Remaining: 166
Christopher Guth opened to 15,000 from the button and the player in the big blind three-bet shoved for about 70,000. Guth made the call and the cards were tabled.
Opponent:
Christopher Guth:
The board came and Guth raked in the pot with aces and tens, eliminating his opponent.
'Merry Christmas!' muttered a player at the table to Guth.
Christopher Guth – 200,000
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Level 14: Blinds 2,000/4,000/4,000 BB Ante
Entries: 461
Players Remaining: 166
Players are now gone on a 60-minute dinner break and action will resume at approximately 7:53 p.m.
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Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 485,000
In a battle of the blinds, Zhaoxing Wang opened for 25,000 from the small. James Lillis (bb) 3-bet to 85,000. Wang 4-bet to 190,000, James shoved for 503,000, and Wang snapped, showing pocket Kings. James had pocket Queens and appeared to be destined for 8th place.
Then the board came and the river saved James. He doubled up to 1,014,000 and is our new chip leader. Zhaoxing Wang saw his stack cut down to ~480,000.
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Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 485,000
On a flop of , Anthony Antico (bb) checked, James Lillis shoved, and Anthony snapped, showing pocket Aces for top set and the current nuts. James rolled over for the open-ended straight-draw.
The on the turn completed the straight for James. Anthony needed the board to pair on the river to survive, but the was not one of the cards he was looking for. James took the pot, stacking up to about 480,000.
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Anthony Antico finished in 9th place, earning $1,129.
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Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Zhaoxing Wang has been punishing the table. The last two hands pushed his stack up to ~1.1 million.
Aimon Abbassi limped, Anthony Antico limped the cutoff, Noemi Saleh limped the button, then Daniel Park made it 55,000 from the small blind.
Wang 4-bet to 147,000 from the big blind and one by one, then fell like dominoes, surrendering the pot to him.
On the next hand, Daniel Park opened for 22,000 on the button, Wang (sb) made it 70,000, Park hit it again for 172,000 total, and Wang shoved. Park gave it some thought, then opted to fold. He was left about 370,000.
$350+$50 Pot Limit Omaha
Level 5: Blinds 150/300
Total Entries: 54
Pot Limit Omaha player recently returned from their first break of the day with more than 50 entries in the game so far. It's still a little off of last year's two-day event numbers but there's still time to get in the game with late registration available for the next four levels plus the break.
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Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
On the last hand of this level, Zhaoxing Wang dragged another big pot without a showdown.
Michael Bonita opened for 18,000, Yannis Vitsentzos 3-bet to 50,000, Wang called from the small blind and Michael called as well.
The flop fell and they checked to Yannis, who fired 125,000. Wang called and Michael folded. The landed on the turn and this time both players checked. The completed the board and Wang announced he was allin (about 375,000).
Yannis tanked for a couple of minutes, then eventually surrendered the pot. No amount of begging could get Wang to show even one card. He's now up to ~680,000 while Yannis is no longer the chip leader. He's down to ~650,000.
Yannis Vitsentzos began Day 2 as the chip leader and held that lead until this hand.
$300+$40 Mike Sica Memorial Seniors NLH
Level 9: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
Total Entries: 109
Players returned from their second break of the day and the Mike Sica Memorial Seniors Event drew 109 entries to the Sunday morning/afternoon game today. That puts more than $30,000 up for grabs and we expect the last 18 players to take home some money. We will post the official numbers, prize pool, and payout information as soon as it is available.
We found defending champ TJ Shulman in the early field. He outlasted most of the field in this tournament last September and took home the biggest piece of a five-way adjusted payout deal then generously handed over the trophy to the family of Mike Sica.
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Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
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Daniel Park (bb) and Zhaoxing Wang (utg) were looking at a board of and Park bet 52,000. Wang gave it some thought, then called. River was the and Park checked.
Wang moved all-in for his last 83,000 and after taking a minute to consider it, Park let it go. 'Did you have a deuce?' asked Wang, as he collected the pot. 'If I had a deuce, I would have called' replied Park. A lot of table chatter ensued, speculating who had what, but we'll never know.
Wang chipped up to ~365,000 while Park's stack dropped to ~660,000.
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Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Noemi Saleh limped early, was followed by Daniel Park, then Michael Bonita (cutoff) 3-bet to 28,000. Michael Cisco flatted the 3-bet from the button, then Aiman Abbassi (bb) jammed. One by one they released their hands and the pot was pushed to Aiman.
The other players enticed him to show his hand and he obliged, showing pocket Kings. Michael Cisco said he folded AQ suited.
All that dead money brought Aiman's stack up to about 625,000.
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Total Entries: 193
They didn't hit the $50,000 Guarantee before the first break but they got there before the second one. The Deeper Stack event officially pushed the prize pool over that mark at the start of Level 8 and now they have four more levels of late registration to run it higher.
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Jeffrey Trudeau Jr isn't using the re-entry option today unless things go sideways. The Florida grinder is sitting in good shape at the moment as he tries for his third career Borgata cash. Trudeau has dozens of tournament results on his résumé with most of them coming before the age of 21, when he was unable to mix it up outside his home state. Since he expanded his reach from the Sunshine State, he has tournament wins in Biloxi and New Orleans but still waiting for his first Borgata title.
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Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Short-stack Michael Cisco got his last 154,000 all-in, getting action from chip leader Yannis Vitsentzos on his left. Michael's was dominating Yannis' .
The board whiffed it all as it came . Michael's kicker played and he took the pot with nut-no-pair. He doubled up to 329,000. Yannis' stack dropped to ~710,000.
