Event 3 (Day 1)
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha (High)
Structure Sheet
Level 14: Blinds 2000/4000
Entries: 118
Remaining: 18
Average Chips: 131,000
John Lytle, by far.
Day 1 of PLO has been all John Lytle, who bags 488,000, more than double any other stack.
Patrick Lacey and William C. take more than 200,000, while Mike Zhang is disappointed with 174,000. He lost a big one during hand-for-hand to William.
Official counts and seating will be posted when available.
Day 2 play starts at noon on Saturday the 19th.
Payouts
- $10,128
- 5,666
- 3,434
- 2,747
- 2,060
- 1,717
- 1,374
- 1,030
- 773
- – 12. 687 13. – 15. 601 16. – 18. 515
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha (High)
Structure Sheet
Level 5: Blinds 150/300
Entries: 90
The PLO players are back from their first break of the day and the field continues to grow.
John Lytle
On the turn with a board reading 
, John Lytle was all-in. The table folded around and he got no action, saying “good, you don’t get to see this bluff” as he mucked his hand.
John has two Borgata titles to his credit. He won the SixMax during the 2016 Spring Poker Open, then took down the 2017 Fall Poker Open Kick-Off event for more than $114,000 (adjusted payout).
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha (High)
Structure Sheet
Level 4: Blinds 100/200
Entries: 73
Tommy Tran (Atlanta, GA)
On a flop of 
, four players got all their chips in the middle.
Seat 1: 
(middle pair, straight draws)
Dawn Wilensky: 
(overcards & back-door draws)
Seat 4: 
(top pair and not much else)
Tommy Tran (button): 
(straight wrap)
The turn brought the 
giving Dawn a pair of Aces and adding a heart flush draw for seat 4.
River was the 
, which gave Tommy the straight to the Jack and the scoop. Seat 1 and Dawn were both busted, while seat 4 saw his stack cut down severely. Tommy happily chipped up to ~55,000.
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha (High)
Structure Sheet
Level 4: Blinds 100/200
Entries: 67
Dawn Wilensky
Dawn Wilensky is the only female playing today’s PLO event (so far). Of course that could still change with late registration open until at least 8:30pm.
In addition to winning the 2015 Bar Poker Open NLH Progressive KO Bounty event, Dawn also has a second Borgata title from the 2018 Spring Poker Open Ladies NLH event.
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha (High)
Structure Sheet
Level 3: Blinds 75/150
Entries: 62
Dennis Zollo
Yes, back in 2015 during the Borgata Poker Open, there was a Crazy Pineapple/No Limit Hold’em mixed event. It drew 69 entrants and the eventual winner was Dennis Zollo. First place was good for just over $7,000.
How’s this for a coincidence: Gary Kosakowski finished 3rd in that event, earning $2,409!
*Please note that this was the second time Borgata ran the CP/NLH tournament. The first was during the 2015 Summer Poker Open. It drew 60 entrants and was won by Anthony LoBue ($6,111).
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha (High)
Structure Sheet
Level 2: Blinds 50/100
Entries: 52
Gary Kosakowski – 2017 Summer Poker Open PLO Champion
Among the small field of Pot Limit Omaha players is a Borgata PLO champion. Gary Kosakowski won the PLO event here during the 2017 Summer Poker Open. At one point during the heads-up battle against Anna Antimony, she had him by a 12:1 chip lead. Gary managed to battle back to take the win and his first Borgata Open title.
There were 92 entries that year and the final 9 got paid. Gary earned $10,933 for the win.
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha (High)
Structure Sheet
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
Today’s third trophy event is getting underway and Pot Limit Omaha is the game for players who just can’t get enough action.
Players get 20,000 chips to start and levels are 30 minutes for the first ten, then increase to 40 minutes for the rest of the tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until the start of level 9 (at least 9:30, or after their dinner break).
This is a two-day event, so they’ll play until 18 players or about 2am, then bag up for the night. Day 2 begins at 12 noon Saturday.
George Medrano claimed his first Borgata title in this event last year, besting the field of 141 entrants and taking 1st place for $12,105.
George Medrano – 1st Place, PLO, 2018 BWPO