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$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/100 ante
Entries: 320
Dan Buzgon
It should come as no surprise that the big stack, as of the break, belongs to none other than Dan Buzgon. He’s up to 193,000 after only 8 levels of play.
Dan won the Almighty Million and more than $151,000 last September, after a raucous final table that included Jon Borenstein, Kevin Saul, and Jesse Cohen. That was his second Borgata title, the fist of which came in the 2015 Winter Poker Open when he won the Borgata Million and more than $194,000.
Apparently Dan does everything in twos. He won two WSOP Circuit rings in Turbo events last March and he’s appeared on two televised World Poker Tour final tables. The first of those was the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship where he finished 3rd for $335,433. That remains his best live cash. His career earnings are approaching $1.9 million.
Dan earned his seat in today’s event playing online at BorgataPoker.com, so we’ll watch to see if he can parlay that into another big cash.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
Entries: 269
Vinny Pahuja
He’s bundled up against the cold (it is only 40 degrees outside) but we still spotted BorgataPoker.com Ambassador Vinny Pahuja in the field. Vinny’s amassed more than $2.5 million in live earnings, including his best live cash of $289,800, which was won here at Borgata when he finished 2nd in the 2008 Summer Poker Open Championship. He’s got two Borgata trophies at home, from the 2012 Spring Open SixMax and the 2012 BPO Mixed Max NLH events.
BorgataPoker.com’s $5 Qualifiers and $45 Satellites into this event are still running. Click here for the details. The online satellite program has already awarded seats to 40 players! For more information on all the promotions on BorgataPoker.com, go to https://poker.theborgata.com/.
$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3 Million Guaranteed
Level 3: Blinds 75/150/25 ante
Entries: 261
Players are back from their first break of the day and the chirping of chips has resumed.
Players in the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship have an opportunity to win some bonus money by participating in the BorgataPoker.com Last-Longer. New sign ups who qualify will receive prizes. Place in the top 5 and win your buy-in back — $3,500!
To qualify, you need to sign up for a real-money BorgataPoker.com account using the promo code WELCOMEBPO. Stop by the BorgataPoker.com Lounge (adjacent to the tournament floor) and ask for Brittany or Glenn and they’ll get you registered.
Good luck, players!
$500+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
End of Level 4: Blinds 100/200/25 ante
Entries: 1,098
The first break of the day is a welcome breather for the hundreds of players packed in the Event Center. They’ve got 15 minutes to grab a bite in the court-side Cafeteria or de-stress in the Game Room on the free classic video games.
This is also a good time for players to sign up for BorgataPoker.com and qualify for the Last Longer promotion.
Players in this event have an opportunity to win some bonus money by participating in the BorgataPoker.com Last-Longer. The top 400 players who qualify and make the money will receive prizes; place in the top 5 and win your buy-in back — $560!
To qualify, you need to sign up for a real-money BorgataPoker.com account using the promo code WELCOMEBPO. Stop by the BorgataPoker.com Gaming Lounge and ask for Brittany or Glenn and they’ll get you patched up and registered.
$500+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Level 3: Blinds 100/200
Players in the Borgata Winter Poker Open $560 Event 1 have an opportunity to win some bonus money by participating in the BorgataPoker.com Last-Longer. The top 400 players paid who qualify will receive prizes, place in the top 5 and win your buy-in back — $560!
To qualify, you need to sign up for a real-money BorgataPoker.com account using the promo code WELCOMEBPO. Stop by the BorgataPoker.com Gaming Lounge and ask for Brittany, she’ll get you patched up and registered.
Borgata Live Updates will be tracking the players in the Last Longer throughout the tournament, Good luck, players!
$500+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante
Entries: 448
All players who play in any Borgata Winter Poker Open event (main, secondary, satellite, or survivor) and have a BorgataPoker.com online account will receive invitations to participate in the Bricks-to-Bits Online Freeroll poker tournament taking place on on Sunday, February 12 at 5PM ET.
If you don’t already have an online account, you have until February 9th to create one to get in the freeroll. The top 100 finishers will earn prizes and the winner will get a $2,700 entry into a future Poker Open Championship event AND a $215 entry in an online tournament!
Click here for more information about the Bricks-to-Bits promotion!
$500+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Level 5: Blinds 150/300/25 ante
Entries: 392
Players in the Borgata Winter Poker Open $560 Event 1 have an opportunity to win some bonus money by participating in the BorgataPoker.com Last-Longer. The top 400 players paid who qualify will receive prizes, place in the top 5 and win your buy-in back — $560!
To qualify, you need to sign up for a real-money BorgataPoker.com account using the promo code WELCOMEBPO. Stop by the BorgataPoker.com Gaming Lounge and ask for Brittany, she’ll get you patched up and registered.
Borgata Live Updates will be tracking the players in the Last Longer throughout the tournament, Good luck, players!
$500+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Level 2: Blinds 75/150
In addition to adding five more tables to the Event Center, there have been some additional changes this year. The Cafeteria snack bar area is in its usual location just off the tournament floor, but now to the right of the food area there is a new game room where players can play classic video games and even foosball. All games are free and this area will remain open for the first 10 days of this series. For the final week of the series, this area will be replaced by the World Poker Tour Final Table Live-Streaming stage.
There is also a BorgataPoker.com table where players can sign up, plug-in, and play poker online. If you need help getting your account set up, look for a BorgataPoker.com representative.
WINTER POKER OPEN DEEPSTACK KICK-OFF QUALIFIERS
BorgataPoker.com is offering daily online satellites at 7:30 pm Eastern Time for the $2 Million Guaranteed DeepStack Kickoff. Since the satellites began on January 1, more than 20 people have earned their $500+$60 buy-in at a steep discount. Online qualifiers start at as little as $5 for people with small bankrolls and determination.
The first LIVE satellite runs at 3pm today (Monday, January 16th) in Borgata’s Poker Room. The buy-in is $120+$20 and approximately 1 out of every 5 entrants will earn their entry into Event 1 of the Winter Poker Open. Click here to view the satellite structure sheet.
The same satellite will run again Tuesday evening at 7pm giving players another opportunity to earn their buy-in. This event will run in the Event Center alongside the first two starting flights of Event 1.
Don’t miss out on the 2017 Winter Poker Open action, which gets underway Tuesday morning at 11am with Flight A of the $2 Million Guaranteed Kickoff event!
WPT WPO Champion Chris Leong and his ever faithful, ever boisterous rail closed out the 2016 Winter Poker Open.
On behalf of fellow bloggers Kaelaine, Tropical Steve and Matt Clark, we thank you for following the Borgata Poker blog during the Winter Poker Open. In total, close to $8,000,000 in prize money was distributed over the course of 22 main events, including two massive ‘Borgata Million’ events, which both boasted a live streamed final table.
The series culminated with the WPT WPO Championship, with over 1,170 players building up a nearly $3,500,000 prize pool. The WPT WPO Championship, which was also live streamed was won by Chris Leong, good for a career best $816,000 score and a WPT victory. On top of the WPT Champions’ Cup that Chris won, there were 22 Winter Poker Open trophies, or “tiny glass Borgatas” as we’ve been calling them, awarded over the last three weeks. This has truly been another amazing series here at the Borgata and once again this poker room has set itself apart as the pre-eminent poker destination in the country.
Thank you to the players, who made it easy and enjoyable to watch and follow throughout each and every tournament.
Thank you to friends, families and poker fans that followed the blog; we hopefully put out a product that was easy to read, informative, and gave you the feeling that you were right in the middle of the high octane action.
Thank you to the tournament staff, dealers and tournament directors, who again proved why the Borgata is so successful. Every tournament was run like a well oiled machine and there really are no better people in the poker world than here at Borgata.
And lastly, a huge thank you to the people behind the scenes throughout the Winter Poker Open. The marketing team, the social media team, the IT department, the XPress HD live stream crew, the WPT production and live updates team. Without everyone mentioned above, the WPO would not have been what it was.
Everyone played a role in making this another spectacular series, which is what you have come to expect from the Borgata.
We wish you luck, both on and off the felt, and look forward to seeing you at the next Borgata Poker Open.
Thank you again,