Event 18 (Day 5)
$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
Joseph di Rosa Rojas
International poker pro Joseph di Rosa Rojas has been playing professionally for about 4 years and has accumulated a bit more than $780,000 in tournament earnings. Most of that came from his WSOP bracelet win in the 2017 Marathon Event, which earned him more than $690,000. The 36-year-old will have to win this event to beat that score, but enters the final table fourth in chips with a below-average stack of 5.8 million.
The Venuzuelan now lives in Florida and travels the globe playing poker. He’s already secured his second-ever six-figure cash and first cash on the World Poker Tour. Joseph entered Day 4 with a very short stack, ranked 27th out of 29 returning players with only 15 big blinds. At one point in the day he was down to only 4 big blinds, so he’s proven he is adept at playing with a short stack.
Joseph starts the final table in Seat 3 with 39 big blinds, which is plenty of ammunition to do some damage if the cards fall his way.
$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
David Farah
New Jersey resident David Farah leads the way with 18.85 million chips. He took the chip lead from Brandon Hall late on Day 4 with a well-timed three-barrelled bluff, showing AT offsuit when Brandon folded to his 2.2 million river bet. The Ace-Ten offsuit was good for David again at the end of play when he took out 7th place finisher Steven Sarmiento, who had pocket nines. A rivered Ten gave David the final pot of the night and a solid chip lead going to the final table.
David’s total live earnings of about $80,000 is already eclipsed by his earnings in this event. Prior to this, his best live cash was $32,130 for his 344th place finish in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event. Regardless of where the 48-year-old family man finishes, he’ll have a new best live cash and big uptick in his total earnings. As the elder statesman at this final table, he’s got a dozen years on the next-oldest players.
He begins the final table in Seat 2 with 126 big blinds.
$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
Ian O’Hara
Ian O’Hara has booked an incredible 127 tournament cashes in only seven years, totalling more than $2.2 million. The poker pro from Florida has five titles, but his best live cash of $527,313 was actually for a runner-up finish in a $25,000 High Roller event back in 2015. He’ll have to win this event to top that. He’s got one other six-figure cash from the 2016 Coco Poker Open Championship event. That win was good for more than $212,000.
The accomplished 25-year-old is making his first World Poker Tour final table appearance in this event. His stack of 5.1 million ranks him 5th out of the final six, but Ian battled his way through Day 4 with a short stack to make it this far. He had 25 big blinds at the start of play on the final day at Borgata and wrapped up the day with 34 big blinds.
He’s in seat 1 at the start of play and has the button, so will have a few hands before he has to post the big blind and big blind ante.
$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
The final table of the 2019 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship is on tap for Wednesday, March 13th, beginning at 4:00pm PDT (7:00 EDT). The live stream and live updates here in the blog will begin about 30 minutes after the action commences (7:30pm EDT). The WPT final table will be showcasing the new HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas, where the action will be filmed for later broadcast on FOX Sports.
The six remaining players have already locked up more than $145,000, but all have their sights set on the top prize of $728,430 (*which includes $15,000 for a seat in the season-ending Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions). Player profiles will follow this post.
Remaining payouts:
1st: $728,430*
2nd: $485,611
3rd: $359,555
4th: $268,810
5th: $202,942
6th: $154,734
Let’s take a look at the “HyperX Six” and how they stack up heading into this final table, in seat order:
| 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 |
and sorted by chip count:
| Seat | Player | Chips | Bbs |
| 2 | David Farah | 18,850,000 | 126 |
| 4 | Brandon Hall | 14,100,000 | 94 |
| 6 | Dan Buzgon | 9,100,000 | 61 |
| 3 | Joseph di Rosa Rojas | 5,800,000 | 39 |
| 1 | Ian O’Hara | 5,100,000 | 34 |
| 5 | Vinicius Lima | 3,550,000 | 24 |