Event 18 (Day 5)
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
1st Place – Vinicius ‘Viny’ Lima celebrating with Tony Dunst (left), Vince van Patten, (right) and a bevy of spectators. Photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour
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 is twice his age at 48 years young.
After playing for more than nine and a half hours, it was apparent that both players were feeling the strain. Viny’s cards heated up at the right time, giving him the best of it when heads-up so he could apply steady pressure to his opponent and wear him down.
Winning $728,430, *including a seat in the Baccarat Crystal Tournament of Champions, along with a Hublot Big Bang Steel Watch, and the WPT Champions Cup trophy was enough to give Viny Lima enough energy to celebrate with his railbirds after the victory, despite the late hour.
Final Table Results
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Payout |
| 1 | Vinicius | Lima | $728,430* |
| 2 | David | Farah | $485,611 |
| 3 | Joseph | di Rosa Rojas | $359,555 |
| 4 | Brandon | Hall | $268,810 |
| 5 | Dan | Buzgon | $202,942 |
| 6 | Ian | O’Hara | $154,734 |
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 39: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000/1,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
David Farah (photo courtesy of World Poker Tour)
After repeatedly folding to Viny Lima’s shoves, David Farah was down to fewer than 10 million chips (10 big blinds).
He finally found a hand to get his last 8.8 million chips in with: 
. Viny folded, letting David have a few chips.
Then Viny raised the next hand, forcing David to fold and give those chips back.
The cards were falling Viny’s way and David finally committed his last 6.3 million with 
. Viny was ahead, again, with 
.
The board came 
giving Viny two pair and the final pot of the tournament. He’ll collect $728,430, which includes his $15,000 entry to the Tournament of Champions.
David Farah finished 2nd for $485,611, more than quadrupling his lifetime earnings. The chip leader at the start of play and for much of the day, finally hit the rail after nearly 10 hours of play.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 28.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
David Farah (photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour)
Viny Lima has been shoving over the top of David Farah’s opening raises taking down several pots pre-flop, but this hand Viny open-shoved and David called all-in for 10.4 million.
Viny’s 
was in bad shape against David’s 
. The board came 
improving David to nines-full. He doubled up to 21.6 million, leaving Viny with 35 million.
Blinds are going up to 500,000/1,000,000!
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 28.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Viny Lima limped, then David Farah raised to 2.8 million straight. Viny called.
The flop came 
and David checked. Viny fired 2.7 million and David called. The on the turn again caused David to check. Viny jammed and David folded. Viny took the pot, chipping up to 34.8 million.
The next hand David opened to 2.4 million and Viny flatted. On the 
flop, Viny checked, David bet 3.4 million, and Viny jammed again. David folded and Viny took the pot and has more than 40 million to David’s 16 million.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 28.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
David opened for 2.4 million and got a call from Viny Lima. On the 
flop, Viny and David both checked. The 
turn prompted a bet of 1.4 million from Viny. DAvid folded and with that pot, Viny chipped up to 28.5 million and took the chip lead.
David had 28.1 million, so just one small blind behind.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 28.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Viny Lima (photo courtesy of World Poker Tour)
David Farah opened for 2.2 million, only to have Viny Lima come over the top to the tune of 7.8 million. David let it go and Viny started to close the gap between their chip counts.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 28.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Heads-up play begins with David Farah back where he started the day, in the chip lead with 34.4 million (43 big blinds).
Viny Lima has 22.2 million (28 big blinds). He’s come a long way from the start of play, when he was dead-last in chips.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 28.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Joseph di Rosa Rojas (photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour)
Joseph di Rosa jammed his last 6.4 million from the small blind and Viny Lima called from the big. Joseph’s 
was trailing Viny’s 
.
The divide got bigger when the flop fell 
, giving Viny two pair and reducing Joseph’s options to only one of the two remaining Queens.
The board completed with the 
and the 
and shipped the pot to Viny, giving him 22.2 million.
Joseph finished in 3rd place and will collect $359,355.
There will be a pause as they set the stage for heads-up play.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 18.87 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
David Farah (photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour)
Joseph di Rosa Rojas opened for 2.1 million on the button and got called by David Farah in the big blind. On the flop of 
, David checked and Joseph checked behind.
The turn brought the and David led or 3.2 million. Joseph called. River was the and David bet 3.4 million into the pot of 15.2 million. Joseph tanked, burning a couple of Time extensions, before finally folding.
David took the pot, chipping up to 36.8 million. He showed his bluff, the . We know from the stream that Joseph folded the best hand, 
. He was left with only 6 million.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 400,000/800,000/800,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 18.87 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Viny Lima opened for 2.1 million from the button and got called by both blinds. On the flop of 
, David Farah [sb] led out for 2.2 million. Joseph di Rosa Rojas (bb) folded quickly.
Viny burned a Time extension, the folded as well. David took the pot, adding another ~6 million to his stack.
On the next hand, David opened for 2.2 million, only to have Viny move in for 12.4 million. David took a couple to Time extensions before deciding to let it go.
Viny’s up to 15.8. David still leads with ~30 million.