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Event 18 (Day 1A)

Jan2811:38 am

Championship: Flight A Survivors

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

Level 1:  Blinds 100/100
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  315

As players continue to arrive for Flight B, let’s take a look at the players who bagged up chips yesterday, locking up a seat on Day 2.  They’re listed below in a searchable and sortable table.

These players can still try again today, since this is a Best Stack Forward event.  If they bag chips again tonight, they’ll take the largest stack into Day 2.

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
1DANIELWELLBORNSPRINGFIELDVA308,600
2UPESHKADESILVAHOUSTONTX292,400
3PINGLIUIRVINECA221,400
4MARKDUBEFT LAUDERDALEFL215,500
5RICHARDBAISCHAUMBURGIL209,100
6DAVIDMOCKSOMERVILLEMA200,400
7GUYSMITHSHELTONCT199,600
8RENATACOLACHECLAYTONNJ187,400
9FIKRETKOVACMARIETTAGA186,900
10MATTHEWGLANTZPLYMOUTH MEETINGPA183,600
11JAREDGRIENERHUNTINGTON BEACCA176,000
12ALANSTERNBERGN. BELLMORENY175,800
13ALEXMUSCARELLANEW ROCHELLENY175,300
14BRIANODONOGHUEFLORAL PARKNY175,300
15JEREMYJOSEPHLAS VEGASNV167,200
16GARY ABELLERDEERFIELDIL166,200
17TUANPHANSANTA ANACA154,300
18TODDREBELLOOAK BLUFFSMA153,500
19CRAIGVARNELLAURORACO146,300
20HIROAKIHARADAMONT-ROYALQC142,800
21ANTONIOSROUNGERISLas VegasNV141,500
22BRIANALTMANBOSTONMA138,400
23LONIHARWOODHALLANDALE BEACHFL138,400
24SHONGLUSKYNEW YORKNY135,900
25TONYSINISHTAJENGLEWOODNJ134,700
26RYANHOHNERSOUTH PLAINFIELDNJ134,600
27MARTINMATRANCAIRVINECA132,800
28DEANBARANOWSKILEWISVILLETX132,200
29BENEDETTOBIANCOFRANKLIN SQUARENY132,000
30ASHERCONNIFFJERSEY CITYNJ131,400
31JINROCUMMINGGA131,300
32ADNANMOHAMMADBROOKLYNNY130,400
33TRAVISGREENAWALTLANCASTERPA130,100
34UBAIDHABIBMODESTOCA130,000
35FRANCISJOHNSONKURE BEACHNC126,600
36PHILLIPHUITAMARACFL125,100
37MATTHEWWAXMANFORT LAUDERDAFL122,000
38RYANYUTORONTOON118,300
39MICHAELGAGLIANOGLEN GARDNERNJ118,000
40NICHOLASVERDERAMOBALTIMOREMD116,800
41DIENLEBELLEVUEWA113,000
42KATAYONKHATERZAILEVITTOWNNY112,000
43LINWANGPORT CHESTERNY110,700
44MATTHEWSESSONAPLESFL109,200
45MICHAELCOHENMANALAPANNJ108,600
46ANNAANTIMONYFORT LEENJ108,100
47MICHAELWANGLIVINGSTONNJ108,100
48GLENNCHERNIGOFFARLINGTONVA107,400
49JACOBTOOLEHOBOKENNJ107,100
50HOANNGUYENROWLETTTX107,000
51GIULIANOLENTININEW YORKNY106,200
52ADRIANGARDUNOAUSTINTX105,500
53JASPALBRAREDMONTONAB105,400
54ZACKARYESTESGODFREYIL105,000
55MARK ALVINBAYAGLONG ISLAND CITYNY103,500
56RICHARDDABALROCHELLE PARKNJ98,600
57FATONMARKESTATEN ISLANDNY98,500
58MORANMERDINGERFLUSHINGNY98,200
59CARLOSALVARADOLONG BEACHNY98,100
60DANMATEISPRINGFIELDVA95,100
61LIORRUSINEKROSLYN HEIGHTSNY94,800
62YIZHAKYERUSHALMINEW YORKNY93,800
63SAMUELTSEHAIWHITBYON93,700
64DAVIDLINNEW YORKNY93,100
65GINTAUTASPUTINASRICHMONDVA92,100
66BRENDONONEALNORTH CAPE MAYNJ92,000
67STEVENSARMIENTOFOREST HILLSNY90,000
68BRANDONSCHWARTZMIAMIFL88,700
69PHILLIPHELLMUTHPALO ALTOCA88,500
70AKASHSETHPORT JEFF STANY88,300
71MATTHEWAFFLECKLAS VEGASNV88,000
72ZHANMAGLENDALENY86,300
73DAVIDPROCIAKKISSIMMEEFL86,300
74KYLECHANGNORTH YORKON86,200
75JOSEPHPALMABENSALEMPA86,100
76JEFFREYTOMLINSONJUPITERFL85,400
77AVDODJOKOVICSTATEN ISLANDNY85,300
78NICKBLACKBURNLONG BOTTOMOH83,000
79BARRYLEVENTHALBROOKLYNNY83,000
80MARTINZAMANIBOCA RATONFL82,800
81ARISTOTLEPALEATSOSFLUSHINGNY82,600
82JERRYATKINSNEW YORKNY82,500
83BLAKEBOHNEDEN PRAIRIEMN82,200
84STANLEYLEEWEST HARTFORDCT82,000
85FRANKSTEPUCHINLAS VEGASNV81,700
86MICHAELMILLERJERSEY SHOREPA80,900
87MICHAELROSSITTOBROOKLYNNY80,200
88LONGSHENGTANALHAMBRACA80,200
89JASONLOEHRSHAVERTOWNPA80,100
90ALEXJIMBROOKLYNNY79,400
91PATRICKMAHONEYLAS VEGASNV79,300
92JEREMYMOOREANNANDALEVA77,600
93JONATHANLEWISHOPKINTONMA77,400
94BASNIKBIBERAJFAIRFAX STATIONVA77,300
95EDWARDFOSTERCENTRAL SQUARENY76,700
96TAYLOR ALEXANDERWILSONWHEELINGWV76,300
97LUKASZWOJTASIAKMIDDLE VILLAGENY76,300
98PAULMOFFATWALDORFMD76,000
99JONHOELLEINWESTLAKEOH75,000
100MICHAELMORTONDAVIEFL73,000
101MARKNEALLUMBERTONNC72,900
102ERICKRONENBERGERNEW YORKNY72,400
103BRIANYOONHENDERSONNV70,200
104PETERFELLOWSMIRAMARFL69,500
105ALIDAVELIUWYCKOFFNJ69,500
106THAIHAPHILADELPHIAPA69,300
107AARONJOHNSONRED WINGMN68,200
108SCOTTEFRONBOCA RATONFL65,800
109ANTHONYMARQUEZTAMARILLOCA63,800
110ALEXISGAVINSTONEY BROOKNY63,000
111DAVIANSANTANAMINNEOLAFL62,200
112THOMASWINTERSMARBLE FALLSTX62,200
113JEFFREYHAKIMWexfordPA62,000
114JERRYROBINSONBUTNERNC61,400
115DANIELBUCKLEYMINNETONKAMN60,600
116SCOTTMATTESYOSSETNY60,500
117JOHNCIOFALONEW CITYNY60,300
118WILLIAMZGORSKIHAMPSTEADMD60,300
119JASONRITCHIENEW YORKNY59,100
120SEANRUANEMAYWOODNJ59,100
121RICHARDALIOAKDALEPA58,900
122JANEHITCHCOCKWASHINGTONDC57,700
123JOHNDOLANBONITA SPRINGSFL57,200
124ZACHARYDONOVANHOLBROOKMA57,000
125MATTHEWSTOUTLAS VEGASNV56,500
126JOHNRACENERTAMPAFL55,400
127SKENDERALICKAHUGHESVILLEMD55,300
128JERRYPAYNECENTERVILLEOH55,300
129ANTHONYBELLINOYONKERSNY54,900
130JEFFREYGROSSTOMS RIVERNJ54,800
131JAVIERZARCOLONDON54,500
132BERNARDCOLLINSBAYVILLENJ54,400
133BALAKRISHPATURMATAWANNJ54,400
134JAMESFRANGOULIDISWESTONMA53,400
135COREYHOCHMANPHOENIXAZ53,300
136DAVIDFUSSWASHINGTONDC52,100
137BRIANECKSTROMMARLTONNJ51,500
138RONITCHAMANIJOHANNESSBERGEC51,300
139JACOBHALLERMUSTANGOK51,300
140ALLANVROOMANGREENVILLENC51,000
141JOEYWEISSMANBOCA RATONFL50,800
142RYANJONESBURLINGTONNC49,700
143ROYTHUNGWHITE PLAINSNY49,000
144MATTHEWZOLARIVERSIDECT49,000
145DAVIDNOVAKPHILADELPHIAPA48,800
146KOUVANGBROOKLYN PARKMN48,100
147KHINNYUNTWASHINGTONDC48,000
148JOSHUAGORDONSILVER SPRINGMD47,200
149JAMESLITTLEHOBOKENNJ47,200
150JORDANMEADOWASTORIANY46,300
151MIKEMESKINBELMONTMA46,000
152BOOHNEW YORKNY46,000
153ADELJOMIAMIFL45,900
154ERICAFRIATSAINT-LAURENTQC45,300
155DAVIDLARSONSAN JOSECA45,200
156DEJUANTEALEXANDERHOUSTONTX45,100
157SCOTTANDERSONBISCOENC44,000
158HOWARDFEINGOLDNEW YORKNY43,900
159GALYIFRACHLOS ANGELESCA43,500
160ARIANNASONHENDERSONNV43,400
161HARRISONGIMBELJUPITURFL42,800
162DOMINIQUEMOSLEYPLANTATIONFL42,800
163JASONBRALBEVERLY HILLSCA42,600
164IOANNISPATSOURAKISWINTER HAVENFL42,600
165TRIVANMAYS LANDINGNJ42,400
166MICHAELVELANEWBURGHNY42,200
167ANTHONYZINNOLAS VEGASNV40,800
168DEREKMARMENBALTIMOREMD40,400
169DUYTUEDUONGAHAHEIM HILLSCA40,200
170DAVIDBUTKUSHOBOKENNJ40,000
171DANIELSANTORONO BELLMORENY39,700
172NOEMISALEHVALLEY STREAMNY39,000
173ANGUSLYNNPEMBROKE8738,300
174CHRISTOPHERCLEMENTECOLTS NECKNJ37,200
175PETRITLUSHASTATEN ISLANDNY36,800
176BRIANMALIKPITTSBURGHPA36,400
177JOSEJARAMILLOE. ELMHURSTNY35,800
178ALBERTOSABOGALIGREENWICHCT35,800
179JEANBRILLANTGLENDALENY35,300
180ALBERTKINDERPINE HILLNJ35,000
181GEORGERAKITZISBAYSIDENY34,800
182STEPHENSTOKESMONTPILIERVA33,900
183JOSEPHCAPPUCCIOHAMMONTONNJ33,000
184KEUNKWAKMANASSASVA32,900
185ALDRINGGOMEZMIAMI BEACHFL32,500
186ERICFIELDSGREENSBORONC31,700
187BRIANFRASCACARLISLEPA31,400
188ANDREWCROOKSTONWEST JORDANUT31,200
189JUSTINADAMSFAIRFIELDCT31,000
190DAVIDPAREDESBROOKLINEMA30,900
191ROHITHUKMANIHICKSVILLENY30,100
192DERICWILLIAMSHARVEYLA28,400
193ROBERTNASHCULVER CITYCA27,600
194VLADREVNIAGABURNSVILLEMN27,600
195DAVIDSTEFANSKIEAST LYMECT27,000
196ESTHERTAYLORHAVERTOWNPA26,100
197CALEBCLARKEMASHPEEMA25,900
198BRENTROBERTSLAS VEGASNV25,800
199DANIELKOZAKEVICHSAN JOSECA25,600
200KARLHELDFOREST HILLSNY25,500
201PETERCROSSGOLETACA25,400
202OCTAVIANNEACSUHERNDONVA24,900
203YUEBINGUOBROOKLYNNY24,600
204JAYARAMKOVOOR-CHATHOTHTEANECKNJ24,000
205GAURAVRAINAATHENSGA23,800
206KENNETHALDRIDGEPLEASANT GARDENNC22,400
207ANTHONYCOUSINEAUCUMMINGGA22,400
208ANDREWBROKOSPITTSBURGHPA22,200
209BARRYBURKHOLDERLIMAOH21,900
210SHAOTONGCHANGLONG ISLAND CITYNY21,500
211RYANTAMANINIHANOVERPA19,500
212JUSTINLUNIN-PACKNEW YORKNY18,800
213CHRISTOPHERKOSTOULASMANHASSETNY18,600
214TJSHULMANBOYNTON BCHFL18,500
215ANGELLOPEZCHERRY HILLNJ17,400
216NICHOLASNETOCUTLER BAYFL15,000
217TOMGOTTLIEBHOWELLNJ13,100
218SPENCERCHAMPLINSCARBOROUGHME12,700
219ANDREYMALININMOSCOW12,500

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Jan278:19 pm

Championship: Daniel Wellborn Leads Day 1A

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

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

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

End of Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries:  424
Players Remaining:  219

Daniel Wellborn

Upeshka DeSilva

There were 424 total entries here on Day 1A of the $3,500 BWPO WPT Championship $3,000,000 GTD NLH.

Approximately 220 Day 1A survivors are moving on to Day 2 and it’s Daniel Wellborn leading the way with a staggering 308,600.

Upeshka DeSilva is right behind him putting a massive stack of 292,400.

Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth is returning to the finals of the $1,590 Heads-Up NLH to face of with Joey Cappello at 9:15 P.M. During his short break of heads-up play Hellmuth joined the Day 1A field with about 20 minutes left in the night.

Hellmuth wasted no time doubling his stack and will return to Day 2 with a healthy stack of 88,500.

The combined Day 1A-B survivors will return on Tuesday January 29 at 12 P.M. to resume Day 2 play. Tournament registration and re-entry remains open through the first two level on Day 2.

Below is a look at some of the big stacks and players from our first flight that are moving on.

A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted as soon as they’re available.

Daniel Wellbron- 308,600
Upeshka DeSilva- 292,400
Ping Liu- 221,400
Mark Dube- 215,000
David Mock- 200,400
Eikret Kovac- 186,9000
Todd Rebello- 153,500
Loni Harwood- 138,400
Brian Altman- 138,400
Tony Sinishtaj- 134,700
Asher Conniff- 131,800
Phil Hellmuth- 88,500
Brian Yoon- 70,200
Matt Stout- 63,500
Lexy Gavin- 63,000

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Jan277:29 pm

Championship: Anna Antimony Chipping Up

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

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

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

Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 421

Anna Antimony

We have entered the last level of Day 1 play and there are plenty of big stacks starting to emerge. Three time Borgata Poker Open champion Anna Antimony is chipping up.

She is now sitting behind a healthy stack of 125,000 and will look to finish strong and advance to Day 2.

 

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Jan277:02 pm

Championship: Varnell Trips Up His Opponent

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

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

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

Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 415

Craig Varnell

The action folded around to Craig Varnell on the button and he raised to 1,500. The big blind called and they went heads up to the flop.

The big blind check-called a bet of 2,000 from Varnell and the dealer burned and turned the .

Again the big blind checked and this time Varnell fired out a bet of 4,200. His opponent called and the completed the board.

The player checked for a third time and Varnell bet 16,300 sending his opponent deep into the tank. After nearly two minutes the player called and Varnell turned over for fives full of sevens to take the pot.

Craig Varnell- 150,000

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Jan276:44 pm

Championship: Sharing the Felt

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

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

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

Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 415

John Racener ($10,074,698 in career tournament earnings)

Loni Harwood ($2,918,381 in career tournament earnings)

We are approaching the last level of play in the night and there are plenty of familiar faces looking to advance to Day 2.

The Event Center is bursting at the seams with over 400 players and counting here in our first BWPO WPT Championship NLH flight.

We spotted two WSOP bracelet winners and two WPT Champions sharing the felt at adjacent tables.

WSOP bracelets winners John Racener and Loni Harwood are separated by just a few chairs and WPT Champions Brian Altman and David Paredes are both playing healthy stacks just a table over.

Brian Altman ($3,171,590 in career tournament earnings)

David Paredes ($2,492,459 in career tournament earnings)

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Jan276:17 pm

Championship: Defending Champion Afriat Climbing

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

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

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

Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 408

Eric Afriat ($2,770,650 in career tournament earnings)

Last year’s Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT $3,500 NLH Championship drew a massive field of 1,224 entries.

It was a stacked final table that included Joe McKeehen, Stephen Song, Chase Bianci, Justin Zaka and Zach Gruneberg just to name a few.

In the end Eric Afriat was the last man standing earning $651,928 and his second WPT title.

Play has resumed here on Day 1A following the break and the defending champion is chipping up with about 80,000 and less than two levels of play left in the night.

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Jan275:40 pm

Championship: Last Break of the Day, Field Growing Fast

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 1A), 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
Day 1A Entries: 399

Alida Veliu is fresh off a victory in last night BWPO Ladies Event taking home $3,325 and the trophy. She is off to a great start here on Day 1A with 100,000 on break.

The Day 1A Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Championship NLH are now on a 15 minute break. This will be the last break of the night.

When play resumes there will be just two more levels before the bagging process begins. The combined Day 1A-B survivors will then return on Tuesday January 29 at 12 PM to resume Day 2 play.

We will pick right back up on all of the Day 1A Championship action when play resumes.

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Jan275:22 pm

Championship: “This Hand is Called Let’s Get Zach”

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

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

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

Level 6: Blinds 300/500/500 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 391

Zach Donovan

Zach Donovan raised to 1,400 from early position and a player in middle position called. “This hand is called let’s get Zach” said Mike Dentale who called.

Two players called behind and they went five handed to the flop. The action checked to Dentale who bet 2,800 and it folded back to Donovan who check-raised to 8,500.

Mike Dentale

Dentale called and they went heads up to the turn card. Donovan fired out a bet of 15,000 sending Dentale deep into the tank. “Will you show if I fold” Zach asked Dentale but Donavon sat in silence.

Eventually a clock was called and before the countdown began Dentale released his hand into the muck.

“I folded king queen” Zach said Dentale to which Donovan responded “Why are you wasting my time” with a smile.

Zach Donovan- 85,000
Mike Dentale- 50,000

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Jan273:20 pm

Championship: Fellows in Early Lead, Break Next

POSTED BY: cmurray

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

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

Level 4:  Blinds 200/300
Entries: 343

Peter Fellows passes Alida, now at 140,000.

Peter has been very busy of late on the scene, including some cashes at the PSCA.

Alida looks like she is at about 115,000 at the moment. Gagliano has taken a small hit and is under 100,000 now.

Personalities Frank The Tank and Harrison Dobin have been seated together on table 4.


We’ll take a short break in a few minutes.

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Jan272:49 pm

Championship: BWPO Regs In Action

POSTED BY: cmurray

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

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

Level 4:  Blinds 200/300
Entries: 333

Borgatapoker.com ambassador Michael Gagliano on 33 is over 100,000 for a healthy start.

On 9, Jeremy Moore just FT’d the tough Six Max field.

Ryan Hohner on 13 is another BWPO story, with an 8th in the Almighty. Over 70,000 so far.

Vlogger and streamer Matt Vaughan is looking for his Borgata breakthrough after several promising starts.

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