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Event 18 (Day 4)

Feb021:03 pm

Championship: Paused Until March 13!

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 31:  Blinds 75,000/150,000/150,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  6
Average Stack:   9.4
million

top: Vinicius Lima, David Farah, Brandon Hall; bottom: Dan Buzgon, Ian O’Hara, Joseph di Rosa Rojas

Not long after midnight Thursday nite, the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open televised final table was set.  The clock was paused until March 13, at which time these six players will resume play from the new HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas.

Seat Player Chips Bbs
1 Ian O’Hara 5,100,000 34
2 David Farah 18,850,000 126
3 Joseph di Rosa Rojas 5,800,000 39
4 Brandon Hall 14,100,000 94
5 Vinicius Lima 3,550,000 24
6 Dan Buzgon 9,100,000 61

Below are the remaining payouts and players who cashed in this event.  Please note that 1st place prize money includes $15,000 for the winner’s seat in the season-ending Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions.

Place First Name Last Name Payout
1 $728,430
2 $485,611
3 $359,555
4 $268,810
5 $202,942
6 $154,734
7 Steven Sarmiento $119,159
8 Brandon Shane $92,693
9 Michael Cannon $72,842
10 Dylan Gang $72,842
11 Nicholas Schwarmann $57,833
12 David Peay $57,833
13 Lucas Braga $46,397
14 Raul Martinez Gallego $46,397
15 Ping Liu $37,614
16 Melad Marji $37,614
17 Elilton Gouveia $30,819
18 Ari Albilia $30,819
19 Joe Liberta $30,819
20 AJ Kelsall $30,819
21 Andrew Crookston $25,524
22 Chase Bianchi $25,524
23 Ryan Hagerty $25,524
24 Jonas Wexler $25,524
25 Daniel Wach $21,369
26 Dien Le $21,369
27 Shuntak Yeung $21,369
28 Adam Hendrix $21,369
29 Taylor Wilson $21,369
30 Daniel Podheiser $21,369
31 Nikolai Markov $21,369
32 Olivier Busquet $21,369
33 Richard Bai $18,087
34 Rick Rossetti $18,087
35 Brian O’Donoghue $18,087
36 Matthew Kolenda $18,087
37 Brendon O’Neal $18,087
38 Marsel Backa $18,087
39 Bobby Oboodi $18,087
40 Shankar Pillai $18,087
41 Wenhao Ying $15,480
42 Matthew Kolibas $15,480
43 Jared Griener $15,480
44 Adnan Mohammad $15,480
45 Greg Himmelbrand $15,480
46 Kevin Mason $15,480
47 Stephen Deutsch $15,480
48 Phillip Hui $15,480
49 Matt Waxman $13,398
50 Rafael Ferreira $13,398
51 Zachary Donovan $13,398
52 Paul Volpe $13,398
53 Jody Fayant $13,398
54 Greg Fishberg $13,398
55 Alex Jim $13,398
56 William Corvino $13,398
57 Soheb Porbandarwala $11,728
58 Jessica Dawley $11,728
59 Matt Brady $11,728
60 She Lok Wong $11,728
61 Matt Maccaroni $11,728
62 Monro Secor $11,728
63 Christopher Leslie Hynan $11,728
64 Mike Dentale $11,728
65 Arianna Son $10,384
66 Michael Wang $10,384
67 Paul Baksi $10,384
68 Stanley Lee $10,384
69 Alex Aqel $10,384
70 Ben Bianco $10,384
71 Andrew Glauberg $10,384
72 Paul Taylor $10,384
73 Joseph Gossweiler $9,301
74 Mike Linster $9,301
75 David Coleman $9,301
76 Peter Vitantonio $9,301
77 Joey Couden $9,301
78 Sang Kim $9,301
79 Ronald Lee $9,301
80 Katie Stone $9,301
81 Russell Crane $8,430
82 Ido Ashkenazi $8,430
83 Steve Sung $8,430
84 Hiroaki Harada $8,430
85 Thomas Reynolds $8,430
86 Michael Hollenberg $8,430
87 Jeremy Joseph $8,430
88 Jerry Payne $8,430
89 Brian Sherrier $8,430
90 Alex Muscarella $7,731
91 Chris Reslock $7,731
92 Brian Altman $7,731
93 Jared Hemingway $7,731
94 Alon Shahar $7,731
95 Edward Pham $7,731
96 Avdo Djokovic $7,731
97 Uri Kadosh $7,731
98 Daniel Retallick $7,731
99 Matthew Sesso $7,176
100 David Farber $7,176
101 Sergio Giha $7,176
102 Phil Hellmuth $7,176
103 Li Yi Chi $7,176
104 Jeffrey Mahoney $7,176
105 Alida Veliu $7,176
106 Jordan Siegel $7,176
107 Jeremy Kottler $7,176
108 Jacob Toole $7,176
109 Carlos Chadha Villamarin $7,176
110 Joseph Giulino $7,176
111 Jose Montes $7,176
112 Adam Lippert $7,176
113 Fernando Galvan $7,176
114 Kee Fredkove $7,176
115 Blair Hinkle $7,176
116 Will Jaffe $7,176
117 Corey Cresenzi $6,742
118 Tuan Phan $6,742
119 Ken Aldridge $6,742
120 Aaron Motoyama $6,742
121 Cherish Andrews $6,742
122 Anes Kovacevic $6,742
123 James Little $6,742
124 Barry Burkholder $6,742
125 Omar Zazay $6,742
126 Jeffrey Francia $6,742
127 Ryan D’Angelo $6,742
128 Emrah Cakmak $6,742
129 Frankie Muzzio $6,742
130 Will Givens $6,742
131 Timothy Telliard $6,742
132 Thomas Paul $6,742
133 Jason Acosta $6,742
134 David Paredes $6,742
135 Mike Meskin $6,413
135 TK Miles $6,413
136 Jeremy Stein $6,413
137 Michael Rossitto $6,413
138 David Mock $6,413
139 Ryan Hall $6,413
140 Zach Gruneberg $6,413
141 Britney Bilian $6,413
142 Jin Ro $6,413
143 Athanasios Polychronopoulos $6,413
144 Jeffrey Tomlinson $6,413
145 Jonathan Lewis $6,413
146 Joey Galazzo $6,413
147 Jeffrey Hakim $6,413
148 Eric Siegel $6,413
149 Brian Yoon $6,413
150 Mukul Pahuja $6,413
151 Akash Seth $6,413
152 Victor Ramdin $6,413
153 Renata Colache $6,177
154 Antonios Roungeris $6,177
155 Michael Marder $6,177
156 Roy Thung $6,177
157 Jeffrey Yanchek $6,177
158 Nirath Rean $6,177
160 Longsheng Tan $6,177
162 Daniel Wellborn $6,177
162 Ryan Yu $6,177
163 Michael Jukich $6,177
164 Daniel Strelitz $6,177
165 Kenneth Longacre $6,177
166 Francis Cipriano $6,177
167 Mehrnaz Yousefnejad $6,177
168 Taylor Paur $6,177
169 Joseph McKeehen $6,177
170 Jason Ritchie $6,177
171 Dean Baranowski $6,024
172 Timothy Little $6,024
173 Shon Glusky $6,024
174 Kenneth Holmes $6,024
175 Anthony Zinno $6,024
176 Anthony Snyder $6,024
177 Daniel Marino $6,024

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Feb011:07 am

Championship: Let’s Gamble, Bro! Final Six Are Set

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 31:  Blinds 75,000/150,000/150,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  6
Average Stack:   9,433,333 million

Near the end of level 30, Brandon Hall had just folded the river to a 2 mil bet, willing to call down two but not all three streets on .

“Bluff?” inquired Brandon.

Dave showed the completely unconnected for a naked three barrel.

“Let’s gamble bro!” Farah shows a river bluff to Brandon. “We’ve been bluffing this whole time.”

Chagrin: Hall grimaces at the bluff, while Rojas is amused.

Farah, who has been moving the chips around, continues a little impatient with the sedate and cautious table, and it’s working. He has the chip lead now.

And he gets one more chance to add to it here in level 31, pushing his lead past 18.5 mil, and more importantly, knocking out Steven Sarmiento in 7th for $119,159. Farah lives up to his words, gambling with to river Sarmiento’s on .

Fanfare and goodnight: Sarmiento accepts condolences from Vincius Lima, right.

The heart and the chips: Farah will take over 18,500,000 to the final table in Vegas.

The finalists line up for a shot with the trophy they will play for.

Lotsa paperwork for this one, it’s not all helicopters and Vince Van P. “Damn it,” says Dave, who wants to head out.

The WPT Final Table will be played on March 13th at HyperX Esports Arena in the Luxor Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Ian O’Hara, David Farah, Joseph Di Rosa Rojas, Brandon Hall, Vincius Lima, and the Borgata’s own Dan Buzgon are making the trip.

Dan bags 9,100,000 for 3rd in chips and a great shot at the title.

For complete information, final verified counts, of course, check out the WPT and their excellent website.

GL to all the players!

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Feb0112:02 am

Championship: O’Hara Busts Shane, FT Bubble Begins

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 30:  Blinds 75,000/125,000/125,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  8
Average Stack:   7 million

Deep the doldrums of a slow level, Dave Farah tries to ignite things, splashing in his raises, complaining that no one is gambling.

“Everyone call and we’ll just play a turn!”

The table isn’t too impressed.

Stacks are close: O’Hara’s open, and the dramatic pause before Brandon pushes his remaining 3 million in.

Then, a cooler creates a little action between the two shortstacks O’Hara and Shane. From the button Ian O’Hara opens, and from the small Shane jams . The BB Farah folds, and Ian makes the call with .

Two aces on the flop add some chop outs but it doesn’t come, with the and the still leaving Brandon outkicked. Great run for Shane to 8th and $92,693.

With the six playing in Vegas for the Trophy, this is the bubble for the official WPT six handed final table.

From the one seat, estimated chips:

  1. O’Hara 6 m
  2. Shane bust
  3. Farah 11 m
  4. Rojas 5 m
  5. Hall 16 m
  6. Lima 5.5 m
  7. Buzgon 9 m
  8. Sarmiento 4 m

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Jan3111:34 pm

Championship: Treading Carefully, Chip Update

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 30:  Blinds 75,000/125,000/125,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  8
Average Stack:   7 million

Definite lull in action since Cannon busted. Even Farah now is quieter. Everyone has at least 25 blinds and is not in danger. The cash games behind featured a lot of yelling before, but it seems that game has broke and the chime of the WPT action clocks can be heard clearly throughout the room.

Sarmiento, right, moves in over Lima in preflop action – the only all in in several orbits. Buzgon looks on.

Rojas checkraises O’Hara from the SB on a disconnected board of 3c 6h 10d 5d, but it gets through.

This pot wounds the shortest stack O’Hara, who now has only 2 m – about 16 bigs.

From the one seat, estimated chips:

  1. O’Hara 2 m
  2. Shane 2.5 m
  3. Farah 9 m
  4. Rojas 6.3 m
  5. Hall 15.5 m
  6. Lima 4.4 m
  7. Buzgon 9.5 m
  8. Sarmiento 4 m

 

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Jan3111:06 pm

Championship: Farah Continues Active

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 30:  Blinds 75,000/125,000/125,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  8
Average Stack:   7 million

David Farah is second in chips but first in presence.

Farah continues to put chips in the pot and chat with the table. He’s especially sparred with Lima this level and last.

Vincius Lima, right contemplating more aggression from Farah, seat three.

From the one seat, estimated chips:

  1. O’Hara 3 m
  2. Shane 3 m
  3. Farah 11 m
  4. Rojas 5 m
  5. Hall 16 m
  6. Lima 5.5 m
  7. Buzgon 9 m
  8. Sarmiento 4 m

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Jan3110:44 pm

Championship: Two Left To Go, No One Short

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 30:  Blinds 75,000/125,000/125,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  8
Average Stack:   7 million

Big bluff catch for Rojas lifts the short stack player out of trouble, up to 5 million when his makes a four flush, fading the 610,000 pressure from Farah.

Joseph Rojas celebrates a big call on the end. Farah sighs.

Just before, an interesting pot where Brandon Shane overbet shoves a paired board into the capped small blind range of Vincius Lima. Shane opened to 225,000 and was flatted in the SB by Lima and the BB Buzgon overcalled. Shane downbet the . Lima found a slow call and Buzgon then released.

Shane decided not to overrep the turn after Lima checked, but when Lima checked it over to him on the , Shane moved in for 2.1 m, and got a fairly quick fold.

We return from break next. Hall remains chip leader at 16 m, with O’Hara bringing up the rear with 3 m.

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Jan3110:18 pm

Championship: Hall in Charge

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 29:  Blinds 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  8
Average Stack:   7 million

Bluffcatching on turn with MPNK works out this time.

O’Hara puts a beat on Farah, drilling the river but not able to get a value bet in, despite position. On , Farah check raises O’Hara with , who calls with . Eight ball on the river. Farah falls from his high, but is still a big stack.

Then, more action for Brandon Hall. Michael Cannon opens the button, Hall jams over the short stack from the big, and Cannon calls off his 20 bigs.

It’s for Cannon, but can’t improve against Hall’s

Michael Cannon takes 9th for $72,842.

With a three bet from the blinds, Hall is now big stacking the table and picking up extra chips.

From the one seat, estimated chips:

  1. O’Hara 4.6 m
  2. Shane 2.5
  3. Farah 10.4 m
  4. Cannon bust
  5. Rojas 2.5 m
  6. Hall 17 m
  7. Lima 5 m
  8. Buzgon 11 m
  9. Sarmiento 4 m

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Jan319:48 pm

Championship: One Table

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 29:  Blinds 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  9
Average Stack:   6.28 million

With Gang’s bluff on failing and sending him to the rail, it’s time to combine tables. Table 2 becomes the new game, next to the rail.

Hall collects Dylan Gang’s stack.

This is it: three eliminations away from the final six.

From the 1: O’Hara, Shane, Farah, Cannon, Rojas, Hall, Lima, Buzgon, and Sarmiento.

Thanks to his conflict with Gang, Hall has the lead: over 15 m. Farah and Buzgon are next with around 11 m.

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Jan319:35 pm

Championship: Lima Wounds Gang Twice, Hall Finishes Him

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 29:  Blinds 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  9
Average Stack:   6.2 million

Lima, down to 13 bigs, wakes up with queens and gets it in against Gang, who goes with . A ten on the flop improves Dylan to a few outs, but holds. Dylan appears to take it well.

However, just minutes later, the same two are all in again, with the almost exact reversal, as Vincius Lima holds and the aggressive Gang finally has a premium, .

The runout includes an ace, and this time Gang is less amused, having doubled Lima twice in two orbits.

Vincius, foreground, is still while the dealer counts down the second double, but Gang spins away, aggravated.

Sarmiento examines the great value bet from Gang.

However, Gang turns it around immediately, bluffcatching on a paired board with , then extracting 400,000 from Farah’s on the river.

Table 1 estimated counts by seat:

  1. Brandon Hall 10.1 mil
  2. David Farah 10.5 mil
  3. Dylan Gang bust
  4. Steven Sarmiento 6. mil
  5. Vincius Lima 5.4 mil

Next to the entrance and the new rail is table 2:

  1. Daniel Buzgon 10 mil
  2.  Joseph Rojas 2.1 m
  3. Michael Cannon 1.5 mil
  4. Brandon Shane 2.4 mil (moved from 1)
  5. Ian O’Hara 3.7 m

 

Then, just as we publish, Gang is out with a useless – Hall shows down vesrus a busted draw.

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Jan319:06 pm

Championship: Former Big Stack Schwarmann Done

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 4), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 29:  Blinds 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415
Players Remaining:  10
Average Stack:   5.6 million

From yesterday, all those chips. Now Nick Schwarmann turns them into $57,833.

It’s an echo from yesterday from when Nick jammed the flush draw into Hagerty and changed the tournament. This time he does it again on the turn, facing Hall on . Nick jams 1.6 m with the nut spade blocker, holding , but Hall won’t let go, knowing what Nick is capable of, calling and winning with .

Blank river, and it’s over. Hall is a big stack now.

With 10 left, a pay jump.

Cat and mouse on 2: Shane completes the small, but folds to O’Hara’s raise.

Meanwhile, we move into level 29 without a pause, as players agree to skip the break.

In the back corner next to the trophy is table 1, by seat, estimated chips:

  1. Brandon Hall 10.1 mil
  2. Nick Schwarmann bust
  3. David Farah 8.5 mil
  4. Dylan Gang 10.3 mil (moved from 2)
  5. Steven Sarmiento 6. mil
  6. Vincius Lima 1.5 mil

Next to the entrance and the new rail is table 2:

  1. Daniel Buzgon 9.5 mil
  2.  Joseph Rojas 2.5 m
  3. Michael Cannon 2 mil
  4. Brandon Shane 3.4 mil (moved from 1)
  5. Ian O’Hara 3.8 m

 

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