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Tim Kelliher

Jan286:31 pm

Championship: Eriquezzo Climbing the Counts

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 1B), Event 18 Championship

$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Flight A Entries: 424/219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries: 750

Ryan Eriquezzo

We are approaching the last level of the night here in our second BWPO WPT Championship flight. There are plenty of big stacks starting to emerge in the sea of players and Ryan Eriquezzo is one of them.

The WSOP bracelet winner just scooped another pot and he’s now up to just over 85,000.

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Jan286:13 pm

Championship: BorgataPoker.Com Online Qualifiers

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 1B), Event 18 Championship

$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Flight A Entries: 424/219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries: 740

Matt Mendez

The players have just returned from break and we spotted a few BorgataPoker.com online qualifiers in the field. Soheb Porbandarwala is fresh off a win in the BWPO Saturday Series NLH event. He bested the 639 entry field winning over $52,000 and the trophy.

Soheb Porbandarwala

Anthony Maio

Anthony Maio’s Borgata Winter Poker Open also got off to a great start. Maio made a deep run in the massive 5,130 entry Event 1 finishing 36th for $7,255.

WSOP bracelet winner Matt Mendez also won his BWPO WPT Chamionship entry on BorgataPoker.com. Mendez wasted no time putting his starting stack to work and he has been in cruise control for much of the day.

He is now playing over 100,000 and will look to finish strong with less than two levels of play left in the night.

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Jan285:39 pm

Championship: Last Break of the Night

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 1B), Event 18 Championship

$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

End of Level 6: Blinds 300/500/500 BB Ante
Flight A Entries: 424/219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries: 723

Two WSOP bracelet winners Paul Volpe (left) and James Caldararo are sharing the felt.

The Day 1B BWPO WPT Championship NLH players are now on a 15 minute break and this is the last break of the night. There are now over 700 entries this flight brining the combined Championship total to over 1,100 entries and counting.

When the players return there will be just two more levels of play left in the night before the bagging process begins.

We will pick right back up on all of the live Day 1B tournament action when play resumes.

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Jan285:18 pm

Championship: TK Miles Adds to His Stack

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 1B), Event 18 Championship

$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 6: Blinds 300/500/500 BB Ante
Flight A Entries: 424/219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries: 709

TK Miles

TK Miles raised to 1,200 from middle position and the big blind called. They went heads up to the flop and both players checked.

The turn was the and again both players knuckled the felt. The hit the river and the big blind checked for a third time. Miles tossed out a bet of 5,000 and his opponent quickly folded.

TK Miles- 50,000

 

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Jan284:55 pm

Championship: Harder Eliminates Hawkins

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 1B), Event 18 Championship

$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 5: Blinds 200/400/400 BB Ante
Flight A Entries: 424/219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries: 699

Christian Harder

We caught up to the four handed action on the flop. Christian Harder checked and Maurice Hawkins moved all in for 6,000 with 10,500 already in the main pot.

The player in early position called and it folded back to Harder who check-raised all in for about 40,000. The player quickly folded and the cards were shown.

Christian Harder:
Maurice Hawkins:

The turn and river were no help to Hawkins and Harder’s pocket aces held up to earn him the knockout.

Christian Harder- 55,000

“Please don’t call” says Maurice Hawkins to no avail.

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Jan284:26 pm

Championship: Ralph Massey Shoves the River

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 1B), Event 18 Championship

$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 5: Blinds 200/400/400 BB Ante
Flight A Entries: 424/219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries: 680

Ralph Massey

Ralph Massey raised to 1,000 from early position and Aaron Overton re-raised to 3,500 from the small blind. Massey called and they went heads-up to the flop.

Both players knuckled the felt and the hit the turn. Overton checked and Massey tossed out a bet of 6,000.

Overton called and the completed the board. Overton checked and Massey moved all in for his last 20,400. Overton wasted no time firing his hand into the muck and Massey took the pot.

Ralph Massey- 40,000
Aaron Overton- 60,000

Aaron Overton

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Jan2812:39 am

Event 16: Phil Hellmuth Wins the Heads-Up NLH ($37,248)

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 16, Event 16 (Day 2)

Event 16 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open is the $1,590 Heads-Up NLH. There were a total of 64 players who battled it out for the $37,248 and it to say it was a stack field would be an understatement.

The likes of Olivier Busquet, Joe McKeehen, Tim Reilly, Ronit Chamani, Alex Queen and Alex Rocha all took their shot at the title.

When the dust settled it was none other than 15 time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth in the winners circle.

Hellmuth arrived on Day 1 and squared off with Wenhao Ying in round one. He was victorious and would meet Tim Reilly in the round two. Reilly took the first match but Hellmuth kept his cool and battled back to earn the 2-1 victory.

He would then face Travis Greenawalt and in Phil’s words “He handled himself very well and I may have even gotten lucky a few times.”

It was on to round four to face Steven Sarmiento and Phil was again victorious this time in round three.

He would then face off with Joey Cappello in the finals and battle it out for the $37,248 and the trophy.

“The man played amazing and certainly did not give his chips away” said Phil after defeating Cappello after a nearly three hour heads-up battle.

The players shook hands after the match and had nothing but respect for each others game. Hellmuth will take home $37,248 and his very first Borgata Poker Open trophy and he has now earned nearly $23,000,000 throughout his storied poker career.

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Jan2812:20 am

Event 16: 2nd Place- Joey Cappello ($18,624)

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 16, Event 16 (Day 2)

$1,500 + $90 Heads-Up NLH
Structure Sheet

Total Entries: 64
Players Remaining: 1
Level 6: Blinds 500/1,000

Joey Cappello

Phil Hellmuth won consecutive hands to moved back into the chip lead and Joey Cappello was left short. Cappello moved all in pre-flop for his 4,050 and Phil Hellmuth called putting Cappello at risk.

Phil Hellmuth:
Joey Cappello:

The board ran out and Hellmuth’s king high was enough to eliminated Capello in second place.

The two players shook hands and Capello is our Event 16 Heads-Up NLH runner-up taking home $18,624 for his efforts.

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Jan2711:42 pm

Event 16: Cappello Chipping Away At Hellmuth

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 16, Event 16 (Day 2)

$1,500 + $90 Heads-Up NLH
Structure Sheet

Total Entries: 64
Players Remaining: 2
Level 5: Blinds 400/800

Joey Cappello

Phil Hellmuth is leading the Heads-Up NLH battle after taking the first match but Joey Cappello is not going out without a fight.

Cappello is chipping away at Hellmuth here in match number two and he has now taken a 2-1 chip lead as play continues.

Joey Cappello- 20,000
Phil Helllmuth- 10,000

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Jan2711:14 pm

Event 16: Slow Going in Match 2

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 16, Event 16 (Day 2)

$1,500 + $90 Heads-Up NLH
Structure Sheet

Total Entries: 64
Players Remaining: 2
Level 3: Blinds 200/400

The heads-up battle for the $37,248 and the BWPO trophy continues. Phil Hellmuth is up 1-0 in this best two out of three matchup.

The pace of play has been a slow one here in our second match and both players are treading cautiously with nearly identical chip stacks.

Phil Hellmuth- 15,500
Joey Cappello- 14,500

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