Event 18 Championship
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 35: Blinds 200,000/400,000/400,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Blinds are up, so let’s check the chips:
| Player | Chips | Bbs |
| Brandon Hall | 17,500,000 | 44 |
| David Farah | 14,800,000 | 37 |
| Joseph di Rosa Rojas | 10,300,000 | 26 |
| Vinicius Lima | 8,800,000 | 22 |
| Dan Buzgon | 5,200,000 | 13 |
We’re still stuck at 5 players.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/300,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Dan Buzgon (photo courtesy of World Poker Tour)
Brandon Hall opened from the button for 600,000 and Dan Buzgon called from the big blind. On the 
flop, Dan checked, Brandon placed a bet of 600,000, and Dan called. Both checked the flop to see the 
on the turn. Dan bet 750,000 and Brandon folded.
(Turns out Brandon’s 
was good. Dan had 
.)
Then Brandon opened for 600,000 from the cutoff and Dan jammed for 6.5. million from the small blind. Brandon let it go and Dan picked up another 1.2 million.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/300,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Brandon Hall moved in from the button and Viny Lima called all-in for his last 4.3 million from the small blind. Brandon’s 
was dominated by Viny’s 
.
The runout of 
gave Viny a flush, although he was ahead the whole way. He doubled up to 9.3 million, taking back many of the chips Brandon took from him a few hands before.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/300,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Brandon Hall (photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour)
Viny Lima opened for 775,000 under-the-gun and got called by only Brandon Hall in the big blind.
Heads-up to the flop of 
and Brandon checked. Viny bet 775,000 again, and got check-raised to 2.8 million. He gave it some thought, burning a Time chip, then called.
Turn was the 
and both players checked. The 
on the river caused Brandon to burn a Time chip before leading out for 3.4 million. Viny also took time before opting to call, only to see the bad news. His 
(top pair) had been flushed on the river by Brandon’s 
.
Brandon’s now got a big chip lead with ~22.23 million. Viny’s remaining stack of 4.9 million is now the shortest.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/300,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 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 Rojas opened for 700,000 from the cutoff and got called by Dan Buzgon in the big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked.
On the turn, Dan bet 750,000 and Joseph called. The 
completed the board and Dan took some time, using one of his Time extensions, then bet 2.5 million. Joseph gave it some thought as well before deciding to call. Dan’s 
(Jack high) was beat by Joseph’s 
(pair of 9s).
After winning that pot, Joseph is no longer the short stack, playing 9.2 million. Now Dan takes the bottom slot in the counts with only 4.5 million.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/300,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
Just before the end of Level 33, David Farah posted 500,000 between the big blind and BB Ante and after surrendering that pot, he also surrendered the chip lead to Brandon Hall once again. The stacks have flattened out at the top of the counts:
| Player | Chips | Bbs |
| Brandon Hall | 15,000,000 | 50 |
| David Farah | 14,825,000 | 49 |
| Vinicius Lima | 13,050,000 | 44 |
| Dan Buzgon | 7,625,000 | 25 |
| Joseph di Rosa Rojas | 6,050,000 | 20 |
Players are back from a break and play has resumed.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 33: Blinds 125,000/250,000/250,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
David Farah (photo courtesy of World Poker Tour)
David Farah has reclaimed the chip lead after opening for 550,000 and getting action from Brandon Hall (button).
On the 
flop, David continued for 775,000 and Brandon folded. With that pot, David was once again the chip leader with 15.35 million. Brandon was down to just under 15 million.
From the Live Stream, we saw that David had A9 and had flopped top pair on that hand.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 33: Blinds 125,000/250,000/250,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
David Farah picked up a pot from Viny Lima, showing down K9 on a T 9 4 8 K board. David’s clawing his way back up the chip counts — he’s back up to more than 14 million. Viny’s still in good shape with a bit more than 10 million.
In a limped battle of the blinds, Viny Lima (bb) took a pot from Brandon Hall (sb) showing T9 on a Q T 2 2 5 board to beat Brandon’s J3 (Jack-high). Viny’s stacking 12.5 million with that pot. Brandon’s still ahead with 15.5 million.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 33: Blinds 125,000/250,000/250,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 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)
From the small blind, Joseph di Rosa Rojas moved in for ~2.2 million. Brandon Hall (bb) looked him up with 
and was trailing Joseph’s 
.
The board missed both as it ran out 
. Joseph doubled up to ~4.8 million. Brandon was left with ~16.9 million.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 33: Blinds 125,000/250,000/250,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,415
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 11.3 million
Link to PokerGo Live Stream: https://www.pokergo.com/video/wpt-borgata-winter-poker-open-final-table
On the turn with the board reading , Dan Buzgon (bb) bet 850,000. David Farah raised to 2.3 million.
After burning a Time extension chip, Dan opted to fold. David showed his 
stone-cold-bluff as he collected the pot. He’s back up to 12.7 million.
Dan’s stack has slid to about 8.4 million.