Summer Poker Open Borgata 2019 Blog

Seat 1 - Jake Toole (4,075,000 Chips) Seat 2 - David Jackson (3,945,000 Chips) Seat 3 - Shannon Shorr (3,100,000 Chips) Seat 4 - Vladimir Alexandrov (2,450,0. 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open. Tuesday, November 5 through Friday, November 22, 2019 Place: Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa - Atlantic City, New Jersey. Finished Events Winner. PokerNews will offer live tournament updates for the entirety of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open, which begins Tuesday. This concludes our Borgata Poker Open coverage and the Borgata Poker Open blog will return on November 6th for the Borgata Fall Poker Open. Leave a Comment. Event 23: 5th Place- Ryan Hagerty ($5,120). 2019 Bar Poker Poker Open East Coast Championship $100,000 Guaranteed Level 8: 500/1,000/1,000 Big Blind Ante Entrants: 429. The second break is underway and registration will close on Flight A when cards go back in the air. The entry count climbed over 400 entries and we will check out the final number once they get settled. ♣️ Subscribe official Borgata Youtube channel for more poker. ♦ FULL 6 hours stream you can watch at.

Update: The final table of the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship was held as scheduled March 13th at the Luxor HyperX Esports Arena.

Vinicius ‘Viny’ Lima had the biggest climb of the final six players, starting play at the bottom of the chip counts. At the end, it was the youngest player, Viny, at only 24 years old, against the oldest, David Farah, who was twice his age at 48 years young.

Viny emerged victorious, winning $728,430, which includes $15,000 for a seat in the WPT season-ending Baccarat Crystal Tournament of Champions, along with a Hublot Big Bang Steel Watch, and the WPT Champions Cup trophy.

The $2 Million Guaranteed Kick-Off Deep Stack drew a massive 5,130 entrants, which is the second-largest WPO Kick-Off field on record, behind 2017’s 5,512 entrants. The total buy-ins of more than $2.77 million did set a new record, due to the increased buy-in of $540.

Vladimir Alexandrov

Also notable was the 3rd place finisher, Vladimir Alexandrov. He won his entry through a BorgataPoker.com online satellite. Alexandrov managed to parlay his $45 satellite entry into his largest career tournament score, earning a $216,000 payday.

Barry Leventhal won his record fourth Borgata Seniors Event, which was also his eighth Borgata title, putting him in a tie for second-most wins at this venue, trailing only Abraham Korotki with nine Borgata titles.

The $1 Million Guaranteed Almighty Stack generated total buy-ins in excess of $1.4 million with a BWPO Almighty record of 3,508 entrants. Raj Desai held the chip lead wire-to-wire on Day 3, from 37 players down to the final three, who agreed on adjusted payouts based on chip counts. As the leader, Raj took the lion’s share of $175,429 and his first-ever Borgata trophy!

The first-ever “Ladies Brunch and Learn” was hosted by the Borgata and the World Poker Tour, with guest lecturers WSOP Ladies Champion Jessica Dawley and Loni Harwood, a professional poker player with nearly $3 million in tournament earnings. The sold out seminar was held the morning of the Ladies event, to give the Ladies some beginner instruction on tournament basics and tips to improve their play. In addition to brunch and mimosas, there were gifts and prizes for the attendees. (Due to the event’s popularity, it may appear again on a future tournament schedule!)

Kujdes Galiardi takes down the CSOP event and poses with her sister Alida Veliu, who won the Ladies Event.

The Ladies NLH tournament followed the seminar and drew a field of 154 entries. The eventual winner was Alida Veliu, who took home her second Borgata Ladies Event trophy and claimed her fifth lifetime Ladies Event win. Just a couple of hours earlier on the other end of the Event Center, Alida’s sister, Kujdes Gagliardi, won the CSOP NLH event, accomplishing something we believe has never happened before in the history of poker — two sisters winning trophy events on the same day!

For the first time in probably a decade, Phil Hellmuth made an appearance at Borgata, arriving in time to play the Heads-Up Championship. The WSOP bracelet record-holder (15) and new World Poker Tour Raw Deal host blazed a path through the 64-player bracket to take the title and $37,245. He followed that up with a cash in the WPT BWPO Championship for another $7,176.

Speaking of the WPT BWPO Championship, it was another record-breaking turnout. The final tally of entrants was 1,415, beating both the 2017 WPT BWPO Championship record (1,312 entries) and the largest of all WPT Borgata Open Championships, which was in 2011 (1,313 entrants). The prize pool of nearly $4.7 million crushed the $3 million guarantee.

BorgataPoker.com Ambassador Dan Buzgon

The field played down to the final six, who bagged up their chips and paused the clock until March 13th, when they will reconvene at the new HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas to play it out under the lights and cameras of the World Poker Tour. BorgataPoker.com Ambassador and tournament grinder Dan Buzgon will make his third WPT final table appearance. He will start in the middle of the pack with an average stack when play resumes.

With more than $728,000 waiting for the eventual winner, the “HyperX Six” finalists must be chomping at the bit to get started, but they still have four weeks to wait. Make sure to check back here in the Winter Poker Open Blog for updates on that final table which begins the evening of Wednesday March 13th.

A list of main event winners is below, along with their earnings.

Thank you to all the participants and congratulations to all the winners! A special thanks goes out to all Borgata tournament staff and dealers for a terrific series.

On behalf of Borgata Poker Bloggers Tim Kelliher, Chris Murray, and myself, thank you for reading! Mark your calendars now for the Borgata Spring Poker Open, which takes place April 2nd-19th. Hope to see you then!

@Kaelaine

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It was about 4am on Thanksgiving morning when the final trophy event of the 2018 Borgata Fall Poker Open came to an end and with it, the exciting November series was a wrap.

Wenhao Ying – 1st Place – 2018 BFPO Championship

Earlier on Wednesday, a relatively unknown 24-year-old grad student named Wenhao Ying went wire-to-wire on the live streamed final table to claim 1st place in the $1 Million Guaranteed Championship event, along with $200,000* and his first Borgata title. In fact, this is his first title on record, more than doubling his lifetime earnings, which have all come in the previous 27 months.

Ying faced down a final table that included three very experienced pros: Paul Volpe, Brian Altman, and Matt Wantman. Altman ran into a cooler early that sent him out in 6th place, but the other two were there at the end with Ying. They agreed on adjusted payouts based on their chip standings which brought the four-day Championship to a close.

Frank Lagodich – 1st Place – 2018 Fall Poker Open Kick-Off Summer Poker Open Borgata 2019 Blog

The sixteen-day-long series was kicked off with the $500,000 Guaranteed Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em event. The prize pool came close to $800,000 and another young player claimed that title as well. First place and $128,359* went to 22-year-old Ohioan Frank Lagodich on his first-ever trip to Borgata. After getting heads-up with Borgata regular and poker pro Joe Cappuccio, Lagodich took the chip lead and the final two negotiated an adjusted payout with an even split of the remaining prize pool.

It was a good series for some of the “old school” Borgata tournament grinders as well. After several near misses, Bob Camano finally claimed his first Borgata title in Omaha/Stud High/Low Mix event. Andrew Klein booked his sixth Borgata win in the Old School NLH event, moving him into fifth place on the Most Wins at Borgata list. Howard Wolper waited until the final night of the series to make the money in Event 20, notching his 117th lifetime cash at Borgata, extending a record that’s going to be hard to beat.

The Ladies were once again in the spotlight, with two regulars claiming titles and setting records. BorgataPoker.com sponsored pro Katie Stone made the final six of the Deepest Stack NLH event and negotiated an adjusted payout giving her 1st place and $19,337*. This was her third Borgata title, putting her in a tie for first on the ‘Most Wins at Borgata by a Woman’ list. Until this series, Patricia Barsanti-Chou held this record. Just four days later, Anna Antimony won the Almighty Stack, coming out on top of a field of 1,073 runners to take the top prize of $91,586. This was also her third Borgata title, putting her in a three-way tie with Stone and Barsanti-Chou.

If there was a ‘Grind Until You Get There’ award, it would go to Carlos Matos for this BFPO series. He finished 5th in Event 9, the Deepest Stack, for $19,337*, then followed that up with a 3rd place finish in Event 15, the Saturday Series Deep Stack, for $14,432*. He finally got there and capped the series with a win in Event 19, the Deeper Stack, for $14,000* and his first Borgata Open trophy.

In total, more than $3.4 million was paid out in prize money in these 20 main events alone, not including satellites and secondary events, and 18 Borgata Fall Poker Open trophies found new homes. A complete list of main event winners is below.

*Indicates Adjusted Payout

The daily tournament schedule has resumed in the Poker Room, with brief interruptions for Holiday Tournaments on Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day. There is also a DeepStacks Challenge Series running December 26th – December 30th.

It’s never too early to make plans for the 2019 Winter Poker Open, which runs January 15th – February 1st, and returns to Borgata’s spacious Event Center venue. The series will be capped by the World Poker Tour Winter Poker Open Championship, January 27-31.

On behalf of Borgata Poker Staff and bloggers Tim Kelliher, Chris Murray, and myself, thank you to all the players who participated and make Borgata tournament poker great. And thank you to the staff for the best-run events on the East Coast.

Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the coming Holiday season!

@Kaelaine

Andrew Zhu Summer Poker Open Borgata 2019 Blog

With the elimination of Gary Wong in 4th the final three players immediately began to discuss a deal. The stacks were counted down and they quickly came to an agreement.

Andrew Zhu who was holding the chip lead at the time of the deal takes the Borgata Fall Poker Open and $11,301.

Brad Russo earns $10,403 for his second place finish and Nick Devenezia will take home $7,002 for his third place finish.

(L to R) Brad Russo, Andrew Zhu, Nick Devenezia

$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 29: 50,000/100,000/BB Ante 100,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 4

Andrew Zhu

Andrew Zhu raised from the button and Gary Wong moved all in from the big blind covering Zhu.

Zhu snap called for his last 2,390,000 turning over his and Wong showed . The runout sealed the deal for Zhu and Wong was eliminated just a few later.

$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 29: 50,000/100,000/BB Ante 100,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 6

The final six players have been negotiating a deal for quite some time. They could not come to an agreement and play continues here in the late night hours.

$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 28: 40,000/80,000/BB Ante 80,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 8

Daniel Ahmad

Daniel Ahmad got his stack of 750,000 all in pre-flop holding but ran right into the of his opponent. The board ran out .

Ahmad improved to a king high flush cracking his opponents pocket rockets to earn the double up.

Daniel Ahmad- 1,650,000

$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/BB Ante 60,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 9

She Lok “Gary” Wong

There are just nine players remaining here in the last event of the series. She Loke “Gary” Wong has moved into the chip lead with just over 2,000,000.

Andrew Zhu who was holding the lead for much of the night is still right on his heels with 1,600,000.

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$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/BB Ante 60,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 10

The Event 20 final table is now set and the players will battle it out in the late night hours. One of these lucky players will take home $14,885 along with the Borgata Fall Poker Open trophy.

Payouts

1. $14,885
2. $8,771
3. $5,050
4. $4,093
5. $3,189
6. $2,658
7. $2,126
8. $1,595
9. $1,063
10-12. $691

$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 23: 12,000/24,000/BB Ante 24,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 24

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Howard Wolper

The players are now in the money and once again Howard Wolper is in the cash. Wolper extends his Borgata recored for the most tournaments cashes in Borgata history.