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Event 18 Championship

Jan282:58 pm

Championship: Ramdin Off to a Red-Hot Start in 2019

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

Level 4:  Blinds 200/300/300 BB Ante
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  601

Victor Ramdin

Victor Ramdin joined the WPT Champions Club, before the Club even existed, when he won the 2006 Foxwoods Poker Classic $10,000 Championship for more than $1.3 million.  Over the years, he’s run up more than $4.4 million in earnings.

He’s already on the board for 2019 with a nice score of $45,700 in the $25,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship at the PCA (that was for a 77th place finish out of 1,039 entrants).

With his 7th place finish in Event 12, the $1,000 Six Max a few days ago, he’s also already on the board for the Borgata Winter Poker Open, earning $11,931.

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Jan282:38 pm

Championship: Marji In Action

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

Level 4:  Blinds 200/300/300 BB Ante
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  587

Melad Marji

One of the lesser-known Borgata Open Champions in today’s field is Melad Marji.  His win was in the 2012 Summer Poker Open Championship, good for just over $198,000.  Of course that was not a televised or live streamed event, which is why he’s not familiar to most.

The player he beat heads-up to win that championship?  The aforementioned Michael Marder!

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Jan282:18 pm

Championship: Dawley Back on the Felt

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

Level 3:  Blinds 100/200/200 BB Ante
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  568

Jessica Dawley

Jessica Dawley is the reigning WSOP Ladies event Champion and was also one of the instructors for Saturday’s Ladies Brunch & Learn.  The event, intended to get more Ladies into poker, was hosted by the World Poker Tour and Borgata, providing some beginner tournament play instruction.

Following the event, the Ladies Only $100+$20 Deep Stack NLH event was held and drew a long-time high of 159 entrants.

Today, Jessica is back on the felt, looking to get chips in a bag for Day 2.

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Jan281:58 pm

Championship: Arcuri Finished off Pizza Slice

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

Level 3:  Blinds 100/200/200 BB Ante
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  550

Gianni Arcuri

Yes, there was a player here wearing a Pizza Slice costume, but he’s busted out, courtesy of Gianni Arcuri.  Mr. Slice had pocket sixes and had flopped a set on the 7 6 x flop but Gianni had 54 and was open-ended.  He made his straight on the 8 turn and got all the chips in.  His straight held up and Gianni’s up to about 65,000.

The Slice was felted, but took a re-entry ticket and returned to a new table and seat.

Mr.Slice, aka Brett Butz

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Jan281:38 pm

Championship: One-And-Dones During the Break

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

Level 3:  Blinds 100/200/200 BB Ante
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  525

Players are back in action following an exciting break and the Big Blind Ante is in play.

Two $350+$10 Single-Table Singe-Hand One-and-Done satellite were run.

Brian Murphy

The first was won by Brian Murphy.  He collected $3,500 and is now essentially free-rolling the Championship.  He’s up to about 120,000 in the tournament, so has already tripled his starting stack by the first break.

The second winner was Ory Hen, who had J5 to go with the board of K 5 3 J 9, for two pair.  He also collected $3,500.

Ory Hen

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Jan281:18 pm

Championship: First Break of the Day

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

End of Level 2:  Blinds 100/200
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  490

Flight B is taking their first break of the day and the field continues to grow.  We’ve got 63 of the 95 tables active here in the Event Center, so plenty of room for more.

Michael Marder

One of the players here in early action is Borgata’s own regular Michael Marder.  Also known as “Mr. DeepStacks” for his many successes in the Borgata DeepStacks series, Michael has two Borgata titles from those series outside of the big Open series’ that take place five times a year.

During 2018, he pushed his live tournament earnings beyond $1.1 million with a 3rd place finish in the WSOP $2,500 NLH event ($223,564) and that came after his 5th place finish in the 2018 WPT BWPO Championship for $181,329.

He capped off an incredible 2018 with another six-figure score last month in Las Vegas.  He finished 11th in the $10,000 WPT Five Diamond Main Event for more than $130,000.

We need to change his nickname from “Mr. DeepStacks” to “Mr. MoneyBags”!

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Jan2812:58 pm

Championship: Cunix Stayin’ Alive

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

Level 2:  Blinds 100/200
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  459

Shawn Cunix

Shawn Cunix’s plan to play every hand may or may not be working out.  He was recently all-in for his last 7,100 on the river against Ray Qartomy.

At the river, the board read and after Ray called, Shawn showed for the full house.  Ray mucked his cards and Shawn took the pot.  He’s still below the starting stack size of 40,000, but he’s certainly having a good time.

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Jan2812:38 pm

Championship: Table 9 Is Going to Be One to Watch

POSTED BY: kaelaine

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

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

Level 2:  Blinds 100/200
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  425

Ray Qartomy

With Shawn Cunix and Ray Qartomy sharing space on table 9, it’s going to be an interesting table to watch.  The other players at the table will be challenged to get a word in edgewise.

Among the others seated there are Alan Schein,  Steven Fostoff, Josh Spiegelman, and Alexsei Vandyshev.

Shawn said “I’m going to play every hand, so you can watch until your camera burns out,” directed at the WPT cameraperson who was filming B-roll at the time.

In one hand Shawn wasn’t playing, Aleksei opened for 600, Ray 3-bet to 1,200 from the hijack, Alan called from the cutoff, then Steven made it 6,000 from the button.  Everyone folded but Ray, who called.

They were heads-up to the flop of and Ray checked, Steven bet 2,500, and Ray called.  Turn was the and again Ray checked, Steven bet 11,000 this time, and Ray jammed for 16,200.  Steven snapped, showing for a flopped set of Queens.  Ray tabled for two pair on the turn.  He was at-risk and behind, but the on the river gave him Kings-full and the double-up — back to starting stack.  Steven was left with ~20,000 and took a walk away from the table to ‘recover’ from the 2-out beat he took.

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Jan2812:08 pm

Championship: Big Slick Comes Through for Stone

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2019, BorgataPoker.com, Event 18 (Day 1B), Event 18 Championship

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

Level 2:  Blinds 100/200
Flight A Entries:  424 / 219 Advance to Day 2
Flight B Entries:  377

Katie Stone

BorgataPoker.com sponsored pro Katie Stone is off to a good start early today.  In a battle of the blinds, Katie was victorious from the big when facing off against the small in seat 1.

On the flop of , seat 1 bet 1,100 and Katie called.  Turn was the , making both straights and flushes possible, and both checked.  River was the and they checked it down.

Seat 1 showed , but Katie had rivered him with her for top/top.  She took the pot and is up to ~45,000.

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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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