Event 18 (Day 1A)

Jan2811:38 am

Championship: Flight A Survivors

|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.

RANK	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	CITY	ST	CHIP COUNT
1	DANIEL	WELLBORN	SPRINGFIELD	VA	308,600
2	UPESHKA	DESILVA	HOUSTON	TX	292,400
3	PING	LIU	IRVINE	CA	221,400
4	MARK	DUBE	FT LAUDERDALE	FL	215,500
5	RICHARD	BAI	SCHAUMBURG	IL	209,100
6	DAVID	MOCK	SOMERVILLE	MA	200,400
7	GUY	SMITH	SHELTON	CT	199,600
8	RENATA	COLACHE	CLAYTON	NJ	187,400
9	FIKRET	KOVAC	MARIETTA	GA	186,900
10	MATTHEW	GLANTZ	PLYMOUTH MEETING	PA	183,600
11	JARED	GRIENER	HUNTINGTON BEAC	CA	176,000
12	ALAN	STERNBERG	N. BELLMORE	NY	175,800
13	ALEX	MUSCARELLA	NEW ROCHELLE	NY	175,300
14	BRIAN	ODONOGHUE	FLORAL PARK	NY	175,300
15	JEREMY	JOSEPH	LAS VEGAS	NV	167,200
16	GARY A	BELLER	DEERFIELD	IL	166,200
17	TUAN	PHAN	SANTA ANA	CA	154,300
18	TODD	REBELLO	OAK BLUFFS	MA	153,500
19	CRAIG	VARNELL	AURORA	CO	146,300
20	HIROAKI	HARADA	MONT-ROYAL	QC	142,800
21	ANTONIOS	ROUNGERIS	Las Vegas	NV	141,500
22	BRIAN	ALTMAN	BOSTON	MA	138,400
23	LONI	HARWOOD	HALLANDALE BEACH	FL	138,400
24	SHON	GLUSKY	NEW YORK	NY	135,900
25	TONY	SINISHTAJ	ENGLEWOOD	NJ	134,700
26	RYAN	HOHNER	SOUTH PLAINFIELD	NJ	134,600
27	MARTIN	MATRANCA	IRVINE	CA	132,800
28	DEAN	BARANOWSKI	LEWISVILLE	TX	132,200
29	BENEDETTO	BIANCO	FRANKLIN SQUARE	NY	132,000
30	ASHER	CONNIFF	JERSEY CITY	NJ	131,400
31	JIN	RO	CUMMING	GA	131,300
32	ADNAN	MOHAMMAD	BROOKLYN	NY	130,400
33	TRAVIS	GREENAWALT	LANCASTER	PA	130,100
34	UBAID	HABIB	MODESTO	CA	130,000
35	FRANCIS	JOHNSON	KURE BEACH	NC	126,600
36	PHILLIP	HUI	TAMARAC	FL	125,100
37	MATTHEW	WAXMAN	FORT LAUDERDA	FL	122,000
38	RYAN	YU	TORONTO	ON	118,300
39	MICHAEL	GAGLIANO	GLEN GARDNER	NJ	118,000
40	NICHOLAS	VERDERAMO	BALTIMORE	MD	116,800
41	DIEN	LE	BELLEVUE	WA	113,000
42	KATAYON	KHATERZAI	LEVITTOWN	NY	112,000
43	LIN	WANG	PORT CHESTER	NY	110,700
44	MATTHEW	SESSO	NAPLES	FL	109,200
45	MICHAEL	COHEN	MANALAPAN	NJ	108,600
46	ANNA	ANTIMONY	FORT LEE	NJ	108,100
47	MICHAEL	WANG	LIVINGSTON	NJ	108,100
48	GLENN	CHERNIGOFF	ARLINGTON	VA	107,400
49	JACOB	TOOLE	HOBOKEN	NJ	107,100
50	HOAN	NGUYEN	ROWLETT	TX	107,000
51	GIULIANO	LENTINI	NEW YORK	NY	106,200
52	ADRIAN	GARDUNO	AUSTIN	TX	105,500
53	JASPAL	BRAR	EDMONTON	AB	105,400
54	ZACKARY	ESTES	GODFREY	IL	105,000
55	MARK ALVIN	BAYAG	LONG ISLAND CITY	NY	103,500
56	RICHARD	DABAL	ROCHELLE PARK	NJ	98,600
57	FATON	MARKE	STATEN ISLAND	NY	98,500
58	MORAN	MERDINGER	FLUSHING	NY	98,200
59	CARLOS	ALVARADO	LONG BEACH	NY	98,100
60	DAN	MATEI	SPRINGFIELD	VA	95,100
61	LIOR	RUSINEK	ROSLYN HEIGHTS	NY	94,800
62	YIZHAK	YERUSHALMI	NEW YORK	NY	93,800
63	SAMUEL	TSEHAI	WHITBY	ON	93,700
64	DAVID	LIN	NEW YORK	NY	93,100
65	GINTAUTAS	PUTINAS	RICHMOND	VA	92,100
66	BRENDON	ONEAL	NORTH CAPE MAY	NJ	92,000
67	STEVEN	SARMIENTO	FOREST HILLS	NY	90,000
68	BRANDON	SCHWARTZ	MIAMI	FL	88,700
69	PHILLIP	HELLMUTH	PALO ALTO	CA	88,500
70	AKASH	SETH	PORT JEFF STA	NY	88,300
71	MATTHEW	AFFLECK	LAS VEGAS	NV	88,000
72	ZHAN	MA	GLENDALE	NY	86,300
73	DAVID	PROCIAK	KISSIMMEE	FL	86,300
74	KYLE	CHANG	NORTH YORK	ON	86,200
75	JOSEPH	PALMA	BENSALEM	PA	86,100
76	JEFFREY	TOMLINSON	JUPITER	FL	85,400
77	AVDO	DJOKOVIC	STATEN ISLAND	NY	85,300
78	NICK	BLACKBURN	LONG BOTTOM	OH	83,000
79	BARRY	LEVENTHAL	BROOKLYN	NY	83,000
80	MARTIN	ZAMANI	BOCA RATON	FL	82,800
81	ARISTOTLE	PALEATSOS	FLUSHING	NY	82,600
82	JERRY	ATKINS	NEW YORK	NY	82,500
83	BLAKE	BOHN	EDEN PRAIRIE	MN	82,200
84	STANLEY	LEE	WEST HARTFORD	CT	82,000
85	FRANK	STEPUCHIN	LAS VEGAS	NV	81,700
86	MICHAEL	MILLER	JERSEY SHORE	PA	80,900
87	MICHAEL	ROSSITTO	BROOKLYN	NY	80,200
88	LONGSHENG	TAN	ALHAMBRA	CA	80,200
89	JASON	LOEHRS	HAVERTOWN	PA	80,100
90	ALEX	JIM	BROOKLYN	NY	79,400
91	PATRICK	MAHONEY	LAS VEGAS	NV	79,300
92	JEREMY	MOORE	ANNANDALE	VA	77,600
93	JONATHAN	LEWIS	HOPKINTON	MA	77,400
94	BASNIK	BIBERAJ	FAIRFAX STATION	VA	77,300
95	EDWARD	FOSTER	CENTRAL SQUARE	NY	76,700
96	TAYLOR ALEXANDER	WILSON	WHEELING	WV	76,300
97	LUKASZ	WOJTASIAK	MIDDLE VILLAGE	NY	76,300
98	PAUL	MOFFAT	WALDORF	MD	76,000
99	JON	HOELLEIN	WESTLAKE	OH	75,000
100	MICHAEL	MORTON	DAVIE	FL	73,000
101	MARK	NEAL	LUMBERTON	NC	72,900
102	ERIC	KRONENBERGER	NEW YORK	NY	72,400
103	BRIAN	YOON	HENDERSON	NV	70,200
104	PETER	FELLOWS	MIRAMAR	FL	69,500
105	ALIDA	VELIU	WYCKOFF	NJ	69,500
106	THAI	HA	PHILADELPHIA	PA	69,300
107	AARON	JOHNSON	RED WING	MN	68,200
108	SCOTT	EFRON	BOCA RATON	FL	65,800
109	ANTHONY	MARQUEZ	TAMARILLO	CA	63,800
110	ALEXIS	GAVIN	STONEY BROOK	NY	63,000
111	DAVIAN	SANTANA	MINNEOLA	FL	62,200
112	THOMAS	WINTERS	MARBLE FALLS	TX	62,200
113	JEFFREY	HAKIM	Wexford	PA	62,000
114	JERRY	ROBINSON	BUTNER	NC	61,400
115	DANIEL	BUCKLEY	MINNETONKA	MN	60,600
116	SCOTT	MATTE	SYOSSET	NY	60,500
117	JOHN	CIOFALO	NEW CITY	NY	60,300
118	WILLIAM	ZGORSKI	HAMPSTEAD	MD	60,300
119	JASON	RITCHIE	NEW YORK	NY	59,100
120	SEAN	RUANE	MAYWOOD	NJ	59,100
121	RICHARD	ALI	OAKDALE	PA	58,900
122	JANE	HITCHCOCK	WASHINGTON	DC	57,700
123	JOHN	DOLAN	BONITA SPRINGS	FL	57,200
124	ZACHARY	DONOVAN	HOLBROOK	MA	57,000
125	MATTHEW	STOUT	LAS VEGAS	NV	56,500
126	JOHN	RACENER	TAMPA	FL	55,400
127	SKENDER	ALICKA	HUGHESVILLE	MD	55,300
128	JERRY	PAYNE	CENTERVILLE	OH	55,300
129	ANTHONY	BELLINO	YONKERS	NY	54,900
130	JEFFREY	GROSS	TOMS RIVER	NJ	54,800
131	JAVIER	ZARCO	LONDON		54,500
132	BERNARD	COLLINS	BAYVILLE	NJ	54,400
133	BALAKRISH	PATUR	MATAWAN	NJ	54,400
134	JAMES	FRANGOULIDIS	WESTON	MA	53,400
135	COREY	HOCHMAN	PHOENIX	AZ	53,300
136	DAVID	FUSS	WASHINGTON	DC	52,100
137	BRIAN	ECKSTROM	MARLTON	NJ	51,500
138	RONIT	CHAMANI	JOHANNESSBERG	EC	51,300
139	JACOB	HALLER	MUSTANG	OK	51,300
140	ALLAN	VROOMAN	GREENVILLE	NC	51,000
141	JOEY	WEISSMAN	BOCA RATON	FL	50,800
142	RYAN	JONES	BURLINGTON	NC	49,700
143	ROY	THUNG	WHITE PLAINS	NY	49,000
144	MATTHEW	ZOLA	RIVERSIDE	CT	49,000
145	DAVID	NOVAK	PHILADELPHIA	PA	48,800
146	KOU	VANG	BROOKLYN PARK	MN	48,100
147	KHIN	NYUNT	WASHINGTON	DC	48,000
148	JOSHUA	GORDON	SILVER SPRING	MD	47,200
149	JAMES	LITTLE	HOBOKEN	NJ	47,200
150	JORDAN	MEADOW	ASTORIA	NY	46,300
151	MIKE	MESKIN	BELMONT	MA	46,000
152	BO	OH	NEW YORK	NY	46,000
153	ADEL	JO	MIAMI	FL	45,900
154	ERIC	AFRIAT	SAINT-LAURENT	QC	45,300
155	DAVID	LARSON	SAN JOSE	CA	45,200
156	DEJUANTE	ALEXANDER	HOUSTON	TX	45,100
157	SCOTT	ANDERSON	BISCOE	NC	44,000
158	HOWARD	FEINGOLD	NEW YORK	NY	43,900
159	GAL	YIFRACH	LOS ANGELES	CA	43,500
160	ARIANNA	SON	HENDERSON	NV	43,400
161	HARRISON	GIMBEL	JUPITUR	FL	42,800
162	DOMINIQUE	MOSLEY	PLANTATION	FL	42,800
163	JASON	BRAL	BEVERLY HILLS	CA	42,600
164	IOANNIS	PATSOURAKIS	WINTER HAVEN	FL	42,600
165	TRI	VAN	MAYS LANDING	NJ	42,400
166	MICHAEL	VELA	NEWBURGH	NY	42,200
167	ANTHONY	ZINNO	LAS VEGAS	NV	40,800
168	DEREK	MARMEN	BALTIMORE	MD	40,400
169	DUYTUE	DUONG	AHAHEIM HILLS	CA	40,200
170	DAVID	BUTKUS	HOBOKEN	NJ	40,000
171	DANIEL	SANTORO	NO BELLMORE	NY	39,700
172	NOEMI	SALEH	VALLEY STREAM	NY	39,000
173	ANGUS	LYNN	PEMBROKE	87	38,300
174	CHRISTOPHER	CLEMENTE	COLTS NECK	NJ	37,200
175	PETRIT	LUSHA	STATEN ISLAND	NY	36,800
176	BRIAN	MALIK	PITTSBURGH	PA	36,400
177	JOSE	JARAMILLO	E. ELMHURST	NY	35,800
178	ALBERTO	SABOGALI	GREENWICH	CT	35,800
179	JEAN	BRILLANT	GLENDALE	NY	35,300
180	ALBERT	KINDER	PINE HILL	NJ	35,000
181	GEORGE	RAKITZIS	BAYSIDE	NY	34,800
182	STEPHEN	STOKES	MONTPILIER	VA	33,900
183	JOSEPH	CAPPUCCIO	HAMMONTON	NJ	33,000
184	KEUN	KWAK	MANASSAS	VA	32,900
185	ALDRING	GOMEZ	MIAMI BEACH	FL	32,500
186	ERIC	FIELDS	GREENSBORO	NC	31,700
187	BRIAN	FRASCA	CARLISLE	PA	31,400
188	ANDREW	CROOKSTON	WEST JORDAN	UT	31,200
189	JUSTIN	ADAMS	FAIRFIELD	CT	31,000
190	DAVID	PAREDES	BROOKLINE	MA	30,900
191	ROHIT	HUKMANI	HICKSVILLE	NY	30,100
192	DERIC	WILLIAMS	HARVEY	LA	28,400
193	ROBERT	NASH	CULVER CITY	CA	27,600
194	VLAD	REVNIAGA	BURNSVILLE	MN	27,600
195	DAVID	STEFANSKI	EAST LYME	CT	27,000
196	ESTHER	TAYLOR	HAVERTOWN	PA	26,100
197	CALEB	CLARKE	MASHPEE	MA	25,900
198	BRENT	ROBERTS	LAS VEGAS	NV	25,800
199	DANIEL	KOZAKEVICH	SAN JOSE	CA	25,600
200	KARL	HELD	FOREST HILLS	NY	25,500
201	PETER	CROSS	GOLETA	CA	25,400
202	OCTAVIAN	NEACSU	HERNDON	VA	24,900
203	YUEBIN	GUO	BROOKLYN	NY	24,600
204	JAYARAM	KOVOOR-CHATHOTH	TEANECK	NJ	24,000
205	GAURAV	RAINA	ATHENS	GA	23,800
206	KENNETH	ALDRIDGE	PLEASANT GARDEN	NC	22,400
207	ANTHONY	COUSINEAU	CUMMING	GA	22,400
208	ANDREW	BROKOS	PITTSBURGH	PA	22,200
209	BARRY	BURKHOLDER	LIMA	OH	21,900
210	SHAOTONG	CHANG	LONG ISLAND CITY	NY	21,500
211	RYAN	TAMANINI	HANOVER	PA	19,500
212	JUSTIN	LUNIN-PACK	NEW YORK	NY	18,800
213	CHRISTOPHER	KOSTOULAS	MANHASSET	NY	18,600
214	TJ	SHULMAN	BOYNTON BCH	FL	18,500
215	ANGEL	LOPEZ	CHERRY HILL	NJ	17,400
216	NICHOLAS	NETO	CUTLER BAY	FL	15,000
217	TOM	GOTTLIEB	HOWELL	NJ	13,100
218	SPENCER	CHAMPLIN	SCARBOROUGH	ME	12,700
219	ANDREY	MALININ	MOSCOW		12,500

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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.